How many of you’ll were backing the Frenchman over your fellow Trins for the entire Panograma?? Hyping him up failing to support your own fellow Trini panists, and failing to recognize the level of musicianship in the Mecca!! Talking bout we need to watch and learn,
Even crying tief last night!! We see you’ll!!
Congratulations
to the top ten finalists!! Up top four taken by the Mecca!! We salute you!! Sticks Up for your victory!!
Arsenal Aaron
Jolene Nicholle Durrant
Now this statement is some bullsh*t...
Do you even know Mathieu???
The same man That pays yearly to travel to trinidad to play in a large steelpan WHICH DOESNT PAY HIM, in hope the band will regain the title ; ALL BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE MUSIC AND THE INSTRUMENT.
Supporting him doesnt mean not supporting your own; it means you appreciate MUSIC.. the music is the winner not The person.
If you have a problem with the way people dont support *Their own* then take that issue up with the *people* .. but using Mathieu; who works very hard in promoting steelpan universally; AS an example to do so; IS NOT ON.
Richard Zen O'BrienThis is very very sad to read (im assuming this post was written by an adult too) sad sad times
Jolene Nicholle Durrant
Now this statement is some bullsh*t...
Do you even know Mathieu???
The same man That pays yearly to travel to trinidad to play in a large steelpan WHICH DOESNT PAY HIM, in hope the band will regain the title ; ALL BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE MUSIC AND THE INSTRUMENT.
Supporting him doesnt mean not supporting your own; it means you appreciate MUSIC.. the music is the winner not The person.
If you have a problem with the way people dont support *Their own* then take that issue up with the *people* .. but using Mathieu; who works very hard in promoting steelpan universally; AS an example to do so; IS NOT ON.
Pan Tastic nonsense. Your post was intended for us to promote others before him because he was not trini. You could apologize is you like, but dont tell us differently from what we saw.
I am a huge advocate of local talent however I am not an advocate of supporting only local talent. I will love Andy Narell just as much as I will support Dr. Boogsie; Andre White just as much as Dejean Cain . Music isnt a country, it is a vibe. This isnt sports, this is music. I am a pannist since the 80s, I managed a band successfully, and I am a Renegade. Music is music. Lets not be clannish about this thing called pan. The strange thing is that the proffessional pannists and arrangers dont have these kinds of conversations. When I speak to Duvone Stewart, Amrit Samaroo, Robert Greenidge, etc., their conversations isnt about just local. They care about the holistic nature of music. Music is a country. Thats my opinion
Claude Gonzales
Well THE NARROW MINDED TRINIS will NEVER HAVE A GLOBAL PAN STAR with THE PAN in MY LIFETIME ... so they COULD SIT DOWN THERE and FOOL THEMSELVES ALL THEY WANT. How long have I been SAYING THAT????? And how bad does it look that BEVERLEY SPONSOR THE SHOW and PUT THREE TOBAGO JUDGES on the JUDGING PANEL (it is a little more complex than that) and a TOBAGONIAN WIN?
If we continue to see foreigners playing pan as a threat , we are doing Pan a disservice. Mathieu is a Phase11 player . He leaves France and come to Trinidad every year, stand in the panyard behind his pan every night and practice hard like any one of us. When he plays you can fell the love he has for the instrument/artform. I enjoyed every one of his performances. Asami was from Japan , i had the opportunity to pick her up at the airport one year,she stayed at one of my kids home. I took her for doubles and was taking her home. Though she would be tired after that long flight. She asked to go straight to the panyard. Most of these foreigners who play pan, love it more than most of us. In Pan i don't see Race,Nationality, Gender or Age. I see Love, Commitment, Dedication, Musicianship.
Mathieu did a good job in promoting the Pan with his
performances. He had my boys Dejean , Earl and Tyeesha on the ropes fighting for their musical lives. In the end Keishauh ran away with the prize lol.
It was a really great night for Pan and shouldn't be spoiled by National prejudice. BIG UP TO THE ORGANIZERS, SPONSORS, PANIST/ MUSICIANS , LOOKING FORWARD TO 2022
PS : SEAN NERO AND STEELBAND AUTHORITY STILL HIDING LOL
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I think that much that was said in various postings throughout the day reflect what are my thoughts about Pan Tastic’s posting. It is unfortunate, I am sensing that Pan Tastic has a real passion for the instrument and she genuinely wants the see the instrument go forward. I hope that she can find it in herself to apologise and we can find it in our hearts to forgive her, after all its our sister in pan.
Aquil: You living in TRINIDAD and you DOH KNOW what WENT DOWN with THE JUDGING. I living in FOREIGN and I get ALL THE SCORES on how THE JUDGING WAS RIGGED. So all that CELEBRATION that PAN TASTIC is doing is HYPOCRITICAL to say THE LEAST. Because she is a PROPAGANDA VOICE FOR BEVERLEY and ah sure that she knows THE JUDGING WAS RIGGED!!!
That FRENCH FELLAH was SUPERIOR to ALL THE CONTESTANTS -- but THE PAN TRINBAGO DECK was STACKED AGAINST HIM.
Ah hope this BOBOL doh reach MY PAN RAMAJAY COMPETITION when it gets RESCHEDULED.