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What do you think about Boogsie's panorama tune for Phase II? You can hear it on panonthenet http://www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2011/tunes/do_something.htm
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago appears to be heading into a “steelband war” with Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston “Gypsy” Peters, accusing him of saying pan players may not receive a $1,000 performanc
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Mas back home
Wednesday, December 15 2010 In announcing to a grateful and relieved nation the readiness of the reconstructed Grand Stand for Carnival 2011, Minister of Art and Multi-culturalism Winston Peters, made an interesting and thought-prov |
Andy Akiho takes the steelpan to the Yale School of Music
with Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra
Connecticut, USA - With the world watching literally from every corner of the globe through a live streaming internet broadcast, musician and compose
Panman/Film maker Dalton Narine picks up Award
California, USA - Dalton Narine, producer/director of “Mas Man Peter Minshall,” recently picked up his fourth award for Best Documentary at the New York International Film Festival Award Ceremony in Be
Minister raps Pan Trinbago
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Describing the skeletal structure as a “white elephant,” a visibly irate Peters said: “Pan Trinbago has been constructing this headquarters since God knows when. They got the land for free; they go
Hello WST and Pan on the Net community!
Six years ago, I fell in love with pan. Since then I have dedicated myself to growing as a panist and learning everything I can about the history and culture of Trinidad and Tobago and the steelband movement. I
Yesterday evening, Merv was shot and killed in front of his home on Brooklyn Avenue. We often lament the levels of violence that our society has come to. The anger in the streets, in particular among our youth is palpable and we have reached a point
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Nigeria - The second annual Secondary School Steel Band Competition was held in Lagos, Nigeria on November 23 and featured steel orchestras from seven schools. The brainchild of steelpan entrepreneur Chief Bowie Sonnie Bowei, the steelband competitio
A wise man once said it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you’re wise; than to open it and let everyone think otherwise. You like that eh? Today
Five-time Panorama champion, Phase II Pan Groove, must vacate its Hamilton Street home before year's end in order to make way for the completion of the One Woodbrook Place Project.
Port of Spain Mayor, Louis Lee Sing, advised the band's manager, Err
Lord,
I always wonder exactly WHO was the Cunumunu in the government authority, who decided that there was no need to put back the Pan on the fleet of aircraft owned wholly and solely by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. It is so painful,
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Global - Hi WST family: We have some good news. You are about to get an additional 6000 steelpan music loving brothers an
Read more…Minister knocks Panorama: It has killed pan
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston Peters, says Panorama, the annual national steelband competition, has "killed" the steelpan and its scope needs to be broadened.
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Global -The steelpan instrument, Christmas and Robert Greenidge = “A Coral Reefer Christmas.” What more could one ask for in terms of a special music item for the season? And if that’s not enough, Robert brings a star musical cast to the table on th
Barbados, W.I. - Well-known Mosaic Steel Orchestra from Barbados in the Caribbean is an active music organization that delivers premier pan performances throughout Barbados, and has also performed in Antigua and England. Late last month, Tropical Sto
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - With a focus on southern Trinidad where he and his band, Southern Marines Steelband Foundation, are based, columnist Michael Joseph expresses his dismay about the treatment of the steelband community with respect to the fi
Read more…Happy Holidays to all those who celebrate the Thanksgiving season, in the USA and worldwide, from When Steel Talks. Pan-4-Life!
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