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Calypso, pan and limbo film classic now restored
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Of all the early films involving calypso, Windjammer is perhaps the strangest and rarest of the lot.
....The scenes in Windjammer filmed in Trinidad offer a fascinating glimpse into the early deve
Read more…Candice Andrews is a Boss of the Steel Pan
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At just 36, she is the youngest & first female Captain of the world famous BP Renegades. Even at her young age, she already has 21 years with Renegades under her belt. Her status in the band has cl
Pan Trinbago gets drum-making factory from NP
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The National Petroleum Company (NP) has donated its drum-making factory to Pan Trinbago to be used for the manufacturing of the steelpan.
....“Just yesterday (Wednesday) NP donated it’s drum-making facility to us,” Diaz add
Read more…No Panorama streaming for North Region Preliminaries
Boy is a sad day! It don't have a radio station in Northern Trinidad that will give a little coverage to the small and medium panorama preliminaries. Gosh. SMH!
Read more…Comments on the 2013 Trinidad and Tobago Panorama Results
The results from the preliminary rounds are in.
- Prelim results & Medium band semi finals qualifiers
- Prelim results & Small band semi finals quallfiers
- Preliminary results - 32 Single Pan Bands make it to Se
Solo Harmonites a beacon in Morvant/Barataria
Trinidad Guardian
The management of four-time National Panorama champion Solo Harmonites Steel Orchestra does not take the commitment of its members who represent the brand lightly, says operations manager Owen Serrette.
He said the band, in spite of
Read more…United States Steel Band Association Inc. (USSA) Election 2013.
We announce the results of USSA Election 2013, Officers and Board of Directors, held Sunday January 13th, 2013 @ 1169 Nostrand Ave. Officiated by Joanelle Donald & Danielle Edinboro.
Keith Marcelle : Chairperson
Martin Douglas : Vice-Chairperson
Cl
Read more…SOUTH PANORAMA
HELLO ALL!!!! ITS SO EXCITING TO HEAR THE PANORAMA IS ON RIGHT NOW ON RADIO WACK/// http://wackradio901fm.com/istream/index.php?station=1 HAPPY LISTENING 2013
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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
Read more…NP donates drum-making machine to Pan Trinbago
The Trinidad 7 Tobago National Petroleum Company Limited (NP) has proudly donated a drum-manufacturing machine to Pan Trinbago for the further development of the national instrument - the steelpan.
This machine will greatly assist Pan Trinbago in th
Read more…South bands struggling to find players for Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - While the national Panorama competitions continue to flourish in Port-of-Spain, steelbands in San Fernando are struggling to find players to launch a big challenge. The present situation is not ov
Mixed views over new site of stage at Skinner Park
Trinidad Guardian
In years gone by, the stage stood in the middle of the field, facing the stands.
However, the new stage is now on the western end of the field, facing east. This means patrons in the pavilions would get mostly a distant left-side
Read more…The Greens verus Panorama
David Wears asked...
It's the BIGGEST Panorama Greens being built. That mean IS PARTY for those who want to fete for Panorama.
Question: Do you come, the Panorama Greens feter, come to listen to pan, AND if you do, do you agree that ALL DJ music must
Read more…50 Years Later - Panorama Memories - Are We Better?
In his composition for Panorama 2013, arranger and songwriter Curtis Edwards ask the question "Are We Better?"
Some 50 panorama competitions later - are we better? And what are your most memorable panorama experiences?
Read more…Support Our Youth Please!!!
Kenya Lara is a semi-finalist in the DC-CAPITAL STARS Competition and A Night of DC-CAPITAL Stars Gala and hopes to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on March 26, 2013. Ms. Lara, a 17 year old Washington, DC pannist auditioned for the
Read more…Unsponsored Panmen receive cheques
CTNTWorld
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas, says Government will keep supporting the growth of the steelband in order to strengthen the cultural sector.
On Tuesday, the Ministry distributed
Back for 2013 Panorama, Narell Talks Pan - Lots of It
Global - Andy Narell is back for Panorama 2013. The American-Trinidadian will be right at home among a fraternity of arrangers. And even narrowed in the small corner of elite composer-arrangers. It’s been 12 years since he last arra
Granding the Pan - Liam Teague with Richard Tang Yuk at Queen’s Hall
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Last Sunday’s Piano and Pan Recital at Queen’s Hall, reintroduced both pan aficionados and those with a classical taste to two Trini-born maestros, who have successfully carved out international careers in the highly competi
Diaz: Panorama to go international next year
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz says this year’s Panorama competition will be an exciting year for steelband and will lead to the introduction of Panorama as an international pan competition in 2