Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Uptown Fascinators from sister isle Tobago got the job done. They set out to retain their title won in 2020 and did just that. Returning with arranger Ojay Richards, performing the classic soca “Dollar” (aka Dollar Wine),
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C&B Crown Point Cordaans players enjoy their performance at last Saturday's Panorama small conventional band semis at Victoria Square, Port of SpainTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - C&B Crown Cordaans are eyeing their first Pano
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South East Port-of-Spain Secondary School Steel Orchestra members perform Out and Bad, by Voice, in the preliminaries of Junior Panorama at the Silver Stars Panyard on Tragarete Road, Port-of-SpainTrinidad & Tobago, W.I.
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Seven bands representing the South/Central Region have registered and are expected to appear before judges in respective pan yards/ communities in the medium conventional steel orchestra category of the 2023 Trinidad & Toba
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Farewell Pan Trinbago Mother – ‘Miss Ellen’ (Ellen Bascombe)
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Andre Moses
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Pleasantville Secondary aka Pleasantville Pan Jammers performing at the National schools Panorama, Secondary schools prelims judging at Fonclaire Steel Orchestra panyard on Dottin Street in San Fernando. The band played ‘S
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Sixteen finalists take to the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in the small steel orchestra category of the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. They have drawn their playing positions and face-off in
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Overcast skies and periodic rain did not put a damper or a stop to the performances of small steel orchestras during the January 7 semi-finals in the Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023. The first notes in the competi
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Approximately 5 million dollars [circa USD $737,000.00] has been approved by cabinet to support un-sponsored steelbands for Carnival 2023 and the payment of 5 hundred dollars to each steel pan player for Panorama
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A tune written and sung by soca star Aaron “Voice” St. Louis called ‘Long Live Soca’ has emerged as the front-runner for tune of choice in Trinidad and Tobago’s 2023 National Panorama season.
....Antillean All Stars with
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirty small steel orchestras qualified for the semi-finals after panyard judging in December 2022, and they have now drawn their playing positions for that next stage of competition on Saturday January 7, 2023 beginning 4
Read more…Taitt, left, ushered in the rock-steady era by arranging and playing on two of its earliest recordings
The Trinidadian guitarist "Lyn" Taitt, who has died of cancer aged 75, was one of the most important contributors to the rock-steady style that ru
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -- The official list of Prizes for competing bands in the 2023 Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama provides the cash amounts to be won in the individual categories of the competition this season. Champion steel orchestras
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| Pele with Mom and Dad |
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| Pele and Mom |
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| Pele and Dad |
Pele’s mom (Celeste Arantes) is still alive. In 2022 she celebrated her 100th birthday. Pele's dad passed away in 1996 in Santos
The Meyer Levin Advanced Steel BandNew York, USA - The Eruption Steel Orchestra, Inc. presented “Deck The Halls” - its first annual concert, on Saturday December 17, 2022. There were several performances, including those from Meyer Levin steelbands
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Dr. Leroy Calliste fondly known as Black Stalin, passed today 28th December, 2022
1st Annual Concert - “Deck The Halls”
New York, USA - Under the musical direction of educator and arranger Damany “BoB” James - Eruption Steel Orchestra presented “Deck the Halls,” a Christmas-themed showcase for the school’s student steel orchestr
