Performing for Trinidad & Tobago's 2010 Junior Steelband FestivalTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Results are available for the 14th Biennial National Junior Steelband Music Festival held at the Jean Pierre Complex in Port-of-Spain and the Rudranath Capilde
Global -The steelpan instrument, Christmas and Robert Greenidge = “A Coral Reefer Christmas.” What more could one ask for in terms of a special music item for the season? And if that’s not enough, Robert brings a star musical cast to the table on th
Nigeria - That the second annual Secondary School Steel Band Competition in Lagos, Nigeria came off at all, is itself testimony to a love of the steelband culture and art form, embodied in the personage of Nigerian Bowie Sonnie Bowei. Exactly four ye
Nigeria - The second annual Secondary School Steel Band Competition was held in Lagos, Nigeria on November 23 and featured steel orchestras from seven schools. The brainchild of steelpan entrepreneur Chief Bowie Sonnie Bowei, the steelband competitio
Who Remember Kelvin Hart, one of the First Ping Pong Champions in apx: 1966
Read more…Tuesday, December 7 2010
Mere days after Government tries to uplift TT’s collective spirits by holding its first successful anti-crime Pan Relay concerts, the newly appointed Mayor of Port-of-Spain Louis Lee Sing has brought a sour
Minister knocks Panorama: It has killed pan
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston Peters, says Panorama, the annual national steelband competition, has "killed" the steelpan and its scope needs to be broadened.
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Govt supporting Phase 11 in battle with PoS Corp
By COREY CONNELLY Sunday, December 5 2010 Port-of-Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing’s “newness” in the post may have accounted for his unwillingness to al |
Lord,
I always wonder exactly WHO was the Cunumunu in the government authority, who decided that there was no need to put back the Pan on the fleet of aircraft owned wholly and solely by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. It is so painful,
Read more…A wise man once said it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you’re wise; than to open it and let everyone think otherwise. You like that eh? Today
| Steelband | Wins | Years |
| Desperadoes | 10 | 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000 |
| Renegades | 9 | 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| Trinidad All Stars | 6 | 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 2002, 2007 |
| Phase II Pan Groove | 5 | 1987, 1 |
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to all the finalist of the Trinidad and Tobago 2010 National Junior Steelband Festival.
The Ministry of Education’s Pan in the Classroom Unit, in
collaboration with the Pan in Schools Coordinating Council hosts
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One great global steelpan music family and experience under an internet pan groove
Global - Hi WST family: We have some good news. You are about to get an additional 6000 steelpan music loving brothers an
Read more…I have learnt that it is better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove doubt from people's mind. Many cultural icons in the steelpan industry have learnt that from your's truly in the past and many more will b
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Barbados, W.I. - Well-known Mosaic Steel Orchestra from Barbados in the Caribbean is an active music organization that delivers premier pan performances throughout Barbados, and has also performed in Antigua and England. Late last month, Tropical Sto
Mosaic Steel Orchestra of Barbados panyard destroyed by hurricane Tomas
Mosaic Steel Orchestra of
Read more…As a long time member of the Southern Marines fraternity, I would like to extend my condolences to the friends and family of Ms Petra Abraham, who was murdered by bandits on the night of November 16th 2010. An extremely talented young woman, she was
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