Right now in TRINIDAD, 10,000 PAN PLAYERS are putting their hearts and souls and time and energy and personal safety and love of culture and potential self-improvement and "WHAT HAVE YOU" (a Trinidad expression I never liked and never ever used in my
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The false notion that Pan Trinbago wasted, squandered and stole money given to them by the government is all blatant lies and innuendos used to carry out a bigger plan. All monies received from governments, was given to finance a particular show or e
The hills of Escalier lands and Sorzanoville provided safe haven for the Orisha drummers, the tambour bamboo bands and the Casablanca Steelband. The valley which descended from the Laventille hills between Hermitage Road and Quarry Street to the East
Read more…The bands have still not recovered from the pre panorama baggage Pan Trinbago brought to the scene. Many bands are still in need of players. Many of the seasonal players are still pissed of at Pan Trinbago. Many feel disrespected and furthermore, th
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It’s still an open murder case after a year.
The family of slain Japanese steelpan player Asami Nagakiya and officials of the Japanese Embassy in Port-of-Spain conti
DESPERADOES has definitely signalled its intention and is focussed on retaining the National Panorama title, and with a full complement of 120 players, the band is expected to up its game come Sunday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
Howev
Read more…The late great Clive Bradley once said there’s a difference between hearing and listening, now is our chance to judge our listening skills. I know this is a subjective exercise, for the music experts you can do the analysis. Here's a playlist of the
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The University of Tennessee at Martin Percussion Studio participated in a travel-study overseas in early January.
The group had the opportunity to merge cultures in Trinidad an
Fifth-grade students from Dansville’s Ellis B. Hyde Elementary School will be featured in a steel drum concert Feb. 8 at the school.
The students learned to play steel drums during Dansville’s Inquiry Social Studies-based Artist i
Read more…The discussion from 6:35 to 10:28 was riveting to me and I could only dream and imagine an equivalent projection/mission for PAN. Dr. deLight could transcribe Spanish and French and Portuguese to English. It would be nice if he could come on here and
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Defending champs Desperadoes Steel Orchestra topped the preliminary round of the National Panorama competition.
The band playing the Carlton “Zanda” Alexander-arrangement of “Good Morning” accumulated 277 points, two (2) p
Read more…When Steelband BUS’ ..... King David Michael Rudder
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We don't pay much attention to this category but there is also stiff competition going on.
Read more…I will really like to know what is the criteria/qualifications to become a panorama judge. I have been following all the preliminaries closely and I keep seeing the same set of judges every year.In fact in the medium bands judging ,out of the seven
Read more…Lets see who can call the correct order of the 5 large bands playing Good Morning after judging in the prelims.
Read more…The final version should be very sweet (looking forward to a little more CARNIVAL JAM) and get a lot of airplay after carnival.
EXODUS GONE MAD -- PLENTY CALYPSO in the rendition!!!
ALL FIVE VERSIONS!!!
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Le groupe de Trinidad s’est produit dans la grande halle de la Cité des congrès, ce samedi, pour la Folle journée. L’ambiance était bouillante.
Ils ont joué sur le kiosque, au beau milieu de la grande halle, devant une foule en folie. Ça a dansé dan
Read more…Arima Angel Harps- arranger Aviel Scanterbury - captured by Curtis Betaudier
Fusion Steel Dike Samai arranger
Melodians arrangers & Marlon Whitecaptured by Curtis Betaudier
Curepe Scherzando Steel Orchestra - arranger Yohan Popwell - captu
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