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Pan Trinbago needs $25m for 2015 steelband conference
Pan Trinbago needs $25 million to bring off the planned International Conference and Panorama (ICP) scheduled for August 2015.
The organisation’s president, Keith Diaz, made the announcement yesterday at a news conference at the Grand Stand, Queen’s
Meet Ebonites Steel Orchestra - Antigua 2014 National Panorama
THE EBONITES STEEL ORCHESTRA was formed in the lower Ottos area in the year 1974. For a couple of months, the band went without a real name. The first was Triolions, but a few of the members were not happy with it. First captain, Mr. Melvin Parks, ca
Read more…Meet West Side Symphony - Antigua National Panorama 2014
Out of a need to develop a steel band in Greenbay - the most densely, youth-populated village on the island - WEST SIDE SYMPHONY STEEL ORCHESTRA was born. This memorable occasion took place, April 14th, 1995, on an ABS TV programme hosted by Dr. Jacq
Read more…Meet Harmonites International Steel Orchestra - History - Antigua & Barbuda Panorama 2014
Harmonites International Steel Orchestra, known as Antigua & Barbuda’s musical ambassadors began as Jr. Hell’s Gate. It’s first captain was Rupert ‘Teela’ Parker. It is an unusual band with a wide repertoire, and has a reputation for being a pacesett
Read more…Laventille to Brooklyn, A Phenomenal People - A Great Day for the Steelpan and Community
Laventille Pan Family Reunion 2014
New York, USA - On a balmy Brooklyn Summer night some two thousand-plus miles away from its namesake (Laventille) - D’Radoes Steel Orchestra held its 2nd annual ‘Laventille Pan Family Reunion’ Day in its panyard. T
Read more…Amazon Warriors Energy Drink sponsors steel pan group
Guyana Times
Guyana, SA - The Amazon Warriors Energy Drink, produced by the NEW GPC INC, is making waves not just in stores but also by boosting the performance of persons, with its latest sponsorship of the Panwave Steel Pan group on Thursday.
The
Read more…UAH Steel Drum Band hits sweet spot
UAH Campus News
Alabama, USA - There's something about the tintinnabulation of a steel drum that transports the listener to the sun-soaked islands of the Caribbean. And there's no doubt that magical quality has contributed to the recent rise in pop
Read more…STEELBAND BEYOND 2014.....
As I look at the steelband in the Mecca I see it in a sad state pertaining to it's involvement in carnival.
Can we say that the elders had no vision or that our your young brothers and sisters don't realize that it is their responsibility now?
Is it
Read more…Carnival without Kitchener - Revisited
Republished with the expressed permission the author
February 25, 2001
By Raffique Shah
THIS year’s [2001] Carnival has been dedicated to the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Fransisco), who, as a colossus of calypso, deserves every accolade that he has been
St. Lucia 2014 Panorama Results - Pantime Steel Orchestra Takes Consecutive Championship Title
Gros Islet, St. Lucia, W.I. - drop such an overwhelming and commanding performance that the only thing in doubt is who is coming in second and/or third. Halfway through their performance, PanTime Steel Orchestra made it very clear there would not be
Read more…Republic Bank Angel Harps receives $35,000 to assist with Panorama
The Barnacle
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The countdown to “Pantastic Saturday” (August 09, 2014) is on. Republic Bank continues to support the Republic Bank Angel Harps Steel Orchestra for the 32nd consecutive year.
On July 18, 2014, the Bank made
Read more…Meet Khuent Rose - Educator, Arranger, Composer, Performing Artist - UpClose!
Global - Khuent Rose is a scholar, an intellectual, brilliant, thoughtful and cerebral without being ‘disconnected and automated.’ His immense musical talent is undeniable as he remains spiritually, historically and actively engaged with the steelpan
Read more…Wanted to Watch Saint Lucia's Carnival on TV This Year? You Were Out of Luck
Written by Matthew Hunte -- Global Voice
Saint Lucians at home and abroad who couldn't attend the Carib
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Celebrates Steelband Month in August under Pan Trinbago
Global - Pan Trinbago’s Steelband Month will be celebrated in August with a host of events. The schedule of events dates from Sunday August 2 to Sunday September 1, 2014 inclusive. Some of those listed are organized by the steelband parent body and i
Read more…Big crowd for Rhapsody in Steel
Jamaica Observer
Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. - Hundreds of patrons turned up at the Karram Speid Auditorium on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew, for Rhapsody In Steel, on Sunday afternoon.
The show featured Trinidad-born, Toronto-based master panist Da
Read more…Pan lover grows T&T culture in Houston
Leon F Simeon is a Trinidad-born graphic designer, teacher, digital artist and photographer with an affinity for pan. Residing in America for the past 34 years, he returned home on July 14 to see his 94-year-old mother, and to stage an exhibition of
Read more…"PERSONA NON GRATA"
“Persona non grata” is a Latin phrase which is generally used in the diplomatic community worldwide to define
“an unwelcome person”
The incumbent Central Executive at an unconstitutional Extra Ordinary General Meeting, held on Tuesday July 15th 2014
Read more…Andy Narell and Louis Mhlanga to Rock Botswanacraft
TheVoiceBW.com
Steel Pan and Guitar Night
Botswana - It’s a date. Friday 8th August could go down as one of the best nights at Botswanacraft.
Oliver Mtukudzi and Ringo Madlingozi have produced some of the most memorable nights at the country’s best
Read more…Steelpan welcome for Japanese sailors
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday - July 15, 2014
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force training vessels, with a strength of 730 military personnel aboard, received a steelpan welcome as they docked yes
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