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by Jake Allen
HOLLAND — The Petoskey Steel Drum Band, with its iconic red double-decker trailer and Hawaiian shirts, treated Muziekparade audiences to an encore performance at Eighth Street and College Avenue on Saturday afternoon.
After finishing t
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – The Nevis Cultural Development Foundation (NCDF) will stage its first night of steelpan dubbed “Pan Elegance” March 16 at the Nevis Performing Arts Centre NEPAC). The event is the first of its kind and is tailored to engendering
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Every holiday has a
By AMY JOHNSON -Northwest Herald
The students from Allendale therapeutic day school in Woodstock were on a walk one day when they heard some cool sounds coming from one of their neighbors.
They went to check it out and happened upon the Culture, Art
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Washington D.C., U.S.A. - PANLARA Youth Steel Orchestra comprising of boys and girls from Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, the Bahamas, Panama and Jamaica performed on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. The group led by Trinidadian Debbie Lara |
Trinidad Newsday
Joan Rampersad
INTERNATIONALLY renowned trumpeter Etienne Charles and singer-songwriter-producer Angela Hunte are listed to appear at a fund-raiser event at Phase II Pan Groove pan yard on May 19. And of course Hadco Phase II featur
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Trinidad Express
...What evolved is a clique of pan players, those with the loudest voices in the panyards, being voted into office, then clinging on for personal gain. The result, as I have written repeatedly, could be found in Pan
Read more…Brooklyn based director, Christine Shaw and editor, Davone Alexis, are currently crowdfunding for Panorama: Jamming to the Top on Kickstarter.
The documentary follows a vibrant community of people in Brooklyn, NY who love steel pan and are fighting to
Keron Valentine, new Executive Director of Hadco Phase II with Arranger Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe and John Hadad, Executive Chairman of Hadco
The BBPA Harry Jerome Awards is recognized as the most prestigious national awards gala in the African-Canadian community and a coveted symbol of achievement. This years winners receive awards in the following categories: Academics, Arts, Athletics,
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Scrunter's Pan Groove performs at Diatonic Steel Orchestra's 8th Annual Steel in Motion
San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Diatonic Steel Orchestra held its eight annual Steel in Motion, which was dedicated to calyp
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Pannist/arranger Duvone Stewart plays the pan at the International Music Night of the Tobago Jazz experience at the Pigeon Park Heritage Park on Sunday.
Tobagonian-born pannist and Duvone Stewart was literally brought to tears on Sunday evening, as
Read more…‘Windrush or Bum Rush’ by Depo
Britain, oh no, not the Motherland
So proud I was to be called an Englishman
Never imagined I’ll be labeled with such a racist slang, and treated as a member of an invading gang
‘The Windrush Generation’ - Britain, o
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Sunday May 6 from 4-7 PM: Celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month, Global Arts Project, Inc. and the Collins Park Neighborhood Association present Leon Foster Thomas, who has elevated the steel pan to a formidable jazz instrument. His q
Measures that hurt Windrush generation and led to home secretary’s demise still popular with public and politicians
Amber Rudd may have been forced to resign as home secretary but the policies behind the Windrush scandal remain.
The plight of some
