Aquil Arrindell: DARREN SHEPPARD tief yuh ideas on PAN CLASSES FOR SENIORS -- we have to sue for INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT!!!

Aquil: SHEPPARD see you running your SENIORS PAN CLASSES and the man went and TIEF your IDEA and he getting all kinda compliments for the "ORIGINAL IDEA" -- man find yuhself ah good lawyer and leh we SUE for INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT.

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Congratulations to Kareem Thompsom - Steelpan Instructor at Berklee College of Music

When Steel Talks extends our sincere congratulations. We are so proud of you.

Officially a Professor at Berklee College of Music.

Steelpan Instructor.

My goal is to make Berklee’s steelpan program #1 in the world without question.

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A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE: You need to set up a PILOT PROGRAM with a small RECORDING STUDIO in one of your PAN YARDS!!!

Now I would recommend a HIGH PROFILE PAN YARD like SILVER STARS. I know that we will immediately have our critics claiming that we are FAVOURING TOWN OVER COUNTRY -- but we eh have dem fellahs to study in these crucial times when THE WORLD is gravita

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‘It brings such joy’: parents disappointed beloved steel pan program slashed at Toronto school

By Caryn Lieberman

The TDSB recently slashed funding for the itinerant music instructor (IMI) program at 227 schools. IMI includes instruction on steel pan, string instruments and band for students in grades 5 to 8.

The cut amounts to a 24 per cent

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Buying properties

What if 6 bands in Brookyln or any where come together and say lets get funds, grants etc and purchase an old warehouse sound proof the practice rooms host our own events so we dont have to rent other places. If we had our heads on we could have purc

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How to Kill off Caribbean Music

I remember a while back amid the drum roll and fanfare we were informed CAZIQ would be soon available to Android and PC users.

Well after almost a year if not longer, still no damn stream. Not even a peep about why the delay on their website. Just t

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Cuts to TDSB enriched music programs leave parents bereft

Etobicoke parent Syma Saleem says she’s incredibly disappointed and frustrated that her son Hussain, who just started Grade 6 at his middle school, is facing a one-third reduction in enriched music instruction there.

Saleem and other Toronto Distric

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Richmond Folk Festival to feature CASYM Steel Orchestra

Previous festivals have included R&B singer Mavis Staples, country musician Roseanne Cash, saxophonist Maceo Parker, the Filipino gong orche

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TALES OF TURMOIL IN THE PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE

While THOUSANDS of PAN PEOPLE from around the PAN WORLD ( I have to SUBTRACT Valentine Young from that list -- he is an INDEPENDENT THINKER) continue to blindly support BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE ... unconfirmed reports are leaking out that there is an IN

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Legendary St. Maarten musician Lino Hughes turns 71

The Daily Herald

Marigot, St. Maarten - Tributes will be pouring in today for the birthday of Lino Hughes, leader of the iconic bands “Creole Stars” and “Lino and the Hardway” that dominated the island’s musical scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

Radio

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List of Ny bands we no longer see in Panorama

Harlem all stars

Dem Stars 

Nu tones

Moods 

Silhouttes

Caribbean youth Panoramics

Pan Phonics

Umoja

Sonatas 

Marsicans

Women in steel 

Pan rebels 

Invaders 

Sesame flyers 

Ambassadores

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Pan In De Rosa Pandemonium

Dear Mrs. Beverley Ramsey Moore,

In my official capacity as Pan Trinbago's No 1 Fan, I must compliment you on your initiative to keep all steelbands active during the year 2019.  I foresee even more activity for functioning steelbands come 2020. The

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Doh mind allyuh!!! Meh PRESIDENT going and give a BIG LECTURE on "The Steelpan Development and It's Impact on Communities".

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Another MISGUIDED appointment by BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE: MARIE TOBY as LIAISON OFFICER to STEELBANDS. Look at the case of Aquil and SAN CITY STEEL and the $70,000 owed to them ...

Beverley pick the wrong LIAISON OFFICER and she pick the wrong VEE PEE and she pick the wrong ERO and she pick the wrong TREASURER and she FIRE the RIGHT PRO and leave the post empty for a year. So how on earth could she expect to have a PROGRESSIVE

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Allyuh will be SHOCKED to know who does be LIMING in the PAN TRINBAGO OFFICE almost EVERY DAY in BEVERLEY OFFICE: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ!!!

This will be a BIG SURPRISE to MANY. But if you have an INSIDER VIEW of PAN TRINBAGO POLITICS it will all make sense. Now remember that after the last election that I came on here and explained that BEVERLEY had PRIVATE MEETINGS at the HYATT with K

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Black Prince Kaiso Bluesman

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Well ah hear that AQUIL ARRINDELL and GREGORY LINDSAY about to collect their APPEARANCE FEES -- so dem two fellahs more quiet than ever!!!

Dem two fellahs really lead me down the BRIAR PATCH calling themselves REVOLUTIONARIES and DEFENDERS of PAN PLAYERS. But once BEVERLEY win the ELECTION -- dem two fellahs went SILENT and looking for HANDOUTS FROM THE BEV.

But ah OLD MAN from TOBAGO j

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Musician extraordinaire Aldwin Albino has passed

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of musicologist, recording artist, band leader, composer and author extraordinaire  Aldwin Albino.

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, Aldwin Gilbert Albino passed away peacefully at the age

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Mercer Ramdoo, I want you to help me to analyze this short sentence: “So far, that is on.”

Now Mercer, THE SPEAKER usually expresses herself in a pompous and arrogant style using superlatives to describe her every thought and deed. And the "it" that is being addressed here is a HISTORICAL STEELBAND EVENT which has never been attempted befo

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Just my idea for NY Panorama

Would splitting NY Panorama up into 3 sections work like trinidad, small medium large and single pan. 

Is it something that can bring in more patrons to the event and help some of other band that would like to take part. With this rule bands need to

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