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Steel Magic Northwest announces openings for advanced ‘Pan Wizards’ ensemble

MLT News

Washington, USA -  The Steel Magic Northwest “Pan Wizards” advanced youth steel ensemble is offering young musicians a chance to audition for two trips it will be making next year.

The group has been invited to perform and give a presenta

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Concerns over the future of youth steel band in Stonebridge

Brent and Kilburn Times

Stonebridge, London, U.K.-  A youth steel band in Stonebridge could be playing at Notting Hill Carnival for the last time this year amid fears it could be axed.

St Michael and All Angels Steel Orchestra, part of the St Micha

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TT ICP 2015 - Youth Day at the Pan Village

TT ICP 2015 - Youth Day at the Pan Village

TT ICP 2015 - Youth Day at the Pan Village

An afternoon with the Junior Steelbands, the developing youth, showing their metal. Thu - 6th August 2015; 02:00 pm

Cheers - tobagojo

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An Apology - WIADCA Boss Speaks to New York Steelband Community

Brooklyn, New York - In an unprecedented address to members of the New York steelpan community, Mr. William R. Howard (more familiarly known as Mr. Bill Howard), president of WIADCA (West Indian American Day Carnival Association) - expressed regret

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So Brooklyn: Young, Gifted and ‘Cultured’ - The Youthful Face of New York Pan – Highlights of the 2014 Pan Season

New York, USA -  In Pictures:  highlights of the youthful face of New York Pan during the 2014 Pan season. 

Enjoy the energy and vibrancy of some of those who are at the vanguard of the New York steelband culture and art form.
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So is New York Panorama worth more than a “selfie”? Irate parents - Time to speak to the Governor: The contest that you can’t win!!

New York, USA - There is simply nothing like an irate parent - ask any politician that is stumping for votes.

The Panorama contest of New York is probably the only contest in the state where you are almost certainly guaranteed to be a loser before y

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Free admission to Panorama for youth on Saturday

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

It’s time for Savannah Party

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It is the only competition on planet Earth that features over 2,000 musicians of percussive instruments on one stage. The eagerly awaited semifinals for large and med

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The Proof is in the Pudding - CASYM’s Young Stars Shine at Steelband Concert

CASYM Spring Concert 2013 - featuring PS 161, Class 1 and Class 2

New York, USA - “Show me!” That is simple Brooklyn-ese for ‘let your success do your talking.’ And having said that, CASYM (Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement, Inc

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B-B students drum up lesson on Caribbean rhythms

GETTING THE BEAT: Musician Ted Canning leads a group of Byron-Bergen fifth-graders in a traditional Trinidadian steel drum song as part of a grant-funded Artists in Education project.

 

Bergen - NY, USA — Trinidad and Tobago may be a long way from B

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Young pan whiz cops award

The Trinidad Guardian

Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - "At age 11, Ishmael Williams is one of the youngest participants to be selected as Most Outstanding Student in the annual series of pan construction and tuning courses offered by Pan Development Unli

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Legendary steel pan drummer Rudy Bishop preaches musical gospel to youthful converts

NY Daily News

Formed Young Acolytes Symphonic Steel Orchestra
as training ground for music and life

New York, USA - Most parents know that the best way to get people to do something is to tell them not to do it.

 

Folks who lead countries should kno

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CASYM Steelpan Performance, Music and Arts School Programs = Success, Generations and Legacy

New York - There are few steelpan music organizations that can match or rival the music educational  success record of New York’s CASYM Steel Orchestra.

The Big Apple steelpan music franchise has been a productive fixture within the New York educat

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Panists welcome plan for National Youth Steel Orchestra - Antigua & Barbuda

St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. - One of the nation’s foremost panists, Robin Margetson, who has been in the business for over 30 years, is welcoming the government’s intention to establish a National Youth Steel Orchestra.

“Anything we can do to help harne

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St. Lucia Junior Panorama 2012

St. Lucia, W.I.- With its history spanning much farther back than that of independence, pan music in St. Lucia has long struggled to remain firmly on the cultural calendar.

 

After a five year stump, Junior Panorama has returned. Throughout the month

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Over 100 youths have graduated from the Pan minor’s music literacy programme

Guyana - The Republic Bank Right Start minor’s literacy programme for 2011 has concluded graduating some 115 youths from region 4, 6 and 10. General Manager for corporate and management systems for Republic Bank Denise Hobbs stated that it is another

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Grenada’s “Angel Harps Steel Orchestra” in the Spotlight - A WST Special Assignment

St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The islands of the Caribbean all have their unique identities and signature in spite of their many similarities. No more is this borne out than in their music, rhythms and cultural idiosyncrasies. The world-class steel

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