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New group awards first large-impact grant

Virginia, USA - The founding members of Women In Philanthropy, an initiative of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation, awarded their first large-impact grant at a luncheon Thursday at the Virgi

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Revisited - Desperadoes’ Great New York Triumph - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Global - The year is 1987 and pan is about to begin its meteoric rise. One of the (critical) events that catapulted this ascension is the now-historic Desperadoes Steel Orchestra tour of New York which included performance stints at Carnegie Hall, Ha

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The Saga Begins - The Road to the NY Panorama Championship A WST special to the NY Daily News

The Saga Begins - The Road to the NY Panorama Championship
A WST special to the NY Daily News


Sonatas practices for 2009 PanoramaNew York, USA - The grand event known as “Panorama” commences on its traditional date - the last Saturday before Labor

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Pan Sonatas Steel Orchestra - Sports Day New York Steelband Fraternity Come Together for Fun, Fun Fun

Pan Sonatas Steel Orchestra - Sports Day
New York Steelband Fraternity Come Together
for Fun, Fun Fun


Steelpan musicians battle for basketball supremacy on Sonatas’ Sports DayNew York, USA - Have you ever wondered - what does a world-class performin

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The Show Must Go On! - Power of the Steelpan 2010 Montreal International Steelpan Festival in Full Review

The Show Must Go On! - Power of the Steelpan 2010 Montreal International Steelpan Festival in Full Review


Quebec, Canada - The words “the show must go on” have never rung with more truth and urgency than with this year's Montreal International Stee

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Utopia Pan Soul SteelPan Jazz Brunch - Bakes, Shark, Callaloo and more - Rule

Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation steel orchestra organization is well-known for its music accomplishments; however the organization is also famous for its culinary masterpieces at its events.

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Remember Rebecca? A look at one of the most intriguing moments in steelband history - Panorama 1983

Remember Rebecca? A look at one of the most intriguing moments in steelband history - Panorama 1983

Global - It could be a story about a mauve towel, army greens, eight ducks and a briefcase. But it really rocks as one of the most fiercely contes

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I am very proud of Salah and his family !

I was introduced to Salah,a Trinidadian,on St Catherine St near to Eatons in Montreal,by the late Edmund "Sadman" Charles,the brother of the late Rudolph "The Hammer" Charles,where he used to beat pan in the summer,and in the subway in the winter,to

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When Steel Talks extends our condolences to Franklin Gerald and family

When Steel Talks extends our condolences to Franklin Gerald and family.


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Members of the Steel Pan Fraternity:

It is with my deepest regret to inform you of the passing of Vanessa Gorkin,daughter of Franklin Gerald

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Results - 2010 Nttingo Hill Carnival Steel Band Competitions

BAS congratulates all participants on their outstanding performances and unique contributions to the success of the 2010 Notting Hill Carnival and its associated events. We thank our partners for their support of our work, and everyone who attended f

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No Panorama! No Respect for PAN!

St. Lucia, W.I. - There will be no Panorama this year. Again! And one of the main reason, I understand is that money promised has not been paid for competition since 2008. I could not believe my ears. Can someone confirm for me, please? If this is i

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Ace Steelpan musician Ryan Joseph is ‘Lypo Tom’ in “The Pan Man”

New York, USA - He is one of the better known faces on the New York steelpan music scene. A frontline player with the champion steel orchestra Pan Sonatas, and, one of the core members of its stage side, Ryan Joseph is additionally a member of the hi

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Sonatas Steelband Launch - Method to the Madness

New York - In spite of the steady drizzle and dark overcast skies, the bands came out to play. One by one they arrived: Pan Ambassadors, Despers USA, Harmony, ADLIB, CASYM, Pantonic, Steel Sensation, Sesame Flyers and others were all slated to perfor

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Salah's Steelpan Academy Wins 2010 Toronto Panorama

Congratulations!! to Salah's Steelpan Academy on your 4-peat. WST

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bless u arrow

May god bless u and hope u enjoyed the ride condolenses to yur family your music will always live on .......

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Introducing Pan Oasis - Grenada’s newest Steel Orchestra

Pan Oasis band launchSt. John, Grenada - Pan Oasis, the newest steel orchestra in Grenada, and third in St. John, was launched on Sunday 29th on the grounds of the Florida Government School.

Robert Cadet of Marigot, St. John and former arranger of

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Revisiting - Carl Chase - The Man Behind Steelpan in Maine

Carl Chase - The Man Behind Steelpan in Maine 

Montreal, Quebec, Canada -  He is quiet, reserved, unassuming and soft-spoken yet his passion for the steelpan and its music burns white hot. Meet Carl Chase, the man singularly responsible for the int

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The Prime Minister, Steelpan and Tassa on Madison Avenue - India Day Parade 2010

 New York - The Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, was Guest of Honor on the lead float for the 30th India Day Parade on Madison Avenue in New York. Steelpan, Tassa and carnival masqueraders were a proud part of

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Hot Hot Hot famed Mighty Arrow has passed -

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Arrow.  His calypso "Hot, Hot, Hot" is one of the all time greats out of the Caribbean.

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18th Cudrefin Steelband Festival showcases CSI and more

Switzerland - On Saturday 24th July 2010, the Cudrefin Steel Band Festival was held at Les Pampanas, Cudrefin, a municipality in the district of Avenches in the canton (member state) of Vaud in Switzerland.

....2010 saw this steel band festival cele

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