The heading above is a quote from the former MINISTER OF CULTURE (Lincoln Douglas).
How many forumites hold this view?
Read more…Dear President Diaz, Sir: As you know, there are 20,000 members on this WST FORUM and most of them HATE YOU. But throughout the years I have been your NUMBER ONE SUPPORTER -- even though I have to admit that I have been VERY CRITICAL of you (at times
Read more…This forum is a continuum so every so often when some side-liner gets his gall up and comes and takes a shot -- it is not even worth responding.
But beyond that there are people who really care about the PROGRESS OF PAN: I put WAYNE CEZAIR in that ca
Read more…As all eyes are focus on Pan People getting paid for 2016 exodus went and get BJ Marcelle to ruffle up things in 2017, good move XO, looks like thunder coming down in 2017.
Read more…I'm seeing all these discussions about pan being endangered and the Panorama crisis and calypso being dead and all this crazy stuff. We're having fun, we're playing our pans out, we're making good music, things are how they should be! We don't need t
Read more…When Steel Talks extends season greetings to the entire WST forum family.
A special shout out to Cecil, Claude, Bugs, Merrytones, Glenroy, Bertel, ODW and the countless others who have contributed to the forum.
Read more…It is a known fact that the greatest fear of a pan man is "No Panorama". Without Panorama, the panman fears he or she will be written out of existence. And because of this fear he/she is willing to suffer unimaginable cruelties. Like the battered-wi
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We’re no stranger to the styles and sounds of Blitz The Ambassador, as you well know, and his upcoming project DIASPORADICAL. The revolutionary MC from Gha
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Read more…Does any know which version came first? Would you consider the Van Dyke Parks version heavily calypso influenced?
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“Seventy single pan bands received monies, 60 small conventional bands, 29 medium conventional bands, 19 large conventional bands received money as of last week, and therefore, this is the correct timing for them, as is usual for them to begin and co
Read more…Our London
Parading down cold, wind-swept streets on the back of a flat-bed truck is a far cry from jamming under palm trees swaying in a Caribbean breeze,but it’s all in a day’s work for members of the Golden Harps Steel Orchestra.
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Imagine that a TRINIDAD GIRL gets killed in a store on a Monday and the body gets discovered on a Thursday and the supremely competent TRINIDAD POLICE did a CSI on the scene and removed all incriminating evidence. On the following Monday the coroner
Read more…... Within the next TEN DAYS, all ASSISTANCE TO STEELBANDS and the $1000 to PAN PLAYERS for their 2016 performances WILL BE PAID. And we will be moving forward with PANORAMA 2017 -- AS PLANNED!!!
Read more…In all that's happening these days not once did a steelband make a statement, on behalf of their players, or jointly with other steelbands. Why it is that the management of steelbands don't see it fit to involve themselves in issues concerning their
Read more…Even so ... the number of EXPATS who could provide MEANINGFUL contributions to the progress is EXTREMELY LIMITED. And the number of LOCALS who could even come to the table to have a discussion is miniscule.
All the GLOBAL PROGRESS for PAN came from E
Read more…isee one of the topic is about the fall of Pantrinbago this should beour t main Topic It is about our Stele band and Panmen and women lets get this fix now once and for all don't rest unti it is fix now is the time fix it now words can do a l
Read more…I love the change in the MOOD of the FORUM and the LOCAL REACTION once it was declared that KEITH DIAZ bankrupted PAN TRINBAGO.
INTROSPECTION FOR DAYS.
But I say: Stop looking backward and start looking forward!!!
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