Carnivals of the World - Top 10 of 2013
Okay...A few things jumped out at me, looking over this online article. Firstly, why is Trinidad and Tobago Carnival sold all over the World as "Caribbean" or "West Indies" Carnival? Were Brooklyn, Notting Hill
Read more…Global - Seventy Single Pan Bands in four Regions will face panels of adjudicators when the 2014 National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries gets underway in two weeks’ time. This means that sixty-nine bands will be attempting to dethrone the r
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three separate days have been allotted to Steel Orchestras in the Large Band category for Trinidad & Tobago’s 2014 National Panorama Preliminaries.
Tobago and Eastern Regions bands will be visited by the adjudicators on Mo
Read more…Once again the President of Pan Trinbago has reported to the Steelband movement and membership on January 9, 2014 without the 2013 Financial & Auditors Reports.
A statement was made to the membership by the Executive of Pan Trinbago, that the Auditor
Read more…The name "Drago" aka "Scrape", Tall Boy" "Stretch" had become synonymous with All Stars Steel Orchestra... at least to pan lovers in Trinidad & Tobago's Industrial Capital, San Fernando. This had been the case with whatever sobriquet used in referenc
Read more…On the subject of the development of the pan in the early days, I got this information from noted Trinidadian historian, journalist and writer, Bukka Rennie and I was really impressed with his detailed knowledge.
As we delve into the history of the s
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fete promoters say they would welcome the return of steel pan and brass bands to their events but cited logistics as a major reason why most events feature singers as their only form of entertainm
Read more…The Tobago News
Tobago, W.I. - Our Boys Steel Orchestra will be returning to compete in Panorama 2014.
It is the second oldest steelband in Tobago and missed its first Panorama in 50 years in the 2013 competition.
Based in Scarborough at its pan ya
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YEAR - ARTISTE - SONG - album
The New Visionaries Pan Foundation would like to congratulate all successful Panmen and Panwomen at the just concluded Local Government elections held in Trinidad, October 2013.
We send special congratulations to Mr. Junia Regrello of Skiffle, who wa
Hi Everyone,
I am compelled and not ashamed to reach out to the WST Universe
I am looking for some players to support my little group in Trinidad.
Flamingoes. I need some of you WST members who will be going for the Panorama.prelims to come take a k
Read more…It is so regrettable that the Executive Committee of Pan Trinbago shows no RESPECT for the member Bands and by extension their Representatives, and the entire Pan Movement, and continues to MAMAGUY the members.
The Executive committee members have
St. Lucia News Online
St. Lucia, W.I. - A workshop focused on providing practical skills and “valuable knowledge” as a strategy to build St. Lucia’s skilled leaders and steel pan professionals will be held here later this month.
The Training, Promot
Read more…Good SUN Day to All -
Over the past few years, I have received my fair share of insults, taunts, and disrespect of my person, mainly over the fact that I joined WST with a specific purpose; namely, to reintroduce my dad's contributions to the steelba
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Patrons at Saturday night’s launch of Panorama 2014 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of- Spain, were taken on a nostalgic journey to the days when pan and brass dominated fetes and other social
Christmas is over. It is time to talk Calypso and Panorama.
I would like to invite Tony Barclay to come and discuss THE REASON with us ... looks like it is going to be a BIG SONG for the PANORAMA.
Read more…Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA - With many residents receiving new gadgets for the holidays, the York County’s School of the Arts is collecting the old ones to turn into arts funding.
....Milne said the school will accept el
Read more…Time and again we have to remind members that the forum has no police or security we are on our own, so we have to ask ourselves if our contribution is positive or negative. It is important that we remain positive because that's when we have the most
Read more…Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As an expansion of its existing efforts, the birdsong steelband is from this month offering a free after-school music education programme for early teens and pre-teens.
The after-school programme
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