I saw that the President of PanTrinbago meet with the USSA and discussed the ICP International Conference of Panorama and the status of the World Governing Body.
I have not seen anything about what was said at the meeting in the FORUM so I am wonder
Read more…The thing is , sometimes we get so caught up in thoughts , ideas , and opinions , that we forget reality .
The reality is that we've never standardized TUNING, and since we still have pioneering tuners around, some of whom may still have their prefe
Read more…I am Bevon Phillips, President of the Pan Players Association of Trinidad and Tobago, We would like to hear your views on a couple of items before we move on.
(1) Is Pan Trinbago a union?.
(2) Can a union collect subvention from the government to exi
Read more…The New Visionaries Pan Foundation was created to bring an urgently needed breath of fresh air to the operations of the Steelpan Constituency.
This can only be provided by individuals [both young and old, players as well as supporters] who are whole-
Read more…Perhaps that is why Calypso started to loose its appeal.
It did not stop for Lent.
I remember how excited I used to get when 12 noon Glorious Saturday came around and calypsos and Steelband music returned to the radio. How many of you remember those
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Republished from PAN Summer 1988 - Vol.3 No.1
Provided by, and republished with the expressed permission of, PAN Magazine
by Dalton Narine
The best you can say about anything is that it is the gre
In what is a major breakthrough towards the recognition of both calypso and soca as genres in the international music market, US-
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Toronto, Canada - For the past 25 years, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has enriched its music programming by giving students a taste of the Caribbean.
The TDSB has hosted its annual Panfest celebration, in which students
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New York, USA - One of the most fabled of the Trinidadian steelpan exponents transitioning to the New York scene decades ago, Caldera Caraballo, whose exploits included a stint in Harry Belafonte’s touring troupe, will be the focus of attention at th
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Ashley “Asho” “Dosh” George of Antigua’s Hells Gate Steel Orchestra who recently passed.
Ashley George,
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Australia - In April 2013 at the 1st Australia Steelband Festival, the world got a glimpse into the tremendous progress pan has made on the distant shores of Australia, New Zealand and even Oman.
There one witnessed wonderful pan performances of se
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New York, USA - It was a special evening for the youth. It was a great evening for the parents. It was an exceptional evening for the Brooklyn community on this early Spring Day. It was a wonderful evening for Pan. And it was a special evening for D
It is with a very heavy heart that I announce the passing of Joe Charles, some people know him as " Uncle Joe or Big Foot Joe". Joe was the Founder of Sesame Flyers International Inc. He was a true, true supporter of Trinidad All Stars, did a sectio
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The Music Literacy Trust (MLT) in Trinidad and Tobago celebrates 10 years of work later in October 2014. The journey over the years includes music preservation of our pan icons, encouragement of original music for the steelpan, scholarships
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New York, USA - “An unseasonably cold March Sunday evening was put on notice that the sounds of steel—and not the chilly weather—would hold court for a couple hours and dictate exactly what would warm the hearts of patrons who happened to be in the
That is something you will never see, the closest was at a Steelband music Festival when Skiffle Bunch won with Boosgie Cadenza at the end or else the Illinois Band would have won.
Read more…Excerpt from "STRATEGIIC PLAN FOR PAN"
PAN TRINBAGO FOUNDATION BOARD, 15-SEP-096:23 PM 54
Kirk Ifill Chairman Pan Trinbago Foundation
APPENDIX I – A Technical Analysis of Panorama Performances
At the semi-final and final stages of Panorama ‘99 one c
Global - “...I just so happen to love the instrument, and the culture and everything that goes behind it - like Trinidad, calypso... once I got into pan, I really got into it. And as a composer I was coming from like a film score background - like f
As I watched the video of carnival in Sao Paulo Brazil 2013 I saw that their costumes are so much different to those in T&T, no bear breast or nakedness, I found it strange because they are known for nakedness, this made me ask the question why Tri
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