USSA General Meeting
The executive board of USSA invites the pan fraternity to a meeting at Sesame Flyers offices at 3508 Church Ave at 7.30pm on Monday 18th December
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President
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Notice to all Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Members
NOTICE OF MEETING
TO ALL MEMBERS
Notice is hereby given that a Meeting will be held on Sunday 17th December, 2017 at our new rehearsal venue situated at Nos. 2-4 Victoria Avenue, Port of Spain, beginning at 10:00am.
Respectfully yours, Desperadoes
Binghamton Steel Drum Band has taught students Caribbean music for 18 years
PressConnects
A couple years after Joel Smales heard Ithaca College's Steel Band,he bought a steel pan of his own to play along with Binghamton High School's Jazz Ensemble.
"Everybody loved it," said Smales, a music teacher at the school. "I got some
Read more…Luckystickz is more than just ‘that steel pan guy’
The Hamilton Spectator
Ontario, Canada - Dejehan Hamilton broke new ground five years ago by becoming one of the first students at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music to claim the steel pan as his principal instrument.
Now, Hamilton — born
Read more…Despers moves house again
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Members of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra on location at the old Government Printery site at Tragarete Road, Port of Spain, yesterday.
GARY CARDINEZ
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is on the move again. On Monday members of the s
Read more…Sound theories
reviews a book by musician and political activist David Randall that looks at the role music can play in making social change.
December 6, 2017
Steel pan musicians march in Port of Spain, Trinidad
IN SOUND System: The Political Power
Pan back in the dance
Trinidad Newsday
...This all-inclusive fete is scheduled for the Government Campus Plaza on Richmond Street in Port of Spain on February 4, and will feature pan music in a big way. That aspect of Carnival had died over the years with pan music being
Read more…History - Looking back at the year 2017 in Pan
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A royal with rhythm! Queen Maxima shows off her musical side as she plays the steel pans during her Caribbean tour with King Willem-Alexander
By MARTHA CLIFF FOR MAILONLINE
Queen Maxima showcased her musical talents as she took part in a steel pan workshop shelters at the Festival Center, Sint Maarten
She is well-known for her enthusiastic approach to her engagements so it was no surpri
Read more…Herman Guppy “Brown” remembered
photo provided by Herman Guppy "Brown" Jr.
Herman Guppy “Brown”
Herman Guppy “Brown” - Master Steelpan Tuner - born 30th November 1948 - died Thursday December 3rd 2015
Herman Guppy “Brown” is considered as one of the world's exceptional s
Role of the Pan Yard -- Pan Trinbago Speaks
Over the years, I have heard a number of pseudo intellectuals and charlatans pontificate about Steel bands and the business of pan. People who have never organized a running race or even played hoop or hopscotch in their lives, who hardly had boy day
Read more…Christmas Pan Lime at Pan In D Rosa
It’s has been touted as the most wonderful time of the year and the seventh edition of “Pan In D Rosa” is testimony to the adage.
The annual Christmas activity takes place at Lime Blvd, Santa Rosa Heights, Arima, on Saturday December 02 from 6:00
Read more…T&T Panorama Boycott of 1979 - The How, What, Who and Why?
Read more…1979 -- In a unanimous decision, 300 individuals from 80 member steelbands of Pan Trinbago, vote to boycott the Panorama competition, in protest of the low and inadequate appearance fees they had been receiving for years. -- George D. Goddard Jr.
1.4 Million Views Raptors HIP HOP & SOCA Half Time Show - OVO Night I Machel Montano
On Raptors OVO Night March 16h 2017 these Dancers brought down the house with an Incredible set of Hip Hop and Soca featuring MORE LIFE new hit single FAKE LOVE, followed by OVO Sound artist Majid Jordan, Iconic Hotline Bling and topped it off to a
Read more…CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL CONFERENCE 2018 : "SUSTAINABLE CULTURE TOURISM THROUGH CARNIVAL AS A REGIONAL PRODUCT"
The Caribbean Carnival Conference 2018 seeks to develop a platform for dialogue and to share best practises among the national Carnival and festival stakeholders. This would provide an opportunity for the various actors to learn from each other and f
Ayana soars
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On Thursday, November 9, at just 24 years, Ayana Shallima Garcia, the youngest in her class, Ayana graduated with her Master of Arts in Carnival Studies Degree. Definitely neither nerd or bookworm
Read more…Caribbean calypso quells Christmas shopping blues in Portsmouth
Pan Parade Steel Band entertaining shoppers in Commercial Road, Portsmouth. Picture: Keith Woodland PPP-171119-160221006
A GROUP of youngsters brought a touch of Caribbean sunshine to drab, November Portsmouth, in a bid to raise cash.
The Pan Parad
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