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Congratulations SION HILL EUPHONIUM! Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (Vincy) 2013 Panorama results

St. Vincent & the Grenadines 2013 Panorama Results - Five back-to-back Championships for Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra

Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines  - Five in a row! Holding fast to the National Steelband Panorama title are 2013 cha

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The Steel-band in Trinidad : Should it be seen as Art, Culture or…..Business?

I am always struck by the notion that some insist on seeing the steelband's future purely as business.

 

And I'm not talking about the professional panist, or even the small 'side" that does gigs and may even be doing quite well.

And obviously for a

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New York Pan Stars present Pantastic Friday

Pan, powder and fog in de place!

New York, USA - In concert with the band, the crowd spontaneously and enthusiastically shouted - “Spread yuh hands and leh go - Spread yuh hands in the air everybody - Spread yuh hands and leh go - Hand in the air...

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New York Steelbands say “We ready, We ready...” at Crossfire’s Yard Opening

The smell and sound of Pan hits the Big Apple

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Maybe it was the fact that it was the first official day of Summer and technically the longest day of the year. Or maybe it was because there was a brilliant full moon glowing o

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Re: Miami pots and pans tradition explained. (Another WTF Moment in Pan History.)

As I listen to and read the "explanations" for the Miami Heat fans' "pots and pans tradition", I become more and more amused. So amused, that I had to shed some Ghostly "inconvenient truths" to my Latino peeps. This is what I came up with...how do yo

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Toronto school board saves music program - previous story: Toronto District School Board considers muting music programs to balance budget

UPDATE

The Globe and Mail - June 19, 2013

Toronto school board saves music program

Toronto, Canada - The Toronto District School Board will save its cherished music program.

 

Trustees voted Wednesday night to balance its books by cutting nearly $30

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Pan On Fire for Solo Contest - Tristan Japsi Victorious

USSA holds first solo competition - But Steelpan Folks Curiously Missing...

New York, USA - First off, very few have been as critical of USSA (United States Steelband Association) over the years as When Steel Talks (WST); however, if the truth be to

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Rare Trinidad Carnival - Colour 1957 - Video

TRINIDAD CARNIVAL - Colour

click to watch

Can anyone identify the steelbands in this footage?

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Happy Father's Day

A happy Father's Day to All.

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Double Decker Pan Racks.

I've just watched a video of Rising Stars Steel Orchestra and was impressed with their pan racks, I think this band is from the Virgin Islands, they put all Trini steelbands to shame, they have double decker pan racks which I found so kool.  As Trini

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Meet Yael Litwin of NYU Steel

Meet Yael Litwin of NYU Steel

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Yael says -  “Music is our greatest tool for understanding each other, I believe it is inseparable from community and it is a cornerstone on the road to peace.”  

New York,

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Did St Mary’s have the first school pan side?

The Trinidad Guardian

Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - ....A surprising revelation was made early in the proceedings by St Mary’s Dean Enrico Rajah, one which sent pan archivists and Pan Trinbago officials searching their memories for verification.

 

Raja

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China’s First Lady applauds TT panmen, artistes

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - So impressed was First Lady of China, Madame Peng Liyuan yesterday with the performance of Exodus Steel Orchestra at the concert in her honour that she extended an invitation to the panists to visi

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US Vice President Joe Biden tries out a steelpan

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Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago on US copyright watchlist

NEW YORK, United States, Friday May 17, 2013 - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), has placed Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on a watch list of countries that have failed to make the adequate copyright payments for U.S. musical comp

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Happy Birthday to the Legendary Steelpan Music Titan, Neville Jules

When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to the great Neville Jules of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra.  Click for more on this music legend

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The Journey has Begun - Kendall Williams: Master of Music - Steelpan: Instrument of Choice

Panist, composer and arranger Kendall Williams presents his NYU (New York University) recital - Music Theory & Composition
 

New York, USA - Quiet, unassuming and intense – you won’t even know he’s in the room. But don’t be fooled by his quiet demean

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Community Center’s Low-Cost Music Program Breaking Down Cultural Walls

Youth Today

New York, USA - A shabby community center on the first floor of one of the 12 buildings that make up the vast Gov. Alfred E. Smith public houses is where social workers and teachers are hoping music can break down cultural barriers.

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Pan Trinbago International Panorama 2014‏

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Pan Trinbago will be hosting the first ever international panorama on August 2^nd 2014. Five bands from your geographical area of North America will be allowed to partake in this inaugural event primarily on a first come basis or by merit where poss

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Pan in Barbados

Does anyone here know how pan first came to Barbados or Jamaica? Steel bands are very popular in those islands, but who took the instrument there in the first place on why? and when?

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