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Composer Mark Loquan Remembers Ken “Professor” Philmore

Trinidad & Tobago - Condolences to Sophie, the Philmore family, the extended family which includes the global pan community for the loss of one of the most down to earth human beings one could ever meet.

Words cannot express

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Edwin Pouchet – A tribute by Mark Loquan, former stage side member of Silver Stars

Background (Extract from Yara/Music Literacy Trust/UWI event for Silver Stars 60th Anniversary)
“Edwin grew up in pan. His brother, Junior, was the arranger of a steel band that practiced for hours when preparing for a music festival or Carnival in t

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Where Pan Reach? – Now found in one of the most remote cities in the world - Perth

Launch of first Steelband in Western Australia:
‘Perth Pandemix’

Australia - After rehearsals began on February 9, 2013, the first steelband in Western Australia, led by Larry Carvalho, a businessman based in Perth, launched with its inaugural public

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1st Australia Steelband Festival – 2013 Marysville, Victoria, Australia by Mark Loquan

A Fantastic Experience! An eyewitness report by Mark Loquan

Australia - In February 2009, a fire tragically destroyed most of the town’s infrastructure, and claimed several lives in this small community.  Marysville, a lovely town surrounded by moun

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