When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Ebony Steelband on their 2016 UK Panorama Championship
Video by Steel Pan Trust
Read more…Anyone know of a live feed/stream for UK Panorama today
? Can't make it this year but would like to catch it live!
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New York, USA - It’s one week away from the 2016 New York Panorama, and the steel orchestras are in the home stretch of preparations as they hone their musical chops in efforts to become the champion band. But just one week ago, D
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Grenada Steel Band Association has outlined a litany of issues stemming from the staging of both Panorama and Xtreme White at the same venue during the just concluded carnival celebrations.
As we hear in this report, the pan association is calling
Order of appearance
1 CASYM
2 PANTONIC
3 ADLIB
4 PAN EVOLUTION
5 DESPERS
6 CROSSFIRE
7 PAN FANTASY
8 STEEL XPLOSION
9 HARMOMY
10 PHILLY PAN STARS
11 D'RADOES
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Read more…By Stephanie Kim -- The Hour
WILTON — When Stephen Blinder first started playing the steel drums at age 10, he didn’t know how to play a single melody. Now, at 16, he plays virtuoso solos in the Wilton Steel Community Band — under the direction of Wi
Read more…EVENT |
2016 UK National Panorama competition |
DATE |
Saturday 27 August 2016 |
VENUE |
Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, London W10 |
TIME |
From 7.00 p.m. |
JUDGES |
Roger Saldina, Kenrick Noel and Audley Timothy (two further judges to be |
"Yuh think we could come in the States and say we have Jazz,
Yuh mad or meh Lard Oh
Dem Yankee could play more Jazz than Trinidad" Reply by Claude Gonzales
Claude Gonzales, I found your conversation with Merrytones an interesting one.
I would as
Read more…Last night I attended the drawing for New York Panorama 2016, before, during and after there were jokes, humor, laughing and comradery.
But underneath all of that, is the fact that the state of steel bands in New York are at a disasters period and
Read more…I recently saw an add saying there will be something as a jr panorama or so in brooklyn this saturday, is this the same event under a different name and if it is why havent it been advertise to the masses from a long time ago.
Read more…In 2012 Andy began working with Birdsong Steel Orchestra in Trinidad, and composed music for the Panorama in 2013 (The Last Word) and 2014 (We Kinda Music)
. Read more…Did the team and its handlers promise too much in the build up to the OLYMPICS? Even though we managed a bronze it was just not enough to make the local sports fans and bandwagoners happy. Sort of reminds me of how I see all the local attempts at CR
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(alongside my heroes Jeff Coffin, Futureman Roy Wooten, & Jay White)
This is a quote from Dennis Phillip who is the director of birdsong Steel Orchestra, and coordinator of birdsong’s International Program.
"It is a development process deficit. Many of the arrangers have not yet developed their musical vocabulary.
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Two steelpan activities with the youth as the target audience will take centre stage this weekend.
In the North, the Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra will present its First Annual Extravaganza on Saturday 20 August, 2016, at
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