Given the recent developments with arranger Robert Greenidge leaving Desperadoes to arrange for Starlift and Zanda coming to Desperadoes, which band do you think will place higher in the 2016 Panorama and why?
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In July when The Gleaner spoke to the University of the West Indies (UWI) Panoridim Steel Orchestra, they were in good spirits, preparing for the inaugural staging of the International Panorama Competition to be held in Trinidad in August
Read more…In three years of staging Badjohn Night—Defenders of Pan, this year saw the largest audience to attend the event.
Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz said his organisation decided to include this event in Steelband Month to document the positive role p
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The marriage of the two most seductively ubiquitous rhythms of Trinidad and Tobago in the song Curry Tabanca, was consummated at around 5:00 am on the morning of Saturday 28th February, 1987 at ‘Hell Yard’, home of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestr
Read more…Make yourself MINISTER OF CULTURE or PRESIDENT of PAN TRINBAGO (or the Captain of MERRYTONES STEELBAND) for a day and outline the contribution or changes that you think are necessary to get STEELBANDS (or STEELBAND MUSIC) projected in line with your
Read more…Now that the PNM is back in POWER, Keith Diaz and PAN TRINBAGO could do WHATEVER they want. Officially RIG ELECTIONS and REIGN FOREVER MORE!!!
Read more…Does anyone know who the manufacturer for the balls on the standarad panland / pan2000 / kakesa style bass sticks are? Pretty much everyone seems to use the same make (with the grooves - you know the one) but can't figure out who makes them - they ha
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VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University’s Music Scholarship Alliance will host Pops in the Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. General admission tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for students, senior citizens and military personnel; and free for
Having Spent Sometime in the Mecca recently.. I Can say for Sure. Pan not in Danger. I attended a Steelband Symposium in the Oval Re - Invaders 75th Anniversary headed By Mrs. Jeannie Remy and was Pleased to See that there are Plans to take Pan to a
Read more…I never see L-O-C-A-L-S who are actively involved (DAY TO DAY) in the STEELBAND MOVEMENT in Trinidad crying down the pan and complaining about the sky-is-falling fate of STEELBANDS like I see EXPATS living THOUSANDS of MILES AWAY and who seem to kn
Read more…As we speak somewhere the leader of a steelband is trying to find the finances to equip his band for next panorama. Every time a steelband leave the yard there is a cost factor and this has nothing to do with paying players. It looks most steelbands
Read more…Last year they had a wonderful event think it was the jr panorama, I was looking forward to seeing it this year. I have seen numerous times they do events in NY and they only do it once and never continue, panorama seems to be the only event that you
Read more…Dr. Nyan Elizabeth Gadsby-Dolly has been appointed Minister of Community, Culture and Arts.
Read more…Take a risk PAN FANS and tell us whom you think will win Sunday's upcoming election!!!
Read more…If we are hosting the 2nd edition of ICP do you think we will have the Steel Band Headquarters completed before the arrival of the first Foreign Steel Orchestra.
Read more…Just look at how many camera angles we have in this video below from 1993. The racks appear not to be no problem. I dare say the audio is even better than the last series of panorama DVD's released from Trinidad by Pan Trinbago. So what's up? We hav
Read more…Very few would argue that Pan Trinbago is an organizational model to be copied on any level. What would you change in Pan Trinbago?
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Read more…Mr.. Diaz can you please release the International Panorama DVD before elections just in case things don't work out for you? The DVD is the one thing the world pan community will remember you positively for. I understand locally your constituents a
Read more…The Executive and members of the South Central Region of Pantrinbago wishes to express our deepest condolences to the steelpan fraternity, the Eastern Region, the Cordette Steel Orchestra and the family of Ava Casanova at her untimely passing. Ava w
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