Loop News by Laura Dowrich-Phillips--
Tomorrow, 40 bards will take the stage at Skinner Park to compete for a place in the National Calypso Monarch finals on Carnival Saturday.
The singers will face what the ultimate “acid test” as Skinner
The following is the order of appearance”
1. Ife Alleyne;
2. Steve ‘Ras Kommanda’ Pascall;
3. Duane O’Connor;
4. Sean ‘The Psalmist’ Daniel;
5. Tameka Darius;
6. Karen Eccles;
7. Selvon ‘Mistah Shak’ Noel;
8. Myron ‘The Incredible Myron B’ Bruce;
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One thing is for certain this year at the 2016 Panorama Finals in Trinidad and Tobago; after Skiffle performs the structural
Read more…The Guardian - Belize
The Lifeline Foundation today handed over $42,600 in donations to boost the efforts of several institutions working for the benefit of Belize’s Children. The grants were made possible through funds raised through the Lebanese Ni
Read more…AFTER struggling for years moving from panyard to panyard, defending Junior Panorama Champions St Francois Girls’ College has marked a milestone in their pan history finally having their own space to play, outfitted with their own instruments. Yester
Read more…By: BPTT, Press Release
The 9 time Panorama champions BPTT Renegades, has yet again made it to the Finals of the National Panorama Competition. With arrangement by Duvone Stewart, The Renegades are performing the beautifully melodic song, “Music Ins
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Pan semis are long gone, but the debate as to whether or not the Greens may become a thing of the past is still being argued by many.
The usual swarm of patrons failed to turn up, leaving the aisles throughout the extended Savannah area relat
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Panorama is much more than a music competition. It is a phenomenon that mirrors life experiences and values. You can experience exhilarating joy, to cold numbing pain, heartbreak and disillusion - all in one season - for an eight-minute performance.
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The State will pay out $2.9 million in financial assistance to more than 180 unsponsored steel-bands across the country – including the Samaroo Jets started by the late pan icon Jit Samaroo – acco
Read more…Despers were by far the best playing big band on the day. They did the Hill proud in a dark time. It was a finals type performance in sophistication and intensity. Mesmeric on a night when the small and medium size bands on the whole play
Loop News
The North Stand seems to have regained its pride of place as THE party spot at Panorama semi-finals.
The crowd this year was smaller than years past thanks in part to the increased $400 ticket price and strict restrictions on the number
An active steelplan player in his native Trinidad & Tobago, Dr. Lennox Borel assumed that life was behind him when he arrived in Canada in 1960 to pursue post-secondary studies at the University of Toronto.
He was so wrong.
Just as the
Read more…By Melissa Doughty Newsday
From as early as 8.30am the sounds of pan wafted through the City of Port-of-Spain. A line of small conventional bands lined what is commonly referred to as The Drag; awaiting their turn in the 2016 National Panorama semi-fi
Read more…by Kalifa Clyne - Trinidad Guardian
Minister of Arts, Culture and Community Development Nyan Gadsby-Dolly says T&T is looking to South America as a potential market for steelpan and steelpan services.
Gadsby-Dolly said this during an interview yester
Read more…The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) yesterday said that the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Ministry of Education has been dragging its feet on a probe into the alleged misuse by its staff of state-owned steel pans.
In a state
Read more…There have been a number of complaints over the years from various groups and, although Pan Trinbago tried to address these issues with improvements to the Greens, several party brands bowed out of pan semis. This led to speculation about how much of
‘Afropop’ television SERIES BEATS THE DRUM FOR ‘PAN’
Episode two of the documentary series is ‘Pan! Our Music Odyssey’,
an exploration of the magic and mystery behind the steel drum, or pan
Premieres on WORLD Channel on Monday, January 25
NEW YORK (
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Phase II Pan Groove leads the pack going into the last night of competition in the finals, carded for Saturday February 6th at th
Read more…Narrell's discussions on pan are always interesting. (See Andy Narell His Music & Steelband Panorama)
For example, when he says "we have done, perhaps 1% of what we can with the steelband", and I respond "WHAT"? I then remind myself tha
Breaking Belize News -- January 23, 2016
By Aaron Humes: Representatives of Pandemonium Steel Band traveled to Trinidad and Tobago today to take part in the largest gathering of steelpan bands in the world, known as “Panorama”.
Steel pan music has g
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