Hundreds of parents and students recently protested cuts in arts and special education programs at the Edmonds School District board meeting. The district has to cut its budget by almost $12 million.
The UW steelband performs at an Earth Day celebration in Red Square
Washington, USA - The UW Percussion Ensemble performs brand new music for percussion written by UW student composers and ensemble members. The group presents
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Former Pan Trinbago president Patrick Arnold is being remembered as a man who changed the face and fate of pan and its players.
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts as well as the Unit
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The Antigua Grammar School (AGS) walked away with the top prize for the 2023 British High Commission’s Commonwealth Day Pan Playoff.
I must admit that after many years of annoyance and frustration I am fed up to the back teeth with the incorrect use of the term steel drum to describe Pan. For a simple extreme example of this I quote from your piece on Lord Kitchene
Growing up in Tobago, Arnold began playing the steelpan with the Symphony Stars Steelband at the young age of twelve and, very soon after, was playing with the band at hotels and other venues in Tobago. Following a dispute, he was expelled from Symp
I put up this posting on PAN TRIVIA ... a site on which I never post. And I expect it to be deleted by that GESTAPO SITE. So I am putting it up here to make sure that BERTEL GITTENS is shamed for supporting BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE when he knew better.
... and how she got cheated out of the $25,000 by BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE and MARIE TOBY and chose to RESIGN her post rather than stay within this corrupt PAN TRINBAGO ORGANIZATION.
Now, FELICIA JAMES was always a STAUNCH DEFENDER of THE BEVERLEY RAMSE
Participants in the competition pose for a photo during the ceremony on Friday
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, W.I. - The 2023 Calypso Barbara Junior Calypso and Road March Competition and the Dow Musical Foundation Interscholastic Steel
Tri-Cities, Washington, USA - The Tri-Cities Steel Band Association is a non-profit organization promoting world music through education and music performance. Kyle Cal
Herman Johnston, who developed the Echophone steelpan
Florida, USA - On Monday (April 30, 2001) Mr. Johnston, who moved his family to Spring Hill from New York 12 years ago, died at home after a four-year battle with prostate cancer.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The triple-second was never featured in Desperadoes Steel Orchestra. Nevertheless, it is one of the signature voices and achievements of the late, great Rudolph Charles. The instrumen
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Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist
Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a
Cindy Henry of the NLA presents cheque to arranger Cordel Byam
Nexa New Dimensions has copped its second consecutive win at Sunday’s Pan Xpressions competition, receiving a cheque of EC$7000 and the winning trophy.
Thursday, July 31, 2008, St. George’s: Former Deputy Commissioner of Police, James Clarkson who retired in 2005 from the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has been named as the new commissioner of Police following the retirement of Commissioner Wins
Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA - The NSU (Northwestern State University) Percussion Ensemble will present its spring concert on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. The concert will b
Hundreds of parents and students recently protested cuts in arts and special education programs at the Edmonds School District board meeting. The district has to cut its budget by almost $12 million.
