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Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panmen who were not paid their stipend for their appearance in the 2017 Panorama competition should be paid by the end of this month says National Carnival Commission (NCC) Chairman Kenny De Silva
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The Musical Director of the steel band that won the 2017 Panorama competition feels that while the steel pan art form is flourishing, it will not survive without the money that it needs.
Khan Cordice di
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Antigua's 2017 Panorama Champions - Hells Gate.
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St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Panache Steel Orchestra, first-time entrant in Antigua & Barbuda’s National Panorama competition in 2017, was apparently left stranded. With no means of transporting their racks and instruments to the competitio
Read more…Time: August 3, 2017 from 6pm to 7pm
Location: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Party Monarch Competition
Panorama 2017 Antigua & Barbuda -- Part 2
Panorama 2017 Antigua & Barbuda -- Part 1
Jr. Calypso Monarch
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Twenty-three year old Aviel Scanterbury is considered by some to be a musical prodigy with a stri
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2.Harmonites Steel Orchestra
3.Halcyon Steel Orchestra
4.Westside Symphony Steel Orchestra
5.Original Steel Orchestra
6.Gemonites Steel Orchestra
7.Ebonites Steel Orchestra
8.East Vibes Steel Orchestra
9.Hells Gate Stee
by Frank Philip
After hearing the National Steel Symphony Orchestra play ‘Ashley’ by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, I went to the internet to see if there were any other versions. The four that were available were all very good but none achieved the virtuosi
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The intermediate group performing reggae medley. (Picture by Alex Downes.)
EVEN WITH THE National Cultural Foundation (NCF) pouring its resources into CARIFESTA, there was still space for the yearly Youth Pan Pro
Read more…By Michelle Loubon Trinidad Express
BOOSTING OUR NATIONAL INSTRUMENT: Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon, second right, speaks with Khafra Kambon, from left, chairman Emancipation Support Committee Trinidad and Tobago (ESTT), Dr Mohamed
Read more…Bmobile brand ambassador Brian Lara, left, and UN Secretary-General Special representative and head of the UN office for West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohamed Chambas, Minister of Trade and Industry Paula
Randy Glasgow Productions’ (RGP) chief cook and bottle washer believes that mega international summer concerts are a thing of the past. He said: “I would say yes, they are dead right now. The main problem facing promoters is obtaining foreign cur
A most powerful result emerged out of the sonorous, multi-talented, Big Five steel band musical of the last weekend. The performances created the space for a few of the gr
Read more…JOAN RAMPERSAD Saturday, July 29 2017 |
CONFETTI rained on the crowd at the end of the International Steelband Foundation’s (ISF) Big 5 concert featuring the five bands that have won the National Panorama title over the years. The event took place
Read more…Written by Jason Walker
Steel Pan or steel drums were created in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s. The Steel Pan is a unique form of musical expression, but the origin of steel pan started centuries before in Africa.
ST. THOMAS — Two videos are circulating in the territory showing children peacefully playing steelpan in a Weslyan church in Contant Thursday evening, when suddenly the loud sound of gunshots rattle the kids, sending them — as well as adults in the b
Read more…In recognition of the outstanding contribution to the development of the steelpan movement in Antigua and Barbuda, the Antigua & Barbuda Festivals Commission and the Antigua & Barbuda Pan Association have tagged the 2017 edition of the National Panor
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