Pan Trinbago owes the Trinidad Pan Community an Apology

Catt says "people STILL do not GET IT. It's the PRINCIPLE of the thing - not about Renegades individually"

Catt, the Trinidad and Tobago pan community in general is still not of the mindset that he or she is worthy of respect, and by extension, his

Started by MakeItPlain in Panorama

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Ms.Mia Gormandy Woman of The Year 2011

Ms. Mia Gormandy a member of the Neal & Massey Trinidad All Stars student at the Northern Illinois University was voted Woman of the Year 2011 at 22yrs of age .She has also been accepted at the Florida State University to do her PhD in ethnomusicolog

Started by Pan Times in News

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School bands join together to bring sounds from the islands to Baltimore County

by ABC News 2

No, you’re not basking in the sun on a Caribbean Island, you’re at the Parkville High School gymnasium and it’s a celebration of steel drum music.

Seve

Started by Pan Times in WST News

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A PERSPECTIVE ON THE RENEGADES SITUATION

MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE RENEGADES SITUATION

by

Sandra L Blood

(Active member of Renegades)

Maybe not Renegades’ year…the Creator sends messages

(An international educational piece)

Crash landed, put out, not their season, ‘robbed’, ‘humbled’, distu

Started by Michael Marcano in Panorama

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WHEN ARE WE GOING TO OVERS THIS JUDGING THING?

kindly allow me to stray a bit Hasley Crawford is still the man from Trinidad with his 10 point something timing as opposed to ato and thompson's 9 point something speed does any one realise that those two and many others have also broken not only Ca

Started by Sweet Eustace in Uncategorized

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Panland Steelpans – from the Caribbean to Frankfurt

Although they only cover a very small segment, some Musikmesse exhibitors are nevertheless the leaders there. Panland, one of the world’s leading steeldrum manufacturers, is one of them. Based in Trinidad & Tobago in the sunny Caribbean, the company

Started by Pan Times in News

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Youngsters poised for showtime at Baltimore County's annual Panorama event, March 30

For Stoneleigh youngsters, interest in steel drum band is elementary

Youngsters poised for showtime at Baltimore County's annual Panorama event, March 30

Of the seven steel drum bands performing at the 10th Baltimore County Public Schools Panorama ev

Started by Pan Times in Uncategorized

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STEELBAND JAMBOREE in the Virgin Islands

STEELBAND JAMBOREE

Just before the Water Sports activities come to an exciting end, the sound of steelband music begins to pulsate through the air. This is the event that the lovers of steelband music look forward to each year. This is the Steelband

Started by Pan Times in News

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T&T-based Japanese music producer plans music CD

...to raise funds in the Japanese earthquake recovery. This is from the Express:

Category: International News

By Wayne Bowman, T&T Express

Japanese music producer, Yoichi Wantanabe who has been recording pan music here for the past several years told

Started by Noah in News

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SO WHAT ABOUT THE PETITION !......UPDATE

SO WHAT ABOUT THE PETITION!

Due to the positive input from WST membership, I believe that it is important to give an update on this Forum especially since I am still in Trinidad.

First of all one of the main objectives of the Petition was to ge

Started by Salah Wilson in News

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Panorama 2011 in Living Color "When SteelPan Pictures Talk"

Panorama 2011 in Living Color "When SteelPan Pictures Talk"

Compliments of Pan Podium

Global - When Steel Talks has had both the good fortune of having within our organization (C.Phillips, R. Pope), and/or being associated with the finest steelpan

Started by Pan Times in WST News

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“Pan in de country side” is the latest innovation by Pan Trinbago

“Pan in de countryside” is the latest innovation by Pan Trinbago.

As the name suggests, “Pan in de countryside” is taking steelpan to people who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to come to the city to hear bands, therefore the organization

Started by Pan Times in News

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PANORAMA MASCOTS

Southern Marines Steelband Foundation’s 2011 Panorama season was a success when compared to the last four years. After a long drought a little rain came. We were able to come into the National Small bands Panorama finals, and place third out of eleve

Started by Gerry Kangalee in Uncategorized

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Video of "In the Shadows of the Forest" suite for steel band and choir

This is the sixth movement of my suite for steel band and choir, "In the Shadows of the Forest." The performance is by the Choir of the Sound (Seattle, WA) and a band made up of local players. This performance was on May 13th, 2011, in Lynnwood, Wash

Started by Gary Gibson in Uncategorized

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British Pan Woman - A Celebration of Women in Pan - Woman's Month

A British Pan Woman
by Rachel Hayward

United Kingdom - This March marks the 25th anniversary of my involvement with pan. Forty years ago pans were introduced into British schools through the efforts of renowned pan pioneers such as Gerald Forsyth a

Started by Pan Times in WST News

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Revealed: the Queen Mum's love for The Desperadoes

IT COMES as no surprise to me that the recent revelations about the record collection of the late Queen Mum has indicated the royals spend their evenings behind palace doors dancing to black music.

Your record collection says a lot about who you ar

Started by Pan Times in News

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Observations about Panorama 2011 - by Jeannine Remy

Observations about Panorama 2011
by Jeannine Remy

Trinidad & Tobago - ....The south stands were full of people who waited in anticipation for the large bands and all of their splendour. Never before have I attended a panorama final with so much co

Started by Pan Times in Commentary

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Panorama Finals 2011 DVD and CD feedback

Joel Hamilton-Mills says

"I like the documentary feel of the DVD, most of it is good...............However they still have a way to go, as the mistakes are more sloppy that anything, i.e. wrong labelling of bands, wrong music playing in the backgrou

Started by Dika in Panorama

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Big truck music killing sound of steel

Originally printed at http://www.trinidadexpress.com/letters/Big_truck_music_killing_sound_of_steel-118292739.html

March 19, 2011

THIS is an open letter to the Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Winston "Gy

Started by Royce Russell in News

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Ray Holman - rewind

Ray Holman

Composer, Arranger, Panist, Educator

New York - When Steel Talks continues its exclusive series of interviews with the legendary Ray Holman who visited WST studios on a cool 2004 Autumn afternoon. There was much to hear from this well-re

Started by Pan Times in Interview

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Pan Trinbago owes the Trinidad Pan Community an Apology

Ms.Mia Gormandy Woman of The Year 2011

School bands join together to bring sounds from the islands to Baltimore County

A PERSPECTIVE ON THE RENEGADES SITUATION

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO OVERS THIS JUDGING THING?

Panland Steelpans – from the Caribbean to Frankfurt

Youngsters poised for showtime at Baltimore County's annual Panorama event, March 30

For Stoneleigh youngsters, interest in steel drum band is elementary

Youngsters poised for showtime at Baltimore County's annual Panorama event, March 30

STEELBAND JAMBOREE in the Virgin Islands

T&T-based Japanese music producer plans music CD

SO WHAT ABOUT THE PETITION !......UPDATE

Panorama 2011 in Living Color "When SteelPan Pictures Talk"

Compliments of Pan Podium

“Pan in de country side” is the latest innovation by Pan Trinbago

PANORAMA MASCOTS

Video of "In the Shadows of the Forest" suite for steel band and choir

British Pan Woman - A Celebration of Women in Pan - Woman's Month

Revealed: the Queen Mum's love for The Desperadoes

Observations about Panorama 2011 - by Jeannine Remy

Panorama Finals 2011 DVD and CD feedback

Big truck music killing sound of steel

Big truck music killing sound of steel

Ray Holman - rewind

Ray Holman

Composer, Arranger, Panist, Educator

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