Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - More than $2 million [USD $310,684] are up for grabs in the Trinidad and Tobago Steelband Music Festival, Pan is Beautiful XII, which is scheduled to run from October 5 to November 16.
There are
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UK Panorama 2013 Finalists
| Band | Tune | Arranger | Composer | Singer |
| CSO Steel Orchestra | Sapna | Paul Dowie | Ray Holman | Gerelle Forbes |
| CSI Steel Band | Fantastic Friday | Brent Holder | Super Blue | Super Blue |
| Ebony Steel Band | Tell De |
The Trinidad Guardian
St. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A disappointingly poor production coupled with the embarrassingly small audience in attendance devalued the laudable concept of paying homage to female members of the steelband fraternity at
New York, USA - Leave it to Despers USA Steel Orchestra to bring together one of the more engaging band launches of the 2013 Brooklyn, New York steelpan music season. The first weekend in August saw seven of New York’s f
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New York, USA - It was the second weekend in August, and the final steel band music launch for the 2013 New York panorama season was underway. And it was finally the turn of Pantonic Steel Orchestra to host representations of several of the region’s
QUITO, Ecuador — When you spin the radio dial in this high-altitude city you could be almost anywhere. The airwaves are crowded with the likes of Beyonce, Shakira and Pitbull, just like you were cruising a highway in Miami or Manhattan — rather than
The Trinidad Guardian
Invaders sets the stage for Versatility concert
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Perhaps it was the $50 admission charged but the turnout at last Friday’s Pan Night, at bpTT Renegades pan theatre, on Charlotte Street, Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago is currently celebrating Pan Month throughout the country and at the inter-faith service to launch the celebration Fr Clyde Harvey remarked that “panyards are sacred ground and should
Read more…Theron Urbano wrote:
"How can New York Pan Fraternity deprive these kids and this band from panorama. This question is very puzzling to me. I am an American Soldier who took my Pan to War. I could be an ambassador for our instrument and yet in stil
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The only way to preserve festival essence whilst transforming into a larger event is to return to the source — and to engineer growth from out of the principles that were sacred to the festival from the beginning.
Read more…A prominent New York pan player asked:
What can we do to bring more people out to band launchings [in New York]?
Here are a few thoughts from When Steel Talks (WST) on the issue:
The Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Natural birdsong has therapeutic qualities; we may hear peripherally but still absorb some of those sweet improvisations and calls. Similarly, to judge by responses in the packed-out auditorium of Queen
Written by Ian Franklin
Nathanael "Crix" Flemming who has been spending his annual summer vacation in New York for the past 6 years, was denied a visitors visa in August of 2013 at the US Embassy in Trinidad & Tobago. Mr. Flemming's documents which
Cincinnati.com
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Periodically, throughout his 25 years of teaching in Cincinnati Public Schools and starting the wildly popular Over-the-Rhine Steel Drum Band and Clark Montessori Steel Band, Bruce Weil would be interviewed by r
The Trinidad Guardian
Siparia, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Diatonic Pan Institute of Mary Street, Siparia, staged its first Vacation Pan Classes and held a graduation ceremony on August 10 after a month of training which began on July 9.
The classes w
Read more…Big Up to all the New York bands. It has been a Summer of great music, culture and fun. Now that all the band launches are essentially over, the main focus is "Panorama". Good luck to all the participating steel orchestra franchises. Catch you on th
Read more…Lately I am seeing that "old panmen" are the fall guys for all the ills of the steelband. Do you think that this is a correct accessment of the steelband today? How is it possible for such a small group of people to have such power? Being of this g
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San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Popular San Fernando steel orchestra Skiffle has forged a key linkage with US-based Sweet Briar College to establish a “Skiffle USA” branch.
This significant linkage comes as the Coffee
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Pepe Francis
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