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Well ah doh know who MR. A Eric Mc Allister really is -- but the man lay down ah CHALLENGE to the BEVERLEY FLOCK OF SHEEP and NOT A DAMN DOG BARK ...
I got a MISSING LINK today from the last PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION ... so it all makes sense to me now
I knew that KEITH DIAZ and BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE had a big meeting before the last PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION. But I never heard anybody make reference to it.
Well today I got to find out that not only was there that meeting -- but KEITH DIAZ actually too
Read more…CECIL HINKSON: No matter how I beg YOU and YOUR PRESIDENT to RESHUFFLE THE CABINET -- allyuh refuse to LISTEN TO ME ...
If the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE could finally admit to the CRIME SCOURGE in TRINIDAD -- allyuh owe it to the STEELBAND COMMUNITY to show some INTEGRITY after ALL THE DIAZ CORRUPTION ... and keep a CLEAN SLATE!!!
What a coincidence today: TRUMP IMPEACHMENT
Read more…SO!!! Does PAN TRINBAGO have a NEW VICE PRESIDENT? What happened at the MEETING YESTERDAY? It looks as if I will have to MAKE UP an UNOFFICIAL REPORT ... GREGORY LINDSAY -- tell we something nah!!!
All I know is that the VEE PEE get accused of arranging for MORE THAN ONE BAND in the SAME COMPETITION while at the same time being on the PANORAMA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
(Image it have over 300,000 PAN LOVERS -- LOCAL and FOREIGN -- who LOVE PAN and
Read more…Ramsey: Tobago made Panorama statement
Newsday
"The Tobago bands were brilliant. The Tobago bands made a statement that aye, Tobago – we didn't come to play. I think the Tobago bands take the Panorama much more serious than the Trinidad bands. Myself and (Uptown Fascinators arranger) Oj
Read more…Smart Bets: Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
by Edwin Arnaudin - Mountain Express
A New York City transplant since Halloween, former Asheville-based steel pannist Jonathan Scales is closing in on 13 years with his eponymous Fourchestra and continuing to expand his already impressive skill set.
Read more…St. Francois Girls’ Steel Orchestra Leads Secondary Schools Going Into 2020 Junior/National Schools Panorama Finals
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago, Pan in Schools Coordinating Council (PSCC), Multicultural Music Programme Unit (MMPU) and the Tobago House of Assembly, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, producers of the National Schools Panora
Read more…Participants for Large Conventional Steel Orchestra Competition - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2020
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eighteen large steel orchestras are expected to participate in the Large category of the 2020 Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama competition. Preliminary judging is scheduled to begin in the respective pan yards of ban
Read more…On MLK Day, A Place Where Music Does The Talking
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
...“We really wanted to focus on the music,” said Mandi Jackson, executive director of Music Haven. “We’re celebrating 10 years of collaboration of these organizations, but also the spirit of the day.”
The change f
Read more…S C R E E N I N G of UNDER 21 Panorama Bands.
Why is it necessary to screen under 21 steelbands registered to compete in the 2020 Junior Panorama?
There are 16 bands registered to participate in the 2020 UNDER 21 Panorama Competition. The preliminary round of panyard judging to determine which t
Read more…EARL RICHARDS: Ah only supposin'!!! But suppose OJAY win MEDIUM in TOBAGO and DUVONE win LARGE in TRINIDAD -- You know what that mean?
That mean that DEM TRINIDADIANS get PASS UP in DEY OWN TING. Now ah only SUPPOSIN', eh!!! But while ah SUPPOSIN' ah hoping that KENDALL WILLIAMS doh let me down in the MEDIUM BAND in TOBAGO.
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Regarding: The FIVE MILLION DOLLARS that THE GOVERNMENT is putting up with the intent on seeing the country’s national instrument flourish at the global level with input from industry ...
Every so often REASONABLE (and informed) voices add their TWO CENTS to the PAN DEBATE ... and I am always tickled pink.
‘Dear Promoter’ sung by Voice and Kes | 2020 Tune of choice
2020 Tune of choice for steel orchestras:
Exodus - Fonclaire - Silver Stars - Supernovas
San City Steel Symphony
Read more…Skiffle Picks “Wrong Again” for Panorama 2020
Kendall Williams, Marc Brooks & Odie Franklin are the 2020 Panorama arrangers of Skiffle Steel Orchestra - large band category. The 2020 Tune of choice: “Wrong Again.”
Kendall is also the arranger f
Read more…So who is this OJAY RICHARDS? The man come out of the blue and run past THE MIGHTY DUVONE ...
... that was some real psychological drama.
And with this CRACKSHOT THING -- if he carries the right crew to TOBAGO, he might very well DOUBLE UP with DIXIELAND.
Now DUVONE is under REAL PRESSURE to win with RENEGADES or there is going to be a REAL B
Read more…Uptown Fascinators cops small band Panorama title
Newsday January 18, 2020
"Uptown Fascinators Steel Orchestra unseated defending champions TT Defence Force on Friday night at the Queen's Park Savannah in the 2020 National Panorama competition for small bands.
The Tobago-based orchestra wowed the j
Read more…In praise of pan
DR YVONNE BOBB-SMITH
Cultural Heritage
Preservation Agents of TT
Pan, the queen, the king, the supreme, was created, originated and manufactured in TT (1930s) and emerges as an innovation of high significance. Pan, a collective title for instruments
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