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ACE PANNIST, DANE GALSTON DECRIES CULTURE MINISTRY AS STEEL PAN IS SIDELINED FOR CARIFESTA
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Ace pannist Dane Gulston who intrigued artistes like Tarrus Riley and Maxi Priest during their visit to Trinidad earlier this year, is unhappy that the national instrument is not being given its fair space on the main stage at the upcomi
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Speaking of CARIFESTA and PAN: I think that BERTEL GITTENS should go personally and meet the leaders of HELLS GATE and the GUYANA NATIONAL STEELBAND to GET the BALL ROLLING on the WORLD STEELPAN DAY
Bertel: You are going to have TWO STRONG PAN LOVING COUNTRIES coming to Trinidad (The Mecca of the Steelband), so you should meet the CAPTAINS of those TWO BANDS personally and discuss with them how you would like to see them lead the WORLD STEELPAN
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Well when ah go around the PAN FORUMS and read all the attacks on THE MINISTER OF CULTURE I could swear it was ah INDIAN GOVERNMENT in POWER and they SUFFERING PAN PEOPLE ...
How much HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of DOLLARS the PNM pour into PAN since 1956? And because the PNM MINISTER OF CULTURE leave PAN OUT of a show (where, frankly, i myself don't believe PAN BELONG) they want to crucify the woman calling for RESIGNATION and
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Pan Pioneers
Rare Film Clips by Ray Funk
As part of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival at Carifesta, Ray Funk will be presenting a celebration of Pan Pioneers who have passed away. This free event will focus on Ellie Mannette, Kim Loy Wong, Clif
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Giving pan its day - Editorial - Newsday
THE DESIGNATION of August 11 as World Pan Day by Pan Trinbago is an acknowledgment of the international reach of pan. Countries such as Switzerland, Denmark, Grenada, Germany, Japan, Finland, the Netherlands, France, US, and UK have pan associations
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World Pan Day -- Newsday
Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore.
THE month of August is pan month with a number of pan events occurring across the country. From now on, August 11 will be known as World Pan Day. This was announced Sunday at the Pan Trinbago head offic
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PAN TRINBAGO: "A whole year of smiles and nice pictures leading to implosion!!!"
Gregory Lindsay Steups tired of dis stupid talk oui....executive bad talking the Minister and Ministry that the movement depending on funds to start the SinglePan 2020 Panorama competition on 01 November 2019....ah whole year of smiles and nice pictu
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Caribbean Steelpan Connextion live at Carifesta Grand Market
Trinidad - Caribbean Steelpan Connextion Ensemble is pleased to inform all steelpan lovers and music aficionados of its participation at the Carifesta Grand Market. The 10-piece ensemble will perform live at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Thursday Augu
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Ingrid Blackwood-Belle: Beverley Ramsey-Moore couldn't organise a PISS UP in a BREWERY -- how on earth could she organise PAN in a SHAGGY and MACHEL concert?
I LOVE MY DOLLY!!!
In Antigua they like to say: THAT SWEET YOU!!!
Well DOCTOR DOLLY sweet me too bad when she say: "PAN? PAN on stage with Shaggy and Machel?”
It is easier for a CAMEL to pass through the eye of a needle than for PAN to get on stage
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National instrument or bastard child?
Newsday - ROSSANA GLASGOW
Trinidadians like to spout “pan is ours” but never gives the instrument its just due. Pan is found in schools and universities globally, but in TT it appears to be “by the way.”
Recently pan music was included in the Toronto
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Salsa and steelpan -- Arranger, anthropologist honoured in Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Arranger, anthropologist honoured in Cuba
Cuba - His passion for pan has been identified as the primary motivation for ensuring that our Caribbean neighbours are fully equipped to enjoy the sounds of the the steelpan.
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Ah have to DEFEND meh pardner CECIL HINKSON. A GIZMO is any DEVICE that gets the JOB DONE ...
A gizmo is a device used for a specific job.
A vacuum is a gizmo that cleans the floor. While gizmo often means an unknown object — like a thingamajig — a gizmo is any device that gets a job done. A phone is a gizmo for talking to people. A stove is
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So the NEXT STEP for THE WORLD STEELPAN DAY is to secure the domain name (www.worldsteelpanday.org) and set up the website and then appoint a BOARD OF DIRECTORS ...
... they could follow this model set by https://weteachpan.org/about/ making GLOBAL OUTREACH a very simple process. But they need to have a SKILLED ADMINISTRATOR to handle CONTACTS from the outside.
The BOARD OF DIRECTORS should include SIMEON SANDIF
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Watch Live -- Carnival MORNING in Grenada (Tuesday August 13th 2019)
PARADE OF THE BANDS/LAST LAP
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Supernovas gets state land for pan theatre
Newday Joan Rampersad
Speaking to Newsday yesterday, Samaroo thanked Rambharat for his assistance and said, “This is but the first, albeit very important step in us finally having a permanent home for Supernovas.”
He added, the band had been housed b
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I am still amazed that people does do ALL KIND AH PRESENTATION on PAN and NOBODY doh ever talk about GLOBAL PAN MUSIC ...
I am convinced that they DO NOT UNDERSTAND the GLOBAL PAN MUSIC TING -- maybe that is why they don't talk about it.
But on THIS FORUM, before AUGUST 11TH even came -- I suggested that they compose a piece of MUSIC FOR PAN that could be played GLOBALL
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