Meet Alice Adams - United Kingdom - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Alice Adams
United Kingdom

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

North Tyneside, U.K. - “It’s the most indescribable & amazing 10 minutes. I felt full of every single emotion after Trinidad Panorama, it was my biggest achievement to d

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Meet Jahnya Gilkes - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Jahnya Gilkes
New York, USA

New York, U.S.A. - “On who is her favorite arranger - “Marc Brooks because he has seen me grow from when I first started playing to now, and has challenged me and pushed me to be the best that I can be. Plus, his arr

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Meet Shawndel George - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Shawndel George
Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Being a woman player in the world-famous Phase II Pan Groove is humbling. The idea of being affiliated with the band, not just as a female but as a regular member of the band is someth

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Meet Ayana “YaNz” Garcia - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Ayana “YaNz” Garcia
Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Those eight minutes are magical - it’s what I wait for 364 days of the year. The emotion you feel telling this music story is like

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Meet Etsuko Tajima - New York/Japan - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Etsuko Tajima
New York/Japan

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

New York, U.S.A. - “...It is a magical instrument. Especially when you play as a band, I can’t even describe how my spirit is lifted. The only way is to experience it.”

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Meet Zakiya De Coteau  Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Zakiya De Coteau 
Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “In 2016 I made history with Platinum All-Female Steel Orchestra by becoming the first all-female band to compete in the panorama competition. I also had the opportunity to experienc

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49th parallel (1941) - The Invaders. -- Invaders Steel Orchestra

This is the movie Invaders Steel Orchestra based their name on.
It was released in the United States as The Invaders. 

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Meet Solange Baptiste - Trinidad & Tobago Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Solange Baptiste
Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My love for music and the instrument keeps me going, together with the adrenaline rush and new upcoming challenges which a Panorama piec

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Meet Sheleen Baynes - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Sheleen Baynes
Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “What keeps my passion for the instrument and art form going, is having people walk up to me and express their appreciation for my skills

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Update -- Meet Jossane Kerrice Felix - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.  - “At 5 years old, my parents took me to Renegades’ panyard and I was totally mesmerized by the level of complexity and difficulty of Dr. Jit Sukha Samaroo’s music. This compelled me to want to grow up to become a Renegade t

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Meet Ke Shari J’knysa Caesar - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Ke Shari J’knysa Caesar
Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My vision is for Trinidad & Tobago to embrace the steelpan instrument and we can make the steelpan industry become as lucrativ

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Why are big trucks still on the road for Trinidad & Tobago Carnival in the year 2018?

Bands move through the Sambadrome lined with powered speakers along the route. Rio’s carnival in Brazil is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records

Beyond bikinis, beads and feathers - Meeting the challenge of technology in a mod

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Meet Diane Thomas - Indiana, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Indiana, USA - “....Playing with others who play steel pan is really where I find my true happiness, whether it is a duo or a small group of steel pan players, or a band in Trinidad...”

A voice with uncommon beauty spoke to her years ago. It was i

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Meet Ivor Shatal Francis - St. Lucia - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Ivor Shatal Francis  St. Lucia Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

St. Lucia, W.I. - “Playing steelpan promotes positive self-expression, and it also has the potential to build self-confidence as players tend to see their skills im

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Meet Kayleigh Lewis - United Kingdom - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Kayleigh Lewis United Kingdom Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

London, U.K. - “Pan links everybody together from all over the world and to know I have family in Trinidad, Japan, and Guadeloupe amongst other places, makes me know

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Meet Daneisha Frederick - Queens, New York Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Daneisha Frederick Queens, New York Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

New York, USA - “....I have no personal preference when it comes to performing or teaching. I love the idea of performing. The energy behind it. The goose bum

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Meet Devon Cumberbatch - Maryland, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Devon Cumberbatch - Maryland, USA

“I would love for the instrument to be as mainstream as the piano, guitar or violin. It may have a ways to go, being a fairly young creation, but I believe pan can progress, develop and infiltrate music of all

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Meet Nandia Hamilton - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Nandia Hamilton 
New York, USA

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

New York, USA - “What disappoints me is when people think pan is just a set of noise rather than hearing the beauty in the music.”

She is focused, has a vision for

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Meet Natalie Wint - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Natalie Wint - New York, USA

A When Steel Talks Exclusive

“Ahh, the glorious 10 minutes. It’s a feeling like no other. Indescribable. When you’re on stage and the lights hit, you instantly start sweating. Your arranger starts the count, your h

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Meet Nicole Archer Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Meet Nicole Archer
Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Playing pan is my therapy, my ultimate relaxation, my one constant throughout the years. I don’t think I can properly explain the feeling

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