March is the month we celebrate Women. A few weeks ago we laid to rest the most brilliant, humble and caring woman I've ever known. Mommy loved her plants, children and of course Pan. March 23 was her birthday.
Many of the legendary early influencers and participants in the development of the steelpan movement have their navel strings directly and/or indirectly buried in this island. From Desperadoes to Fonclaire - Winston "Spree" Simon to Allan Gervais amo
Read more…Presentation from the Kitchener symposium held at Medgar Evers College - Brooklyn, New York, USA
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“I made the steel band a real study. I know the runs and the notes that mean something to the sound of the
NESTOR SULLIVAN was born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago. He attended the St. Joseph Boys’ R.C. School, and later went on to attend St. Mary’s College, and subsequently Teacher’s Training College. At the tertiary level he obtained a Master of Arts
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Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Brooklyn, New York, USA - ..This passion for young people led her to the birth of Women In St
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Newsday -- MELISSA DOUGHTY
Former calypso monarch Karene Asche. -
THE National Calypso and Extempo Monarch competitions have been cancelled.
A release from the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) on Tuesday evening said the decision
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Eighty-plus steelbands have registered for Pan Trinbago’s events in the “A Taste of Carnival 2022”.
The bands, 16 Large, 23 Medium, 23 Small and 27 Single Pan Bands will audition for places in the two events hosted by the pan body from this weekend.
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“Panorama is life -...It was a life-changing experience” - Andy Akiho
Happy Birthday to Liam Teague
The Calliope's Children Steel Orchestra toured Russia and Poland in 1975 and 1977. Here they are performing Chorale-Cantata # 130 by Johann Sebastian Bach. ... click for more info http://www.panonthenet.com/news/2011/mar/layden/Calliopes-Children-S
Read more…Global - Anthony Williams died on Tuesday, December 21st, leaving behind an unmatched legacy. Tony helped shape every aspect of the modern steelband. For me, and countless others, his passing was personal.
The first pan I ever played was a Tony Willi
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...When I joined for the 1974–75 school year, Jimmy was rehearsing
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BAKR WALKS THROUGH THE JAMAAT COMPOUND.
When I arrive to meet Bakr at Jaamat’s sprawling headquarters on the outskirts of Port of Spain, a three-year Commission of Enquiry into the 1990 coup has just been completed. Bakr refused
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Global - “....I see the pan music as any other form. I have worked with a little with Earl Rodney and some of “Boogsie” Sharpe′s music as well - I find them very progressive - very lending towards dance movem
Read more…Kings Theatre (formerly the Lowes Kings Theatre) and the iconic (Brooklyn) Sears parking lot
In 2014 CASYM Steel Orchestra's Brooklyn panyard was located in an empty lot at 190 Lenox Ave. Today that same lot is now known as The Ballgreen Complex.
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Watch soca stars Kes the Band perform live for 9,500 fans in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC on Labor Day Monday 2021! Featuring special guests Iwer George, Voice, Patrice Roberts, Teddyson John, Nailah Blackman, Ravi B, Nadia Batson, Etienne Charles,
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Read more…A Moment in Pan -- Happy Birthday Dr. Baldwin Spencer - former prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda
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