Large Steel Orchestras
Tune of Choice - “Pan Break” - Arranger: Rudy "Two Left" Smith
Tune of Choice - “Year For Love” - Arranger: Carlton “Zanda” Alexander
Exodus Steel Orchestra
Tune of Cho
YVONNE WEBB
Newsday January 12, 2018
Weeks before National Panorama finals, Caribbean Airlines has pulled its sponsorship from the Invaders Steel Orchestra because of economic constraints the airline is facing.
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/01/12/cal-pul
Read more…Interacting regularly with fans of steelband music, especially those on the When Steel Talks networks, I have often encountered the term "Text book" arrangement when discussing Panorama performances. This expression always perplexed me. I often found
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Question for the septuagenarians (That means persons 70 years old and older)
I asked Peter Blood (a respected "cultural journalist" among other things) recently, if he remembers an ENT specialist, or otolaryngologist by the name of Dr Aziz who wrote
Read more…Please check the following Link
https://www.facebook.com/desammz/videos/835340079956577/
When Steel Talks extends best wishes to Dr. Mia Gormandy on her ascension.
I wait with bated breath to see:
Over the years Pan Trinbago introduced several "innovations" to panorama but in some cases the adage applies: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. One was the category system which in theory was supposed to spread the wealth, introduce parity to the comp
Read more…Pan Trinbago’s PRO and Animal Farm.
by Aqull Arrindell
Please permit me to make it clear that I am not referring to anyone, nor do I wish for anyone, to be personally branded as any of the animal characters that appear in the literature I am drawing
Read more…Hi all,
What (if any) changes would you all like to see in the panorama. I don't mean regarding the PT executive, or who runs it, or whether bands should go back on the streets and forget the competition altogether. This is a question for those who l
Read more…The American Civil War, was fought to protect the institution of slavery. The defenders of slavery included economics, history, religion, legality, social good, and even humanitarianism, to further their arguments.
Role of the Pan Yard - Pan Trinbago
Read more…Over the years, I have heard a number of pseudo intellectuals and charlatans pontificate about Steel bands and the business of pan. People who have never organized a running race or even played hoop or hopscotch in their lives, who hardly had boy day
Read more…Author - Hadassah Charles-McLeod
Caribbean Vybez International is an entertainment company based in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). For more than 7 years, they have been a pioneer in promoting Caribbean culture in that region of t
Read more…Comparing the 1979 boycott with a boycott of Panorama 2018 is comparable to the following graphic example.
The 1979 boycott was a SWEET
Read more…Pan Trinbago in my opinion has to metamorphosize, as it just cannot continue in its present form and structure, it's terms of reference must change. It's composition and purpose has to be expanded.
the TADPOLE must go through a process of metamorphos
Read more…Read more…1979 -- In a unanimous decision, 300 individuals from 80 member steelbands of Pan Trinbago, vote to boycott the Panorama competition, in protest of the low and inadequate appearance fees they had been receiving for years. -- George D. Goddard Jr.
