Response to Keith Diaz on the NCC and Pan Trinbago.
“I am saying to the nation that I signed it. I am proud of signing it, because this is what we need to do. And, …is a document to not only deal with Panorama. This is not a Panorama document. Peop
Read more…It is a joy to see steelband activities such as Pan on D'Avenue and the Laventille Steelband parade, that attempt to present the beauty and power of the mobile steelband.
The more relaxed pace of the music , also reminds us that the steelband has it
by Russell J C Providence
Substitute "McCain" for any of the hopefuls desirous of replacing the incumbent of the anomaly loosely referred to as the executive of Pan Trinbago.
Substitute "Trump" for any of, or the entire incumbent executive of the ano
Read more…"Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz wants the powers-that-be to make greater use of the steelpan -- the national musical instrument of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) -- in their efforts to address the tourism challenge that presently confronts T&T."
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Sajid Javid has declined requests to allow wrongly detained Windrush citizens to see the Capita files. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
The private company that handled the Windrush cases had a Home Office contract that paid extra money if more
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Liam Teague gives a concert on the steel pan Sept. 1 to open the Fall Concert Series at Birch Creek Music Performance Center in Egg Harbor. (Photo: Courtesy Liam Teague)
Green Bay Press-Gazette
EGG HARBOR – Hear the unmistakable sound of a steel pan
Read more…THE Government has decided to shut down the refinery of State oil company Petrotrin. [Ah doh know if ah dreaming this or ah really read it ... but PAN TRINBAGO should be SHUT DOWN too.]
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Joan Rampersad August 28, 2018
Internationally celebrated panman Elliot “Ellie” Mannette is at a West Virginia hospital in the ICU ward, being treated for kidney failure.
On the Mannette Instruments Facebook page, a post from his family said:
Read more…“I am saying to the nation that I signed it. I am proud of signing it, because this is what we need to do. And, …is a document to not only deal with Panorama. This is not a Panorama document. People getting mix up. …Is a document dealing with any oth
Read more…"I wanted to spread the pan. I wanted to get pan into the schools and the authorities here were not about to allow that,” he said. “The opportunities were not like they are now and I went to the US when I had the chance and as the records will show,
Read more…I always cherish my time of having my rack pushed, or of pushing a player's rack, but the costs and other drawbacks of keeping the bands rolling on the road is tremendous.
Route, Equipment, Mechanics
The roadways that were mostly flat in the yestery
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By Ano Shumba
The British Cultural and Heritage Association (BCHA) is calling on aspiring orchestra musicians in Durban to register for the annual Massed Orchestra event at Nkulisa Conference Centre on 21 October.
Allyuh think PAN TRINBAGO is MIT or Cal Polytechnic or Silicon Valley (with all their Venture Capitalists) or what? They can't even get a NOMINATION DATE right but allyuh dreaming of technological miracles (robots?) invented by the fraternity to get
Read more…Live @ Notting Hill Carnival Monday 2018 -- Party Caribbean is live now
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Newsday August 27, 2018
Joan Rampersad
IT was a night when big steelbands came out to play themselves. FCB Supernovas execution of Gold, Soca Baptist and Pan In Harmony earned them a big ovation from the large crowd on Ariapita Avenue, where resident
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Thousands will hear the steel pan bands play at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival – but how did the form of music come about?
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