When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to WST member Catt.
Read more…New York Steelpan Youth Have Spoken
New York, USA - On a periodically picture-perfect Saturday afternoon twelve New York steel orchestras participated in the USSA (United States Steelband Association) –sponsored inaugural event called “Pan Expo 201
by Les Slater
Chairman, T & T Folk Arts Institute
A When Steel Talks Exclusive
“... Today, when successive governments and tertiary institutions are throwing millions of dollars and other resources to pr
Read more…Caribarena Antigua
St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. - The Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) has said that it had no part in the revised decision that placed both LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra [HGSO] and Hadeed Group of Company’s AMP Halcyon in f
OPPOSITION MP Donna Cox has said only one school was app
Read more…Yellow Bird remains one of the most enigmatic pieces ever played on the steelpan. Despised by many in the pan community it continues to be a source of controversy -joy for some and pain for others.
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Lagos, Nigeria
- A union between Nigeria’s Xcel Steelpan Co. Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago’s Pan Trinbago Inc. and FCL (Financial Concepts Limited) was consummated in Gatwick, United Kingdom on Saturday 12th May, 2012. The three organisations came toge
Global - Anthony Williams, leader and arranger of the defunct Pan Am North Stars, has planned a special occasion to celebrate his 81st birthday.
On June 24, at the St. James Amphitheatre, Williams will commemorate the 50th year of the band’s renditio
Read more…(1) All Stars Steel Orchestra has 8 second place finishes at Panorama, behind Phase II's 12; Leon "Smooth" Edwards has 7 behind Len Sharpe's 12. (Eddie Quarless got one for All Stars in 1994)
(2) The Original De Fosto has 6 and The Mighty Sparrow has
Read more…What is the reason for the north ability to dominate panorama. South only have 1win, if NuTones is from south then it's 2.
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Read more…In reaction to the recent "multicultural" paradigm shift of the "pan in the classroom" by many, including those in the current administrations of (both) the government and Pan Trinbago, quite a number of WST members have been posting feelings of ange
Read more…As a citizen of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, I am entitled to certain "rights", under the "Constitution". (The bold print are the ones that apply to my work, as an activist in the steelband movement:
EXCERPTS FROM "THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUB
Read more…I hope you all see Fella Tio's (SIDDS) latest ploy. He is hoping to scare me, and fails to realize that I will NEVER be scared, as long as I am on the "right" side of the law. In any case, I will leave it up to this forum, to decide who seeks the int
Read more…It was announced a few minutes ago onCNT News that 99 Schools would be given the opportunity to be having the Steelpan introduced into Primary and Secondary of T&T,,But nothing specific was mentioned about the Hindu Schools,,whether they are also
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelbands interested in participating in Panorama 2013 are advised that registration commences on Monday 11th June 2012.
Participants can collect their registration forms from any Pan Trinbago Regional Office, that is, Nort
Read more…I am a worker in the pan industry. My trade is music; my tool: pan. Who is there to protect my rights and interests, as a "worker"? Am I better off going it alone, or as a united workers' union? Can I expect my "employer", who admits to be driven by
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
They could hardly “hablan espanol” but 13 young panists captured the hearts of audiences at the Iguazu In Concert, International Festival of Children and Youth Orchestras and Choirs held recently in Iguazu, Argentina.
Exocu
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