Happy Birthday Bro, nuff blessings.
Read more…Make yourself MINISTER OF CULTURE or PRESIDENT of PAN TRINBAGO (or the Captain of MERRYTONES STEELBAND) for a day and outline the contribution or changes that you think are necessary to get STEELBANDS (or STEELBAND MUSIC) projected in line with your
Read more…Thought this was a very insightful article about Rudy Smith and his exploits with our national instrument. Congrats to him and Sunshine Awards for honoring him and by extension 'pan'.
Ray Funk and Andrew
Hi, I've written seven solos for seconds that explore the softer, lyrical side of the pan...I think the pan community will dig them! I've been putting together a video collection to promote the music. Check it out and let me know what you think. Than
Read more…Things seem to be quiet on the election front, what's the buzz?
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The marriage of the two most seductively ubiquitous rhythms of Trinidad and Tobago in the song Curry Tabanca, was consummated at around 5:00 am on the morning of Saturday 28th February, 1987 at ‘Hell Yard’, home of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestr
Read more…By Lisann Ramos -- WLRN - Miami - South Florida
VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University’s Music Scholarship Alliance will host Pops in the Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. General admission tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for students, senior citizens and military personnel; and free for
San Diego Union-Tribune
Ulli Reiner of Poway and Anne Fennell of Vista among 25 nominees for Music Educator award
Anne Fennell, pictured leading a drumming class for adults on the East Coast this summer. CREDIT: Anne Fennell
for charity: The Supernovas Steel Orchestra. —Photo courtesy Supernovas
Pan Trinbago's “Pan in the Countryside” returns next month and this time around it will take the form of a benefit concert in aid of three steelpan pioneers, Kenny Pascall (Ri
Read more…In three years of staging Badjohn Night—Defenders of Pan, this year saw the largest audience to attend the event.
Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz said his organisation decided to include this event in Steelband Month to document the positive role p
Read more…As the legendary steel orchestra celebrates its 75th anniversary, CAL Invaders deserves kudos for hosting an impressive week of celebrations, and especially for staging its symposium and exhibition—T&T Steelband: The Way Forward—on Monday at the Quee
Read more…I never see L-O-C-A-L-S who are actively involved (DAY TO DAY) in the STEELBAND MOVEMENT in Trinidad crying down the pan and complaining about the sky-is-falling fate of STEELBANDS like I see EXPATS living THOUSANDS of MILES AWAY and who seem to kn
Read more…Does anyone know who the manufacturer for the balls on the standarad panland / pan2000 / kakesa style bass sticks are? Pretty much everyone seems to use the same make (with the grooves - you know the one) but can't figure out who makes them - they ha
Read more…Boy, that stuff is tough.
Knife, no. Scissors, no. Saw, no. Super sharp craft knife, no. Razor blade, hmm... just about.
Do I just need some industrial razor blades like https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&q=industrial+razor+blade ?
Does an
Read more…Having Spent Sometime in the Mecca recently.. I Can say for Sure. Pan not in Danger. I attended a Steelband Symposium in the Oval Re - Invaders 75th Anniversary headed By Mrs. Jeannie Remy and was Pleased to See that there are Plans to take Pan to a
Read more…As we speak somewhere the leader of a steelband is trying to find the finances to equip his band for next panorama. Every time a steelband leave the yard there is a cost factor and this has nothing to do with paying players. It looks most steelbands
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Just asking. I'm not pointing any fingers yet.
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Brooklyn, New York - In spite of the hardships - the New York steelband music community once again distinguished itself, and displayed a body of musical works scored for the large steel orchestra and stage side that was on the cutting edge, progr
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