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Junior National Panorama Finals Set - Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Panorama 2013

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Global - Thirty-eight steel orchestras will compete in the Junior National Panorama at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Sunday 3 February 2013 from 9:00 a.m. The competition is staged by The M

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Trini in Europe: The steelpan blues

Pan stigma

 

They were from a generation that did not fully embrace the steelpan, its history and significance to the country, and like many in their social standing in the community, they applied a stigma to this beautiful instrument.

 

Learning the

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Work of calypso great Maestro to be reviewed

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Brooklyn, New York -  Calypso will be the focus of the next Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute forum at Medgar Evers College, when a panel discussion explores the phenomenal work and legacy

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2013 Groovy Soca Steelband Competition

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  Pan Trinbago will host the first-ever Groovy Soca Steelband Competition on Carnival Monday (February 10) evening from 6:00 p.m. to 12 midnight.

The competition will see participating steelbands perform any original groovy

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Best of Panazz

Twenty years ago , when I was searching throughout Trinidad for quality  oil drums to have our bass pans made, I could  never have  imagined that I would now be  producing a "BEST OF PANAZZ" compilation -- Wow !

The Pan Ramajay Competition was  one

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NIU Steelband Does It Again - Freddie Harris III Guest Stars

DeKalb, Illinois - NIU (Northern Illinois University) Steelband once again showed why it has one of the most successful steelband music programs in the world. Led by Liam Teague and Clifford Alexis, the DeKalb, Illinois-based university has been aggr

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Award-winning Filmmakers raising funds to tell the history and influence of the Steelpan

Award-winning Filmmakers raising funds to tell the history and influence of the Steelpan

Los Angeles - "They didn't care. A steelband man, you have sticks in your pockets; you would be the subject of police harassment." That is the opening line

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South-Central Region chairman Michael “Scobie” Joseph throws out Challenge to Steelbands

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Put your steelband on a trailer with singers and bring out your own mas and hit the road for carnival.” Such were the sentiments of the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation leader in his capacity as the new v

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FITUN Salutes The Life And Legacy Of Bertie Marshall

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Global - The Federation of Independent Trade Unions and NGOs (FITUN) joins with many others in offering condolences to the family, friends, and community of legendary pan-tuner Bertie Marshall. FITUN also

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FUNERAL FOR TANMAN

Funeral service for the late OWEN 'TANMAN' HORSFORD, External Relations Officer of the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation, takes place on FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER at 10:30 am from Harvey's Funeral Home, 1504 Bushwick Ave. Brooklyn, New York .

Viewing a

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WestJet launches daily, non-stop service to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

CALGARY, Nov. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Media are welcome to join WestJet guests on Friday, November 16 as the airline launches daily, non-stop service to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago as part of its 2012/2013 winter schedule.

Media representatives are i

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International Steelpan Jazz Challenge Finals on Sunday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eight steelpan ensembles will be competing in Sunday’s (November 4) First Citizen’s (FCB) International Steelpan Jazz Challenge 2012 Finals at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Starting time

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Pan Trinbago’s Keith Diaz faces two challengers for Presidency

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three persons have thrown their hats in the ring for the position of President of Pan Trinbago Inc. Former Executive member Beverly Ramsey-Moore is up against incumbent Keith Diaz for the post in the Association’s upcoming C

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Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation funds USVI’s Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra

Jeffrey Epstein, Financier, backs most Inspiring Steelpan Youth Orchestra in the US Virgin Islands

 

USVI - One of the most successful youth orchestras in the US Virgin Islands is called the Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra. Based out of St. Thomas

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Fundraiser Report for -- Peter Johnson, aka Showtime / Bomber

The entire pan community owes itself a round of applause for coming out to support its own.  Due to our combined efforts, we were able to raise $2,642.81 (proceeds from the bar, door, sale of food and tips) in aid of defraying some of the astronomica

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Invaders Steel Orchestra Celebrates 10 Years of Pan, Parang and Pork

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As the saying goes “Necessity is the mother of invention,” and so it was out of the realization that corporate sponsorship was only a partial means to sustainability, and in order to achieve self-sufficiency, that a more ing

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Starlift Steel Orchestra of St. Vincent & The Grenadines in historic New York visit

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In Concert, on the road for J’Ouvert - Starlift came hard

New York, USA - With a cool breeze blowing on a warm Friday evening, it was exactly the right setting for a great steelband concert, showcasing the sounds of the contingent from Starlift

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SteelPan Tuners Guild call Emergency Meeting

Trinidad & Tobago - The SteelPan Tuners Guild of Trinidad & Tobago has issued an invitation to its members to attend an Emergency Meeting at the Ministry of Culture Office, La Fantasie Road, St. Ann’s in Trinidad, on Monday 8th October 2012, at 5:00

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Stage set for Style and Steel at Sforzata Pan yard - Caribbean Fashion Plus Week 2012 puts “Pan In Style”

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It will be a colourful explosion of steel pan music and stylish fashions for ‘Pan In Style’ - a runway Fashion Show and After Party, unfolding on Saturday 3^rd November 2012 at the pan yard of Sforzata Steel Orchestra in St.

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SanFest - Steelbands Battle for Supremacy

National Junior Arts Festival Steelpan Finals

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Following hectic preliminary rounds for Sanfest—the Annual NGC (National Gas Company)-sponsored National Junior Arts Festival—in North and South Trinidad and

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