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A Physical and Mental transformation awaits you at the 11th Annual Clermont Caribbean Jerk Festival

Clermont, Florida, USA - Transform yourself into the 11^th annual Clermont Caribbean Jerk Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024, from 12 to 9 p.m. presented by the Caribbean American Association of Lake County (CAALC). The free family friendly cultural

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Bands to show their steel at Cape Town Steelband Festival

News 24

Cape Town, South Africa - The Cape Town Steelband Festival will take place this coming Saturday (14 May) at the Baxter Concert Hall.

Starting at 15:00, the festival will showca

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Salsa and steelpan -- Arranger, anthropologist honoured in Cuba

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Arranger, anthropologist honoured in Cuba

Cuba - His passion for pan has been identified as the primary motivation for ensuring that our Caribbean neighbours are fully equipped to enjoy the sounds of the the steelpan.

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Marimba and Steel Pan bands rock Komani

The Representative

by Sonja Raasch

Komani, South Africa - Let’s Play: The Marimba and Steelpan band festival, hosted by Queen’s College Junior on Thursday evening, was a roaring success. Bands that performed were from Theodore Herzl and Lawson Brown

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To Be A Renegade, a documentary directed by film-maker James O'Connor

Trinidad Express Editorial

NOW nearing the end of its annual two-week run, the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival 2017 has once again brought to light more than 100 fabulous works of the creativity and the artistry of Caribbean peoples on screen, dem

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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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Celebrating the journey of steelpan - 'Pan! Our Music Odyssey' movie premiere

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Documentary, Pan! Our Music Odyssey opens T+T Film Festival at Globe 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  The Globe Cinema came alive and was packed to capacity last Tuesday evening, as specially-invited guests from all walks of l

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Pan Trinbago owes panists $2m for Pan is Beautiful XII

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago still owes $2.1 million in prize money and trophies to steel orchestras and participants of the Pan is Beautiful XII national steelband festival, held in November 2013. Now five months

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Australia and New Zealand launch major Strategic Steelband Initiative

Australia - In April 2013 at the 1^st Australia Steelband Festival, the world got a glimpse into the tremendous progress pan has made on the distant shores of Australia, New Zealand and even Oman.

There one witnessed wonderful pan performances of se

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Steel Drum Festival Beats At Cabrillo

Gazettes.com

California, USA -  ....With their hands moving fast, the advanced level steel drum artists were busy this week preparing for their biggest performance of the year. Next Wednesday, March 26, Cabrillo is hosting its annual Steel Drum Festi

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Mayaro schools top southeast pan festival

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Mayaro Government Primary and Mayaro Secondary Schools won the primary and secondary category, respectively, in the recently concluded southeast pan festival. The competition which took place last

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Steelband wows the Chinese

The Trinidad Guardian

China - The National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) left last week for appearances at the Ninth China International Folk Art Festival that began on September 14 in Yichang, Hubei Province, China.

....The 21-member NSSO, led by

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‘Pan Is Beautiful XII’ official program is set

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Micahi Felician, Stryke Stars and Exodus Steel Orchestra will each be defending their respective titles at this year’s edition of the Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Music Festival – Pan is Beautiful XII.

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Weekend Spotlight on Steel Orchestras in Pan Is Beautiful XII

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - This weekend fourteen steel orchestras will be vying for eight places in the finals of the ‘Orchestra’ class of this year’s edition of the National Steelband Music Festival ‘Pan is Beautiful XII’ series. The e

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30 steelbands set for Laventille street parade

The Trinidad Guardian

Laventille, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was in 1999 that the Eastern Main Road in Success Village, Laventille, got its first taste of an Emancipation celebration.

This took the form of a steelband parade with a dozen bands bei

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Veteran Panist Basil Manners to be Esteemed Patron for Nevis’ Culturama

zizonline.com

Culturama - Nevis’ Premiere summer Festival

 

St. Kitts/Nevis, W.I. - ....Mr. Manners has been involved in the preservation of Nevisian folk music for over five decades having joined the Carib Steel Orchestra in 1962 at the tender age o

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Success Stars to perform at US Black Arts Festival

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday 

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Success Stars Pan Sounds of Laventille has been invited back to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for more performances, after leaving patrons speechless when they performed at Centennial Olympic Park last

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Carnival 1975 - Trinidad and Tobago - By Nick DeWolf Photo Archive

port of spain, trinidad
february 1975

trinidad carnival

carib tokyo, steel drum orchestra
parade of bands, panorama 1975
queen's park savannah

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International Marimba and Steelpan Festival 2012 - South Africa

South Africa will be blown away by the marimbas and steelpans at the Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival.

It will be held at Bishop Bavin School in Bedfordview, Gauteng on 4 and 5 August 2012.

Be prepared for over 1 000 marimba

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Institutional Racism - The Control of Arts, Education, and Culture in Trinidad & Tobago

Many WST members, fail to understand how the mechanisms of "institutional racism" operate. We already see the "No Pan In The Classroom" issue taking "center stage". I wanted to share with you a more close-up view of how this form (of racism and race 

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