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Win a Copy Ian Franklin's "400 Q&A on Pan from 1960 to Present"
I am in Trinidad and will donate a copy of my book to the first three WST (T&T members) with the correct answers. I will do same for (Overseas members later) Anwser the (5) following questions.
(1) Phase II and Len "Boogsie" Sharpe have placed seco
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Congrats to ADLIB Steel Orchestra - Winners of the NY 2012 Pan Expo
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to all the participants of the USSA 2012 Pan Expo. Special congrats to ADLIB Steel Orchestra on capturing the "Bomb" competition title.
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"PAN EXPO 2012" ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Old Boys High Field 12noon to 7pm
1. Pan Sonatas
2. Ujamaa Pan Sound
3. Higher Levin
4. Crossfire Steel Orchestra
5. New York Pan Stars
6. Adlib Steel Orchestra
7. Utopia Pan Soul
8. C.A.S.Y.M.
9. Harmony Music Makers
10. Metro Steel Orchestra
11. St
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IT'S JUST A (BLOW) JOB by SUGAR ALOO (No, it's not a misprint in the name.)
Well, well, well. What can I say? This story has its own "moral" (for lack of a more appropriate word). Politics does make for some strange bedfellows, and this is just another example of "doing ANYTHING (or in this case ANYONE) for money. If that is
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What EXACTLY is "THE STEELBAND MOVEMENT"? What impact did it have on the "pan industry"?
I have been trying to articulate exactly what the "steelband movement" is/was, ever since joining WST. I must admit my frustration, that most still just don't get it, much less respect the fact that this "movement", more than any of the improvements
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SV2G’s Wycombe Steel Orchestra performs in Buckingham Palace Gardens for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Picnic
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ndon, England, U.K. - Award-winning SV2G Wycombe Steel Orchestra represented the Commonwealth and had Buckingham Palace guests partying in the Palace gardens as part of Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Monday 4th June.
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Happy 70th Mr. Lennox "Bobby" Mohamed
Mr. Lennox "Bobby" Mohamed celebrated his 70th Birthday on Saturday June 2nd, 2012. Happy Birthday to man who is the youngest arranger to win panorama at 22.
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Happy Birthday to Arranger Michelle Huggins-Watts
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to arranger Michelle Huggins-Watts.
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It’s WeBeat 2012 in St. James: Élan Parlé, St. James Tripolians, Silver Stars, Desperadoes & much more
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Fix Pan History
Pan family, Is it possible to fix Pan history?
In 1965 Panorama, they said that the results was
(1) Cavalier, Melody Mas, (2) N
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Institutional Racism - The Control of Arts, Education, and Culture in Trinidad & Tobago
Many WST members, fail to understand how the mechanisms of "institutional racism" operate. We already see the "No Pan In The Classroom" issue taking "center stage". I wanted to share with you a more close-up view of how this form (of racism and race
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What If The “Gay” In Desperadoes Meant “Homosexual”
The recent statements by President Barack Obama, supporting “gay marriage”, have certainly stuck a nerve with many, who see homosexuality, as the “sin of all sins”, especially those “guided” by “religious” doctrine. Some have even seen this as an end
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HELP!
One week after we got an award members are going at it, not in a nice way, WST, PanTimes things are getting outer-hand we need H---E---L---P
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Exocubs back from Argentina today
Trinidad Express
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NIU steel drum musician Cliff Alexis collects two Emmy nominations for ‘Hammer on Steel’
NIU Today
Illinois, USA - The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has nominated “Hammer on Steel,” a two-program documentary created by The University of Akron, for eight Emmy awards for the 2011 broadcast year.
NIU’s Cliff Alex
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St Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation (SV2G) launches School of Steelpan in Wycombe, UK
Calypso sounds from under Abbey Way flyover
Wycome, England, U.K. -- Wycombe is fast becoming a ‘hub’ for calypso music thanks to the launch of a school dedicated to the steelpan drum.
The town’s MP and mayor went along to celebr
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The steelpan to be crowned instrument of the month of June - Brussels, Belgium
Musical Instrument Museum - Brussels
Recently a low tenor steel pan was given to the mim (Musical Instrument Museum) by the government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. To celebrate this donation of their national instrument to the Belgian state
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Boogsie coming for Jazz Festival
Barbados - Nation News
Composer, arranger and steel PAN virtuoso Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is one of the headliners in an all-star band that will pay tribute in jazz to great music from the Caribbean in the CIBC FirstCaribbean Sugar Isle Jazz Festival.
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Hell’s Gate Threatens Boycott
Antigua, St. John's - Weeks ahead of Carnival 2012 activities, LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra has threatened to withdraw from the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) over ignored concerns about a first place title it shares with the Hadeed G
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