A few years ago Pantrinbago came up with the brilliant idea to pay Players a stipend of $1000.00 for performing in Panorama, nobody objected to it in the beginning but it created a lot of ghost bands especially in the single band category that created millions of dollars to maintain. pantrinbago did not see this brilliant idea coming back to haunt them with the increased in steelband and ghosts bands registrations for Panorama over the years especially in the single band category and their registrations were excepted with out thinking how they would pay all these players. Any way in the beginning Pantrinbago initiated the brilliant idea to pay all players a stipends of $1000.00 for performing in Panorama and most of them took advantage of it and played with one band and the crack shots played with more than one band also take advantage of the idea to eat a food. Now after burning the mid night oil and practicing for several weeks with one or several bands is that FREE MONEY as several posters have stated or is it money well earned because of the brilliant idea by Pantrinbago to pan players?
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Correction Earl...The "stipend" to panists for performing at Panorama was initiated by the government of the day back when it began. Not Pantrinbago. From $300.00 (I think) it grew to the present $1,000.00.
Appreciate you MTTB
Don't want to sound like a capitalist , but since their actual "work" is only panorama , how much income does panorama generate?
The only way to know for sure is by ticket sales to the panorama events.
Even if you add in the visitors who visit only for panorama , how much do steelbands actually "earn" ?
Especially when you subtract the actual costs of the panorama - transportation , etc.
The panorama stipend is only a part of the nation's contribution to arts and culture , not a "payment" for work done.
To justify bigger paychecks , steelbands will have to show their worth to the culture by taking a far more active role in the nation's premier festival , the carnival ,not just as a sideshow.
It is money well earned (The Hard Way) by the PAN PLAYERS!!!
Earl: Ah have ah BASKET BALL TABANCA -- after tomorrow!!!
Drinking champagne on the Cavalier floor
While LeBron walks out the door
Round and round the FREE AGENT goes
Where he ends up NOBODY KNOWS
There will be no celebration tonight!
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Yea Congrats Claude.
Too much for the King.
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Congratulations to Claude and the G.S. Warriors on winning their third NBA Championship in four years, Save some champagne for me. Now lets see if we can do the same for Pan in the Mecca of Pan and make them champions again without corruptions. .
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