Pan prelims fail to pull crowd in South
By Innis Francis - Trinidad Express
By Innis Francis - Trinidad Express
Liam has the song and the players and the musical skills and the organization to win Panorama 2016 but I cannot see it happening. With his EXPANSIVE musical knowledge he does not have to hide behind over-used runs and chromatics. But ALL STARS is alw
Read more…It has often been said on this forum by Claude and others that "Young people doh like pan for carnival" for various reasons.
As we all know , steelbands own the Brooklyn Labor Day J'ouvert , and many , including young people seem to enjoy it.
So I po
Diaz says PANTRINBAGO is in a DEEP BIND
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-12-28/cutbacks-no-more-carnival-village
Read more…Results - Single Pan Bands - PRELIMINARIES |
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| Place | Score | Single Pan Bands | Arrangers | Tunes of Choice | Tuners |
| 1 | 265 | San Juan East Side Symphony | Duvone Stewart | No, No We Eh Going Home | Herman Guppy Brown |
| 2 | 262 | Trinidad East Side Symphony | Carlon Harewo | ||
While posters on this forum are criticizing THE PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO, local panmen are hailing him the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST -- here to save PAN and the GREATER ECONOMY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/letters/0,219499.html
Read more…Since the Death of Kitch and the Departure of Sparrow and To a Lesser Extent Terror. Has Own Tunes Filled that Void? Do Steel Bands Have a Better Choice?
Read more…Heavens for bid NO CARNIVAL IN 2016 means TOURISTS EXPATS and VISITORS will find a new destination to enjoy their vacation maybe BRAZIL, Our National Airline, Restaurants, Hotels, Guest houses, Taxi Drivers, Vendors, Stores and the Country as a whole
Read more…A place like NY where we have so much bands and very few tuners and pan makers, my question is why dont we have some class or something to teach the younger generation how to make and tune pans. I was looking up on line and the places that do teach a
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Read more…[1]. In October 2012, I submitted my nomination [duly supported by two financial members] for the upcoming elections to the Central Executive of Pan Trinbago. The Secretary sent me a letter stating that my nomination was rejected as I was a delegat
Read more…There was a discussion on this forum recently where the global demand for steelband music was questioned (dismissed rather) by citing a fundamental (very fundamental) principle in economics.
I feel compelled to correct the record. As everyone knows,
Read more…It's a shame! It's a shame to see KEITH DIAZ begging CORPORATE SPONSORS like a little PUPPY DOG for MONEY. To hear him explaining MARKETING STRATEGIES to the likes of ANGOSTURA is comical to say the least -- ignorance to be honest. All the BIG TALK
Read more…I Think that Trinbago Being the Mecca and Creator of the Steel Pan , We Should Be the Main Country Producing and Exporting this Beautiful Instrument. Just as We Export Oil. What do You Think and Why Not.
Read more…The recently launched OTT platform serving Caribbean culture has closed a deal with the Trinidad & Tobago soca superstar.
MAS2TV will promote and distribute worldwide Montano’s digital video library.
“We’re honoured and proud to add one of the trul
Ronald C. Emrit with the Trinidad Steelband in Washington, DC, at the State Department Christmas Party hosted by the late Senator Robert Kennedy (December 1967)
As one of a few considered avenues for expanding WST’s historical data, facts and figur
Read more…I've always been vocal about arrangers choosing old tunes for panorama, I just realize that maybe the reason could be because they have more time to work on them, perhaps the time when new music comes out is too late for arrangers. Those arrangers th
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The Merrymen started in Barbados in 1962 as a four man band playing traditional Barbadian Calypso and folk music. Robin Hunte (tenor guitar and electric mandolin), Stephen Fields (guitar and vocals), and E
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