NIU Steelband 2011 Spring Concert
Illinois, USA - Northern Illinois University (NIU) Steelband presents its 2011 Spring concert under the direction of Liam Teague and Clifford Alexis on Sunday April 17th at 3 p.m. The concert takes place at NIU Sch
I would like to add another item to my ever growing wish list for Pan.
A steelband concert in Prospect Park/Central Park, etc., where several local steelbands combine their numbers to form one large band for the sake of the concert. This is not as
Read more…School bands join together to bring sounds from the islands to Baltimore County
by ABC News 2
No, you’re not basking in the sun on a Caribbean Island, you’re at the Parkville High School gymnasium and it’s a celebration of steel drum music.
Seve
MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE RENEGADES SITUATION
by
Sandra L Blood
(Active member of Renegades)
Maybe not Renegades’ year…the Creator sends messages
(An international educational piece)
Crash landed, put out, not their season, ‘robbed’, ‘humbled’, distu
Read more…kindly allow me to stray a bit Hasley Crawford is still the man from Trinidad with his 10 point something timing as opposed to ato and thompson's 9 point something speed does any one realise that those two and many others have also broken not only Ca
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Although they only cover a very small segment, some Musikmesse exhibitors are nevertheless the leaders there. Panland, one of the world’s leading steeldrum manufacturers, is one of them. Based in Trinidad & Tobago in the sunny Caribbean, the company
Of the seven steel drum bands performing at the 10th Baltimore County Public Schools Panorama ev
Read more…Just before the Water Sports activities come to an exciting end, the sound of steelband music begins to pulsate through the air. This is the event that the lovers of steelband music look forward to each year. This is the Steelband
SO WHAT ABOUT THE PETITION!
Due to the positive input from WST membership, I believe that it is important to give an update on this Forum especially since I am still in Trinidad.
First of all one of the main objectives of the Petition was to ge
Read more…Panorama 2011 in Living Color "When SteelPan Pictures Talk"
Global - When Steel Talks has had both the good fortune of having within our organization (C.Phillips, R. Pope), and/or being associated with the finest steelpan
“Pan in de countryside” is the latest innovation by Pan Trinbago.
As the name suggests, “Pan in de countryside” is taking steelpan to people who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to come to the city to hear bands, therefore the organization
Read more…Southern Marines Steelband Foundation’s 2011 Panorama season was a success when compared to the last four years. After a long drought a little rain came. We were able to come into the National Small bands Panorama finals, and place third out of eleve
Read more…This is the sixth movement of my suite for steel band and choir, "In the Shadows of the Forest." The performance is by the Choir of the Sound (Seattle, WA) and a band made up of local players. This performance was on May 13th, 2011, in Lynnwood, Wash
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A British Pan Woman
by Rachel Hayward
United Kingdom - 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 a
400 Questions & Answers On Pan
1960 — Present
“400 Questions & Answers On Pan” is a rich resource that connects the threads between the history and accomplishments of the steelpan movement and its people.
Often, many of us wistfully wonder out lou
IT COMES as no surprise to me that the recent revelations about the record collection of the late Queen Mum has indicated the royals spend their evenings behind palace doors dancing to black music.
Your record collection says a lot about who you ar
Read more…Observations about Panorama 2011
by Jeannine Remy
Trinidad & Tobago - ....The south stands were full of people who waited in anticipation for the large bands and all of their splendour. Never before have I attended a panorama final with so much co
Joel Hamilton-Mills says
"I like the documentary feel of the DVD, most of it is good...............However they still have a way to go, as the mistakes are more sloppy that anything, i.e. wrong labelling of bands, wrong music playing in the backgrouRead more…
