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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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Old St. Joseph Road to be renamed in honor of late legendary steelband icon Bertie Marshall

Global - Highlanders Steel Orchestra is pleased to announce as a success, their efforts to have renamed - the ‘Old St. Joseph Road’ located in Success Village, Laventille, Trinidad – to: ‘Old St. Joseph Road / Bertie Marshall Boulevard.’

In recognit

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Region warned not to lose sight of economic transformation

Jamaica Observer

Bridgetown, Barbados, (CMC) -  ...He quoted a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that noted trade in creative goods and services reached close to US$600 billion despite the sluggish pace of the

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Republic Bank gives GYD$1.5M [USD $7,336.00] for training nearly 200 children in steel pan…more steel pan workshops in demand

Guyana Chronicle

Georgetown, Guyana - Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday received a $1.5M [USD $7,336.00] cheque from Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd to facilitate the fourth annual PanStart Pan Minors Literacy programme whi

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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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Steelband welcome for Biden

The Trinidad Guardian

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Airforce Two, bearing US vice-president Joe Biden and his 150-member delegation, will touch down at Piarco Airport’s south terminal at 4 pm on Monday. At a media conference yesterday, Government Infor

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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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Pan Trinbago to pay $10,000 to two members

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago was yesterday ordered by a High Court judge to pay $10,000 to two steelband members who were seeking positions on the committee of the governing body for pan and steelband music.

Jus

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Trinidad and Tobago donates steel band to Nigeria

StarAfrica.com

Nigeria - The set of musical instruments was presented by the High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Nigeria, Mr. Nyahuma Obika, to President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja on Friday.

In a message from President Ge

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Steelband history remembered in St. James

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was an occasion for reminiscing by several elders of the steelband movement, an entity that represents the most interesting and inspiring developments in grass-roots musical creation and culture

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El Cerrito new home to Caribbean music center

MercuryNew.com

EL CERRITO -- While its setting and mild climate may not resemble a Caribbean island in any way, the city has become a center for steel drum music, a style that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, islands off the coast of Venezuela.

Ste

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Steelpan Education Job Opening - Southeastern Virginia

Please email me if you are interested in applying for the job opening below.  The job description is attached.

Position Title: Rhythm Project Associate Director

The Rhythm Project is an after-school world percussion program that uses Caribbean Steelp

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Award-winning Filmmakers raising funds to tell the history and influence of the Steelpan

Award-winning Filmmakers raising funds to tell the history and influence of the Steelpan

Los Angeles - "They didn't care. A steelband man, you have sticks in your pockets; you would be the subject of police harassment." That is the opening line

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Steelpan Education Job Opening - Southeastern Virginia

Please email me if you are interested in applying for the job opening below.  The job description is attached.

Position Title: Rhythm Project Associate Director

The Rhythm Project is an after-school world percussion program that uses Caribbean Steelp

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Allied Arts Unit holds annual Amity steelband exhibition in Botanical Gardens

Guyana Chronicle

Celebrating Education Month…

Guyana, S.A. - The Allied Arts Unit of the Ministry of Education on Sunday held its annual Amity National Steelband Exhibition at the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown, as part of its mandate to celebrate

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T&T engineer develops Pan arrangement software

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In preparation for the annual Panorama competition, steelband arrangers would usually spend long hours at panyards perfecting their musical renditions. Now, newly-developed software will allow them to fine-tune their pan arr

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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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Is WIADCA the Evil Empire?

Carnival’s Steelband Panorama Competition in Doubt

By: Tony Best - NY's Carib News

 

Less than six weeks before the colorful West Indian carnival is put on full display before more than a million spectators in Brooklyn, serious doubts have arisen

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Inaugural USSA steelband “Bomb” competition showcases New York steelpan talent and resolve

New York Steelpan Youth Have Spoken
 

New York, USA - On a periodically picture-perfect Saturday afternoon twelve New York steel orchestras participated in the USSA (United States Steelband Association) –sponsored inaugural event called “Pan Expo 201

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Rush to learn music in panyards

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Music Schools in the Panyard Programme began with a bang on Monday with citizens of all creeds, races and ages converging at the designated panyards to grasp the opportunity of learning to pla

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