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Like BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE buy out GREGORY LINDSAY (et al) -- for a few dollars more!!!

What I like about WHEN STEEL TALKS is that THE RECORD is all DOCUMENTED in ONE PLACE. And if you could read the letters "S-E-A-R-C-H" and you know how to type in a VALUE and HIT the LITTLE SPY GLASS to the right: BINGO!!!

So this man "GREGORY" was f

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It is time for PAN PEOPLE to learn a FUNDAMENTAL LESSON from the AUTOMOBILE ...

Why yuh think that the WINDSHIELD SO BIG and the REAR VIEW MIRROR SO SMALL?

Because if you are GOING FORWARD -- yuh NOT SUPPOSED to spend all your time LOOKING BACKWARDS. In other words: TAKE THE BIG VIEW and limit the SMALL BACKWARD VIEW.

But with B

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FIXATED LITTLE BOYS -- Spending all their LIMITED TIME ON EARTH trying to spin the WORLD OF PAN back to the FIFTIES and SIXTIES ...

This is 2019 and THE WORLD did NOT STOP SPINNING.

SO FUNDAMENTAL that we always have to KEEP GOING FORWARD.

Allyuh notice that NOBODY eh arguing for the ADVANCEMENT of the TAMBOO BAMBOO?

Simple reason: All dem fellahs done dead and bury!!!

So I would

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Meet Kerri-Ann Hyndman-Borris - Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My vision for the instrument is to be able to capture the hearts of those who don’t understand and appreciate what pan is, what it’s about, and what it can do for us as a nati

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Ah have to go back to that BOWIE INTERVIEW because it really KILL MY PAN SPIRIT to read that AMBASSADORS from TRINIDAD was PIMPING THE PAN in AFRICA

I still cannot recover from that revelation. Ah wish ONE TRINIDADIAN could have come on THIS FORUM a call MR. BOWEI a LIAR. Even if that person was lying -- I could live with that.

Part of my depression comes from the fact that (ah so upset ah using

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River City Brass goes Caribbean in season closer

TRIB-LIVE

Sit back and dream of warm weather, cool drinks and hot music.

River City Brass has that last one covered, closing its 37th season with a trip to the islands.

Its “Caribbean Carnivale” concert series will feature

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I am CALLING on THE PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO to come on THIS FORUM and DEFEND my MOTHER COUNTRY in the wake of an AFRICAN PAN PIONEEER painting EVERYTHING PAN in TRINIDAD as a BUNCH OF HUSTLERS!!!

According to the INTERVIEW: DIPLOMATS from TRINIDAD joined forces with GANGSTAS from PAN TRINBAGO to RIP OFF AFRICANS (in AFRICA) and PAN PLAYERS performing in AFRICA.

Those are some SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS!!!

But what is more incriminating is that when

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The Story of Steelbands and the Steelband Art Form in St. Vincent - UpClose!

During the 1950’s steelband competition was a regular feature of Carnival celebrations. This included not only a band competition, but, also a tenor pan competition for individual players noted for their dexterity. These were the early pioneers. Part

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ATTSDC Donates Steelpans to the Nigerian Military School, Zaria

Nigeria - In meeting up with its corporate social responsibility, the Africa-Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan Development Company (ATTSDC) donated a complete set of steelpans for a fifteen-man band to the Nigerian Military School (NMS). In a presentation

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Ah mixing meh CULTURES here: But tell HARDEN -- DOH BACK BACK on the GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS!!! Right, SPARROW?

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Ah know that this is not a FILM FORUM -- but ah have to pay a LITTLE TRIBUTE to JOHN SINGLETON ...

From time to time FILM comes up THIS FORUM and JOHN SINGLETON deserves a SPECIAL MENTION in my book.

For me, film cannot get better than THE HARDER THEY COME and BOYZ N THE HOOD.

But as a NATIONALIST TRINI: Ah still waiting for a GLOBAL MOVIE FROM TR

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I have NEVER SEEN MYSELF as part of the STEELPAN FAMILY as referenced by MR. KNOLLY SMITH ... but after reading that interview with MR. BOWEI and seeing the comment from KNOLLY -- AH READY FOR WAR!!!

First of all, let me say that I HATE THE WORD "STEELPAN" -- even to use in a quote.

Secondly, if CURRY did not make THAT THREE-POINTER at the same time that I was reading the MR. BOWEI interview -- I am sure that I would have GONE MAD.

To use a  SHAD

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Reboot -- Meet Bowie Sonnie Bowei of Nigeria -- Manufacturer, Pioneer, Panist, Arranger, Educator and Pan Ambassador - UpClose!

On what keeps his passion for the instrument going - Bowie Sonnie Bowei says:

“At first, it was the uniqueness of the instrument and the positive reactions on the faces of people who listen to pan for the first time. Now, it is the joy that it bring

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I am TOTALLY DEPRESSED!!! EXPATS all over the world are out here trying to GLOBALIZE PAN and STATE-APPOINTED DIPLOMATS went to AFRICA and subverted GLOBAL PAN PROGRESS -- FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE!!!

I am calling on BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE to hold a PRESS CONFERENCE and DIFFUSE this BOMBSHELL REPORT in her capacity as PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD GOVERNING BODY OF PAN!!!

All the WORK that all the THOUSANDS OF EXPATS have done PUSHING PAN AROUND THE WORLD

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BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE shows a lack of DIPLOMATIC SKILLS in dealing with MR. Bowei; turns her back on PAN IN AFRICA!!!

"THE WORLD GOVERNING BODY OF PAN" is now being led by a short-sighted, TOBAGO-CENTRIC leader whose only concern is building her political capital in TOBAGO.

The inequity is that there are THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of EXPATS all over the WORLD fighting

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bugs: Given all the variables, would you have taken this shot at this crucial moment? And I know that NEW YORK has plenty money -- but can they afford KD?

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Happy Birthday to Robert Greenidge

When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to champion arranger panorama arranger Robert Greenidge.

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When Steel Talks gets Honorable mention - NY Daily News - CARIBBEAT

World of pan on the web

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MAESTRO ~ MOUNTAIN DEW GANG

MAESTRO ~ MOUNTAIN DEW GANG {TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO}

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BEVERLEY: Mr. Bowei waiting quite in Africa for you to call him and set up the AFRICAN CONNECTION!!!

Every time ah read anything about PAN the authors always have to tell me about AFRICA being the ROOTS OF PAN. Now I am a TRINIDADIAN, eh. So I have a little different view on that.

But ah know that BEVERLEY and TOBAGO heavy into the AFRICA TING. So I

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