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The Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra
Barbados, W.I. - ....The one hundred and fifty-strong Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra was also showcased as it wowed the crowd with its wide and varied musical set loaded with hits.
Antigua Observer
The hotly-contested steelband competition is a signature feature of CarnivalAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - In a bid to increase the efficiency in the running of Panorama 2023, steelband fans will see fewer players gracing the stage on
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Riebeek-Kasteel, South Africa - When the sounds of newly commissioned music specially composed for Solo Symphony fill the NG Church building in Riebeek Kasteel on August 20th, history will be made in many respects.
For the first time
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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The country’s national steelband Panorama will be in full swing once more come August 5. Due to COVID-19, the last competition was back in 2019. Now, eight steel orchestras are revved up and ready to go, with the energy re
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Arranger Dr. Len “Boogsie” Sharpe (left), with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on tenor (center)Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was not all closed-door meetings and formal events for the U.S. Secretary of State and the Democratic Lea
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Steel Dreams, the Mount Washington Valley community steel band, is directed by Eric Rollnick. Rollnick will be hosting a steel drum demonstration on Sunday, July 9, at Mountain Top Music Center in North Conway.Conway, New Hamps
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Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I. - One of the two large steel orchestras in the country - title defender Starlift Steel Orchestra, maintained its championship status for the 2023 National Panorama competition. This year, their arra
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Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I. - Six steel orchestras are slated to take on and attempt to dethrone 2022 Panorama champions Starlift Steel Orchestra at the July 6 competition. In the Panorama segment of Steel and Glitter unfolding 
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I. - The Caribbean nation’s young steelband musicians are in the spotlight come July 2 in the annual junior Panorama. Five steel orchestras will be in competition this Sunday.
Presented by the Carniva
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Lapps is one of the few women to specialize in steel pan or steel drum. She will share her passion with the Toronto Jazz Festival
Toronto, Canada - ....“For me, it’s about — in whatever work that I do — seeing how I can centre women’s
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Saint Lucia, W.I. - Pan lovers have the opportunity to support and cheer on their favorite bands in the country’s upcoming national Panorama on Sunday July 9 at 8:00 p.m.
....See the steel orchestras, and their tunes and arrangers for the 2023 comp
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Connecticut, USA - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is releasing more than $7 million in state grants to several nonprofit organizations for the purposes of making facility and infrastructure upgrades at 34 cu
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High school group will play familiar hits using an orchestra of steel drums
A student orchestra will play a range of music using steel drums on Sunday, June 25 at Simms Millennium ParkWashington, USA - ....The orchestra of 35 st
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New York, USA - Etienne Charles captivated audiences once more on at The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 9 and 10. Performing pieces from Carnival: The Sound of
Read more…Champion arrangers Amrit Samaroo and André White get the job done
Supernovas Steel Orchestra on stage at Pan in the 21st Century 2023Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Supernovas Steel Orchestra led by arranger Amrit Samaroo took the title in Pan in the 21s
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The year 2023 sees the return of competitions Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century organized by Pan Trinbago, after a years-long absence. From May 19 through 25, thirty-eight single pan bands from the Eastern,
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....After several years, the Pan in the 21st Century competition makes a return via organizers Pan Trinbago.
The top twelve bands, with Couva Joylanders and Katzenjammers steel orchestras currently tied and in the lead -
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - With the weeks-long qualifying rounds for both Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century complete, the respective single pan bands and steel orchestras now know the order in which they will compete on June 11. The
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Twelve conventional steel orchestras are sparring musically in the finals for Pan in the 21st Century on June 11. The event is the second segment in the musical showcase coming off at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-S
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Rachel Rankin-HaywardEngland, UK - A musician who played on the soundtrack for the new Little Mermaid film treated movie lovers to a live performance at the show’s premiere.
Rachel Rankin-Hayward was dressed in underwater themed garments
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