Global -The National Panorama in Grenada comes off August 11 in St. George’s, the country’s capital. Eight of the country’s most notable steel orchestras will meet once more as they match musical wits in this major annual steelband competition.
The following interview was published in the newspaper of the Committee for Labour Solidarity: HOLD THE FORT ((Vol. 3 no. 4 June 1985). This website thinks the interview is worth reproducing for its historical and cultural value.
For YEARS now the West-Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has been cheating West Indian Associations out of money and no one has stood up for themselves officially whether they be mas camps, steel bands, etc. To the point where this o
The Trinidad Guardian Online, ran this article, on the panel discussion "Reclaiming", that I thought to be very thought-provoking. What I found even more thought-provoking was an online response, which stated "With unity among people of African herit
Carnival’s Steelband Panorama Competition in Doubt
By: Tony Best - NY's Carib News
Less than six weeks before the colorful West Indian carnival is put on full display before more than a million spectators in Brooklyn, serious doubts have arisen
We view with disappointment and dismay recent statements by the new Minister of The Arts and Multiculturalism, The Honourable Dr. Lincoln Douglas, about (1) Carnival and (2) meetings and proposals from us. Whilst we seek no war of words or anything e
At the 1989 Panorama, Ken "professor" Philmore/Fonclaire tied with Len "boogsie" Sharpe/Phase II. That was the first year that another Arranger/Steel Orchestra had played another arranger's composition and tied with his band.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- It is graduation time for 61 youngsters attached to the Humming Bird Pan Groove Steel Orchestra Music School in the Panyard Camp. The youths ranging from six to sixteen years will receive certificates after successfully compl
Tobago, W.I. -The RBC Redemption Sound Setters Steel Orchestra recently launched its annual July-August holidays, “Redemption Academy Pan Camp” for children ages five and up.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- Patrons who paid $50 to attend "Pan on A Higher Note" at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain on Saturday evening left smiling, having got more than their money's worth.
Brooklyn, New York, USA -So not even the torridness of the then-unfolding heat wave or the downpour of rain, could put a ‘damper’ on last weekend’s Pan fete. It was “Back in Times” through the ‘90s, New York style. Yes it has begun - “Pan in New Yor
After continued "pressure", I finally got the CEO of the Africa Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company (ATTSDC), Chief Bowie Sonnie Bowei, to answer questions posed at him. Although, he has been a WST member since Aug 2010, this was the most
Canadians Celebrate Steelpan Music at Week-Ends du Monde
Montreal, Canada -They danced, they sang, they smiled broadly, as they cheered and clapped and they listened intently - but mostly their hearts, bodies and souls were filled with the joyous
Firstly, Chief Bowei, I sincerely thank you, on behalf of the WST membership, for the opportunity to have my questions answered. Again, they come through me, and are not of me, nor for my personal gain. I seek only honest answers to the following, wi
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.-Pan’s future expansion lies not in the 1.2 million nation of TT, but in the 170 million people of Nigeria and other West African nations.
Africans who have learned much about the pan were at Wedne
Today, I just wanted to be aware of the day Nelson Mandela arrived. Happy Earth Arrival Day, Nelson Mandela! President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election!!!
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Trinidad Guardian - Published: Monday, July 16, 2012
Members of the media were ordered out of a meeting of Pan Trinbago yesterday at the Scherzando panyard in Curepe. The meeting was called following allegations levelled against Pan Trinbago presiden
Global - The National Panorama in Grenada comes off August 11 in St. George’s, the country’s capital. Eight of the country’s most notable steel orchestras will meet once more as they match musical wits in this major annual steelband competition.
