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Brooklyn high on pan
DR GLENVILLE ASHBY Tuesday, September 8 2015 - Trinidad Newsday
MARTIN DOUGLAS is retired these days, but it appears that he is busier than ever. As we strolled into Ali’s Roti Shop along Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn for a sitdown interview, there is a
Read more…PAN ON THE ROAD TONIGHT......
Regardless of who win the election in T&T we know there will be Pan on the road tonight. It is how the healing begins, pan is therapeutic to us, come tomorrow we start back aspiring to achieve together.
Read more…NY Panorama audio or dvd
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this event,
Read more…Russ Henderson: Inspirational jazz pianist and steel-pan player who played a central role in establishing the Notting Hill Carnival
Mick Hutton - Wednesday 09 September 2015 - The Independant
Russ Henderson's death at the age of 91 will have touched a great many people worldwide. An extraordinary man whose dynamism and zest for life inspired all those that knew him, he was still
Read more…Toward putting Panorama in perspective
By Les Slater
this article originally appeared in the West Indian American Day Carnival Association journal for 2015 Labor Day weekend festivities
It ought to have received priority focus by gate keepers well before now and, who knows, the horse may
Read more…THE DRUMS
What you all taught of Duvone use of those drums in CASYM arrangement?
How about Kendell use of that drum in CrossFire ending?
Read more…D'Radoes Wins New York 2015 Panorama
Congratulations to D'Radoes on your 2015 New York Panorama championship.
- 1st 469 - D'Radoes
- 2nd 466 - CASYM
- 3rd 453 - ADLIB
- 4th 449 - Crossfire
- 5th 448 - Sonatas
- 6th 441 - Despers
- 7th 438 - Pantonic
- 8th 430 - Metro
- 9th 415 - Steel Xplosion
- 10th 388
Arrangers of today are not like yesterday, most of them have Degrees in music, they are a force to be reckoned with
Todays musicians are not playing music by guess, its music of the highest.
Read more…Ray Holman 'Celebration'
I was hoping to arrange 'Celebration' by Ray Holman for a band of mine but find that the link to the original song on WST is broken. Can anyone help me find it? I can find a somewhat poor quality recording of Skiffle Bunch playing it but I'd love to
Read more…The Caribbean aRtiST Paul Keens Douglas
Published on Sep 2, 2015
Art made in the Caribbean by living Caribbean artists refers to a range of visual, media, performance, and other practices that are critically acclaimed. There has been much debate over whether a national style, philosophical
Read more…Why should your pan be considered luggage?
In this day and age for a national airline of Trinidad and Tobago to be considering your instrument as a piece of luggage is a real shame.
When pan players go abroad, with the restrictions on number of pieces of luggage you are allowed to carry, you
Read more…One of our Comrades Glenroy Joseph is having a serious operation tomorrow, your Thoughts and Prayers are most appreciated,
Glenroy Joseph is having a serious Knee operation tomorrow , lets hope and prayer his operation is successful, Just trust in the Lord Glenroy my Thoughts are with you.
I hope to hear you fussing with us on this Forum, ASAP, may the good lord Bless y
Read more…PANORAMA ARRANGEMENTS
I would like to invite the FORUM COGNOSCENTI (Glenroy, Bugs, Merrytones, ODW, Bertel, Bede, Oswald Alexander, Salah, Cecil, JJJ, et al.) to explain to us what makes a good/winning PANORAMA ARRANGEMENT. What do we expect Duvonne and Amrit and Professo
Read more…Steelbands difficult search for practice space
By William Farrington - Caribbean Life
Many steel bands scrambled to find outdoor rehearsal space, particularly in the Flatbush / Crown Heights neighborhoods to prepare for Panorma on Sept. 5 at the Brooklyn Museum.
CASYM, Metro Steel, Cossfire Steel
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