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RUSSELL PROVIDENCE: Aquil Arrindell come on this forum and tell we he is ah big MUSIC THIS and MUSIC THAT ...

... but when I look at all the WST PANORAMA PROGRAMMING, I doh see AQUIL arranging for NOBODY except ah lil YOUTH BAND down in the DEEP SOUTH!!! And when he try to ENTER POLITICS and take over control of PAN TRINBAGO -- well yuh know how that turn ou

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RUSSELL PROVIDENCE TRUMPS THE FORUM!!!

Ah think ah want to give up AMERICA and go and PLANT PEAS in CASTARA.

After all these years I spend on THIS FORUM, RUSSELL PROVIDENCE come and eat meh lunch. All the BIG WORDS Dr. deLight teach me -- RUSSELL come and string more BIG WORDS together th

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So, No Chutney Soca Monarch competition in 2018 .... NLCB pulls out of funding

So, No Chutney Soca Monarch competition in 2018 .... NLCB pulls out of funding.  Is this because of Massive?

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Aquil Arrindell: You need to learn a few things about PAN TRINBAGO!!!

Pan Trinbago is the main centre [in the world] for the propagation of the steelband art form.

Pan Trinbago expects to maintain strong ties and work closely with Musicians’ Unions in countries wherever steelpan players perform, so that any industrial

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C.I.P.  says, any pan person upset that PT won the case against the N.C.C. is a traitor to the organization.

C.I.P.  says, any pan person upset that PT won the case against the N.C.C. is a traitor to the organization.

By Aquil Arrindell

Let me state that at no time did the Concerned Individuals for Pan (CIP), stand against Pan Trinbago (PT), for the action

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Ah carry MEH ACKEE down DOLLY MARKET, not ah ACKEE won't sell (the judge refuse to buy DOLLY ACKEE) ... Lord what a night what a night, not ah ACKEE won't sell!!!

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SEASON GREETINGS...

Merry Christmas to the WST Family and may 2018 bring us Joy and Happiness...

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A year in culture

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

PAN TRINBAGO

From very early in the year, the Carnival bacchanal started, with panmen marching to Pan Trinbago’s head office over the non-payment of fees owed to them from 2016, and to express dissatisfaction at the organi

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The Pyrrhic Victory of PanTrinbago vs the NCC...the Kokaram Judgment - AN OPEN LETTER TO KEITH DIAZ, PRESIDENT OF PANTRINBAGO THROUGH WHEN STEEL TALKS

Dear Your Excellency Mr. President

All Central & Executive & fellow Delegate Members of Pan Trinbago,

All Members of the WST family:

ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED:

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DOCTOR DOLLY makes first comments since THE VERDICT: She assures that THERE WILL BE A PANORAMA!!!

That is a very predictable woman!!! As long as she can stand up on ASH  WEDNESDAY and say that she had a SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL, Keith Diaz (and TUCO) could steal all the taxpayers money they want. She is simply there to FUND and PROMOTE and dress up fa

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INGRID: The only thing you missed was the DEATH OF THE CIP. Gregory Lindsay will no longer be coming on the FORUM to tell us how he will run PAN TRINBAGO

Ingrid: I have been missing your contributions. You did not miss much in the interim. All the CARNIVAL GROUPS are waiting for DOCTOR DOLLY to HAND OVER THE MONEY. The CIP is officially dead. So if they come to you and ask you to put your signature on

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PAN HISTORY is an extremely NEW HISTORY, if you are talking about HISTORY. But how come there is so much DISAGREEMENT and DEBATE over the FACTS

Recently a fellah came on this forum and said that he study PAN HISTORY his whole life and he had all his credentials and then he stated some "facts" in his posting. Before you know it another poster (who is also a PAN HISTORIAN and writer) told him

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GREGORY LINDSAY: YOU and INGRID should SIGN UP for some CLASSES!!!

I want to teach you about POLITICS IN T&T and I want to teach INGRID about CALYPSO. But you feel that you know ALL ABOUT THE POLITICS and she feels that she KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE CALYPSO.

Gregory: I have a "SPECIAL CRYSTAL BALL" for you. Just show a li

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Ah want to file a lawsuit against RUSSELL PROVIDENCE for copyright infringement!!!

Actually, I should make it intellectual property theft. Leading up to and during and after THE EVENT, I made certain comments on the MOTIVES behind the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND PANORAMA 2015 on this forum.

Today, I see MR. PROVIDENCE on this foru

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Pan in a Star Wars movie... not for the first time.

http://pan-mag.com/steelpan-used-star-wars-last-jedi/

Imagine searching for a pan player to play on the score for Star Wars, The Last Jedi and not being able to find someone who could make the grade.

Only to have to use someone who has no connection

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Once again it is time for me to SING MY PRAISES to the GREATEST POLITICIAN IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD: KEITH DIAZ!!!

Somebody sent me an email and told me not to say the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!! Just say IN TRINIDAD!

So I started looking even harder to see if I could find ONE POLITICIAN in the whole world who is more skilled at the game than the RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH D

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A royal with rhythm! Queen Maxima shows off her musical side as she plays the steel pans during her Caribbean tour with King Willem-Alexander

By MARTHA CLIFF FOR MAILONLINE

Queen Maxima showcased her musical talents as she took part in a steel pan workshop shelters at the Festival Center, Sint Maarten

She is well-known for her enthusiastic approach to her engagements so it was no surpri

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Gregory Lindsay: I want to introduce you to the art of SCRYING!!!

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Why Medium?

Over the years Pan Trinbago introduced several "innovations" to panorama but in some cases the adage applies: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. One was the category system which in theory was supposed to spread the wealth, introduce parity to the comp

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PERFUNCTORY- UNFOCUSED - LAST MINUITE. Reply To Claude Gonzales.

Dear Mr, Gonzales,

I must confess that I do not read the daily newspapers published in Trinidad and Tobago as often as I should, and my opinions were based on Gregory's description of the conclusion. I have only now seen the source of the subject phr

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