Andre Greenidge, David “Peck” Edwards - Winning Arrangers
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - It was double the joy early Sunday morning when defending champs New Dimension Steel Orchestra and challengers Commancheros Steel Orchestra were named joint winne
Trinidad and Tobago Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Chutney/Soca Music has not been fully exploited on the national instrument, the steelpan, in comparison to Calypso/Soca.
This will change with the celebration of Pan Month in August when the P
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan! Our Music Odyssey, a docudrama about the steelpan, will have its world premiere when it opens the ninth edition of the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) on Tuesday September 16.
The film,
Read more…Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Arts and culture are alive within the Laventille community with many cultural groups and organisations actively recruiting youth in the area to participate in cultural activities which they say ca
| Position - Points | Name of Band | Tune of Choice | Arrangers |
| 1st - 277 | Commancheros Steel Orchestra | Soca Feeling | Andre Greenidge |
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London Evening Standard -- Ishmahil Blagrove Jr
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When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Keith Marcelle - former chairman of USSA.
Global - Meet Marc Brooks: Brooklyn native, panist, arranger, educator and performing artist... Creative, inquisitive, thoughtful, gifted and growing - Marc is a natural. He is a ‘sponge’ whose musical horizon is expanding by the moment.
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Success Stars Pan Sounds Steel Orchestra recently released its new fund-raising CD titled Legacy of Excellence.
The 11-track album, a Pan In Education fund-raising initiative, contains composition
Read more…| New York-area steel orchestras raise the musical bar with Sonatas setting the pace
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New York, USA - - Ok. No more kid gloves. It’s August in Brooklyn, New York. Basketball is over, the World Cup is over, it’s too early for football and the Yankee |
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Zavid Seales of Angel Harps Grenada
Read more…Grenada Now - by Linda Straker
Carnival stakeholders have openly expressed their disappointment with the arrangement for major events of Grenada’s 2014 Carnival, which officially began on Saturday with the Children’s Carnival Frolic taking place at t
Read more…Grenada Junior Pan Competition
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Song
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Arranger
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Republic Bank Angel Harps Steel Orchestra
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Sound of Pan
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Killa B
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Andre Skeete
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Coyaba New Dimension Steel Orchestra
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White Flag
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Ajamu
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Cordell Byam
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Congratulations to Pan Fantasy the 1st place winners of #Pan Alive 2014
Third time’s the charm
for arranger Dayne “Wadeka” Gomes
St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - With tears of joy flowing down the faces of grown men, Ebonites Steel Orchestra players both young and old gleefully danced on the stage in exhilaration as
THE EBONITES STEEL ORCHESTRA was formed in the lower Ottos area in the year 1974. For a couple of months, the band went without a real name. The first was Triolions, but a few of the members were not happy with it. First captain, Mr. Melvin Parks, ca
Out of a need to develop a steel band in Greenbay - the most densely, youth-populated village on the island - WEST SIDE SYMPHONY STEEL ORCHESTRA was born. This memorable occasion took place, April 14th, 1995, on an ABS TV programme hosted by Dr. Jacq
Harmonites International Steel Orchestra, known as Antigua & Barbuda’s musical ambassadors began as Jr. Hell’s Gate. It’s first captain was Rupert ‘Teela’ Parker. It is an unusual band with a wide repertoire, and has a reputation for being a pacesett
