Sonatas launch completes the great steelband music weekend as bands come out to play
New York, USA - This was the final leg of the great pan weekend - Sonatas’ launch at D’Radoes Panyard. With two other highly successful legs (Despers USA and Panto
I would have thought that with such a small pool of bands that they would have at least all chosen something different to play. If only in the name of marketing ( another way of saying make a fast buck)
Perhaps the organisers can introduce a test pi
PANTONIC WOULD LIKE TO THANKS ALL WHO ATTENDED AND SUPPORTED OUR ANNUAL BAND LAUNCH LAST NIGHT. IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS :)
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE BANDS WHO PERFORMED
CASYM
PAN SONATAS
DESPERS USA
AND DJS
RAGE KULANJI FROM SPOIL BRATTS FAMILY
Pan tuner and long-time apprentice to Ellie Mannette, Billy Sheeder, will be at Radoes Panyard from Monday, August 31 to Friday, September 4, doing tunings for the general public.
No appointment is necessary. Anyone is welcome to bring their pans fo
New York, USA - The New York leg of the “great weekend of pan” took off with a bang. Despers USA’s Bedford Stuyvesant’s panyard aka ‘the Pan Loft’ lit up the night under the overhead projection of a full moon that illuminated their facilities as the
Toronto, Canada - Congratulations are in order for Salah's Steelpan Academy which won its third consecutive title at the annual Pan Alive Competition held last night at the Lamport Stadium. The Montreal-based steelpan music organization edged out New
Global - I don’t know how smart a move it was to request a review of The Bradley Years CD by someone who, in the “Brados” composition a couple of years ago wrote lines like, “Major force/You really was de boss” and “Gifted for days/So deserving of pr
1. Rainbow City All Stars,
2.Commancheroes,
3. New Dimensions,
4 Grand Roy Pan Angels,
5. Pan Wizards,
6 Westside Symphony,
7. Angel Harps,
8. Pan Lovers.
St. Ann’s, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama winners, finalists, members and officers of the steelband fraternity were hosted by Their Excellencies, Professor George Maxwell Richards and First Lady Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards, at President’s House, St
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra - the oldest band in Antigua & Barbuda, made history again for 2009 by copping Panorama championship honors, beating out four other competitors. And they did this with the youngest arranger in the
Congratulations to Commancheros Juniors on their winning the 2009 Grenada Junior Panorama Title.
The Following are the results of Junior Panorama held at the Children Carnival Frolic at the National Stadium.
1st Commancheroes - 244 points
2nd WizK
New York - Nine New York Steel Orchestras are cracking up nightly as they prepare for the biggest night on their annual calendar - the Steelband Music Panorama competition, scheduled this year for Saturday September 5, 2009 behind the Brooklyn Museum
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Khan Cordice. According to the Antigua Observer, Cordice was awarded Antigua's first pan scholarship. When Steel Talks had the opportunity to meet and interview Khan this past Fall at the Moods of Pan Festi
PANTONIC STEEL ORCHESTRA BAND LAUNCHING WILL BE HELD
ON SATURDAY AUGUST 8, 2009
AT 2514 ALBERMERLE RD
BROOKLYN NY
INVITED BANDS
CASYM STEEL BAND
DESPERS USA
SESAME FLYERS
STEEL SENSATION
AND MORE........
$5.OO DONATION
THANKS......
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. – On August 30th 1991, Steelband was officially declared the National Instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, and rightly so I may say. Any other Instrument indigenous to TnT and wish to lay claim, must be able to stand up on its o
New York - Panman Ulric Joseph has passed. When Steel Talks extends condolences to his family and friends. Ulric was the father of Tony Joseph (Metro Steel Orchestra) and Brian Joseph (Pantonic Steel Orchestra).
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This is a must even if i say so myself.
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Ps. As it was my birthday this month here is a present for you all.
July 21st
Caribana Greetings!
By way of formal introduction, I am a photo-journalist accredited with the ScotiaBank Caribana organization. For the past 10 years I have been photographing the carnival events around Toronto with special emphasis on th
