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STEEL BANDS - THINGS & STUFF

LONDON ON THE INSIDE

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The sound of steel pans is one of the unmistakable sounds of Carnival. Introduced to the British public in the early 1950s – they were shown on the BBC in 1950 and in 1951 The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) play

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Sweet music at Youth Steel Explosion

Joan Rampersad - Newsday

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THREE of the top junior steelbands in TT were selected to entertain at the Youth Steel Explosion held at the Emancipation village in the Queen’s Park Savannah on Tuesday. BPTT Renegades

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What Carnival meant and means?

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By Hilroy A. Willett

Having been either born or raised during the era at the start of Antigua’s Carnival over some 60 years ago and having been a participant in this event during that time, it is easy to imagine what carnival meant then. Apart from

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