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‘50 years, and we jamming still,’ Senator Lewis says as he congratulates Halcyon Steel

Antigua Observer

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - “It has been 50 years, and we jamming still; 50 years, with musical talent and skill; 50 years of pan music in the air; 50 years, with passion, style and flair; 50 years of providing the nation with pulsat

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Live Stream -- Music Literacy & Education Conference - October 12, 2019 - 10:00 a.m.

Music Literacy & Education Conference  -  LIVE SEGMENT!

Music Literacy & Education Conference | An Introduction to PanNotation

Panel 4 | Technological Advancements in Music Education

Panel 3 | Music Literacy as a Professional Tool

Second Segmen

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MHTL sponsors Starlift Steel Orchestra for 3 more years

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago. W.I. - Starlift Steel Orchestra will be the recipient of three more years of sponsorship from Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd (MHTL).

This was announced during the Starlift on Fire event held at Starl

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Guyana to get American Chamber of Commerce (Major Economic, Cultural, Impact for years to come)

Caribbean Life

Georgetown, Guyana:   With the country racing towards becoming an oil producer by 2020, the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) is moving to setup a branch here to cater for a growing number of United States companies investing in oi

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UK Steelband Panorama Winners - Previous Winners of the Notting Hill ‘Champions of Steel’ Panorama

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Golden Hands Steel Orchestra celebrates 21 years with I Am Pan

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  Golden Hands, a group of young vibrant steelpan musicians based in San Fernando, is celebrating its 21^st anniversary with the staging of I Am Pan: The National Steelpan Pageant, at the Sundarlal

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Steelband Tidbits, Facts and Recollections: A Must-Have

Global - Desperadoes - Rudolph Charles Era and Beyond, 50 Years of Panorama, Winners of Various Pan Competitions - 1952 to Present, 400 Questions & Answers On Pan - 1960 to Present... Four publications by Ian R. Franklin that are simply a necessary p

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Mom, 15, shot dead ....An avid lover of steelpan

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A mother of a six-week-old girl. An aspiring interior designer. An avid lover of steelpan.

All these things, and so much more, described 15-year-old Aleah Cain who was brutally gunned down on Tue

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Remembering TASPO 62 years later

Trinidad Guardian

‘Rusty pans’ cause jaws to drop, eyes to widen

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Sixty-two years ago, on July 26, 1951, a significant aspect of steelband history was recorded with an appearance by TASPO at the Summer Festival of Britain.

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50 Years of Panorama Later – Ray Holman - Still A Touch of Class

Global - It is said that our lives are inextricably linked together in ways we may never know or imagine.

....Years ago a very young Ray Holman arranged the Beatles’ original and the now classic Penny Lane for Starlift Steel Orchestra. While this so

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50+ Years of Panorama

Hate it, Love it, but - you can’t ignore it.  Panorama in Trinidad & Tobago has produced some of the greatest musical moments and pieces of our time. 

 

When Steel Talks takes a look at 50 Years of Panorama Music, Life & Culture.

 

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Culture minister visits panyard as Phase II celebrates 40 years

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - New Arts & Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas paid an impromptu visit to Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove’s panyard on Saturday night. A surprised Phase II leader Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and

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Sixty Years After TASPO, Ellie’s First-Hand Replay

by Les Slater

A When Steel Talks Exclusive

Global -  This was a 1951 happening, definitely not of the “incidental” or “forgettable” variety – not for the steelpan world, not for the world of music, period. No, nothing of the sort for the experiment k

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Rudolph Charles - Thirty-Five Years Later, Steelband Leader Still Exceptional - Revisited

Rudolph Charles - Thirty-Five Years Later, Steelband Leader Still Exceptional

Originally published - February 2010

Global -  - March 29th, to be exact - will be thirty-one years since the death of one of the most influential figures in the history

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