THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT I KNOW THAT DID THAT BEFORE, HIS NAME IS "CORDELL (SPONGY) BARBOUR" AND IT WAS A CLASSIC ON A TENOR PAN
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NYU Plans to ‘STEEL’ Washington Square Park and Frederick Loewe Theatre
Tuesday April 12th 2011
For two evenings, New York City will experience some of its most engaging encounters with
Caribbean musical expression. This privilege will be provi
Southern Marines Steelband Foundation’s 2011 Panorama season was a success when compared to the last four years. After a long drought a little rain came. We were able to come into the National Small bands Panorama finals, and place third out of eleve
Read more…Renegades could do no wrong, winning Panorama 1995, 1996 and 1997. Jit had the formular. Lots of jam from start to finnish, animated players, a dash of innovation and staying close to the melody so that the audiences never get lost. Jit had figured i
Read more…This is the sixth movement of my suite for steel band and choir, "In the Shadows of the Forest." The performance is by the Choir of the Sound (Seattle, WA) and a band made up of local players. This performance was on May 13th, 2011, in Lynnwood, Wash
Read more…Gentlemen, the academic case being made is almost quaint. What other cases are there of this? Are we to by pass Stradivarius and Steinway and give pan makers a bligh? I love pan as much as you all but I want to keep it real. First off the instrument
Read more…Renegades could do no wrong, winning Panorama 1995, 1996 and 1997. Jit had the formular. Lots of jam from start to finnish, animated players, a dash of innovation and staying close to the melody so that the audiences never get lost. Jit had figured i
Read more…A meeting took place yesterday, Wednesday in Trinidad in the Crowne Plaza Hotel to discuss Carnivals around the world. If I'm reading the third "paragraph" in the article, which is really just one line - its printed:
Just heard on the news. Renegades are out. More details as they become available
Read more…Hello Renegades;
Just wanted you to know your performance at the semi finals was boss. I am not a Renegades fan but what they did to you is wrong. The judges need to explain themselves. Who are they going to mess up next?
Read more…Much respect to Renegades Steel Orchestra for standing for justice and it players. Regardless of how this injusction against Pan Tribago goes, I will always have the utmost respect for them. It is too bad the other steel orchestras who were also dis
Read more…I am observing over the years the Large bands in the semi-final that perform after 11:00pm get an unfair deal. The majority of the thousands of people's start leaving around 10:00pm - by the time the last 5 bands reach the stage only the die-hard sup
Read more…1st silver stars & phase II
3rd trinidad all stars
4th exodus
5th fonclaire
6th desperadoes
7th invaders
8th siparia deltones
9th starlift
10 redemption sound setters
11 tropical angel harps
12 harmonites
13 renegades
14 skiffle bunch
15 birdsong & o
Read more…To the management of Advance Dynamic:
Please do all your practicing during the preliminary rounds.
If you can't produce a professional DVD for panorama 2011, please stay away, leave town and take the "Gypsy" with you!!
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Read more…The results were given. The audience were invited to throw objects at the stage. Bottles, flew creating riot situation. The police moved in to regain control
Is this real or imagined?
This is what happened at the Chutney Monarch Competition last we
Read more…For years I have been hearing about 'what the judges are looking for' and 'the direction of the judges' as it relates to the arrangements offered by the bands. This year someone even singled out the arrangements of Boogsie and Carlton Zanda as the a
Read more…On August 13, 1992, then Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Patrick Manning declared the steelpan to be the national musical instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, (Trinbago). To date, that declaration is yet to be an Act of Parliament in the coun
Read more…Just got the word on the Passing of another steelpan Giant...'Bendix'
Bendix was a truly talented and gifted Pan player and Arranger. those of us who knew him would attest to this fact....yet with all this talent he avoided the spotlight. ...It is
Read more…The Government spends millions of tax payers monies to develop the G-Pan. The Faculty of Engineering at UWI in Saint Augustine did the Studies and Research.
During the grand launching of the G-Pan by the former Prime Minister Patrick Manning statem
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