The passing and funeral arrangements of EMMANUEL ‘EMAN’ THORPE

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Revisiting -- THE REAL MOCKING PRETENDERS

Based on a recent Express newspaper's report dated May 12th, 2012 it was reported that the Maha Sabha laid the rules which stated that absolutely NO Hindu Schools are allowed to have the STEELPAN in their schools unless ALL Hindu Schools were given I

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Revisiting - New Yorkers Take the Lead - Honors Steel Band Pioneers

“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.” ― James Baldwin

Another When Steel Talks Review

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Revisited -- Master Tuner Bertram "Birch" Kelman

Bertram "Birch" Kelman

Simply one of the finest steelpan tuners ever.

Global - In light of the recent miscue as reported by WST member Ama Belfon in her post (How do we put a price on the contributions Pan Tuners have made to our culture), WST felt

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Master Tuner Wallace Austin

Master Tuner Wallace Austin

Wallace Austin at Basement Recordings/ WST Studios

Wallace Austin is considered as one of the finest steelpan tuners ever. Wallace Austin was part of the legendary team of tuners (Rudolph Charles, Lincoln Noel, James 'Bas

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PM: Pan stays in classrooms

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday (Thursday May 10, 2012) praised the Pan in Classroom programme and pledged Government's continued support for the project in which the national instrument is used to teach music to students.

"I am advis

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Controversial Pan Trinbago Proposed Headquarters in Trinidad and Tobago - Additional Video footage

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Maha Sabha: No pan

Maha Sabha: No pan

'One school approved for national instrument...'

By Julien Neaves

OPPOSITION MP Donna Cox has said only one school was app

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Africa-Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company Kicks Off


Lagos, Nigeria
 - A union between Nigeria’s Xcel Steelpan Co. Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago’s Pan Trinbago Inc. and FCL (Financial Concepts Limited) was consummated in Gatwick, United Kingdom on Saturday 12th May, 2012. The three organisations came toge

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Steelband/Pan Revolution - The Overthrowing Of The "World Governing Body For Pan"

In reaction to the recent "multicultural" paradigm shift of the "pan in the classroom" by many, including those in the current administrations of (both) the government and Pan Trinbago, quite a number of WST members have been posting feelings of ange

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IT'S JUST A (BLOW) JOB by SUGAR ALOO (No, it's not a misprint in the name.)

Well, well, well. What can I say? This story has its own "moral" (for lack of a more appropriate word). Politics does make for some strange bedfellows, and this is just another example of "doing ANYTHING (or in this case ANYONE) for money. If that is

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What If The “Gay” In Desperadoes Meant “Homosexual”

The recent statements by President Barack Obama, supporting “gay marriage”, have certainly stuck a nerve with many, who see homosexuality, as the “sin of all sins”, especially those “guided” by “religious” doctrine. Some have even seen this as an end

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Exocubs back from Argentina today

Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirteen children who travelled to Argentina to play the national instrument in a concert are expected to return today.   Some $500,000 towards the trip has been paid by the State, parents and private

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NIU steel drum musician Cliff Alexis collects two Emmy nominations for ‘Hammer on Steel’

NIU Today

Illinois, USA - The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has nominated “Hammer on Steel,” a two-program documentary created by The University of Akron, for eight Emmy awards for the 2011 broadcast year.

NIU’s Cliff Alex

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St Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation (SV2G) launches School of Steelpan in Wycombe, UK

Calypso sounds from under Abbey Way flyover

By Lawrence Dunhill

Wycome, England, U.K. -- Wycombe is fast becoming a ‘hub’ for calypso music thanks to the launch of a school dedicated to the steelpan drum.

The town’s MP and mayor went along to celebr

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The steelpan to be crowned instrument of the month of June - Brussels, Belgium

Musical Instrument Museum - Brussels

Recently a low tenor steel pan was given to the mim (Musical Instrument Museum) by the government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. To celebrate this donation of their national instrument to the Belgian state

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Boogsie coming for Jazz Festival

Barbados - Nation News

Composer, arranger and steel PAN virtuoso Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is one of the headliners in an all-star band that will pay tribute in jazz to great music from the Caribbean in the CIBC FirstCaribbean Sugar Isle Jazz Festival.

I

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Hell’s Gate Threatens Boycott

Antigua, St. John's - Weeks ahead of Carnival 2012 activities, LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra has threatened to withdraw from the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) over ignored concerns about a first place title it shares with the Hadeed G

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Take A Bow - Trinidad and Tobago Folk Art Institute Recognizes When Steel Talks

Take a bow folks. You are the most knowledgeable and engaged steelpan music fans anywhere. Over the this past weekend the Trinidad and Tobago Folk Art Society presented WST with a recognition award. With thousands of facebook members, 10,000 plus me

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The passing of Maestro Paul "Pablo" Campbell

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