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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - There were gasps of disappointment when it was announced that the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra would not be participating in the preliminary round of the national steelband pa
MINISTER of the Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas will give $190 million to cover Carnival costs, but most of it, $150 million, will be used to pay debts incurred since 2010, he told yesterday’s post-Cabinet news briefing at the Office of
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas will give $190 million to cover Carnival costs, but most of it, $150 million, will be used to pay debts incurred since 2010, he told ye
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago’s National Steelband Panorama 2014 competition kicked off at the Arima Velodrome on Thursday night with the preliminary round for single pan bands in the eastern region.
Of the 21 ba
Read more…This year has seen a proliferation of pan songs like no other. Already there are well over 50 songs and the list keeps growing every day.
Every year new composers and sing
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Global - The steel orchestras of Trinidad & Tobago continue to check in with When Steel Talks regarding their respective tunes of choice for the 2014 Panorama season.
Lyrics? Melody? Theme? Story telling? Rhythm? Musicianship? Production? Pan potential?
Which song or songs hit a special note with you? Which song made you hit the replay button? And Why?
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three separate days have been allotted to Steel Orchestras in the Large Band category for Trinidad & Tobago’s 2014 National Panorama Preliminaries.
Tobago and Eastern Regions bands will be visited by the adjudicators on Mo
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Tobago, W.I. - Our Boys Steel Orchestra will be returning to compete in Panorama 2014.
It is the second oldest steelband in Tobago and missed its first Panorama in 50 years in the 2013 competition.
Based in Scarborough at its pan ya
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Tobago, W.I. - Two Tobago calypso stars will be launching their new songs for the carnival season next Friday.
2013 Tobago Calypso Queen, Roslyn Reid and Ware will be releasing their CDs at the Docksite on Milford Road, Scarborough.
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Global - What is a ‘Pan Tune?’ This question has been asked many times before. Many learned people say there is no such thing. Others say it is that tune that allows the arrangers, and by extension the panorama orchestra/band - to best show |
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As pan competitions draw near...
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Musical tones resonated from various panyards in the North as steelbands prepare their Panorama repertoire in time for the Northern Region National Large Conventi
My partner, Merrytones, noticed an interesting trend. This year whenever an arranger has more than one band to arrange for -- the band or bands are playing old tunes. Is this just a coincidence? I don't think so.
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Read more…Global - Seventy Single Pan Bands in four Regions will face panels of adjudicators when the 2014 National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries gets underway in two weeks’ time. This means that sixty-nine bands will be attempting to dethrone the r
Read more…One hundred and seventy four (174) steelbands have signaled their intent to participate in Panorama 2014 which will be officially launched on Friday January 03rd 2014, at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, from 9:00 pm
The figure represents 20
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - One hundred and seventy four steelbands have signalled their intent to participate in Panorama 2014 which will be officially launched on Friday January 3, 2014, at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Patrons at Saturday night’s launch of Panorama 2014 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of- Spain, were taken on a nostalgic journey to the days when pan and brass dominated fetes and other social
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fete promoters say they would welcome the return of steel pan and brass bands to their events but cited logistics as a major reason why most events feature singers as their only form of entertainm
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz says this year’s Panorama competition will be an exciting year for steelband and will lead to the introduction of Panorama as an international pan competition in 2
