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Mas bands are not being encouraged to use the Socadrome this year.
Speaking to Looptt on the issue of the Socadrome, Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, said the alternative ve
It has often been said on this forum by Claude and others that "Young people doh like pan for carnival" for various reasons.
As we all know , steelbands own the Brooklyn Labor Day J'ouvert , and many , including young people seem to enjoy it.
So I po
Thanks for the sentiment, Merv.
This year’s big ‘do may turn out to be a Panorama to remember.
Robbie down by the stadium with Starlift, probably holding a grudge against Despers;
Zanda traveling from Siparia Deltones to Greyfriars with his earthy ar
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Laura Dowrich-Phillips
Platinum, the lone all-female steelband that will compete in Sunday’s Panorama, semi-finals is aiming to raise $25,000 to offset some of their expenses.
The band, which will be among the medium bands competing on Sund
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The spotlight will be on veteran musician Roy Cape when the UWI, Media 21 and Ministry of Community Development Culture and the Arts dedicate The UWI Classic Concert 2016 to him.
This year’s concert was launched last Friday, January 15.
The concert,
Read more…Greetings all, just came in from the Large bands North zone Panorama 2016 judges visit. Oh boy what an atmospher. The streets of Port of Spain which intersect the band's namely Desperados, Allstars and Renegades took on a carnival Jouvert type atmos
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The Romans of Caesar’s Army will not participate in the ‘lime on the greens’ at Saturday’s Panorama Semi-Finals, Queen’s Park Savannah.
Attendance at the annual event has been common practice for the event production company, for over 10 years. Bu
Read more…| Position | Medium Band |
| 1 | West Side Symphony |
| 2 | Pamberi |
| 3 | Couva Joylanders |
| 4 | Buccooneers |
| 5 | Dixieland |
| 6 | St. Margaret’s Superstars |
| 7 | Western Stars Philharmonics |
| 8 | Katzenjammers |
| 9 | Belmont 5th Dimension |
| 10 | Melodians |
| 11 | Pan Elders |
| 12 | Sound Specia |
| Play spot | BAND | |
| 1 | Sangre Grande Cordettes | |
| 2 | Renegades | |
| 3 | Skiffle | |
| 4 | Trinidad All Stars | |
| 5 |
Silver Stars | |
| 6 | Harmonites | |
| 7 | Tropical Angel Harps | |
| 8 | Phase II Pan Groove | |
| 9 | Invaders | |
| 10 | Desperadoes | |
| 11 | La Brea Nighting |
| 1 | La Horquetta Pan Groove | |||
| 2 | Steel Sensations | |||
3 |
Tobago Pan-Thers | |||
| 4 | Arima Golden Symphony | |||
| 5 | Tornadoes | |||
| 6 | Fusion Steel | |||
| 7 | Five Rivers Modern Symphony | |||
| 8 | Pandemonium | |||
| 9 | Moods | |||
| 10 | Uptown Fascinators |
The Small Band and Medium Conventional Semi Finalists.
Out of the fifty-one small bands which eventually competed in the four respective regions, less than half - twenty in all - will play on with hopes of final night glory.
SMALL BANDS
| 1. | Tornad |
by Laura Dowrich-Phillips Loop magazine
The way Carnival is marketed is one of the issues occupying the attention of Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts.
Speaking to Looptt, the Minister said if we want peopl
Read more…These restrictions are necessary to ensure the health and safety of our patrons at events. They are as follows:
by Laura Dowrich-Phillips - Loop magazine
The Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts is making moves to hire an expert to start the assessment this year.
Speaking to Looptt today, Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly. Minister of Community Developmen
Read more…... to take people back to the SIXTIES to PLAY AND PUSH PAN ON THE ROAD, I sure hope that I am on some other website at that time.
Read more…Andy compose Dis 1 4 Raf, no doubt Renegades and SuperNovas will be lookin to win a last one for Jit, D Boi's from Brooklyn fresh from their recent success in the ICP lookin to make their mark against the Trini big guns, Despers and StarLift with new
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama 2016 kicked off on January 8th at the Queens Park Savannah. This signaled the real start of the Carnival in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. As always, all Carnival lovers know that the barrels must rumble to si
By COREY CONNELLY - Newsday - Sunday, January 17 2016
Ten-time National Panorama champions Desperadoes Steel Orchestra will return to its treasured headquarters at Upper Laventille Road, Laventille — permanently — long before Carnival 2017.
For mana
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The Associated Press
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — During the good times, earnings from natural gas and oil exports made the tiny Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago one of the richest countries in the Western Hemisphere. The c
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