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‘Bucks’ Inspires through Steelpan music
Buckinghamshire, U.K. - SV2G (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation) has been granted the Inspire Mark- the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme. SVG2 Steelpan Stepping Stone project funded by the Arts Council England will build the c
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Renegades impresses adjudicators at festival opening
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - American music adjudicators presiding over the 29th Biennial T&T Music Festival, taking place at venues across the country, have put in a request with event co-ordinator Marie-Diane Dupres to visit the panyard of BP Renegad
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Joy of drumming
Pennsylvania, USA - Kevin Guerrieri, an Edgeworth Elementary third-grader selected to shake a watermelon-sized noisemaker at the center of a steel drum storm, admitted his ears were ringing and his arms ached with fatigue. But he wasn’t complaining.
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no semi-finals CD this year? and where are the small bands?
trying to get a CD of the semi-finals but it appears one was not produced this year. BUMMER cause i need a 2nd listen of that day. the track was chaos, mayhem, and a complete cluster-f*** this year so i didn't get to hear many of the bands. not to
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Advance Dynamics Responds to 2010 Panorama DVD Criticism
- First let me say that Advance Dynamics receives NO money to produce these DVD's, production costs are covered from DVD sales.
The irony of the comments in your forum is that we COMPLETELY agree with MOST of the complaints
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Concert for Ailing Pan Personality
Global - Widely-followed and much-loved Trinidad & Tobago WACK 90.1 fm radio presenter, David “DJ Heshimu” Graham, is facing extremely severe health challenges, and is in immediate need of love, prayers, and - most of all - financial support. Funds a
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Surrender by Destra....
Great song......infectious melody, nice rhythm...one of the better songs for the just-concluded 2k10
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Exodus Debacle Victimisation, or an Over Abundance of Pettiness?
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Exodus—as an organisation and a steelband is reputed to be one of the best in Trinidad and Tobago. In my interview with Pelham Goddard for the T&T Review a little less than three years ago, he spoke about the fact that more
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Pan meets Jazz at history making concert
Illinois, USA - The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Steelband and The NIU Jazz Ensemble will present a joint concert at the Duke Ellington Ballroom, at the university’s Holmes Student Center, on March 20, at 8 pm. This concert will be especially
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Steel band drums up Haiti aid
Steel band drums up Haiti aid
London, U.K. - Far from the ongoing human tragedy in Haiti, the sweet rhythmic tinkles of a steel band were shared with Londoners Saturday in a bid to help the shattered Caribbean nation.
The Golden Harps Steel Orchest
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Hope made of steel - 60 MoBay youths to benefit from new music band
Jamaica, W.I. - The lives of some 60 unemployed youths in the communities of Cornwall Court and Green Pond in St. James are expected to be transformed with the formation of a steel band. The initiative is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Touris
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Liam Teague mesmerises at Schubert and Steel
Ohio, USA - When we first saw the Akron Symphony’s programme for Schubert and Steel, we thought that the third Brandenburg Concerto, the Schubert ninth symphony and a concerto for steelpan and orchestra might make for unlikely bedfellows. Perhaps so
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Pan Chat Radio Show 9 "The Requests Show"
Hi there friends,
Show 9 is now on-line. This month is the "requests show". Choons requested by the people for the people. Dexy requested i shut up this month so that you can hear the selections made. So i kinda did. Well I tried anyway
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the E-Pan -- am I missing something?
E-pan proponents rope in please.
can anyone share their thoughts on this invention and why it has created such a stir in the pan world? it doesn't seem like anything special to me - synthesized pan sounds have been around forever on electronic keyb
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Pan Pioneers Day 2010
Came across these while browsing thought I would share it.
http://www.trinbagopan.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=28679&g2_page=21
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Not Ready for Prime Time - Pan Trinbago’s 2010 DVD of Trinidad & Tobago Panorama
Global - ....Bad lighting, bad editing, bad audio and a host of other production issues. Maybe it is time that Pan Trinbago step back and review the products that are released in its name. In a forum thread that was supposed to be focused on the ava
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Steelpan Pioneer and Historian Oscar Pile
Global - It’s been two years to the day since the passing of Steelpan Pioneer and Historian Oscar Pile. He was also the leader of the famed Casablanca Steel Orchestra.
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