A few months ago, I presented my “Blueprint”, which addressed, among other issues, the financial “quality of life” of panmen and panwomen, especially in the “land of steel”, Trinidad and Tobago. In preparing the document, I took a comprehensive look
Babonneau Steel Orchestra retains St. Lucia title; Harmonites repeats win in Small Band Category
Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, W.I. - St. Lucia’s 2012 National Panorama saw steel orchestras competing in the large band category and in the small category.
Director and Panman Dalton Narine unveils ‘Mas Man - The Complete Work’
Global -It is the only film about a man from a tiny Caribbean island who reached 80 percent of the planet in a single night. And it premieres at 7 P.M., Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Ar
The Government spends millions of tax payers monies to develop the G-Pan. The Faculty of Engineering at UWI in Saint Augustine did the Studies and Research.
During the grand launching of the G-Pan by the former Prime Minister Patrick Manning statem
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, USA- As the Percussion and Steel Band Academy students arrive at Birch Creek Music Performance Center in Egg Harbor, they begin meeting new mentors, making new friendships, learning new music, ex
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I.- For the participants in the 2012 Grenada Bomb Tune competition, and those who had the good fortune to be there in person to experience it, the show was probably a good one, if 2011 and other past Bomb Tune competitions w
Pan Trinbago kicked off the first of the two Tobago "Pan in the Countryside" Pan event on Saturday July 7th 2012. The venue was in Charlotteville which lies Northeast on the Sister Isle.
We were entertained with Single Pans by Metro Stars and Natural
Land-grant College Anniversary Celebration Includes Cultural Dimension
Washington D.C., USA- Considering the steel pan drum originated in Trinidad and Tobago, few people associate the state of West Virginia with steel drum band
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I.- More than a hat-trick, to make their own mark on history, steel orchestras from St. Vincent & the Grenadines will now have to surpass the ‘beaver trick’—four championships in a row—racked up by the 2012
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- A number of years ago, Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove rocked the Queen’s Park Savannah at the National Panorama final playing Birthday Party. Last Saturday night, Hamilton Street in Woodbrook rocked
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.-The recent Birdsong annual Scholarship Benefit Concert was one of the best productions staged at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium of the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA) since its openin
It is when great sadness that I announce the passing of Dominique. Dominique was the daughter of Margret Kathy Clarke, former Secretary of United States Steel Band Association Inc. Dominique played pan with Metro Steel Orchestra, Umoja and Despers US
West Virginia, USA -Surely you haven’t heard “Country Roads” quite like this.
The sounds of every Mountaineer’s favorite John Denver song are resonating through the nation’s capital in an Afro-Caribbean flavor, courtesy of the West Virgi
