About calling it dumb when it is

About calling it dumb when it is

By Les Slater


Sometimes we try too hard to convince folks where we're coming from about this or that matter. A case in point being the recent appearance of Mitt Romney before a conservative gathering in Washington,

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NYU Steel and Sonatas at the 2012 PAS KoSA NYU Weekend of Percussion

New York, USA - Over the February 11-12, 2012 weekend, New York University hosted the 4^th annual PAS (Percussive Arts Society)-KoSA (KoSA International Percussion Workshops)-NYU Weekend of Percussion at the University’s Frederick Loewe Theater. The e

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Pan, police, pain

By Keith Subero

Story Created: Feb 12, 2012 - Trinidad Express

Pan Trinbago, after the fracas at the pan semi-finals, may want to walk away from its advertised boast that it has organised 50 years of steelband competitions.

The incident has proven to

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Panorama People's Choice flawed

 

Panorama People’s Choice flawed Friday, February 17 2012 THE EDITOR: On Tuesday February 12, 2012 on one of the local TV channels, Pan Trinbago conducted its annual draw for the positioning of bands for the finals in three categories this year.

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Just Putting It Out There.

On the eve of Steelbands biggest show on earth I will like to wish all the bands best of LUCK, I say Luck because for the last couple of years Pan People through-out the world did not feel that the best band won, what we saw was a Bias toward a certa

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Power Stars Ready for Panorama Final 2012

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Glenroy Joseph - Pan Enthusiast, Pan & Calypso Media Cataloger & Collector- speaks on Pan & Panorama 2012

Glenroy Joseph - Pan Enthusiast, Pan & Calypso Media Cataloger & Collector- speaks on Pan & Panorama 2012
 

Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - Pan Enthusiast, Carnival, Pan & Calypso Media Cataloger & Collector - Glenroy R. Jo

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Tobago 2012 Panorama Results - Large & Small Conventional Steel Orchestras and Single Pan Bands

Tobago, W.I. -  The THA (Tobago House of Assembly) Pan Champs 2012 competition took place last evening, February 14, at the Garden Side Car Park, Scarborough in Trinidad’s sister isle of Tobago.

 

Seventeen bands competed in three categories: Large C

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In about the yr 2000 I came back to carnival and heard renegades play Carnival is Over

Since then, I have started a steel band here in Australia, and regularly try to find a recording that must have been made by somebody, probably to do with Renegades, of Kitch's ' Carnival is Over'

Renegades played it after carnival and panorama, in t

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Stop disrespecting the national instrument

QUESTION: "Should the Greens party be abolished as an event that is part of the Panorama semi-finals?"

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Pan on SYNERGY TV

FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS I have been viewing SYNERGY TV Music Videos and I never seen a Steelband Video shown.

SYNERGY TV prides itself of local and regional artises and musicians could showcase their talent on the most influential medium available.

Ther

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Leon "Foster" Thomas - Panist, Arranger, Educator, Performing & Recording Artist - speaks on Pan & Panorama 2012

Leon "Foster" Thomas - Panist, Arranger, Educator, Performing & Recording Artist - speaks on Pan & Panorama 2012
 

Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - Performing and recording artist, panist and Panorama drummer extraordinaire 

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Big-up to St. Margaret’s Boys Anglican, St. Francois Girls and Success Stars Pan Sounds!!

Congratulations to all the 2012 Junior Panorama participants. Big-up to St. Margaret’s Boys Anglican, St. Francois Girls and Success Stars Pan Sounds!!

PRIMARY SCHOOLS CATEGORY

1st	St. Margaret’s Boys Anglican	WAKE UP	349
2nd	Malabar R.C.

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Steel Pan the focus with Ricardo Greenaway - Rihanna Tops Tropicalfete CountDown with “Man Down”

New York, USA - Steel Pan was the focus at an international event – Tropicalfete Countdown 2011 Top 100 International Caribbean Songs for the year. Ricardo Greenaway, world-renowned steel pan percussionist, was given the mountainous task of performin

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Photographs of Panorama Semifinals now up on my website

There are now almost 500 pictures of the 2012 Panorama semifinals posted on my website :www.panjumbie.com

Enjoy!

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The collapse of the Carnival

The collapse of the Carnival

Originally printed at http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/The_collapse_of_the_Carnival-139065319.html

By Rubadiri Victor
February 9, 2012

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A Desperadoes Moment of Greatness - Panorama Semi Finals 2012

A Desperadoes Moment of Greatness
 

Global - In a Panorama season full of intrigue, surprises and unknown territory rife with land mines and few certainties - we find ourselves in a very special place. It is the morning after the semi-final 2012 Pano

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Steel Pan veteran Roy Geddes robbed, assaulted

Demarara Waves:

Guyana, SA - Steel Pan stalwart Roy Geddes was on Thursday afternoon intercepted at his home by an armed bandit, who assaulted him and robbed him of his jewellery.

 

According to 72-year-old Geddes, at around 2:00 p.m. he was in the f

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Semi-Finals time for Single Pan Bands

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirty-two Single Pan Bands will face the judges as the National Panorama Single Pan Bands Semi Finals get underway at the Larry Gomes Stadium Car Park, Malabar, Arima in Trinidad, on Saturday 11th February 2012, from 6:00 p

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Jeston Lett - Panist, Film Director, Videographer- speaks on Pan & Panorama 2012

Jeston Lett - Panist, Film Director, Videographer- speaks on Pan & Panorama 2012
 

Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - filmmaker, director and panist Jeston Lett shares his overall views on Pan, Panorama and more...

“Panorama so

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