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The PoS pan crawl on Sunday

Newsday - Joan Rampersad

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MTHL Starlift Steel Orchestra -

SINCE preliminary judging for National Panorama competitions in respective panyards began back in 2002, pan lovers, particularly in the Port of Spain area, have taken a special joy in followin

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Pan and the TT national anthem

HENRY HARPER - Newsday

Whenever the descriptive word “national” precedes the words “musical instrument” in TT, reference is made to pan, the only definite-pitch acoustic percussion musical instrument invented in the 20th century.

The word national fo

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How “badjohn” became a word

by Kim Johnson

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John “Bad John” Archer

So when a Trini calls you a badJohn, you’ll know the word originated as a descriptor for John “Bad John” Archer: a Barbadian born ex-soldier who had served in British West India Regiment, ex-Panama Canal worker

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