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If we EXPATS had not Migrated Overseas and living in the mecca of Pan would we see Pan on Trucks as a step in the right direction as the Locals do. ?

If We EXPATS had not Migrated Overseas would we be Hell Bent on bringing back Pan playing and rolling on the road on Carnival days or would we be just as the locals in the mecca of Pan accepting that Playing pan on Trucks on carnival days is a step i

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Was playing " Pan on the Road" overly difficult in the old days ?

Recently , I posted the following on Facebook , and I thought it worthy of discussion on this forum

"Sometimes I think that in our desire to ensure that pan players be compensated , we forget the reason why most of us started "playing the steel pans

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Looking for an Iconic piece of Pan

Hello everyone,
What do you think is the most significant piece of pan music we have recorded? Music I should be able to source on a record....
I am looking for our equivalent of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Something timeless, iconic, makes you stop and li

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Old Lady Walk a Mile

Does anyone have the written musical score for Old Lady Walk a Mile? I am looking for it to add to a calypso medley.

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Semi Finals Results

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Congrats in Order for Phase 11 Pan Groove for Their Brilliance in Topping The Semis.

''Which Bands Placing's You thought Were Either Too High or Too Low.?

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SOCA MONARCH MONEY cut in half ... Trinidad turn upside down

When my party was in power we gave the SOCA MONARCH producers SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS and now this other Government cut the allocation in HALF. And that is their constituency. Ah never see thing so; like the country turn upside down.

http://www.newsday

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Hymns and Gospel music recorded on Pan

Hi, 

I'm trying to find hymns and gospel music recorded by steel orchestras or ensembles. I have found some online but not much. I would like some good quality recordings or cds. Where can I find them?

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BERTEL GITTENS tells it LIKE IT IS!!!

The reality ON THE GROUND (in Trinidad)  is that there are THOUSANDS of TRINIDADIANS (like Bertel Gittens and Gerard Clarke and Alima Garcia -- PAN ON D AVENUE) who never left Trinidad and who have worked (their whole life) CONTINUOUSLY to MOVE PAN F

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IMPORTING OUR OWN CULTURE AND STEELBAND TECHNOLOGY:

It is a shame that a big band like Skiffle Bunch cannot produce some young Trinidad Arrangers from their sponsored band. You have over a hundred players every year and the question is. Why can't you train some of them in music and arrangements? By im

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GOING FOR GOLD 50th Anniversary (CD)

In line with some of the discussions that have been going on recently about the GOVERNMENT stepping up to the plate (spending money) to promote the culture, this link provides some good analysis. There are many other articles out there covering this

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Dr Jit Samaroo - A TRIBUTE

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Between 1950 and 2015, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS have been spent SUBSIDIZING STEELBANDS: was this money well spent?

Between Sponsors and Government HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars have been poured into the STEELBAND MOVEMENT over the last 65 years. (Not to mention the millions spent by foreign governments flying these steelbands all around the world.)  Yet, today,

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Is the Window for PAN on the Road CLOSE?.

 If the Window for PAN on the ROAD is close as stated by a WST MEMBER. Is he saying that in a few years from now Steelband Institutions like EXODUS.INVADERS.DESPERS.STARLIFT.ALL STARS.PHASE 11,FONCLAIRE. ETC. ETC. Will not be on the road on Carnival

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COULD YOU ENVISION AND ENJOY PANORAMA WHEN ALL 100 PLUS STEEL ORCHESTRAS TUNE OF CHOICE HAS NO LYRICS.

Mr. Claude Gonzales said in an earlier post and I quote ( I think that in a few short years PANORAMA TUNES will NO LONGER HAVE LYRICS. if you listen to the PANORAMA COMPOSITIONS with a critical calypso ear the problem is self-evident. ) end of quote.

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Are theSteelband clashes of the sixties exaggerated ?

I an not one to try to whitewash the past , but the era of the late nineteen fifties into the early seventies seems to be defined in the minds of some as an era of "old pan and cutlash " and steelband clashes.

There were clashes indeed , mostly in th

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CAL Invaders shows the way forward for pan

As the legendary steel orchestra celebrates its 75th anniversary, CAL Invaders deserves kudos for hosting an impressive week of celebrations, and especially for staging its symposium and exhibition—T&T Steelband: The Way Forward—on Monday at the Quee

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The Bradley Swagger

Story Time with Mr. Sanch - The Bradley Swagger

What is Panorama Music? Is there a method to the melodious madness that makes us move every Carnival? In this "Story Time with Mr. Sanch" we feature the legendary Clive Bradley as we look back to Panora

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Searching for tune 'Dawning'

Hi.  A little while ago I heard a steel pan rendition of the Jay and the American's song 'Dawning.'  I don't know who the performer was and I have been searching the web to get a copy but can't find it anywhere.  Does anybody know who plays it and wh

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Trinidad All Stars Pan on D Avanue 4

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The Circle of Fifths

From time to time on this forum there have been discussions about the "circle of fifths" as it relates to the steelpan , it's creation and creators.

As a non musician , I've been highly intrigued by these discussions, and did some research out of cur

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