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Somebody came on THIS FORUM and made me get INTROSPECTIVE ...

The person made me touch the PAIN SPOT -- wondering why with ALL THE TALENT and ALL THE EDUCATION and ALL THE SELF-CONFIDENCE and ALL THE BRAVADO and ALL THE EXPATS DOTTING THE WORLD, we CAN'T get the PAN MUSIC TING going GLOBAL.

I just can't underst

Started by Claude Gonzales in Uncategorized

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Carnival – fighting for the right to party since 1830s

Written by Dave Randall -- Brixton Blog

On a visit to Trinidad Dave Randall discovered that there is more to carnival than a good time

...The much loved steel pan – one of the few acoustic instruments to have been invented in the twentieth century

Started by Pan Times in Panorama

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Right now while everybody have PANORAMA FEVER -- ANDY NARELL and ELLIE MANETTE are working on some PAN SAMPLES!!!

And with his vast musical background and education and his sophisticated musical ear for PAN -- these samples are going to become the PAN TONES of choice across the GLOBE. So some young music student sitting in the cold in NORWAY who has never ever s

Started by Claude Gonzales in News

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Trinidad real JOKEY, yes!!! Mayor tells CARNIVAL REVELLERS: Don't pee on people's walls for Carnival!!!

Julien Neaves

Newsday January 31, 2018

"PORT of Spain Mayor Joel Martinez has asked Carnival patrons not to urinate on people’s walls."

Lord have Mercy!!! Reminds me of a line in JEAN and Dinah: When ah spread the news around is to see all dem CAVE M

Started by Claude Gonzales in News

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KEITH DIAZ has unimpeachable power to run PAN TRINBAGO [and the NCC]

NOW everybody should be able to wake up and realize the POLITICAL and CULTURAL cards that this man holds in the LAND OF THE STEELBAND. Word on the ground is that he even has Colin Lucas under his thumb -- making him technically in charge of the NCC n

Started by Claude Gonzales in News

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Remove Carnival from Woodbrook

Trinidad Newsday

THE EDITOR: The residents of Woodbrook now bear the brunt of the impact of Carnival activities (ie fetes, shows and the two days of the Merry Monarch) through incessant noise from exceedingly loud music; masqueraders in J’Ouvert band

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Dr Dolly dodges on the NCC*

Tobago Carnival, and its management by the National Carnival Commission (NCC).
The question, put by Wendell Stephen on the “Power Breakfast Show” on Power102fm, asked as to the presumed difficulties which now exist over the fact that there appears to

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Semi Finals Results for Large Conventional Steel Orchestras - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2018

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It might be down to the wire for title defenders Trinidad All Stars as they are currently in fourth place, tied with Skiffle, going into the February 10, 2018 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama finals - but do not count the

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Boogsie not first to use Nokia Ring Tone Ephraim Serrette.

I just heard Ephraim Serrette live on CTV express his delight and amazement at Boogsie's imaginative use of the Nokia Ring Tone at the beginning of his 2018 Panorama arrangement of Kes' Hello, and i am so disappointed at the ignorance of an"Expert" w

Started by Russell Providence in Uncategorized

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Ah have to give CORDETTES a plug!!!

Started by Claude Gonzales in Live Performance Video

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GREGORY LINDSAY is asking: Is there is political interference or bias coming out of the President of Pan Trinbago's Office?

If there is a case of political interference or bias coming out of the President's Office in the allocation of transport subsidies to bands, then it can be said that there is a case for reasonable doubt that there can be political interference in th

Started by Claude Gonzales in News

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Could history repeat it self In 2018? In 1985 Renegades and Desperadoes were joint Panorama winners playing the same tune Pan Night and Day by KITCH. Anything is possible in 2018 the Year for Love..

Desperadoes and Renegades joint Panorama winners in 1985 with both bands playing the same tune lord Kitchener's Pan Night and Day, Could history repeat it self for Panorama 2018 with both bands holding the top two positions and playing the same tune

Started by earl richards in Panorama

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The CIP on Games!

With the results of The Medium Bands out, and I am dealing specifically with Medium bands, as the bands that both primary advocates for that pressure group and their nemesis represents, and I speak of Gregory, The CIP's main advocate, Aquil ,The CIP'

Started by Russell Providence in Uncategorized

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2018 Panorama Prelims On D Track Playlist

Started by odw in Live Performances

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2018 Semi Finals Panorama Performances - Large Bands

2018 Tune of choice: “Year For Love” | arranger: Duvone Stewart

2018 Tune of choice: “Year For Love” | arranger: Carlton “Zanda” Alexander

2018 Tune of choice: “Lightning Flash” | arranger: Leon “Smooth” Edwards

2018 Tune of choice: “

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Pan Trinbago Pleased with Steel Bands’ Compliance to Rules Set for National Panorama Semi Finals

Power 102fm

Pan Trinbago is complimenting the various steel bands, which complied with measures agreed upon to ensure a smoother flow and running of the National Panorama semi-finals at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

President of Pan Trinbago, Keith Diaz

Started by Pan Times in Uncategorized

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Some people are saying that this is the MOST MUSICALLY SOPHISTICATED version of "YEAR FOR LOVE" -- small, medium or LARGE!!!

Started by Claude Gonzales in Live Performance Video

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The SOUL of CALYPSO and PAN: SKIFFLE on d track!!!

Started by Claude Gonzales in Live Performance Video

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‘Scanty’ Savannah Greens

Trinidad Newsday -- Sean Douglas

‘Scanty’ Savannah Greens

Not only were some of the outfits scanty at Queens Park Savannah, Port of Spain, yesterday but so was attendance at the Greens, a live-music venue run by Pan Trinbago, north west of the “big

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Somebody came on THIS FORUM and made me get INTROSPECTIVE ...

Carnival – fighting for the right to party since 1830s

On a visit to Trinidad Dave Randall discovered that there is more to carnival than a good time

Right now while everybody have PANORAMA FEVER -- ANDY NARELL and ELLIE MANETTE are working on some PAN SAMPLES!!!

Trinidad real JOKEY, yes!!! Mayor tells CARNIVAL REVELLERS: Don't pee on people's walls for Carnival!!!

KEITH DIAZ has unimpeachable power to run PAN TRINBAGO [and the NCC]

Remove Carnival from Woodbrook

Dr Dolly dodges on the NCC*

Semi Finals Results for Large Conventional Steel Orchestras - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2018

Boogsie not first to use Nokia Ring Tone Ephraim Serrette.

Ah have to give CORDETTES a plug!!!

GREGORY LINDSAY is asking: Is there is political interference or bias coming out of the President of Pan Trinbago's Office?

Could history repeat it self In 2018? In 1985 Renegades and Desperadoes were joint Panorama winners playing the same tune Pan Night and Day by KITCH. Anything is possible in 2018 the Year for Love..

The CIP on Games!

2018 Panorama Prelims On D Track Playlist

2018 Semi Finals Panorama Performances - Large Bands

Pan Trinbago Pleased with Steel Bands’ Compliance to Rules Set for National Panorama Semi Finals

Some people are saying that this is the MOST MUSICALLY SOPHISTICATED version of "YEAR FOR LOVE" -- small, medium or LARGE!!!

The SOUL of CALYPSO and PAN: SKIFFLE on d track!!!

‘Scanty’ Savannah Greens

For those who missed the 2018 PANORAMA CHAMPS yesterday: RENEGADES!!!!

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