Happy New Years to all the members of the WST family.
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Read more…Panmen reject $2m Panorama first prize
Trinidad & Tobago - Pan Trinbago's membership has moved a resolution blanking Government's $2 million first prize for this year's Panorama winners in the large band category.
The members are also calling on the
Read more…The New Government of T&T during the Election campaign declared that the Pan Community would be given $2000000.00 for the winning Steelband.in the Panorama competition of 2011.
The same government last week voted in Parliament to take away $200.00 f
Read more…The Spirit of Fela! lives on
Members of the cast of Fela! at the celebration held at the Players ClubNew York, USA - The hit Broadway play and Tony Award-winning production of Fela! has had a successful, memorable and ground-breaking run and comes
Originally printed at http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Panmen__Panorama_must_go_on-112356554.html
By Joel Julien joel.julien@trinidadexpress.com
PANORAMA 2011 is a go.
Pan Trinbago president, Keith Di
Trinidad Newsday
Cabinet agreed yesterday that panmen will now each be paid $800 instead of$1,000, amounting to just over $6 million to perform at the national Panorama preliminaries.
Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Wi
Just a note to the WST family to inform you that I officially demitted office as Project Coordinator of the Pan In The Classroom Project Unit of the Ministry of Education (Trinidad and Tobago) at the end of November 2010. You may keep abreast of my c
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Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. -....It was just one week prior at Parang and Steel that cheers rung out with news that Battle Zone – Silver Stars’ tune-of-choice for Panorama 2010 – won the Soca Pan Song of the Year prize at the International Soca Awards.
Connecticut, USA - In his latest work, featured as one of four composers premiering their music at Yale School of Music’s Sprague Hall earlier this month, Andy Akiho took those within earshot on a journey that was limited potentially by only the list
Has anyone considered changing the website colors for the discussion forum to white background with black text, instead of Black background with white text. The black background with white text is really bad for the eyes. Has anyone else noticed or m
Read more…Do something for Pan - Music by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe - Lyrics by Gregory Ballantine I played this tune over and over listening to the LYRICS on WST page "Tirnidad & Tobago Panorama Tunes 2011"
Something fishy is happening in Pan Trinbago organizati
Read more…Saturday, December 25 2010
PanTrinbago says it “respects” Cabinet’s decision to pay an $800 Panorama performance fee in 2011, rather than $1,000 as was the practice since 2008.
In a statement issued yesterday
Five-time Panorama champion, Phase II Pan Groove, must vacate its Hamilton Street home before year's end in order to make way for the completion of the One Woodbrook Place Project.
Port of Spain Mayor, Louis Lee Sing, advised the band's manager, Err
Again folks this is simple math... Let's try to take emotionalism, nationalism and what ever other ism you like out of this for the moment. If Santa played this type of math game with Rudolph and the other reindeers, I guarantee you there would be
Read more…Travis (Captain of CASYM Steel Orchestra):
Please accept the condolences and thoughts on the passing of your Father, from the When Steel Talks & Basement Recordings staff, and convey same to the rest of your family.
Read more…I was saddened to hear about the death of Abdul Mason a young pannist who played with Witco Deperadoes and I believe captained Laventille Serenaders. Eleven years ago Abdul played with the St. Augustine Secondary Steel Orchestra for the School Stee
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Canada - Alton C. Clarke, or “Clarky” as he is known to all pan players and pan lovers in the Canadian Midwest, brought an awareness and appreciation of the steelpan instrument and its music to the province of Manitoba between the years 1971 to 198
Read more…Holiday Message from
Yvette E. Rennie, Cultural, Political Strategist &
Vice-President of J’Ouvert City International, Inc.
Happy Holidays
As we celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year holidays, our community must give thanks for our cultural,
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago - The celebrated music showcase staged by reigning National Panorama champion PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars Steel Orchestra called “Parang and Steel” is all grown up.
Scores of pan lovers converged on the band’s Tragarete Road, Newtow
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