By Shareen Gray BA (Hons), Director of Steel Pan Trust
Ting, ting, ting… the anticipation is like an electric current passing through the crowd in Kensal Road as, after months of dedicated practice, a mighty steelband rings out its first beats.
Pano
DPI, GUYANA, Wednesday, August 23, 2017
What is known in today’s world as steelpan or steel orchestra is very common in Guyana, though originating in Trinidad.
Some of Guyana’s adroit steelpan players are attending CARIFESTA XIII. On Tuesday night at
Read more…If dem bands in N.Y still go and play next saturday dem band leaders need some serious cut ass. They owe you money from last year may pay you next week to go and play for them again to turn around and do the samething again next year. When it happen
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New York, USA - While WIADCA (West Indian American Day Carnival Association) continues to ‘live large,’ the New York Pan community struggles for survival. The long, abusive relationship between New York Pan and WIADCA (the Panorama organizers) - has
Read more…IMPORTANT POINTS: 1. WIADCA SHOULD STOP PAYING NYPD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO KEEP THE PAN PUSHERS OUT AND PLACING WRIST BANDS ON THEIR PLAYERS LIKE IF PAN MEN AND WOMEN ARE SLAVES.
2. THEN! TAKE THAT MONEY AND PAY THE BANDS DURING THE PRIZE AWARD S
Read more…Do you think any arranger playing full extreme will have a hard time, when you look at it all stars did every trick in the book that can be done with the song.
Read more…There are a lot of big names coming to Brooklyn for Labour Day. Maybe they should worry that they will be next in non-payment scheme from WIADCA.
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$60 Early Bird special is a limited time offer expiring August 12th.More at the D
S.N.S.E.has enforce it's T&T International Patent and Copyright Act Laws (Chapter 32:80) and 17 U.S.C (section) 104 thru 109, of the U.S. (United States), as of September 18th 1963, November 1999, and July 8th 2003, which means, anyone reproducing sa
Read more…Not mines but what I heard picked up on Khuent Rose facebook page think its a great idea.
Why dont bands say no to panorama, have basement recordings do video and recording of all bands taking part and make a profit from selling it. and all bands ha
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Wyn Baptiste grew up in Notting Hill believing his dad Selwyn, a Trinidadian steel pan player who arrived in Britain in 1960 and was the first Chair of Notting Hill Carnival Committee, was the man who started Carnival. But the truth isn't quite tha
Read more…Why dont the organizers of Panorama in Grenada or the pan association step away from spice mas and do their own panorama forget about them if hey giving you bad treatment they will still continue to do so
Read more…CLAUDE THE FORUM MISSING YOU BOYYYYYY. CLAUDE ! CLAUDE ! CLAUDE ! WAY YUH. ent you like kiso. this one is for you...........
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Read more…The Guardian
Following the fire at the west London tower block, there were new calls for the Notting Hill carnival to be relocated. But counting down to this year’s event, locals and carnival makers remain adamant that it should stay put – and pay re
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Two pan experts are making the case for using steelpan to educate the nation's youth, push forward diversification in the land, and inculcate innovation while creating wealth for the country.
BP Renegades Manager Michael Marcano
Now Grenada
by Donella Hosten
On the evening of Saturday, 12 August 2017, Panorama was postponed. 8 steel bands came out to the National Stadium with the intention of vying for the coveted title of 2017 Panorama champs, only to be informed, after
Read more…If you had to produce a CD of GREATEST PANORAMA HITS, which TWELVE songs would you put on that CD? There are roughly 600,000 Trinidadians living in various parts of the world, so there might be a fair amount of interest in such a product. Let us say
Read more…Amanda Parris
When I was 11 years old, I attended a summer camp with my cousins. It was held in a church basement in the east end of Toronto, and I don't remember much about our time there beyond the friendship bracelets we made and the smile of a b
Read more…It was a heartbreaking moment for members of the 8 steel bands set to compete last Saturday night at the panorama championship. According to them a lot of effort and sleepless nights were invested only to show up to a big disappointment at the natio
Read more…Trinidad Express --
There will be no Republic Panorama competition on September 22 as previously announced. In the works since after this year’s carnival, the show was supposed to be staged by the Northern Region of Pan Trinbago as a tribute to the M
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