Much respect to Renegades Steel Orchestra for standing for justice and it players. Regardless of how this injusction against Pan Tribago goes, I will always have the utmost respect for them. It is too bad the other steel orchestras who were also dis
Read more…Police intimidation of Southern Marines Steel band Foundation in Trinidad & Tobago - the “Home of Pan”?
Trinidad, W.I. - Is the music community being targeted for playing their National Instrument? Michael Joseph, president of Southern Marines Stee
Read more…BP Renegades files an injunction against Pantrinbago
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
By Jamaal Greenidge
BP Renegades says the noise from the north stand during the panor
Read more…Veteran steelpan music song writer and educator Mark Loquan raised the valid question about the lack of information on and visibility -any at all - of the Junior panorama in Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Loquan has consistently championed music education
Read more…Panorama's Ill-Advised Drift Away From Carnival
Symposium tackles the Panorama question: Is there a need to revisit the Steel Band Panorama Format?
by Les Slater
Brooklyn, New York - It was the Carnival celebration that gave rise to the steel band,
Thoughts on the Panorama
Symposium tackles the Panorama question: Is there a need to revisit the Steel Band Panorama Format?
by Andy Narell
Brooklyn, New York - Let me make something clear right from the start - I love Panorama. It is one of the tru
It saddens me to say this, after all the fight from both the local and international pan world, but after some results in the semi-final round of Panorama 2011, i cannot agree more. PANORAMA (JUDGING) IS KILLING PAN.
Firstly let me say that i didnt p
Read more…I am observing over the years the Large bands in the semi-final that perform after 11:00pm get an unfair deal. The majority of the thousands of people's start leaving around 10:00pm - by the time the last 5 bands reach the stage only the die-hard sup
Read more…Semi Final Panorama Results - click for full results across all rounds
The finalists for the blink/bmobile National Panorama Finals were announced during the wee hours this morning. The Grand Finals is scheduled for Saturday 05th March at the Queen
Read more…Prelim Panorama 2011 perfomances & more - Trinidad and Tobago
Steelband Music Panorama Order of Appearance Trinidad and Tobago - 2011 Semi Finals
St. Margaret’s Superstars and Katzenjammers Steel Orchestras scored the most points in their respective categories in the National Panorama Small and Medium Conventi
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to family and friends of veteran journalist and WST member Keith Smith.
Read more…This morning at 615 am I got a call from my brother in trinidad.that my friend henry cyrus was killed in the pan yard his wife and a couple of people was also hurt this is sad to see what is happening in.trinidad RIP my good friend HENRY CYRUS
Read more…To Whensteeltalks, the Steelpan Community, and PanTrinbago,
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has definitely hit a low point when innocent pan men are afraid to go to their rehearsals with the fear of being shot and killed by those people in the
Read more…The State of the Steelpan - Mark Loquan
Trinidad - I was following from afar the events unfolding in the pan world with some of the latest controversies around payment for pan players, the Ministry and Pan Trinbago appearing not to have a common v
Read more…This is the Final Push for the Petition: We wish to thank all the Participants on this WST Forum and all the people from all parts of the world who have signed the Petition. Your comments were also meaningful and important. You have proven that not o
Read more…http://www.trinidadexpress.com/letters/Gypsy_killing_Panorama-114627079.html
Trinidad Express
I have listened to Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Winston "Gypsy" Peters's take on Panorama and I can say beyond any doubt that he is the wrong person f
Symposium to Examine Steel Band Panorama Format
New York, USA - Panorama competitions, which engage the steel band community infinitely more than any other regularly scheduled activity, will be the focus of a symposium to be presented by the Trinida
This is the year 2011. In this day and age of computers.. There aught to be in our library records of all our musicians - calypsonians, and steelbands---- and name the many known steelband men and there are many. Where are all the committees and As
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