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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
Read more…1. Panache Steel Orchestra
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
Read more…Nation News - Barbados - ALEX DOWNES
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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The Chairman of the Festivals Commission, Maurice Merchant has promised the Pan Association that today it will get money owed for last year’s carnival.
The Captain of Gemonites Steel Orchestra, Jowato Henry says Merchant gave the assurance
Read more…By Jane Kwiatkowski Radlich -Buffalo News
David Peita, left, and Braden Kwasniewski perform with Carnival Kids Steel Orchestra during spring break in Key West, Fla.
At one point during this busy concert season, Lancaster's Carnival Kids Steel Orches
Read more…In one fell swoop the event elevated the past, present and future of pan in Trinidad and Tobago. More importantly, in July, people are talking seriously about Pan in Trinidad all over the world...
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Five of the world's great
Read more…Trinidad Newsday - G. Cardinez
THE Diatonic Pan Institute of Siparia represented Trinidad and Tobago at the recent Yilan International Children’s Folklore and Folkgame Festival in Taiwan.
The event was held at the Dong-Shan River Chin Shui Park and t
Read more…Trinidad Newsday - Carol Matroo
FOR THE first time, Kazakhstan will experience the sweet sound of the steelpan as four of this country’s top pannists visit that country for the Espana Trade Expo 2017.
Named the Caribbean Steel Pan Connexion (correct
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A visit to Panyard Inc., one of the Kenmore neighborhood's burgeoning music businesses, is as much a lesson in the history of steel pan drums as a look inside the Akron company.
Owner Ron Kerns is a musician
Read more…AND I’M ENJOYING THE HELL OUT OF THIS TRIFECTA.
These musicians are pouring their hearts out to diverse audiences, and yet there's a lack of professionalism in the control room. Audio is hardly sound.
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