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JJJ and everybody else: Why do you all think that there are no STEELBANDS touring different parts of the world today?
Is it because EXPATS have taken the PAN to almost every imaginable corner of the world (well not quite every corner) and the novelty has worn off? Part of the ISF agenda is to get BANDS TOURING again and PAN MEN performing on International Stages --
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Like DOCTOR DOLLY give up on PAN -- she have ah new plan for all dem artisan!!!
I thought PAN was supposed to be bringing in BILLIONS (more money than oil is the exact quote -- I think). And just when the new ISF/BIG 5 come on the scene with INTERNATIONAL PLANS for PAN, Doctor Dolly make a U-TURN and gone in ah next direction.
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Febeau Govt Primary gets help from Scotia
STUDENTS of Febeau Government Primary in San Juan will soon benefit from new steelpan equipment, following a donation of $100,000 from the Scotiabank Foundation.
At the cheque presentation, Scotiabank Foundation director Peter Ghany underscored the F
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UWI graduates underemployed
Trinidad Newday
NEW Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus Professor Brian Copeland said there is unprecedented levels of underemployment of UWI graduates even in the high demand professions of medicine and law.
He
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Giving aid when needed to those we always shower great words on.
I seldom visit this forum any more, so I do not know if you all are aware that Cary Codrington is ailing, they have organised a concert and I am posting the flyer here. Your actions will demonstrate weather or not you think that Cary Codrington, the
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INTERNATIONAL STEELBAND FOUNDATION (BIG 5) Concert is ONE MONTH AWAY
Tickets went on sale at all National Lotteries Outlets earlier this week. Ticket prices are $200.00 each if you purchase before July 14th.Tickets bought after that date would be $300.00 each. I am encouraging all EXPATS who LOVE THE PAN to buy two ti
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Calling on Aquil Arrindell and Gregory Lindsay to stop FIGHTING DOWN the AFRO-CENTRIC TING: PAN!!!
I am calling on (and urging) AQUIL ARRINDELL and GREGORY LINDSAY to STOP FIGHTING DOWN PAN TRINBAGO and stop putting spokes in the wheels of KEITH DIAZ and MR. SCOBIE!!!
PAN is an AFRO-CENTRIC TING and WE AFRICANS should stick together in UNITY to KE
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PAN TRINBAGO GOES POLITICAL. With all that rain BRET bring, it look like water more than flour
"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! SOS, SOS, SOS to our leaders. Where are they? The afro-centric communities are leaderless and without voice."
PNM pointing finger at PNM -- AH WANT TO BAWL!!! Ting must be REAL BAD down in T&T!!!
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DRIVEN TO ACHIEVE
Akua Leith is new artistic director of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra
It’s official. The interim label has been removed and Akua Leith is now director of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO). Leith succeeds UWI Professor Jessel Murr
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The Prince of pan
MOST people remember when they got in to their tertiary institution of choice. For Marcus Prince, 22, the day was just as memorable. He knows the exact date and time when he first got into Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Prince
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Anthony Bourdain takes on Trinidad in the latest episode of "Parts Unknown"!
Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown: Trinidad (June 2017)
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WITH dissension from within, there can be said to be no “pan fraternity”
By Andy Johnson -- Trinidad Express
WITH dissension from within, there can be said to be no “pan fraternity” in the country. Individual steelband people were marching against the leadership of Pan Trinbago months ago, calling for fresh elections. Now
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A little PAN (among other things) on CNN this coming Sunday (June 25th) at 9:00 East Coast Time
"A trip to Trinidad uncovers how the island has turned a history of colonialism and slavery into a non-stop celebration of multicultural food, music and good times."
PARTS UNKNOWN tonight features TRINIDAD. I am sure that we will hear a little bit of
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AQUIL: All these diverse topics on the FORUM and all you want to talk about is the CIP -- C'mmon Man!!!
Aquil: I love you like a brother. More than I love Cecil and Bugs. But C'mmon Man, you can't just use the forum to present the CIP AGENDA. Yuh from South!!! Post ah SOUTH BAND VIDEO or something. Post your favourite CALYPSO or something. Post a steel
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96.1 WEFM - Interview with Andre White
By the time he was 21 years old, Andre White, had already chalked up two Panorama titles in New York (2011 and 2012) arranging for the ADLIB Steel Orchestra while he was still a senior at Berklee College of Music. In 2011, the young man also capt Read more…
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