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BREAKING NEWS!!! STATUE OF GEORGE "SONNY" GODDARD TO BE ERECTED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PAN TRINBAGO HEADQUARTERS IN TRINCITY!

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS'/ALL FOOLS DAY!!! (I mean, come on; allyuh really think panmen and panwomen will EVER be that appreciative? lol. Ah know ah ketch ah few mackoo! Such an immature bunch of feeling-toters and hypocritical (so-called) "Christians". Lik

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WHEN "WOMEN IN PAN" INCLUDE WIVES AND MOTHERS OF PANMEN WHO USED SWIZZLE STICKS TO PLAY BOTH POTS AND PANS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE EVOLVED INTO OUR HIGHER SELVES. (TELL DEM GEORGIE SAY SO.) HBD, MOMMY!

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MY BLACK HISTORY MONTH MESSAGE: Pan African – Linking the “Singing Drum” to Black History.

Habari Gani: 

As the United States begins “Black History Month”, African-Americans need to be informed of a part of their “history”, which continues to be omitted from the celebration. Granted, the steel drum (steelpan or pan) is not “American”, howe

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WST in NUMBERS (Numbers do not lie.)

The following is a look at the numbers, as they relate to discussions on WST (When Steel Talks):

• Number of views of WST Interviews: Salmon Cupid 158, Brian Copeland 156, George D. Goddard 199.
• Percentage of WST members who openly opposed the use of

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My Conversations With Salmon Cupid In Their Entirety. (You be the judge.)

George D Goddard

Possible Tax-deductable Donation to the City of Miramar Steel Drum (Pan) Music Classes

Good morning,

I know that we have never formally met, but my name is George David Goddard, a

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Othello Molineaux - The Unmentioned Jazz Improvisation Master

Whenever mentioned is made of the great pan soloists and  jazz improvisation masters, none is made of Othello Molineaux? Why is that? Othello's and Monty Alexander's Ivory and Steel, Othello's works with the legendary Jaco Pastorius  and the legendar

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Pan On The Move: The Steelband Supporter

With the advent of racks with wheels, came the challenging and gruesome task of moving steelbands from one place to another. That task was willingly and voluntarily picked up by none other than the steelband supporter. Were it not for those who becam

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Who Is/Was Your Flag Woman? What Memorable Stories Can You Share?

When I played in Merrytones, we had a Flag Woman that goes by the name "Mama Cita". Mama Cita! lol. (merrytonestodebone could probably share more on her being chosen as the flag woman.) She was a very colorful and animated character. I didn't know he

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Ah Doh Care What Dey Say; PAN is Here To Stay!!!

The Longevity Of The Steel Drum/Pan by George D. Goddard, B.A.

Cosmetic Surgery: If pan was a human body, there are many who believe that "Nature" (God) made mistakes, and made something that was imperfect, and needing perfection. So, like the human

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The ONLY "Noise" I'm Hearing Is Coming From The "Ole Coolies" and "Old Douglas" On WST

Before I begin, I would like to share with you ALL, my attitude and opinions on RACISM. A couple years ago I wrote the following poem, titled None Of My Friends Are Niggers:

None of my friends are niggers
Though many (of them) are of African descent.

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The Steel Drum or Steelpan: A Member of the Idiophone Family Of Instruments. (No. 111.24)

The steel drum or steelpan is classified as an idiophone, by the Hornbostel-Sacs Number System (111.24).The P.H.I., E-Pan, MalletKat, and PanKat, however, are classified as "electrophones" (Numbers not assigned). Therefore, the E-Pan is NOT a steelpa

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E-Pan –The Prodigal Adopted-Son ©2013

Salmon Cupid, the inventor of the E-Pan, in his attempt to assert and attach his (version of a MIDI) controller to the hip of the steel drum (steelpan), has been trying to convince the steelband community that he has no intention to compete with the

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Honoring The Sheroes Of The Steelband Movement: Maneuvering A Gender-Based Society

In continuing to focus on the (often) unmentioned heroes of the Steelband Movement, we must acknowledge and honor those women who were instrumental in "pan moving forward". The STEELBAND SHEROES! Indeed, once the "steelbandsmen" figured out how to co

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Panorama Is The Bride Of Carnival. Why Try (To) Separate Them?

Panorama and Carnival are locked in matrimony. Panorama was meant to be a competition, where steelbands would perform music (calypso and, eventually soca) related to the (Carnival) season. The "Bomb" competition, which my dad not only supported, but

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Re: Miami pots and pans tradition explained. (Another WTF Moment in Pan History.)

As I listen to and read the "explanations" for the Miami Heat fans' "pots and pans tradition", I become more and more amused. So amused, that I had to shed some Ghostly "inconvenient truths" to my Latino peeps. This is what I came up with...how do yo

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A Call To End School Violence.

FROM: George D. Goddard

TO:The Entire Global Steelband and Steel Drum/Pan Community

  

Re: A Call To End School Violence - The “Twenty 6® Steelband and Pan Benefit CD” and the “Twenty 6® Steelband and Pan Benefit Concert” - Honoring the Sandy Hook V

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An Open Letter To Chief Bowie Sonnie Bowei, ATTSDC

Dear Chief Bowie,

We, the WST membership, would like to know, why you have chosen to remain silent, on the issues raised on this forum, regarding your newly formed company, the Africa Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company. As die-hard lover

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Are Pan Trinbago And Its Leaders Breaking The Law? Hmm...

REPOST: Hotep. I've been doing a little research over the last few days, and based on the law, the facts, and evidence, Pan Trinbago and any "for profit" business or company they form, may not be legal, and in violation of applicable statutes, as th

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Activist Pearl Eintou Springer Laments: Another Voice Cries Out! (Do African Chiefs Listen To Afro-Caribbean Voices?)

The Trinidad Guardian Online, ran this article, on the panel discussion "Reclaiming", that I thought to be very thought-provoking. What I found even more thought-provoking was an online response, which stated "With unity among people of African herit

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Nominate George "Sonny" Goddard For The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

I am hereby calling on ALL members on this WST site, to assist me in nominating my dad, George "Sonny" Goddard, for the nation's highest award - the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. I have attached a "breakdown" of his accomplishments, a

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