It is now five years later since the original opinion essay below was written by Mr. Nestor Sullivan. WST member Marcus Ash ask -- What are your thoughts and feeling on the subject today?
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra - the oldest band in Antigua & Barbuda, made history again for 2009 by copping Panorama championship honors, beating out four other competitors. And they did this with the youngest arranger in the
New York - Nine New York Steel Orchestras are cracking up nightly as they prepare for the biggest night on their annual calendar - the Steelband Music Panorama competition, scheduled this year for Saturday September 5, 2009 behind the Brooklyn Museum
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. – On August 30th 1991, Steelband was officially declared the National Instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, and rightly so I may say. Any other Instrument indigenous to TnT and wish to lay claim, must be able to stand up on its o
New York - Panman Ulric Joseph has passed. When Steel Talks extends condolences to his family and friends. Ulric was the father of Tony Joseph (Metro Steel Orchestra) and Brian Joseph (Pantonic Steel Orchestra).
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This is a must even if i say so myself.
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Ps. As it was my birthday this month here is a present for you all.
July 21st
Caribana Greetings!
By way of formal introduction, I am a photo-journalist accredited with the ScotiaBank Caribana organization. For the past 10 years I have been photographing the carnival events around Toronto with special emphasis on th
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In 2008, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra hosted a series of community concerts in Laventille, Trinidad, as phase one of its on-going programme in the role of change champions for the community utilizing the medium of music. This
Source: guardian.co.tt
The embarrassment that Pan Trinbago’s executive suffered when the Sunday evening instalment of Pan in the Communities collapsed at Williams Bay, Chaguaramas, is only the latest indicator of the failings that the steelband’s le
This is the line up of Steel Orchestras, tunes, and arrangers for both the National Steelband Panorama, and the Junior National Panorama competitions in Grenada, W.I. for 2009.
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - "It's a revolution in pan, understand, we woman take over steelband". That's the refrain in the last lines of the chorus of "Pan Revolution" a song that was written in tribute to the vast number of young women who are no
All the bands are now up and cracking. 2009 should be a great year for the panorama scene. There is still a lot of time join a band and play for panorama.
St. Lucia - Panorama has been cancelled this year. The pan folks of St. Lucia have taken a sta
Netherlands - After months of planning and laborious work by their pannists, CSI Steelband Trust was ready for their Festival performance in Almere, Netherlands. On Saturday the 4th July 2009 all twenty four members of CSI arrived at their panyard ba
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The Steel Pan was in the spotlight last Saturday as a very exciting weekend of sweet pan music started the build up to Spicemas and Panorama 2009. The 2009 Bomb Tune competition that formed part of the Panorama Launch p
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. – The Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra will perform for audiences totaling approximately 40,000 in Canada next month. They will perform at the Barrie Caribbean Festival (Caribfest) and will also be the featured guests at the O