The Chopping Block Is Back. Does Geography affect opportunity as a pannist and as a steelband
EVERYBODY on THE PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE making BIG MONEY -- COVID or NO COVID!!! Meanwhile, PAN MAN SCRUNTIN' DEY EH GETTING NOTHING!!! So ah lot ah dem WONDERING OUT LOUD what to do to change their situation.
Now, before I continue, I have to add a
Read more…This documentary from Jeff Orlowski explores how addiction and privacy breaches are features, not bugs, of social media platforms.
That social media can be addictive and creepy isn’t a revelation to anyone who uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and t
Read more…... and so far I have had ZERO LUCK. Somebody: Please help me out!!! I want to sit down and listen to a NICE PIECE OF PAN MUSIC meeting all my stringent LISTENING REQUIREMENTS -- from one of the THOUSANDS OF WOMEN IN PAN.
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Soon after winning that Grand Event held in Pasadena, California in 1950, they changed their appellation from, "McClean's Calypso Kings" to "The March of Dimes" to also commemorate that 'trust' of brotherly love in the fight against that dreaded s
Read more…Newsday March 11, 2021
“We tend to stay in the space we know and know well – which is food, electrical, and now manufacturing. So, pan was outside of our own ecosystem. But then as we came up with the whole work plan – we started about two years ago
Read more…A London orchestra - and a six-strong all-male percussion back row - playing at the Royal Festival Hall in February 2020. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
In 1913, Sir Henry Wood hired six female violinists to play in his Queen’s Hall Orchest
Read more…Listen to an exclusive Von Martin–interview with the iconic Mr. Sterling Betancourt. Here is Betancourt’s story in his own words with noted author and journalist Von Martin. This interview was done in London, England at Betancourt’s home in 2000.
Read more…February 15, 2021
The future of steelpan is well underway.
Have you ever made a list of your favorite albums of all time? Tough, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s easier to break it down by category and start there. You work your way through
Read more…REMEMBER: YOU ARE SMARTER THAN CHICKENS. "In 2018, the agricultural sector in Trinidad and Tobago contributed with approximately 0.47 percent of the value added to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Among Latin America and Caribbean countrie
Read more…“Time waits on no one. If you enjoy the musical instrument, find a band and become a member. Don’t keep saying “I always wanted to... Just Do It! .....” - Yasmin Brito
At 12 years old she was playing pan in a steelband. And while the neighbors had l
Read more…Guardian March 7, 2021
"Liaison officer and trustee of South Central of Pan Trinbago Rawle Knights said the site visit allowed him enough evidence to take to his executive tomorrow."
After all the PROMISES about REBUILDING and turning SACRE
Read more…Newsday
Pan Trinbago will use a portion of the 11.5 acres of land at Trincity for its project Plant Trinbagrow. This is part of its effort to financially sustainable. - ROGER JACOB
THERE was no allocation to special interests groups in 2021 because
Read more…The objectives of the Association shall be :-
To act as the sole representative for members and member Steelbands in all matters relative to the development, promotion and performance of Steelpan and Steelband music within the Republic and throughou
Trinidad Express
By \\\\\ Gary Cardinez
Property owners: The entrance to Hell Yard, right, next to the building just purchased by the Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra. This commercial property enhances the band’s asset base and will go a long
