Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Govt closes financial tap
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Government has clipped the wings of Pan Trinbago. The steelband body, now mired in financial mess, will no longer be the sole authority in charge of the Panorama competi
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On the national television program ME (Morning Edition), Trinidad and Tobago National Carnival Commission (NCC) Chairman Kenneth De Silva, in responding to ME host Fazeer Mohammed, declared that if the embattled Pan Trinbago
Trinidad Express
Michael Mondezie
...NCC chairman Kenneth De Silva, however, said the North Stand remains the only profit centre in Carnival and so to do away with it completely would not make for good business.
“There are all kind of figures floatin
Read more…We have to stand up NOW OR NEVER PANMEN WISE UP. NO $$$ N0 PANORAMA ..
God's blessings and season's greetings to all my fellow panist and steel bands men, I am totally fed up of the disrespect handed down to us from the central executive of pantrin
Read more…My brother in Trinidad just called and informed me of the passing of Wallace Austin. It is an understatement to simply say we have lost another great pan tuner. Wallace Austin represented more than just a great pan tuner, but rather an era of greatn
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'Pal' Joey Lewis passes - 2-8-2016 -- click for more
Japanese Panist Asami Nagakiya is murdered - 2-10-2016 -- click for more
Former Prime MinisterA WST Review
One, two, three... nine, ten. It’s over! Good night, folks...
Like a scene out of the movie Rocky, or that classic still pictu
Read more…Newsday Desperadoes in Haiti relief drive Monday, December 5 2016 |
The members of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra will today begin packing a container with supplies to be sent to Haiti, and are also mobilising to assist in the recovery of Matelot.
Se
Read more…“...the place for great steelpan music performances”
Brooklyn, New York, USA - There is no shortage of great clubs that feature live music from outstanding performing musicians in New York. And in this regard the Trendz night club is well on its way
COMMUNITY Development, Culture and the Arts Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly says her Ministry is looking closely at steelband organisation Pan Trinbago following allegations of questionable financial transactions and growing debt.
Vice president Byron
“....if the steelband movement is to go forward, we cannot do so with Keith Diaz as the president”
Global - With grumblings in social media circles by pan players in Trinidad & Tobago about a possible boycott of Panorama 2017, along with frustration
I am surprised that there has been no discussion of the recently (October 19th) released schedule of events for the 2017 Panorama. There has been discussion about boycotting Panorama, but nothing about the significantly revised schedule.
First, th
Read more…Raven Nicholi Urquhart
October 14
i think we need a steel PAN PLAYERS association. Pantrinbago can and only do so much for steel BANDS . but what about the thousands of pannist who cant vote in a election , what about the man who sees pan past panora
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Dawad Philip
When an elder dies, a great library is lost, so the African proverb says. So too, when a mas man passes on, a storyteller, raconteur and magician disappears, a piece of the Carnival -- theatre, art and transcendence -- is taken
Emmanuel ‘Jack’ Riley in the Spotlight
You've heard of Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe and Robert Greenidge, two of the best steelpan players on the planet. Now in an exclusive When Steel Talks interview meet Emmanuel “Jack” Riley - the man who influenced them
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The ‘eyes’ tell the story of an outstanding performance by panist
New York, USA - Leon “Foster” Thomas is the consummate artist. He has and continues to deliver the trifecta of the performing arts (create, perform and record) with distinction.
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Read more…Below is a direct quote from page 2 of the program booklet:
FAILURE:
Failure is lack of success of the pannist in a pan competition, ie, they fail to examine the nature of their problems. In an act of competing rivalry may be very tough and the co
Read more…Congratulations to D'Radoes Steel Orchestra on retaining the New York Panorama Championship for the third consecutive year.
