The Washington Post
Washington, D.C., USA - ....“I completely separate the pan sound, because I want just the content of what I play to stand out,” he explains. “I’m never comfortable when people say, ‘Man, that’s crazy for a steel pan.’ For me, the
Multiple reports of members of the Pan Trinbago Executive resigning to join the growing Pan Players movement in Trinidad and Tobago has the Pan world buzzing this morning.
Read more…Newsday
PANMEN who went to the bank yesterday attempting to cash cheques individually valued at $1,000, left empty-handed and singing a sour tune, after the cheques ‘bounced’ with bank officials saying there was no money to pay them.
This was confir
Guyana Information Agency
Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. - Over the last five years, there has been a boost in the appreciation and participation in steel pan music. A committed investment has been made on a yearly basis for the provision of three steel
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In light of the fact that the President of Pan Trinbago, Inc. — Mr. Keith Diaz has had a medical emergency today [January 5, 2017] at around 1:30 p.m. and had to be rushed to a medical facility, certain transactions critical
Newsday
Concerns arose that pannists had not been paid, against a backdrop of Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly saying the allocation had been sent to Pan Trinbago, against claims that Pan Trinbago is $30 million in debt and concerns about Pan Tr
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pamberi Steel Orchestra is a steelband located in the San Juan community of east Trinidad where the majority of the members were born and reside. Last year, 2016, there were National Champions emerging from within our commun
Received from one Tobago Steelband, on behalf of other bands on the sister isle:
Subject: Emergency meeting---Did not take in consideration for Tobago bands to attend!!!!!
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Many Bands from Tobago cannot make it to that said meeting (emer
Read more…Panmen staged a peaceful protest outside the head office Pan Trinbago yesterday demanding the immediate resignation of its president Keith Diaz and the entire executive.
The protest was mounted in the wake of the non-payment of monies to panmen for P
Read more…The Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia, USA - African-American performance groups who showed in the Mummers Parade on Sunday, said they were glad to be apart of the Mummers’ ongoing effort to diversify.
The Mummers parade has historically been chast
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On the national television program ME (Morning Edition), Trinidad and Tobago National Carnival Commission (NCC) Chairman Kenneth De Silva, in responding to ME host Fazeer Mohammed, declared that if the embattled Pan Trinbago
The product must not be compromised. National Carnival Commission Chairman, Kenny De Silva says, no matter what’s happening with Pantrinbago, the show will go on as planned. NCC owes Pan Trinbago no money for 2016. They have been paid in full. Money
Read more…Ace panist, arranger Stewart Speaks on Panorama Crisis
Duvone Stewart -- Facebook -- I was not vocal in anyway concerning the
PAN TRINBAGO, NCC & The GOVERNMENT situation
But what i am seeing now & i am very sorry to say PAN IS IN real DANGER
I hav
Trinidad Newsday -- ANGELO M MARCELLE
On the heels of Pan Trinbago’s membership calling for a boycott of Panorama this year due to non payment of performance money for the 2016 Carnival season, another organisation has found itself in somewhat of a s
Read more…BY: Laura Dowrich-Phillips
If Panorama 2017 comes off, patrons to the Greens can expect a smaller venue.
Richard Forteau, Secretary of Pan Trinbago, told Loop the Greens will return but it will be back to its original size.
Last year, the Greens was
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan players say they intend to take to the streets tomorrow to show their dissatisfaction with pan’s governing body, Pan Trinbago.
From noon, the players are expected to head to Pan Trinbago’s office at Par
Read more…Trinidad Guardian
Panmen are expected to stage a placard demonstration outside Pan Trinbago office on Park Street, Port-of-Spain, tomorrow, demanding the immediate resignation president Keith Diaz and his entire executive.
And for the 2017 Carnival s
Read more…In Memoriam: For all the contributions you have made to our Performing Arts and Cultural Landscape...
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I called Weedie Braimah at the beginning of the year just to talk to a friendly voice about the direction of my passion project, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. I remember the conversation like it was yesterday:
Weedie: What you should do is get me, Rob
