This March marks the 25th anniversary of my involvement with pan. Forty years ago pans were introduced into British schools through the efforts of renowned pan pioneers such as Gerald Forsyth and Russell
Global - The Thwaites Brothers recently toured Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Medan, Indonesia with Nayshid band "Native Deen". The group is currently on a world tour supporting their latest release "The Remedy". Native Deen performed for audiences estim
Global - Ray Holman - esteemed composer, arranger, and steel pan player, who holds the distinction for writing the first-own composition for the steelband in the National Steelband Panorama competition, will be taking you down memory lane with his h
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -Over the years, the staging of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago (TT) has been has been costing the State an average of $100 million annually. This has caused questions to be asked about the success
Florida, USA-....It was during my student tenure in England in the early 1970s, as fate would have it I became a member of the Ebony Steelband. But, with the social stigma attached to the steelban
St. Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I.- The Elite Steel Orchestra, one of the well known Orchestras in SVG, has been making contributions to the future of Pan for years.
A fixture in the Panorama competition at Carnival, the orchestra is responsible
Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I.- Invaders Steel Orchestra is calling on local and foreign pan players to assist Dr. Jeannine Remy, Senior Lecturer in Music in the Department of Creative and Festival A
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Veteran panman Milton “Wire” Austin is recuperating at the San Fernando General Hospital after toppling off a wrecker on Carnival Monday night. The leader of the San Fernando-based Fonclaire Steel
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- She is one of the world's foremost experts, educators and promoters of the steelpan instrument. Her name is synonymous with inspiring and guiding young musicians to achievement, greatnRead more…
The linchpin for the NIU steelpan program’s success
by Les Slater
Global- “Do you want me to lose my job?” That was the reaction Clifford Alexis remembers he and the man who was his mentor at Northern Illinois University (NIU), Prof. Al O’Connor, g
My name is Dotsie Isaac Gellizeau. I am an Antiguan mother, a sister, a wife, a writer and above all else a - renaissance woman. Women doing their natural
As we know, when it comes to the adequate matching of job position with qualifications, Trinidad & Tobago seems to have an issue dealing with that. The recent "Resmi" issue, for example, proves, that many we exult into positions of "status", get by,
From now on, no more freebies. No more frist-hand information, that I thought WST members would appreciate. Only my opinions, from now on. Sorry, for devaluing the information, by lovingly sharing my first-hand knowledge. My conscience is clear - I g
FORMER HEAD of Pan Trinbago, Patrick Arnold, yesterday received his instrument of appointment as National Carnival Commission (NCC) Chairman from Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston Peters.
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