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Watch 2020 Panorama Semi-Finals Performances 2020
2020 Panorama Semi-Finals at the Queen's Park Savannah
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Ah want to tell EVERYBODY on THIS FORUM something: If STEELBAND want to play JAZZ or SALSA or SAMBA or CLASSICAL or R&B or COUNTRY or BLUES -- I eh have NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, but ...
... when a STEELBAND decides to PLAY A CALYPSO -- is few men left in THIS WORLD who brave enough to walk down a DARK ALLEY with me AFTER MIDNIGHT and argue CALYPSO!!!
I eh come to TRINIDAD on NO BOAT and I see myself as a BORN AND BRED TRINIDAD NATIO
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On-air Host and Cultural Activist Gerelle Forbes Speaks on Presenting Pan to The People
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In tandem with the recent article Large Steel Orchestras Take Control of their Live Stream Broadcast and Production, WST (When Steel Talks) touched base with on-air personality and cultural activist Gerelle Forbes, who embo
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I liked THE FONCLAIRE performance in the PRELIMS!!! So I am looking forward to this performance!!!
After the DIAZ CORRUPTION I was much against DARREN SHEPPARD. But I have NO HORSE in the PAN RACE ... so I can listen OBJECTIVELY.
And I really enjoyed his ARRANGEMENT in the PRELIMS. Even though some of my BEST FRIENDS from the SOUTH sent me numerou
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I am a CALYPSO LOVER and NOBODY has put up "WRONG AGAIN" on THIS FORUM more than me. So when a PAN SIDE wants to play that song in a PANORAMA -- they better COME GOOD!!!
Now, I doh know NOTHING about PAN MUSIC!!! But if I was a PAN ARRANGER -- I would NEVER ATTEMPT to PLAY THAT CALYPSO ("WRONG AGAIN") in a PANORAMA.
So far, with ALL THE TRY THEY TRY -- NO ARRANGER has been able to DELIVER THE DOMINANT MELODIC line i
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OH GAWD!!! SKIFFLE coming to do "WRONG AGAIN" with the YANKEE ARRANGERS!!!
Dem lil HALF-AH-TRINI YANKEE BOYS -- they CANNOT HEAR CALYPSO!!!
You have to be BORN and GROW up in TRINIDAD to be able TO HEAR CALYPSO.
Now, to be honest, I don't know what the BREAK POINT AGE is -- but I am guessing somewhere between 18 and 25!!!
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Ah thought the show was starting at ONE O CLOCK -- ah doh want to miss SAN CITY ...
Beverley make meh wake up so early and now all ah seeing is ah empty stage!!!
WHERE IS THE MUSIC?
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Pan Trinbago pres rates Panorama 2020 effort: 8 out of 10
Newsday -- Elizabeth Gonzales
Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore, National Carnival Commission chairman Winston "Gypsy" Peters and Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly tour the facilities at the Queen's Park Savannah ahead of Sunday's lar
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Panorama Semi Finals
'm here. See you in the Grand Stand. I'll be wearing my WST t-shirt and hopefully sitting behind the judges. Come and say hello
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Deltones' mission:To slay the beast
by Sharmain Baboolal
#ChroniclesofAPanorama.
If this was titled self excellence, in the headline, Akinola Sennon would have been blacklisted by the time his band, Siparia Deltones, crossed the stage at the Panorama semifinals. His refreshing arrange
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Real Pressure on THE JUDGES TODAY -- an interesting comment from MR. MICHAEL MARCANO ...
Michael Marcano ... I always feel sorry for the judges though because panorama music is a mixture of genre. Arrangements vary from classical to jazz, oriental, latin, calypso and everything else in between. And contrary to popular belief, a classic
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Jonathan Scales Fourchestra: Tiny Desk Concert
Suraya Mohamed - NPR
Here's a first: Steelpans at the Tiny Desk. It's true. Nearly a thousand performances into the series and the instrument has never been featured, until now. While the two bowls look shiny and new in this Jonathan Scales Fourches
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Historically Revered Steel Orchestras Vow to Never Turn Backs on Fans & Supporters at Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In spite of the all the brew-haha and local controversy over the recently-constructed “Pan-City” for Panorama 2020, some of the oldest and most revered steel orchestras in the world have vowed to display continued commitmen
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Well I am expecting to see a BIG PRESS CONFERENCE on ASH WEDNESDAY with THE FIRING of several HEAD COACHES ... sorry, I meant ARRANGERS!!!
I would start with SILVER STARS and STARLIFT and BIRDSONG and INVADERS and La Brea Nightingales; and of course -- ALL THE YANKEE ARRANGERS!!!
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Order of Appearance: Medium Conventional Category - Semi-finals Panorama 2020
1 - Trinidad Valley Harps
2 - Steel Xplosion
3 - San City Steel Symphony
4 - Katzenjammers
5 - Pan Elders
6 - Dixieland
7 - Tornadoes
8 - Pamberi
9 - Couva Joylanders
10 - Sound Specialists of Laventille
11 - Siparia Deltones
12 - Potential Symphony
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Revolution, mas and pan
Dara Healy
IT WOULD not be an exaggeration to say that Kitchener’s music ruled the road. Apart from winning the Road March five times in the 1970s, his calypsoes were played by the winning Panorama large bands seven times.
From Margie to Play Mas, Tr
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