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
Steelpan Educator Martin Albino receives prestigious Moulin D’or 2010 Award
Steelpan educator and award recipient Martin AlbinoLa Salle, Montreal, Canada - The Moulin D’or (Golden Mill) is an award given by the city of La Salle to outstanding citi
Congratulations are in order for The Starlift Junior Steel Orchestra for a job well done. We should be proud of Barry Mannette and his group of young charges for their fine performances in Montreal. It appears they have earned the right to be "Ambass
Read more…The Pan View - from the Pan Yard of D’Radoes Steel Orchestra
Arranger Al “Allos” Foster leads D’Radoes’ ‘Pan Army’ into the New York Panorama Thunderdome
D'Radoes Steel Orchestra practices for New York's 2010 PanoramaNew York, USA - This is indeed
Steelband Music Panyard Panorama Recordings
Basement Recordings captures “Pan in New York” 2010
New York, USA - With the continued objective of providing the New York steel orchestras with the finest recordings ever - Basement Recordings again capt
Starlift Junior Steel Orchestra captures the hearts and minds of Montréal for F.I.S.M.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - With the results of two competitions now in hand, Starlift Junior Steel Orchestra closed out the 10th Annual Montreal International Ste
Panorama And The Power Of Context
A steelband panorama special to When Steel Talks
New York, USA - In the parking lot of the Brooklyn Museum, WIADCA’s red, white and blue corporate logo featuring a humming bird and an eagle, loomed large at the cen
St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - No one was happier last night when it was announced that Halcyon Steel Orchestra had won the Antigua & Barbuda 2010 National Panorama competition, than the Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, the Honorable Baldw
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago - Some of the world’s best and most renowned steel orchestras will be assembling in Trinidad and Tobago for command performances over two days as part of the NAPA Festival project.
Trinidad All Stars, Silver Stars, Phase II Pan G
Pan Podium Magazine
On The Pulse of Pan in the UK
Winter 2009/Spring 2010
London, U.K. - 2010 marks the end of a very memorable decade for many. The official magazine for BAS (the British Association for Steelbands) - Pan Podium - celebrates its 10th
Sunday serving of Steelpan Music at D’Radoes Band Launch
New York - Fashionably - or frustratingly, depending on your point of view - late, D’Radoes Steel Orchestra kicked off their annual band launch in high musical style last Sunday evening around
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - Grenada's top steel orchestras are gearing up this year for a major competition. Dubbed "Pan Explosion 2010,” each steel orchestra plays their "BOMB TUNE" for a maximum of six minutes, and with forty-five players at mo
Read more…Basement Recordings’ 2010 New York Pan Yard Recording Schedule
New York, USA - For many years Basement Recordings, Inc. - parent company of PanOnTheNet and When Steel Talks - has visited the pan yards of some of New York’s finest steel orchestras, t
CSI SteelbandLondon, UK - CSI Steelband Trust retained their BAS/CAPCA (British Association of Steelbands/ Children and Parents Carnival Association) Junior Panorama title for the third consecutive year. This is coupled with their victory at the firs
Read more…Meet Stanley Joseph - Captain of Sonatas Steel Orchestra
Panist set to move from steelpan ‘Battle Zone’ to real life Zone
Captain of Sonatas Steel Orchestra, Stanley JosephNew York, USA - Stanley Joseph, the young but very capable captain of the 2010
The Pan View - from the Pan Yard of Pantonic Steel Orchestra
Pantonic is a lean, mean fighting machine - looking for Goliath
New York, USA - Pantonic Steel Orchestra will enter the “Battle Zone” known as Panorama as a lean, mean, fighting machine. T
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - No less than nine steel orchestras turned “Pan Explosion 2010” into an event to remember, which took place on “Pantastic Saturday” one week ago, at Grenada’s National Stadium in the country’s capital of St. George’s. Pa
When Steel Talks extends best wishes to steelpan innovator, leader and arranger Anthony Willams.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Days to go before Pan Alive (Toronto’s version of the Trinidad and Tobago’s Annual Steelband Panorama) Hollis Clifton made a valiant and successful attempt to interview Ian Jones, Musical Director of Panatics Steelband for a
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Steelband Panorama Judges Seminar in the works
Veteran steelband music adjudicator Merle Albino-de CoteauTrinidad & Tobago - Pan Trinbago will be hosting a Judges' Seminar on Saturday May 8 2010 at the Ministry of Community Development, Culture an
