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Ah know this is NOT A CALYPSO FORUM -- but it is interesting to note that NO CALYPSO sung by a FOREIGNER has ever won PANORAMA ... and not even THE MIGHTY DUVONE could break that LOCAL GLASS CEILING

Ah wonder if the JUDGES were aware of that fact and if it played into their JUDGING.

Ah wonder if DUVONE was aware of that and felt BIG ENOUGH to RISE ABOVE IT. He ended up book-ending his TWO WINS with two OUTER ISLAND CALYPSOS. Next year he better

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Now I have to admit that BOOGSIE had a NICE ARRANGEMENT worth listening to long after CARNIVAL -- but IT WAS a little dated and could not compete with the MODERN STYLE of the TOP THREE ...

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Watch Broadcast - 2020 Finals Large Band Panorama

Eleven steel orchestras competed before a packed crowd in both the Grand Stands, and "Pan City."

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WRONG AGAIN -- RENEGADES

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The HIGHLIGHT of the PANORAMA NIGHT was that FABULOUS COMMENTARY by KEITH DIAZ on PAN and PAN PERFORMANCE ... WOW!!!

First of all, he did not cloak his voice in self-importance as so many commentators do!!! In a lucid suburban TRINIDAD TONE -- he mixed PAN HISTORY with PANORAMA TECHNIQUE with HONEST and INFORMATIVE EVALUATIONS of the PERFORMANCES with anecdotes fro

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NOTHING BUT CORRUPTION IN PAN TRINBAGO!!!

Not only is DESPERADOES going to get  a new PAN YARD in TOWN (after the  PNM spent MILLIONS rebuilding their PAN YARD up the hill in LAVENTILLE that was then overun by their own CRIMINAL ELEMENT) -- but they also gave them FIRST PLACE in the PANORAMA

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The First two bands -- NOTHING BUT NOISE!!!

And BEVERLEY BLANK ALL THE FREENESS for EXPATS -- how little SHE UNDERSTANDS about the GLOBAL PAN AUDIENCE!!!

But so far allyuh eh missing nothing BUT AH SET AH NOISE!!!

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TT Panorama 2020 Large Steelbands Finals Results

TT Panorama 2020 Large Steelbands Finals Results

 

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Steelbands 2020

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286

7

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281.0

13

3rd

269.0

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Carlto

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WHAT A SHAME!!! WHAT A SHAME!!! WHAT A SHAME!! DESPERADOES WIN!!!

THIS IS A DISGRACE TO PANORAMA!!!

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Hugh Borde

The legendary Pan pioneer, panist and performing artist Hugh Borde has passed.

See more on Huge Borde

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Well KEITH DIAZ just WIN BACK MEH HEART!!! The man say: DYNAMICS IS FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC -- NOT FOR PANORAMA ...

KEITH DIAZ giving some REAL INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY ON PAN -- VERY INSIGHTFUL!!!

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Patrick: This is a BETTER VERSION of "GO HARRY" by TERRI LYONS

Ah had such ah hard time getting this thing right -- the best rendition of the song!!!

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Terri Lyons is the new Calypso Monarch

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SHERMAN ALLISON FYFE speaks truth to PAN POWER ... every so often ONE PAN LOVER (out of hundreds of thousands) calls it like he sees it!!!

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Well it looks like a TWO BAND race TONIGHT between RENEGADES and ALL STARS ...

... Three other bands will make a DECENT SHOWING and the other six will be BORING and OUTCLASSED ... even with an ABUNDANCE OF CRACKSHOTS at their DISPOSAL.

I am BACKING DUVONE STEWART to win THE HAT TRICK even though his "WRONG AGAIN" will be 10 PER

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Two pan stalwarts die this week

Joan Rampersad - 

Pan pioneer Neville Jules. -

The Mighty Sparrow sang many years ago:

Every year somebody dear

Give us cause to shed a tear

And mourn for they are gone

Now all that's left is a faint memory

Based on the theme of a strange melody

Sti

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Moments in Pan 2020

A Moment in Pan - Women in Pan - Mother and Child

Photo by Mr. Rae Samuel

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Watch Live -- Junior Kings and Queens of Carnival Finals - Friday February 21st 2020

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International Soca Monarch Finals 2020 LIVE!

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Watch live -- CARNAVAL DE SALVADOR 2020 - AO VIVO

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