Looks like we will have to order more lipstick and perfume than normal to camouflage this 2017 Panorama this year. Anyway, the ending is near.
How would you label this years Panorama season if it was a movie thus far. Is it a drama, love story, trag
Read more…XL4PAN extend Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes to ALL our Members, Supporters, Advisers and very generous Sponsors.
We Wish ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Bright and Prosperous NEW YEAR 2017!
We Truly appreciated the advise and comments made by all, an
Read more…Newtown Girls Steel Orchestra Trinidad
Michael Jackson Free Willy
I received the sad news today of the passing of a pioneering panman from Boisierre Village, Trinidad. So here I'll share a short reflection of Rudy Martin Joseph who resided in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada until his death yesterday.
Rudy at age 84 was sti
Read more…Tellison Forde: Pan In Meh Belly
Verse 2
Tell Leticia and Doni
Doh even try to track me
Messing round with meh brain
Cause when ah get pan fever
Spirit ah pan behaviour
They'll be tracking in vain
Time to mix up meh brandy
Vodka with meh black whisk
Read more…PAN LOVERS and CALYPSO LOVERS from around the world are in the greatest position to contribute to the progress of PAN and CALYPSO MUSIC GLOBALLY. Computer systems did not gain world domination until they became INTEGRATED. So it is IMPERATIVE that th
Read more…The energy of Carnival is definitely in the air. Soca music’s being released every 60 seconds it would seem so it’s no surprise that radio personality and artist, Jaiga has also delivered. What we didn’t expect however, was the direction he essential
Read more…In all that's happening these days not once did a steelband make a statement, on behalf of their players, or jointly with other steelbands. Why it is that the management of steelbands don't see it fit to involve themselves in issues concerning their
Read more…BY: Laura Dowrich-Phillips -- Loop
Legends of Calypso will be among those who will be taking centre stage at the Borders Festival next year
The three-day festival, the brainchild of former Trinidad and Tobago athlete Sheldon Monderoy, will take plac
Man handcuffed, stabbed to death
... The Minister's words:“My workload was far too heavy. I needed an ease up.”
Read more…Calypsociation Steelband - Panyard Christmas Party No18 (ENGLISH)
Calypsociation Steelband - Christmas Panyard Party No18 (FRENCH)
10th December 2016
07:00 pm (11 Dec) to 05:00 am (11 Dec)
Calypsociation Panyard,
62 Avenue de Metz,
93230 Romainvi
I'm seeing all these discussions about pan being endangered and the Panorama crisis and calypso being dead and all this crazy stuff. We're having fun, we're playing our pans out, we're making good music, things are how they should be! We don't need t
Read more…The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) invites qualified and experienced persons interested in adjudicating Carnival 2017 Mas competitions to register! For more information regarding this invitation, click the image below, or v
Read more…I was reading about this Kaiso-Parang CD Launch and I thought that this would be a good lesson for XL4PAN to learn. That you just can't sit down in a room with a 20-person committee and have meetings all year long. You have to go out and align yourse
Read more…The National Carnival Commission (NCC) invites suitably qualified consultants to indicate their ability and interest in conducting surveys during Carnival 2017! For more information regarding this Request for Expression of Interest (EOI), click the i
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Dec 06, 2016 Kaieteur News
In recent years there has been a surge in the participation in and appreciation of steelsteel-a pan music in Guyana.
This resurgence of the art form has been encouraged and promoted by the Ministry of Education, Departmen
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Raf Robertson (pictured) left us abruptly and unexpectedly one year ago. One conversation that has stayed with me is his take on the positioning of our creative industries as a new growt
