By COREY CONNELLY - Newsday - Sunday, January 17 2016
Ten-time National Panorama champions Desperadoes Steel Orchestra will return to its treasured headquarters at Upper Laventille Road, Laventille — permanently — long before Carnival 2017.
For mana
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Jouvert pan has been gone, what - how long?
Since 2003, when Starlift danced past a bonafide Bomb competition in tribute to Highlanders’ guru and acclaimed innovator Bertie Marshall - the contest held within
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama 2016 kicked off on January 8th at the Queens Park Savannah. This signaled the real start of the Carnival in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. As always, all Carnival lovers know that the barrels must rumble to si
By COREY CONNELLY Sunday, January 17 2016 -- Newsday
When Jit Samaroo began to forget the notes of the tunes he arranged for BP Renegades, a steelband he had led to nine National Panorama victories, the players and members of his family became deeply
Read more…GARY CARDINEZ Sunday, January 17 2016 - Newsday
The National Panorama competition for conventional steel orchestras got going at Arima Velodrome, Hollis Avenue, Arima on Friday evening and pan music lovers got a treat. The small and medium bands had
Read more…Tribute delivered by Rev Daniel Teelucksingh at the funeral service for Dr Jit Samaroo at the Armalaya Presbyterian Church—January 9, 2016
The hills of Laventille missed the late panman Rudolph Charles and asked through David Rudder’s song:
“Where th
Steel band featured in Pan
Pan! Our Music Odyssey is the title of a documentary that explores the magic and mystery behind the steel drum, also known as pan. The episode airs on Monday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT on World Channel.
The
Read more…Fete promoter Randy Glasgow is calling on the Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Organisation (TTCO), to inform party organisers of the artistes they represent, so as to give them clarity when applying for copyright licences.
Glasgow tells LoopTT that the
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Visitor guides will be on hand to offer assistance to locals and visitors for the 2016 Carnival period.
The Tourism Ministry has confirmed that some 25 uniformed visitor guides will be strategically stationed along the streets of the capital city fr
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Angostura is paying homage to the national Instrument and elements of Panorama during the Carnival Season with their limited edition White Oak Panorama 2016 sleeves.
“We felt that the country’s most popular rum should depict the excitemen
Read more…by Laura Dowrich-Phillips - Loop magazine
The Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts is making moves to hire an expert to start the assessment this year.
Speaking to Looptt today, Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly. Minister of Community Developmen
Read more…It appears as if everyone enjoys bashing today’s young people and their music. But so-called art forms are not abstract inventions
imposed on history. Rather they are carried in the vital living of community…and the engulfing violence.
So let us att
Directed by: Cowin Thorpe
Filmed By: Gabriel T.I Nagee
Executive Producer: Akil Borneo
Director of Photography: Melvern Isaac
Editor & Colorist: Cowin Thorpe
Behind The Scene & Grip: Melvern Isaac
Play back & Lighting: Ikenna Douglas
Makeup Artiste: Lise
by Laura Dowrich-Phillips -- LOOP Magazine
Improved lighting, more security and extra parking are some of the improvements that have been made to the North Greens for this year’s Panorama semi-finals.
The improvements came in response to complaints
Read more…Results - Single Pan Bands - PRELIMINARIES |
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| Place | Score | Single Pan Bands | Arrangers | Tunes of Choice | Tuners |
| 1 | 265 | San Juan East Side Symphony | Duvone Stewart | No, No We Eh Going Home | Herman Guppy Brown |
| 2 | 262 | Trinidad East Side Symphony | Carlon Harewo | ||
One of the country's three copyright organisations, the T-T-C-O is threatening a showdown with promoters. The organisation plans to take legal action or disrupt events if promoters fail to comply.
But one promoter responds by challenging the organisat
“Bowie is watching you” — posters for the David Bowie exhibit at the V&A. Photo by Sarah Stierch, CC 2.0.
The Caribbean, like much of the rest of the world, woke up to the news that musician David Bowie — that t
By Raffique Shah -- Trinidad and Tobago News Blog
“I don’t know who Jit Samaroo was, but listening to others speak, he must have been a great man…my condolences to his family.”
That was a caller from Princes Town to TV6’s Morning Edition’s host Hayde
Read more…BY: Laura Dowrich-P... Loop
The Socadrome will continue to feature as part of the Carnival Monday and Tuesday parade in Port-of-Spain.
However, the bands that utilise the facility may still cross the Queen’s Park Savannah stage on those days.
Kenny D
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“Jit Samaroo was the consummate musician. He created a lasting body of wonderful music for the steel orchestra but his humility, his quiet strength, his willingness to share his knowledge and wealth of experience, left a blueprint for musical life...
