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ICP World Steel Band Competition: DEFRAUDED OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM:

The ICP world steel band competition is a waste of our country's money and proves nothing.

No government or organization in the countries represented will spend money to transport, housed, feed and pay expenses for foreign groups to compete and then

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Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe is referred to as The Mozart of Pan and a Genius, a successful arranger, composer, classical arranger, and a steel pan virtuoso. Is GENIUS a true characterization of his abilities

The genius of Len Boogsie Sharpe was evident throughout this production. Boogsie played on almost every track on the album, on every instrument ranging from tenor pans to bass pans. The most lasting memory of all present at the Coral Sounds recording

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The MUSICAL DETERIORATION of Panorama MUSIC...

personally, after the 1969 Panorama, I have NEVER heard a good panorama tune played since, after Panam North Stars, Guinness Cavaliers, Witco Desperadoes, Solo Harmonites, and Angostura Starlift, to this day, panorama music has rapidly deteriorated,

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When is a soprano a tenor?

Published on Aug 5, 2015

A standard of a glossary of terms related to the steelpan was declared by the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards in early July, in time for the current International Conference and Panorama (ICP) that concludes on Sunday

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO STEEL BAND/PAN MUSIC TODAY and ???

do these arrangers KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOIN ??? don't they know how too use these INSTRUMENT'S, don't they know music or anything at all about music, and don't they go off at a distant and listen to the"SHIT" THEY'RE PUTTING on the pans ??? I can hear

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TALK TALK TALK / HOT HOT HOT AIR ...

The Pan Trinbago REGIME has Polluted the Steel Pan Celestial Sphere with Grieve UNREST, what R U all gonna do about It??? all this talk, talk, talk, TALKING never get's anything done, DOIN DOES...

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AROBICORAMA ...

I'v seen the second love of my life, PANORAMA, after the MUSIC FESTIVAL, totally ERADICATED/DESTROYED, by Arobic Dancing behind the instruments, it's high time ALL YAH stop playing WITH the Instrument, and start PLAYIN IT...

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Money is the key to the music Pan Trinbago seeks millions for international conference and competition

In their continuing efforts to promote the steelpan globally, while ensuring that Trinidad and Tobago remains identified as the birthplace and Mecca of the instrument, Pan Trinbago is working to raise at least TT$12M to host its International Confer

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A LITTLE BIT OF FORSYTH FROM THE LATE FITZGERALD GERRY JEMMOTT FORMER MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF TRINIDAD ALL STARS

When Neville Jules left Trinidad for the USA in early seventies, Rudy Wells took over arranging the Panorama Tunes for All Stars, In the late seventies After Rudy Wells was unavailable All stars used four Members(Anthony Guy, Anthony Guerra, Bunny We

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PLAGIARISM

Can U imagine "anyone" receiving $34.5 million US dollars circa 2005, from the then ROTT Government, to research and create a new family of pans, already researched and created, Design Patent and Trademark, with Moral Rights where Copyright is automa

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THANKS NEW VISIONARIES.....

I  don't know the status of the New Visionaries presently but I would to commend them for their effort in trying to oppose the executive of the Pan Trinbago, they did an excellent job with the resources they had.

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PAVING D WAY WITHOUT ST JAMES TRIPOLIANS THE FIRST AND ONLY PAN ROUND D NECK STEEL BAND TO ENTER 1973 PANORAMA SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE CONVENTIONAL STEEL BANDS

In 1973 St James Tripolians entered the Panorama contest as the only Pan round d neck steel band to play along side the conventional steel band for a place in the semis finals, they pioneered the Pan round d neck steel bands to have their own categor

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Looking for Hylanders Original Lp

Hi All:

The family of the late Bertie Marshall is looking for original LPs of Hylanders Steelband recordings. Unfortunately the ones in our possession were broken during a house move. We would prefer Lps in original jackets in playable condition and

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CULTURAL BANDIT !!!

Is Pan Trinbago a CULTURAL BANDIT ???

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PAN / STEEL BAND'S, TIME TO "REVOLT" ...

This will be necessary to facilitate the further "Evolution," a process of change in the particular direction, of the instrument, back to it's rightful state of ORIGIN, without further ABUSE, by a FASCIST REGIME that pigeon hold the development of th

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Y is "PAN" and Pan men/people been ABUSED ???

Is it because were to TALENTED / CREATIVE, or DUMB ???

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Who would you Vote as the Best Steel Band in the 20th Century, #1 and #2

 My Vote as the Best Steel Band in the 20th Century, #1 and #2 would be, #1 Panam North Stars, #2 Desperadoes.

   

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"PAN TUNER'S" WHAT R U DOING, has pan gone backward ???????

It's HIGH TIME THAT I get on the "Pan Tuners BUTT... Since the single pan band HAD RESURFACED in the 1980s, the TONE of pan and PLAYING has taken a 80% turn backward, as pan is no longer played, but instead BEATEN, AGAIN I've heard, and still continu

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IS "PAN" A DANCE & BEATING CONTEST AMONG OTHER THING'S ???

Pan is and instrument created out of the need for "Spiritual Enlightenment", player's spend most of there time DANCING behind the instrument, other than playing the instrument the way it is to be played, pan is not a CIRCUS of MOCKERY, or a DANCE CLA

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PAN & PANORAMA A 3 RING CIRCUS...

With Tuners, Arrangers, Players the ring's in the Circus, and Pan Trinbago the Ring Master, consistently smiling pan people $$$$$$, while they/pan people live in poverty and squalor to later die like dog's...

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