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 2014.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/carnival/2013-01-10/di
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Global - “You might want to cover your ears. This is gonna be loud.”
I am standing beneath a rusted tin canopy in a modest backyard studio in Laventille, a labyrinthine community tucked deep within the hills of
Read more…It looks like Ray Holman and Skiffle Bunch coming to add some flavor to panorama with "chutney"it's a first.
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I have been looking for the calypso "Melody Mas" by Melody. I also would like to hear "Melody Mas" by Cavaliers. Does anyone have access to these?
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Founded in 1971, St. James Tripolians Steel Orchestra is in serious rehearsals for the 2013 Panorama competition.
The band’s tune of choice is Say Say, composed by Winsford Devine and sung by the Baron. The selection is bei
Read more…National Panorama Preliminaries for North Single Pan Bands will take place at the Paddock, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Friday 11th January, 2013, from 7:00 p.m. Twenty-nine bands have registered to compete.
First on stage is Brimblers.
Read more…Clarification sought on Trinidad's 50the anniversary of Panorama. (1) If the first year of Panorama was 1963, the 10th year would be 1972, 20th would be 1982, 30th would be 1992, 40th would 2002, 50th would be 2012. Reference was made in the followin
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I'm in Tobago on vacation. I managed to visit some Panyard reharsals whilst in PoS last week, and would like to see some more.
Could someone please tell me where exactly (street names?) the panyards to be used in the individual Tobago com
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Trinidad & Tobago - A date cannot be set for Pan Trinbago elections until after its court matter has been concluded, says Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz.
The organisation is involved in a High Court lawsuit with four
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Nigeria - The set of musical instruments was presented by the High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Nigeria, Mr. Nyahuma Obika, to President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja on Friday.
In a message from President Ge
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to steelpan fraternity member Kevin Browne, and his family, on the recent loss of his grandmother Bernice Browne. Mrs. Browne passed away in Trinidad & Tobago on the afternoon of Thursday January 3, 2013.
Of
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our condolences to the family and friends of fallen steelpan comrade, Natalie Pierre.
Picture by Korey Vincent
Excerpt from the Tinidad & Tobago Newsday:
....According to [Marcia] Pierre, her sister [Natalie] who worked at
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Trinidad -
SIMPLE SOUNDS steel orchestra was up to yesterday afternoon counting its losses in the midst of preparing for Panorama 2013 following the theft of a number of pans between Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon.
According t
Read more…Global - To Sharon Edwards, her public and private husband is one and the same.
Cool.
Well, Leon Edwards is not known as Smooth in the pantheon of steel band lore for nothing. In the late 60s, Edwards and Clyde Boland, a Trinidad All Stars bandmate, When Steel Talks extends condolences to our colleague, Basement Recordings' Lee Bennett on the recent passing of his mother.
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Lornshill’s steel drum band
Clackmannanshire, Scotland - Sounds of the Caribbean are coming to Clackmannanshire after Lornshill Academy welcomed 30 steel drums from the island of Trinidad last week.
The Ochil Steel Band will be fo
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