Since this Minister of Culture was a SCHOOL GIRL -- big men have been running Pan Trinbago PANORAMA with the utmost honesty and accountability. Suddenly this woman is directing the NCC to take control of a function that we have been authorized to adm
The last couple of columns looked at Carnival economics and concluded it looks like a scam, a massive feeding trough for political/cultural hogs. That conclusion was data-based–a parliamentary report on the NCC, government sources, and a basic knowle
Fascinators will the first steelband on stage when the curtain for the National Panorama Semi Finals starts on Sunday February 12, at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, from 9:00 am
The band from El Dorado along with Our Boys of Tobago wh
Right now in TRINIDAD, 10,000 PAN PLAYERS are putting their hearts and souls and time and energy and personal safety and love of culture and potential self-improvement and "WHAT HAVE YOU" (a Trinidad expression I never liked and never ever used in my
The false notion that Pan Trinbago wasted, squandered and stole money given to them by the government is all blatant lies and innuendos used to carry out a bigger plan. All monies received from governments, was given to finance a particular show or e
The bands have still not recovered from the pre panorama baggage Pan Trinbago brought to the scene. Many bands are still in need of players. Many of the seasonal players are still pissed of at Pan Trinbago. Many feel disrespected and furthermore, th
DESPERADOES has definitely signalled its intention and is focussed on retaining the National Panorama title, and with a full complement of 120 players, the band is expected to up its game come Sunday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
The late great Clive Bradley once said there’s a difference between hearing and listening, now is our chance to judge our listening skills. I know this is a subjective exercise, for the music experts you can do the analysis. Here's a playlist of the
The discussion from 6:35 to 10:28 was riveting to me and I could only dream and imagine an equivalent projection/mission for PAN. Dr. deLight could transcribe Spanish and French and Portuguese to English. It would be nice if he could come on here and
I will really like to know what is the criteria/qualifications to become a panorama judge. I have been following all the preliminaries closely and I keep seeing the same set of judges every year.In fact in the medium bands judging ,out of the seven
