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Guyana, S.A. - A 14-year-old steel pan player, who was slated to perform at the flag-raising ceremony last night, was killed in a freak accident on Tuesday evening in front of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School.
The teen had just
Read more…Thanks WST/Pan Times for your continued dedication and service you provide your membership.
Your Tribute To Women In Pan “Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form had me thinking.
On Panorama Finals night we saw Pan Trinbago leadership offer
Read more…For a while it was Boogsie and Smooth ruling the PANORAMA ROOST with Duvonne waiting in the wings to take over the show. Then out of the blue came Amrit and Zanda and now we are adding Mia Gormandy to the mix. Six top arrangers vying for the Panorama
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It’s funny. Until fairly recently, I routinely sneered at people who grieved over celebrities they had never met. That was until Michael Jackson died in 2009. I grieved for Michael like he was a close family mem
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Ohio, USA - Michael Maxwell's band director regards him as a talented musician. But when the graduating Dover High School senior contemplates a career among the stars, he's thinking about the sky, not the stage.
"My dream job is t
Read more…Can Anyone Say for Sure Who is the First Man to Bring and Beat an Iron/ Car Wheel Hub into a Steel band to be used as Rhythm, which is still used Today?
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - From early morning, forecasters warned of thunderstorms in Las Cuevas and it seems that show host Richard Forteau, Pan Trinbago secretary, was correct when he said “God loves pan.” Rain fell fro
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Oregon, USA - At some point in the 1960s, steel drum (a.k.a. pan) music became the Caribbean equivalent of cheesy Vegas lounge tunes: something only an ill-dressed tourist might fancy during a cruise ship port o’
My name is Fundile Phaqa, 28 years old from King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape – South Africa. I live in a quiet rural area with the majority of the youth on drugs, alcohol, promiscuity and general lack of access to education and recreation. I a
Read more…GARY CARDINEZ Wednesday, May 25 2016 |
IT TRULY was a Black Friday for the national instrument.
If ever there was a disappointment involving our beloved pan; it came to pass on Friday 13 and Saturday14 at Exodus Pan Theatre in St Augustine.
The Na
Desperadoes champion arranger, Carlton "Zanda" Alexander is recovering well and is likely to be discharged from the San Fernando General Hospital on Tuesday, three days after he was warded.
"At the age of 66 years old, Zanda (wearing all white in pho
We are calling on the powers that be to designate Carnival Monday Afternoon for Steelband only, lets get as much bands as possible back on the road for a Steelband Street Party. They could also have a bomb competition for the same prizes as panorama.
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Do you play pan, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards, percussion, guitar or bass? Or do you sing? Are you currently in secondary school?
....Do you wish to enhance your musical skills with a 5-week inte
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Rehearsals at D’urban Park for Guyana’s 50th Independence Flag Raising Ceremony.
Guyana, S.A. - Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations were late Tuesday night marred by the death of a youthful steel-pan player shortly af
Read more…Corruption by the above the law, then Prime Minister Patrick Manning and his regime, Brian Copeland, Clement Imbert, Junia Regrello, with the T&T Government as assignee, ows "Pan man" 7.5 billion tt dollars,, via a criminal conspiracy willfull/delibe
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Having previously claimed that Invaders is his steelband, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley spent last Sunday evening with members of CAL Invaders Steel Orchestra and patrons attending A Mother’s
Read more…There must be some kind of hallucinogenic in the NORTH AMERICAN WATER that suddenly makes EXPATS want to see people PUSHING PAN ON THE ROAD FOR CARNIVAL just like back in the SIXTIES. I don't see people living in Trinidad like Bertel Gittens and Alim
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Guyana, S.A. - A Richard Ishmael Secondary School student who was to be a participant in the steel pan segment of the cultural show for tonight’s flag-raising has died in an accident.
A statement issued by the Ministry of the Preside
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Saffron Murphy of Swaton who is starting up a steel band.
Sleaford, England - A steel band teacher is banging the drum to find people interested in joining a new group.
Saffron Murphy is hosting a steel drum workshop in Swaton
Read more…The Kim Johnson Interview with Vanessa Headley on WACK 90.1FM - On Youtube
Sunday, 22nd May 2016. 03:00 pm.
Broadcast by WACK 90.1FM on Programme Steelpan City.
Dr. Kim Johnson, an Anthony N. Sabga Laureate for Excellence in Arts & Letters (2011),
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