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11th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference: Call for Papers extended

United Kingdom - The ‘Call for Papers’ for the 11^th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference has been extended to 6^th December 2024.

....The 11^th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference...will be held at the elegant theatres of the National Academy for the Perfo

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Parents looking for Steel Pan Classes, Lessons in Toronto, Canada?

Thank you, WhenSteelTalks, for this forum. 

Click video link below,  one day soon, everyone will Learn how to play the tune "Calm Down" by Rema, Selena Gomez on Steepan (steel pan, steel drum)!  Parents, looking for Pan Classes, Lessons in Toronto,

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A young ‘Okie’ just posted a video ‘bigging up’ our Pan culture. it’s sweet, Go have a look at it

What ‘Okie’ did

  A young Oklahoman lad, with roots here in Trinidad, TT, came for a holiday and enjoyed with his family, the beaches and some other things; things that you do while on holiday here in TT.

 But he also visited the panyards of Valley H

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Duvone Stewart is the 2023 Panorama arranger of T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra - Small band category

When Steel Talks T&T 2023 Panorama News Duvone Stewart is the 2023 Panorama arranger of T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra - Small band category.

Tap link for complete info: https://www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2023/news/2023arrs/duvone-stewart-named-202

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Prince Charles tries his hand at steelpan - Charles and Camilla Get into the Carnival Spirit in Notting Hill

Yahoo! News

London, England, UK - The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit The Tabernacle in west London to mark the ret

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Chesterfield school marks musical end to Black History Month celebrations

Black History Month celebrations ended on a high note at a Chesterfield School last week as pupils broke up for half term

By Alana Roberts

Duckmanton Primary School Black History Month celebrations culminated on Friday with a range of workshops by t

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Author Mary Cuffy uses Lola the ladybug to make learning easy

Newsday

Mary Cuff has written three children's books based on the loveable character, Lola the ladybug. - Photo by Roger Jacob

Reminiscent of Sesame Street, the books use fun and music to help children learn. The first book helps with learning to co

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Don urges Nigerian Navy to develop steelpan music technology

The Nation

Nigeria - An Associate Professor of Music at the Lagos State University, Isaac Yekini-Ajenifuja, has challenged the Nigeria Navy Music School (NNMS), Ota, Ogun State to create a global unbeatable identity for itself with its knowledge o

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Giants of Pan - Distinguish Gentlemen - Class of 1965 - 1967

(L-R) Trinidad & Tobago iconic steelpan musicians: Lennox “Bobby” Mohammed, Emmanuel “Jack” Riley, Bertram “Birch” Kelman and Pedro Alexander Pereira in Brooklyn, New York.   All four musicians were members of Trinidad & Tobago′s 1965-1967 famed Nati

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NIU awards steelpan innovator Anthony Williams an honorary doctorate in human letters

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Watch -- Steel bands in Britain: their history and future

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Saving the Sight of Music Ace Vanessa Headley

The lifelong music passion of Vanessa Headley has been the centered on (but not limited to), the sounds of steel via the national instrument of her native Trinidad & Tobago, the steelpan. But for now, her focus has had to shift from steel to saving

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Greenwood students learn steel drums with artist-in-residence

BY LAUREN OWENS Morning News

FLORENCE, S.C. — The sounds of steel drums can be heard from the music class at Greenwood Elementary School this week.

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NYPD sergeant with a history of faulty arrests sued by steelband leader

NYPD’s most-sued officers: 87 lawsuits filed against 14 cops in just two years

By Graham Rayman  NY Daily News

It was a warm August night in Flatbush in 2018 when Michael Demas and his steel drum band were performing in a vacant lot at an impromptu g

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Finals Order of Appearance for SMALL Steel Orchestras - Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama 2020

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Small Conventional Steel Bands 2020 Panorama Preliminaries Kick Off December 9

Five (5) Small Conventional Bands in the Northern Region ie West Stars. Merry Tones, Humming Birds, Harvard Harps and Flabej Now Ensemble will start the National Panorama Small Conventional Preliminaries 2020 on Monday December 09, 2019 from 7:00 pm

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A&M steel pan ensemble Maroon Steel performs around B-CS - Texas

By Oscar Fuentes

Texas, USA - Maroon Steel is a steel pan ensemble club that started at Texas A&M in 2013 with the purpose of getting together to play and spread the drum music associated with the Caribbean islands.

With the club being very united

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Bringing black music to the cultural mainstream

Morning Star

KEVIN LE GENDRE talks to Angela Cobbinah about the musicians whose creativity has left a lasting though sometimes ignored legacy in Britain

For Kevin Le Gendre, the lilting sound of the steel pan is symbolic of how black music has embedd

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CARIBBEAT: Steelpan lessons for youngsters coming from the award-winning pros at CASYM

By JARED MCCALLISTER - New York Daily News

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Legendary Producer Van Dyke Parks Speaks on Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steel band

Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steel band was a benchmark in my varied career as a record producer. Traveling thru the USA southern states before the crash, gave me ample chance to Discover America. Just as we sought another bus, WB execs turned a blind eye t

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