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World-class acts at marimba and steelpan fest -- South Africa

By Helen Herimbi

The Independent Online

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Sibongile Khumalo

The fifth annual Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival ushers in the month of August this year. On August 1 and 2, the festival comprised of music performance competi

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Hardware store older than Canada -- Golden Harps Steel Orchestra perform

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B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89

By TIM WEINER MAY 15, 2015

New York Times

B. B. King, whose world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues, died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 89.

His death was r

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Can Pan in T&T Survive without Panorama?

It Has been Long Said that Panorama is Killing Pan ''But''

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS IAN.........

Today is Ian Franklyn birthday lets send him a greeting.

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Steel bands need more, says ZigE

Coming from “pantastic” Crop Over weekend, many are still talking about some of the great performances, and reminiscing.

But one of Barbados’ most renowned pannists, David ZigE Walcott, is concerned about the lack of development within the pan commun

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The First Organized San Fernando Steelband

This is a really nice story from Jeremy G de Barry's website!!! This line particularly amused me: "This was the first time that a steelband instrument was seen or heard in South. Many ‘old stagers’ who claimed that they had authority on music, denoun

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GIVE PAN TRINBAGO A RATING....

If you were ask to rate Pan Trinbago  on a scale of 1 to 10 what would it be?

What did they do  that we could be proud of?

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Can Pan in T&T Survive without Panorama?

To My Pan People. Can Pan in Sweet T&T Survive Without Panorama.

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A pan play to die for

Added by Davandra Babb on July 16, 2015.
Saved under Crop Over

Last weekend, it was truly “pantastic”.

Arguably one of the most highly anticipated weekends on the Crop Over calendar, the pan weekend attracted record numbers at their events from Frida

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Royalties from Panorama DVD sales

A couple of band leaders were complaining to me today that they do not get royalties from the  CDs and DVDs that are produced of Panorama performances.

What???

Something is very wrong here. Both indicate that they have not signed away any of their ri

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Happy Birthday to brenda hosang

Happy Birthday Brenda and I wish you many more,

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A Calypso for the OLD TIMERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_7JRubMMB8

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HAPPY MOTHERS DAY...

To the Pan Women who are mothers and all other mothers, we salute you on this day but thank you for doing what you do everyday.

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New concerto combines music, sport on Shanghai stage -- #steelband global news - China

A ping pong table and two professional players joined musicians on the stage in Shanghai Saturday night, marking a bold move by American composer Andy Aki

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A little STEELBAND HISTORY! Give Ray Holman his jacket!

http://www.bestoftrinidad.com/steelband60s.html

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Happy Mother's Day to my MOM Neutrice, my Sister Shirley,and Marilyn, to my four X wife's Sylvia, Kay, Patty Gail, and Robyn, to my Daughter's Prudence, Tracy Nichole, Crystal, Ebony, Cinnamon, Allison, Tama...

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Iowa City steel drum band marks first year - #steelband global news - Iowa, USA

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DEVELOPING LIST OF STEELBANDS WHICH HAVE PASSED

Over 300 STEELBANDS on the LIST and we still have more updating to do!!!

We are going to have some MAJOR UPDATES coming up this week. I am going to put "TBD" in the  "location" field for bands which currently lack a specific location. I have also add

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"NO....WE STILL DEALING WITH IT"....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0npdm4vKio

PAN TRINBAGO on Morning Edition TV6 APRIL 11TH 2015 - KEITH DIAZ, RICHARD FORTEAU. INTERVIEWER – FAZEER MOHAMMED

Fazeer Mohammed: Mr. Forteau can you give us any clarity as to when the next Executive elec

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