Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - South Trinidad’s Valley Harps Steel Orchestra now has a refurbished and upgraded home at Sunrees Road, Penal, thanks to community activism.
The concrete structure, decorated using recycled paint
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Toronto, Canada - ....For Wendy Jones, the month of July is usually filled with the rhythmic sounds of steel pans and performances throughout the city on Carnival's biggest stages. Jones has been playing steel pan since the '70s and is the
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Ramsey-Moore: Pan fraternity treated unfairly
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago President Beverly Ramsey-Moore has warned the public that the organisation, the local governing body for the steelpan, will not be ins
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Global - Just the facts - the difference between Large and Medium National Panorama Finals where it is key: in the minds and hearts of the People, the all-round supporters of the art form. And what d
Read more…Arkansas, USA - Ouachita Baptist University has begun offering an after-school, community steel band program for fourth and fifth graders from Peake Elementary School in Arkadelphia. The steel band, called Pan Harmony, meets every Monday on Ouachita
Read more…New York Panorama-bound Steel Orchestras struggle to consistently have their once-in-a-lifetime Performances captured, annually
New York, USA - As the reality sets in that Basement, the recording wing for WST (When Steel Talks) is only capturing at
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Global - Recently it was announced in the New York Daily News that the city of New York under the auspices of the DOE (Department of Education) has withdrawn its own proposal to place students from an Uncommon Kings Collegiate Charter elementary sc
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New York, USA - At least Columbus had the decency to invade and carry out his dastardly and detestable deeds in person. But not so with heads of the DOE (Department of Education). They send out their minions t
New York, USA - The temperature was rising. The affected community residents were there in force - emotional, and very vocal on their positions as it relates to the matter at hand. And as the phr
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Brooklyn, New York - In an unprecedented address to members of the New York steelpan community, Mr. William R. Howard (more familiarly known as Mr. Bill Howard), president of WIADCA (West Indian American Day Carnival Association) - expressed regret
The Sentinel
Stoke, Staffordshire, England - Organisers behind a popular carnival have been given £10,000 to start a new music project.
Members of the Six Towns One City Carnival Association (STOCCA) was given the grant by the Big Lottery Fund to he
Read more…New York, USA - In Pictures: highlights of the youthful face of New York Pan during the 2014 Pan season.
Enjoy the energy and vibrancy of some of those who are at the vanguard of the New York steelband culture and art form.
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New York, USA - There is simply nothing like an irate parent - ask any politician that is stumping for votes.
The Panorama contest of New York is probably the only contest in the state where you are almost certainly guaranteed to be a loser before y
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Students graduating from Potential Symphony Steel Orchestra’s Music School in the Community project sponsored by the Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism on Se
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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Read more…Open letter to the Caribbean Community from Kadeem Alleyne
New York, USA - Greetings to all: I currently am a songwriter and producer. I’m one of the only YOUTH artists coming out of New York writing songs for the steelpan instrument, but to add seas
