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Thirteen Steel Orchestras to perform in SteelFesTT 2013 Float Parade

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirteen steel orchestras will participate in this year’s edition of the SteelFesTT (Steelpan Festival of Trinidad & Tobago) Float Parade through the streets of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The event had its genesis last year in

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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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Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister hands over cheque for SteelFesTT 2013

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, MP, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, handed over a cheque on the afternoon of September 19 to representatives of SteelFesTT (Steelpan Festival of Trinidad & Tobago) at the Offi

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Moving to WeBeat 2013 - The rhythm of Steel Orchestras, Calypso, Honorees and more

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thursday June 13^th has been designated “Pan Night” for WeBeat13. The annual WeBeat festival in St. James, north Trinidad, was originally inspired by then-Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (TI

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Arima Steel Band Competition Back on Track for 2013 - Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Panorama

Order of Appearance:

Global - The Arima Carnival Committee in collaboration with the Eastern Region of Pan Trinbago presents its 2013 Panorama Competition on Monday 4 February 2013 at the Arima Basketball Court, Hollis Avenue in Arima, Trinidad. The

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Antigua & Barbuda 2012 School Steelband Panorama line-up

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - School steel orchestras will be in the spotlight in Antigua & Barbuda for the Antigua Commercial Bank National School Panorama. It will be held at the Yasco Sport complex in St. John’s on October 30^th 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Steel

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2012 New York Panorama -- Order of Appearance for Steel Orchestras

Bands	Order of Appearance
Pan Sonatas	1
Pantonic	2
Metro	3
Sesame Flyers	4
ADLIB	5
USA Eastside Symphony	6
Harmony	7
CrossFire	8
Despers USA	9
D’Radoes	10

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Steelbands get help to prepare for season

Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Both panmen and management of 48 unsponsored steel orchestras (single pan, small, medium and large) received donations from Scotiabank to help in their preparation for Carnival and the Panorama competition.

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It's Steelband Panorama tonight in St Lucia - after an absence of two years!!

St. Lucia, W.I. -  Panorama is back, and with LIME’s support, it’s guaranteed to be one of the biggest and most spectacular pan extravaganzas to be staged in St Lucia for a long time.

Eight bands are down to perform at the event scheduled for Friday

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Small & Single Pan Bands Panorama Finals Released on DVD

Global -  Steel pan music lovers - particularly those of Single Pan and Small Conventional Bands - will be pleased to know that respective DVD recordings from the 2011 National Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Finals, are now available. It is the first tim

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Where is the Junior Panorama? Zero coverage!! Outrageous! Who is responsible?

Veteran steelpan music song writer and educator Mark Loquan raised the valid question about the lack of information on and visibility -any at all - of the Junior panorama in Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Loquan has consistently championed music education

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Steelpan fraternity members to receive Awards

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Forty-five awards will be handed out to deserving individuals, steelbands, and organizations when Pan Trinbago hosts its annual awards function. The gala event  will take place at the National Academy for the Performing Arts

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