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Demonstrations at Pan Trinbago Headquarters

Gregory Lindsay is  feeling concerned

When elected officials brazenly engage in mismanagement, especially corruption, and constitutional provisions cannot remove them forthwith, the fault lies with the wider membership. It is wholly unacceptable that

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PANORAMA: JAMMING TO THE TOP – THE JOURNEY FROM THE PANYARD TO PANORAMA

Brooklyn based director, Christine Shaw and editor, Davone Alexis, are currently crowdfunding for Panorama: Jamming to the Top on Kickstarter.

The documentary follows a vibrant community of people in Brooklyn, NY who love steel pan and are fighting to

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Teneisha Campbell of Renegades Steel Orchestra and the movie Black Panther Speaks at The BBPA Harry Jerome Awards

The BBPA Harry Jerome Awards is recognized as the most prestigious national awards gala in the African-Canadian community and a coveted symbol of achievement. This years winners receive awards in the following categories: Academics, Arts, Athletics,

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Pan Trinbago Responds to: “TAKE PAN AWAY FROM PAN PLAYERS”

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Please allow me space to reply to an article written in the Daily Express by veteran journalist Keith Subero on Monday, 7th May 2018 titled TAKE PAN AWAY FROM PAN PLAYERS.

Two calypsos keep bouncing around in my head while

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Pan Trinbago Central Executive Accuses their President Keith Diaz of Improprieties

On Friday 18^th May 2018, the same mob that assaulted  Attorney Farid Scoon at the Communication Workers Union hall the day before, invaded the head office of Pan Trinbago with placards and shouting at the top of their voices that the duly elected off

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Panist Jonathan Scales with an Anthony Williams Spider-Web Tenor

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Youths keep Pan alive at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

Washington D.C., U.S.A. - PANLARA Youth Steel Orchestra comprising of boys and girls from Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, the Bahamas, Panama and Jamaica performed on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. The group led by Trinidadian Debbie Lara

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Do the limbo! How the Windrush brought a dance revolution to Britain

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PAN TRINBAGO, FROM ONE CRISIS TO THE NEXT

From October 2015, soon after Pan Trinbago's Central Executive Elections, it became clear to us that our organization was operating from one crisis to another. There were allegations left, right and center as to the cause of this instability. But our

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Regrello to intervene in pan dispute

Junia Regrello

San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello said he was willing to make an intervention into the dilemma between Old Tech Steel Orchestra and the San Fernando West Secondary school to bring about a win-win situation.

Regrello said it was an un

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Britain Apologizes to Caribbeans Who’ve Lived in Britain for Decades

LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May apologized on Tuesday for harsh treatment of some Caribbeans who have lived in Britain legally for decades but have trouble documenting their status, as her government reversed itself on an issue that had turned i

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Can EU migrants trust Britain after the Commonwealth “Windrush” scandal?

To make matters worse, reports surfaced that the UK government destroyed landing cards, which would’ve been filled out by Windrush migrants on their arrival into Britain, in 2010. However, UK prime minister Theresa May said that while the Home Offic

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First * First in Pan

The late great Pat Bishop was the first known female to sing with a steelband (Esso Tripoli) live in 1967 as the result of a bet that a steelband could play softly enough to accompany an unamplified female voice. | see more |

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In 1972 Merle Albino-

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Four Musical Premieres At Uncaged Melodies IV

The Gleaner

The audience at the fourth presentation of Uncaged Melodies, the annual concert by the Classical and Jazz Ensemble (CAGE) led by University of the West Indies Music Fellow Peter Ashbourne, got a special treat. They heard the very first p

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Pan Trinbago in Total Chaos

More Pan Trinbago Problems

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Theresa May apologizes for treatment of Windrush immigrants

By James Masters, CNN

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An In-Depth Conversation with Soca King Machel Montano On His New Documentary

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Remembering Ralph Davis - SPOTLIGHT - Original PanMan - Ralph Davis

New York - October 1,  2004 

What if we could take you back to the beginnings of the pan movement, and have you relive the experience as if you were actually there?  Hear about the iron fist of the legendary Rudolph Charles, and laugh about, yet list

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Ralph Davis on his passing

When Steel Talks extends our deepest sympathy to family and friends of Ralph Davis. He was a Desperadoes Steel Orchestra and Pantonic Steel Orchestra founding member. A true warrior for Pan. He will be missed.

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The Carnival Proclamation of 1903

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