Pan History - Looking back at the year 2014 in Pan

2014

2014 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2014 -  Phase II Pan Groove Wins Championship with tune "Jump High" - The prize is reported to be 2 million dollars TT this year St. Vincent & Grenadines Panorama 2014 - Sion Hill Euphonium Steel

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New York Daily News legend John Campi dead at 75

Legendary New York Daily News executive John Campi, who retired from the paper after a storied half-century career, passed away Friday. The newspaper veteran was 75.

Campi — who left the paper just two years ago — died of cardiac arrest at the Hacke

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Pan is Carnival - A Message From Pelham Goddard

Exodus Steel Orchestra on the Road - carnival 2015

In 2014 my composition was entitled "Pan Is Carnival" performed by Republic Bank Exodus.

The results at the panorama did not work for us; we came fifth. But All Stars won the Band of the year so it

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A Night to Remember - Bravo, Bravo, Bravo - Kendall Williams ACO, NYU, BSO, Crossfire and the Steelpan

New York, New York - This is a magnificent music story that is so much more. It is a story about the human condition that allows one to grow, overcome, provide opportunity and affect change on a community.

The event was “Composers OutFront“ and the

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In Memoriam: Ten Iconic Caribbean Entertainers We Lost in 2014

Words by LargeUp Crew

2014 was much like any other year: Filled with endings and new beginnings. Within the Jamaica reggae community, the losses seemed to pile particularly high, howeve

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Rudder returns to school for Pan Royale

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Stellar cast for pan jazz festival

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Belmont Intermediate alumni David Michael Rudder returns to school on October 18 for a grand performance.

One of T&T’s most revered artistes, Rudder will be one

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Extra, Extra - New York Steelpan Music Cures Grinch

USSA’s Pan For Christmas at Prospect Heights High School is the Cure

Brooklyn, NY - There was indeed a Grinch sighting - armed and ready he was to steal Christmas. And, yes, he entered the arena all huffy, puffy and yucky, but he never saw what hit

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Fusion Steel to serve up Mini Concert at Double CD Launch

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fusion Steel from southern Trinidad will treat attendees to a Mini Concert and Double CD Launch at a two-hour event carded for Wednesday 29^th October 2014 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Naparima Bowl in San Fernand

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Supernovas Steel Orchestra and Jazz Legend Monty Alexander Join 2014 Moods Of Pan Line-up

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Championship band Supernovas Steel Orchestra will enthrall music lovers in Antigua for the annual Moods Of Pan festival being held in the twin-island country’s capital of St. John’s at the end of the month. The orchestra wil

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R.I.P. Radcliffe “Bakes” Baker - A Look Back at The Baker, The Panman, The Bandleader

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago W.I. - In his effort to fulfill a childhood dream to become a panman Radcliffe Baker enlisted as a member of Destroyers Steelband at the age of 17. The band was then located at the corner of Marryat and Cooper Streets

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Top musicians to lead First Citizens music workshops

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  The promoters of the 2014 T&T Steel Pan and Jazz Festival (TTSJF) have recruited an exceptional line-up of facilitators for the 12^th annual First Citizens Workshops for Young Musicians Series, to

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PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2014 - from a Steelband Perspective

Global - So what’s New and Great at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2014 currently on at New York’s Jacob Javits Center - from a Pan Perspective?

....We could go on and on about the latest and greatest products. That would serve our readers no good. Too much

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“Can you hear me now?” New York Pan Stars and Brooklyn’s Steel Orchestras Rock Volume II on Pantastic Friday... 2014

New York Pan Stars perform

Brooklyn, New York, USA - The “Cultural Center of the World” is a title that New York City has earned for quite awhile now because of its size, diversity and respect for the arts. And now within the city, Brooklyn has becom

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Pan and football pun de sand

NationNews.com

Barbados, W.I. - The Sweet Sounds of the steel pan are resonating across Brandon’s Beach and its environs.

In front of a large crowd, Massy Pan Pun De Sand got off to an infectious musical start with Central Bank Band Camp.

With a bi

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In the House That D’Radoes Built, Brooklyn Steelbands Drop Musical Thunder... 2014

Brooklyn, New York - Seven steel orchestras were present (nine were actually advertised) - Hearts of Steel, Pan Sonatas, Pantonic, Despers USA, CASYM, Crossfire and the host D’Radoes. The six orchestras able to perform gave an excellent musical accou

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Despers gives back to Laventille

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Laventille, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The late veteran calypsonian Garfield Blackman (Ras Shorty I) is renowned for the classic “Watch Out My Children”—a lament against the evils of substance abuse.

Last Friday evening, a

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Pan Month Celebration Continues With Host Of Activities

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago continues to celebrate Pan Month with a host of activities. Starting with the discussion, ”Pan, Progress & Patent” on Tuesday 19^th August at the AV Room, NALIS, Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad - the s

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Jonathan Scales is Still a “Bad Man” - Strike That - Fourchestra are all still “Bad Men” at the Knitting Factory

Brooklyn, New York - It seems like it was only yesterday when WST (When Steel Talks) first saw Jonathan Scales on a double second pan perform live for the first time at the Shine in Harlem. The event was back in the year 2009. In fact it was early th

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Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center Presents Junior Steelband Competition

Young Steel Pan Players Vie for Chance to Win Prizes and Bragging Rights at First Annual Competition

Brooklyn, New York, USA  - The Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) will host its 1st annual PanFest, a junior steel pan c

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Basement 2014 Panyard Recording Schedule

Basement 2014 Panyard Recordings

Tuesday August 26:

• 9:00 p.m. - CASYM Steel Orchestra - [DONE] - (watch 2013 performances - cool down - up-tempo)
  
  
• 10:30 p.m.- ADLIB Steel Orchestra - [DONE]
  

Wednesday August 27:

• 9:00 p.m. - Sonatas Steel Orchestr

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