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PanoGrama 2021 Final - Order of Appearance
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PanoGrama 2021 Final - Order of Appearance
Global - The ten panists who made the cut for the final round of PanoGrama 2021 on Saturday May 22, now have their appearance order revealed. Event producer and host Nevin Roach unveiled th
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Music: a uniting force
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Exploring how music impacts Caribbean, Indian, and American culture
Global - ....Since then, the people of Trinidad and Tobago have developed the steel pan, which is now their national instrument. What once was music from car parts
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Calypsociation Steelband / "Prophet Of Pan" / International Panorama Competition
Calypsociation Steel Orchestra rehearses on the "Drag", minutes before they took the Queen's Park Savannah stage at the International Panorama Competition. They are seen here playing "Prophet Of Pan" arranged by Mathieu Borgne & Laurent Lalsingue.
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When I first came on THIS FORUM, I put up a POSTING stating that TRINIDAD NEEDS A PAN STAR -- over a decade later we are still MILES AWAY from prouding a GLOBAL PAN STAR ...
people on THIS FORUM well cuss me out at that time, but I stood my ground. Because although I am NOT INTO PAN MUSIC ... few people in the PAN DIASPORA better understand what it takes to TAKE PAN MUSIC GLOBAL -- better than me.
Personally, I believe t
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STATE OF EMERGENCY IN STEELBAND COUNTRY ... TO COMBAT COVID 19 SPREAD
Newsday May 15, 2021
"THE Prime Minister has announced that Trinidad and Tobago will be under a State of Emergency from midnight. He said the curfew period will run from 9 pm to 5 am.
He was speaking at a press conference at the Diplomatic Centre in
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PanoGrama 2021 Semi-final Virtual Steelpan Performances Raise The Roof
Global - The NLCB PanoGrama international steelpan competition, which kicked off on May 7 with 30 panists from around the world, is now down to 10. This comes after 20 creative and talented panists showcased their musical prowess through nail-biti
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Well ah man call me quite from CEDROS and ask me to PUT UP THIS PERFORMANCE and tell him what I think about it ...
I tell the MAN that I EH KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PAN MUSIC; so I IS THE LAST PERSON TO ASK.
He could ask men like BEDE and GLENROY and ODW and BUGS and MARCUS ASH -- hell, even the PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO ... she know more about PAN THAN ME.
But ah putt
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DESPERATION to be THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO -- DIRTY TRICKS GALORE and NOBODY doh want to hire me as a CAMPAIGN MANAGER ...
... to all THE CANDIDATES running for PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO -- somebody, please hire me as a CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT. I spend decades and decades following AMERICAN POLITICS on a daily basis (not just during the campaigns) -- so I know ALL THE DIRTY
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Why would ANY TRINIDADIAN (and I mean ANY ANY ANY TRINIDADIAN) go into an INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION and TRY TO PLAY JAZZ -- when we could BARELY PLAY A CALYPSO RIGHT ON THE PAN?
It is REAL HARD being a CALYPSO LOVER and watching PAN MEN disrespect THE INSTRUMENT unless it is PANORAMA and THE GOVERNMENT HANDING OUT MILLIONS OF FREE DOLLARS TO WIN VOTES!!! And even then, man playing almost 5 out of 8 minutes of the CHOSEN CALY
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PanoGrama 2021 - Prizes, Rules and Requirements
Prizes
First
$1,000.00 USD
All-expenses-paid trip to Canada to perform for Sons of Steel (5-day trip). *Terms and conditions apply
Virtual one-on-one session with world-renowned steelpannist, Victor Provost
1 x Augustus Peters Steelpans Chrome
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NLCB PanoGrama 2021 -- Semifinals Results
The top ten of the twenty panists who competed in the PanoGrama 2021 semi-finals are on the move - to the final phase of this year's event
See complete semi-final breakdown
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LATEST PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION POLLS SHOW ROBERT HERNANDEZ LOSING GROUND ...
With the COVID VIRUS wrecking the NATION (people dying left and right) and the economy in tatters, the lines to get on THE NEXT PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE are getting LONGER AND LONGER. Because we all know that once you get on THAT EXECUTIVE your bread i
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Well ah went and buy some HIGH GRADE CALIFORNIA SINSEMILLA and ah ready for the PANOGRAMA SEMIS ...
The only problem is that them fellahs go have ah HARD TIME impressing me. And my NUMBER ONE CONTESTANT went and PICK THE WRONG CALYPSO. Ah will just have to listen to see if any of the PLAYERS have THE GLOBAL POTENTIAL IN THEIR RENDITIONS and the PAN
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