Reigning Soca Monarch Aaron “Voice” St Louis announced he will not be defending his crown.

Last Friday, reigning Soca Monarch Aaron “Voice” St Louis announced he will not be defending his crown. He said in a release that he had new goals now, and “competing is not one of them.” He added that his biggest goal now was “to do my part to have

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Bringing The Music Of The Islands To The Academy

This Spring, we are thrilled to bring you a new Steel (Pan) Band Percussion Ensemble for high school and middle school students, led by Academy percussion faculty and Mason School of Music Graduate candidate David Singhaus. Repertoire will focus on

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Stubbornness that hurts; why climbing murder rate and Panorama issues persist

Martin Daly - republished with, the expressed permission of: the Author

This column is no longer a voice in the wilderness. I now have powerful company on the public record. In the Newsday of 15 January this year, Mayor of San Fernando, Junia Regrel

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I don't understand why all these highly-placed and highly-recognized and highly-concerned PAN LOVERS cannot call a meeting with BEVERLEY to discuss their dissatisfaction with PAN TRINBAGO and PANORAMA

Look!!! Dem Yankees having a BIG PAN CONFERENCE in Miami (in early March) and everybody will be talking to everybody else and building consensus to MAKE AMERICA the global leader in PAN PROGRESS. Even LIAM TEAGUE will be in the conference.

So why can

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I still can't find a good Chutney Soca 2019 and this music has so much GLOBAL potential if they ever move away from the VILLAGE LYRICS

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Yvette Rennie

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Yvette Rennie, president of J'Ouvert City International on the passing of her son, Kwame. Please accept our sympathy. 

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Ray Holman & Guillermo Rubalcaba - Voz Rubalcaba Plenty Lovin'

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Despers streams on Caziq - Steelband joins online music outlet

Trinidad Newsday

Don Carrington, of Caziq online music streaming service, at Desperadoes mas band launch on Friday. PHOTO BY GARY CARDINEZ

Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is set to take pan into the realm of online music streaming via Caziq.

This was re

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THE INTERNATIONAL STEELBAND FOUNDATION defines its role

The INTERNATIONAL STEELBAND FOUNDATION has made one thing perfectly clear: It has no intention of competing with Pan Trinbago, which primarily oversees PANORAMA.

The ISF is looking at developing the commercial aspects of the steel pan as an industry.

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MALICE IN THE PALACE - Featuring Pan, Panists & Pandemonium: Is Panorama Driven Apart by Civil War?

The art, the dance, the Pan -  When will they reappear?

by Dalton Narine

Global -   A Trojan horse has invaded our annual ritual, just like that.

I had planned on writing a piece about Pan and the instrument’s supposed loneliness in the Mas (The Ca

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Pan needs sponsorship for survival: Southern Marines bandleader insists!!!

Newsday January 25, 2019

Yvonne Webb

He said players were not a separate and independent entity and were NOT the most important part of the steelband but there were justifiable reasons the players must be incentivised through the steelbands.

“Once th

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Arima All Stars tuner hammers out phonic pan

Trinidad Newsday

Pan tuner Andy Neils works on the phonic pan, recording the notes on a computer, at Arima All Stars panyard in Malabar. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE

FEELING trapped by the limited range of the middle section of the single pan ensemble,

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[Despite the BEVERELY LIES]: Unsponsored bands feel the pinch

Trinidad Guardian 1/26/2019

"Ac­cord­ing to Kei­th Simp­son, man­ag­er of St James Tripo­lians Steel Or­ches­tra, most of the 163 bands go­ing up for Panora­ma are un­spon­sored, and just about 20 of them have cor­po­rate spon­sor­s

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Earl Richards: Yuh eh put up a TOPIC in a real long time. And everytime you put up a TOPIC Pan Lovers does go GAGA and give a MILLION responses!!!

COMMON MAN!!!

PANORAMA FEVER!!! SUPERBOWL FEVER!!! BEVERLEY FEVER!!!

But like yuh posting art gone astray

Single Pan Prelims from day to day

And ah HIGH VALUE poster like you

Have NOTHING TO SAY ....

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Can MARCUS ASH deliver SILVER STARS into 3RD place in the PANORAMA? That is all that I am PRAYING FOR!!!

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More PROMISES from BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE: "Time to for pan to create wealth!!!"

Trinidad Guardian 1/26/2019 Charles Kong Soo

NAH PROMISE ME -- JUST GIH ME AM RIGHT AWAY (Shortshirt)!!!

She said when look­ing at the pan move­ment, there was a new dy­nam­ic with dif­fer­ent cat­e­gories of youth par­tic­i­pat­ing. The or­gan­i­sa­

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Pan and mas, through Desperadoes eyes

Trinidad Newsday

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“The steelbands concentrated then on masquerading as ‘Sailors’ and ‘African Warriors’. By the late 1950’s, however, a few steelbands began to display original costumes and focus on ‘pretty mas’ such as ... ‘Noah’s Ark’ in 1959 by

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Well ah hear through the grapevine that some MAJOR DISSENT is beginning to emerge in some PAN YARDS as the influx of young players are starting to demand YOUNGER ARRANGERS ...

... and with Duvone Stewart representing the CHANGE OF GUARD in the NORTH and THE THREE AMIGOS representing in the SOUTH -- some OLD HEADS sure to get SHAKE OUT THE TREE in the near future.

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Single Pan Champs, Newtown Playboyz will defend their crown after all.- Panorama 2019 update

by Sharmain Baboolal

But it will not be with an Akiba Joseph’s arrangement of Tambu’s No No we eh going home.”
Instead, the tune will be arranged by two players Aaron Perreira and Richie Joseph with some help from Tony Williams.

While Keiron Valent

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When all else fails, Iron Love prevails.- Keith Diaz sighted - Panorama 2019 chronicles

by Sharmain Baboolal

Keith Diaz can attest to that. The former President of Pan Trinbago, the man who is blamed for the bankruptcy of the annual Panorama competition was captured on Wednesday as he lovingly embraced his iron dearly during a break in

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