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The First Steelband Music Festival 1964 - Trinidad History
Happy Birthday to Champion Arranger and Recording Artist Robert Greenidge - April 28
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the great panist Robert Greenidge.
Read more…Happy Birthday to Champion Arranger - Ray Holman - April 22
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Ray Holman
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Happy Birthday to Clyde Durant of Moods Pan Groove - April 10
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Clyde Durant, president of Moods Pan Groove.
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MAKING STEELBANDS PROFITABLE.....
How can we do this? especially in the Mecca. Lets hear from the members that are accustom to reading what's going on in the Forum and remaining silent, this is important we, need comments from everybody.
Read more…Happy Birthday to Calypso Rose - April 27
When Steel Talks extends greetings to Calypso Rose (Rose McCartha Linda Sandy Lewis) on her 78th birthday!
Read more…Don’t blame Diaz. Drink a beer syndrome determines our president.
Don’t blame Diaz. Drink a beer syndrome determines our president.
By: Andy Edwards
The time for change in Pan Trinbago’s executive is now. However, this change should not go without a change in the thinking of band leaders. The unpreced
Read more…Van Dyke Parks on Mighty Sparrow and The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
by Denise Sullivan - Author, Journalist, Culture Worker
Read more…The legendary arranger, songwriter and musician Van Dyke Parks ...still stands by a statement he made of Esso, those years ago: “The greatest group I’ve ever had the privilege to produce.” Like
Notes From A First-Time Panorama Arranger
Everyone remembers their first time. Whether that be their first kiss, their first trip to another country or their first live concert experience. For pannist and arranger, Mia Gormandy, it would be hard to forget that 2016 marked her first time arra
Read more…45.2 million in 7 years while you get $42.86 per year
An extract from an article entitled (“Pan Trinbago says, ‘We Africans must stick together’.)
By Aquil Arrindell
45.2 million in 7 years while you get $42.86 per year
So let us talk of our interests. This pie in the sky billion-dollar industry. We
Read more…Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band - Documentary by Van Dyke Parks
Take a trip back in time with one of the most successful steel bands the history of Trinidad and Tobago.
“The greatest group I’ve ever had the privilege to produce.”
Van Dyke Parks
The film by the world renown director, producer and musician, Van
Read more…Pan Trinbago says, ‘We Africans must stick together’.
Pan Trinbago says, ‘We Africans must stick together’.
Most of us scorned a certain community when their behaviours and decisions were based on race and class. For example, when the past indo-based government allegedly thieved; mismanaged; used
Read more…Real Questions for CIP
- Is CIP an advocacy group for the players?
- How long will it take you to become self-sufficient?.
- Will you be responsible for all things Pan in Trinidad and Tobago?
- At the moment Trinidad and Tobago is the bringing up the rear in promoting and market
Can CIP produce a weekly news column on Pan happenings in Trinidad and Tobago in the WST forum?
With all the young people graduating from college in Trinidad and Tobago every year I find it incredulous that the national news papers in Trinidad and Tobago could not find one deserving graduate to write a weekly column about Trinidad Pan issues. I
Read more…The PAN TRINBAGO crisis is nothing short of DEPRESSING
So many PAN LOVERS both LOCAL and FOREIGN are just dying inside over the STAGNANCY. The corruption is one problem but the lack of ADMINSTRATIVE SKILLS and the lack of GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS dooms the organization to years of floundering and incompetenc
Read more…Beautiful pan music in the East and West
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Beautiful music was the common note which threaded entertainment activity last weekend, though the entertainment menu actually began the previous Wednesday when Q’s Place on Wrightson Road, Port-
Read more…THANK GOD FOR THE CIP...
One can hear Mr Diaz and his people praying every night, giving thinks for taking the heat off them.
The CIP is in the fire now, just for trying to do something for the Steelband they find themselves in the cross-hairs, it's a classic case of damned
Read more…Affidavit to Change My Name from Mike to MC Joseph
Dear WST and the Global Pan Community,
I am changing my name from Mike to MC Joseph. This desire to change it did not happen because of a mid-life epiphany or a mid-life crisis with a knee-jerk reaction. This is the culmination of four years of caref
Read more…Why is everybody harassing the CIP, peppering them with 100 irrelevant questions. Bugs and Merrytones and Cecil have no basis for this behaviour!!!
I never seen these fellahs asking KEITH DIAZ no questions. But the CIP decide to step up and oppose the corruption and the next thing you -- everybody on their case.
MY PEOPLE, boy!!!
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