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STRANDED! NYC Bands Marooned - 2009 Harbor View Festival Steelbands Reign
New York, USA - The bake and salt fish (another great Caribbean dish) was simply awesome. Just writing about it - is making me yearn for some more right now. The weather and ambiance were spectacular. Location - central Brooklyn, New York outside Uto
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Salah Wilson: a Man with a Vision, a Plan and a Point of Execution
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - The steelpan music movement - or the world for that matter - has never had a shortage of dreamers and procrastinators who can always find a reason why something ‘cannot happen.’ However, there are a distinct few individuals
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The Power of Praise, the Power of Pan
New York - It was the power of Praise, right alongside the Power of Pan at the Premier Baptist Church (PBC) in Brooklyn last Friday. Music director and arranger Khuent Rose on steelpans joined with a couple other musicians to give those already comfo
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Returning to Trinidad ( discount on Steelpan Text Books)
Greetings all, I will be returning to Trinidad for a few weeks beginning of Sept.( inshallah) anyone in interested in obtaining any of my Steelpan text books ( six in all). Can do so for a discount price while I am in the country. my emails in T&T wi
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International Panorama 2009 - Montréal Style
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Panorama in Montreal is like that of no other place in the world. As the main event of the two-day Montreal International Steelpan Festival, now in its ninth year, the competition brings a unique brand and style to a city a
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Steelpan Soloists Light Up Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - The 2009 Summer steelpan music events continue to roll on with a bang. Recently When Steel Talks found itself in Montréal, Quebec, Canada to cover the annual Montreal International Steelpan Festival. Now in its 9th year - t
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Special: When Steel Talks Pan Radio Tribute to Michael Jackson The Superstar's Superstar
Michael Jackson was one of the finest artists of this age. As a legit triple threat and more - he could, dance, sing , compose, produce and act. To call him a superstar would be an understatement and an insult to his impact on the music of the world.
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Congrat's to Skiffle bunch.
Just a note of praise for Skiffle Bunch on their great sound and arrangement.
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Panorama Rules
Can anyone tell me which year the Trinidad Panorama rules were changed to allow performance of a previous years calypso? Thanks!
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Pan Chat Radio Show 5 Now Online
Hi Everyone Show 5 is now online, and we are calling it the lurve show. This show is dedicated to all who truly love the pan... keep it on radio@thepancafe.com This Months show http://www.thepancafe.com/radio_player.php 1) Love's Theme Pandemoni
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Call for Comments: Toronto's Pan Alive
call for comments: I would like to create a Pan Sou Sou for bands competing in Toronto's Pan Alive. It is too late for this year but if we can put things in place for 2010, that would be a step in the right direction. Please email me at: macoomeh@hot
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Invaders wins BIG for TnT at Bajan Pan Competition
Invaders wins BIG for TnT at Bajan Pan Competition Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra proudly represented Trinidad & Tobago by winning the May 31, 2009 inaugural installment of the “Pan in de Oval” competition held
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TnT Panorama 2010 Registration has begun
Registration for Panorama 2010 has begun Steelbands interested in participating in the National Panorama 2010 competitions are reminded that they have until Saturday 11 July 2009 to register. Registration commenced on Monday June 15 2009 at all Pa
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Steelpan Players Unite and Stand Up for your Rights! SPIT ( Spit Pan In Toronto)
Steelpan Players Needs a BAIL-OUT too, Steelpan Players should No longer Play Steelpans for FREE. Steelpan Players do not Ride the TTC for FREE, Steelpan Players do not fill-up vehicles for FREE, Steelbands Must SHOW responsibility for their Players
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Trying to get an after school steelpan program off the ground in North Miami
I am a music teacher stationed in North Miami and currently at home for the next two months wasting talent and time. I have a small kids' steel ensemble but because school is out, the instruments are packed away and the kids are home also wasting tal
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Panorama 2009 CANCELLED in St. Lucia!
St. Lucia, W.I. - In response to a query addressed to Mr. Antonius “Nikki” Calderon, president of the St. Lucia National Steelband Association (SLNSA) - When Steel Talks has been informed that there will indeed be no panorama this year. In the statem
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Classic Work by Phase II will Haunt me to my Grave
WST Special Certainly every Trinidad and Tobago national panorama is wrapped in drama, intrigue and controversy. Such is the nature and culture of panorama. But 2003 will be remembered as one of the most surprising competitions ever. It spawned music
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Pan ‘Down Under’ Australia’s “Banana Joe” story points to Trinidad & Tobago as Home of Pan
Australia - ‘What part of Jamaica is Trinidad?’ This was the question which was repeatedly being asked wherever and whenever Alvin Rostant played his steelpan in Australia. This drove him to set the record straight. In so doing he established his ow
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Steelpan Musicians Honor the Ancestors of the Middle Passage at Tribute in Coney Island
Brooklyn, New York - The US President (Barack Obama) was not there. The New York Governor (David Patterson) was not there. Nor was the New York City mayor (Michael Bloomberg). Nor were they missed by the hundreds who were there. With the backdrop of
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