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A Moment in Pan -- Dr. Mia Gormandy-Benjamin appointed Artistic Director of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra.
When Steel Talks extends Congratulations to Dr. Mia Gormandy-Benjamin
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to tuner Billy Sheeder
When Steel Talks extends condolences to tuner Billy Sheeder on the passing of his mother Hilda Ann Sheeder.
Nellie Bly - first investigative reporter
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Portrait of a 21-year-old Bly in Mexico - Public Domain
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Created: 1 January 1888
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her p
Read more…Owen Matthew Michael Serrette - ‘The Celebration of Life’ - A Live Stream
Service: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Givans now on PanoGrama team
PanoGrama Entertainment (PE) is known for its virtual staging of steelpan competition, and its facilitation of online internships to benefit students from across the Caribbean. Today, the team is welcoming their newest intern, 21-year-old Jodia Giva
Read more…"Pan On The Move"(1972), Its Journey And Impact - A 50th Anniversary Tribute to Dr. Ray Holman
The story is about Dr. Ray Holman's composition of "Pan on the Move", the first "own tune" composed by a pan arranger back in 1972, going against the tide of steelbands performing mainly the songs of calypsonians before then. The move eliminated th
Read more…Ray Holman’s Pan on the Move marks 50 years with film
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Carnival 1972 was a standout year in Trinidad and Tobago’s festival history, not just because of its
Read more…Rudy Wells with Massy Trinidad All Stars - ( Shades of Port of Spain )
Rudy Wells - March 08, 2022 - Anthony’s Cari-Jazz Artiste of the Day Jeremy Bain shares the story of Pan Pioneer, Rudy Wells. Here’s Jeremy: Rudy Wells was a well-known steelband arranger and classical music writer from Trinidad and Tobago. He is b
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist Charles Dick
Happy Birthday to Charles Dick
March 11th
GET SOMETHING AND WAVE: Superblue honoured with Hummingbird Medal Gold
Guardian March 10, 2022
Soca artist Austin “Superblue” Lyons was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) for his contribution to music and culture during the second instalment of the National Awards Ceremony yesterday.
Lyons said it was a dream come tru
Read more…WIADCA mourns death of ‘Carnival Queen’ Joyce Quamina
By Nelson A. King
Quamina, a long-time Brooklyn resident, died on March 1 – incidentally, the same day as “Carnival Tuesday” in Trinidad and Tobago – at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, Long Is., her only daughter, Michelle Quamina to
Read more…SOUTHERN MARINES SAYS NO TO RESTART OF NIQUAN PLANT UNTIL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS INTO EXPLOSION ARE PUBLISHED AND RESIDENTS OF MARABELLA ARE CONSULTED
The Southern Marines Steelband Foundation and the people of Marabella are concerned that Niquan
Energy has announced that its Gas to Liquid Plant located on the compound of the Pointe-A Pierre refinery will be restarted by the end of March 2022.
We ar
They Say Small and Single bands are hustlers and should not have the same voting rights as others. Congrats to Power Stars.
They Say Small and Single bands are hustlers and should not have the same voting rights as others. Congrats to Power Stars.
As leaders, we must be careful what negatives we communicate about our members in the public because it emboldens the pub
Read more…Former president of Pan Trinbago & Pan Knights' managing director Owen Serrette has passed
Read more…"I believe that the steel pan is 'the instrument' of the 21st century and, if marketed as, say, the reggae, will definitely be the instrument of the
A Warmer side of Christmas for Pan Knights Steel Orchestra
by WST
Date: 12.22.05
New York - The stage side of one of Trinidad's best known steel orchestras, Pan Knights, will be "Christmasing" in a slightly warmer environment for 2005. The steel orchestra is based in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago in the Car
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