Ridiculous that in this high-tech day and age, so many people outside of T&T, crossing their fingers hoping to see and hear panorama without glitches, or blank screens, or video but no audio

Comment by WST Member Dougal Williams

San Juan East Side Symphony and Pan Jammers in 1st Place - It’s A Tie! -- Results

Single Pan Band Finals - RESULTS

Global - There was joy in both camps, with the happy result for defending Single Pan Band champs San Juan East Side Symphony playing “Fantastic Friday,” and Pan Jammers, also champions. San Juan East Side performed o

Supernovas Steel Orchestra dethrones Arima Golden Symphony Controversy for runner-up Siparia Deltones:

Small Steel Orchestra Finals - RESULTS

Global - Playing Amrit Samaroo’s arrangement of De Fosto’s “In De Minor” turned into a ‘major’ success for Supernovas Steel Orchestra based in East Trinidad. The orchestra led the pack through the preliminaries

Congratulations to Supernovas - Pan Jammers & San Juan East Side Symphony - Panorama 2014 Champions

Congratulations to Supernovas, Small Steel Orchestra champion - Pan Jammers & San Juan East Side Symphony - Single Pan #Panorama2014 Champions

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Comments on the 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Panorama Results

Results!  Results!  Results!

Steelband Music Panorama Info & Results of Trinidad and Tobago

Tobago Panorama Results - Tobago House of Assembly (THA) 2014 Panorama

2014 Junior National Panorama Results  - Renegades Youth, QRC/Providence, St. Paul’s

Mayaro schools top southeast pan festival

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Mayaro Government Primary and Mayaro Secondary Schools won the primary and secondary category, respectively, in the recently concluded southeast pan festival. The competition which took place last

No Spanking in the Minor

by Sandra L. Blood

A When Steel Talks Exclusive

Trinidad and Tobago - With media reports of murders exceeding “seventy” in forty-seven days to the date of February 18th 2014, the nation continues to receive a perplexing spanking from the minor/crim

Ray Holman, Arranger for the Skiffle, Speaks On Their 2014 Panorama Collaboration - WST Exclusive

An exclusive interview with the master arranger Ray Holman

Global -  Now in his second consecutive year with the steel orchestra know as Skiffle, master arranger Ray Holman shares his thoughts and wisdom with When Steel Talks in an exclusive intervie

Triumph for Renegades Youth, QRC/Providence and St. Paul’s Boys A.C. Steel Orchestras - 2014 Junior National Panorama Results

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  In the end there could be, only three. Winners, that is - out of the thirty steel orchestras in three categories (Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Non-Schools), which played their hearts out for judges in the 2014 ed

Happy Birthday to Dr. Jit Samaroo

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to Master arranger Jit Samaroo

The Skiffle enters Panorama finals without sponsorship

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - For the first time in 38 years, the Skiffle steelband will be entering the Panorama finals without a sponsor.

Skiffle, one of two San Fernando bands in the large band category, placed eighth in la

Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2014: Single and Small Band Finals - Appearance Order

When the Petrotrin Single and Small Band Finals get on the way at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Thursday 27^th February, defending Single Pan Champion San Juan East Side Symphony will lead the charge in the musical battle.

Under the baton of arrang

Panicle set to boost steelband

Trinidad Guardian

NGO to hold town hall meeting on March 7

Panicle Ltd, an NGO aimed at providing support systems for the steelbands of T&T and their membership, will host its George “Sonny” Goddard Inaugural Steelband Town Hall Meeting on March 7, f

Works of WST Forum Member featured in NY Daily News

Black History Month: New York celebrates African-American culture and heritage with an abundance of 2014 events

Info:To read Goddard’s “Singing Drum” Black History post and discussion, visit http://bit.ly/SingingDrum.

Read more: http://www.nydailyne

The great Ella Andall Now Reported Alive

UPDATE:

Updated information on i95.5fm heard in (at the time) a “live” telephone interview (circa 7:45 EST) with Mr. Hinkson in England, brother-in-law of Ella Andall, refutes news of Ms. Andall’s passing. Mr. Hinkson says that rather, Ella Andall tr

Liam Teague, Arranger for Silver Stars Steel Orchestra, Speaks On Their 2014 Panorama Collaboration

Global - Panorama arranger Liam Teague gives a special insight into the journey as he leads Silver Stars Steel Orchestra into the finals of the prestigious Trinidad and Tobago 2014 Panorama music competition. Recognized as a child prodigy, Teague ha

Drummer ditches Starlift

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A member of the White Oak Starlift Steel Orchestra is claiming the band did not make it into the Panorama finals because they were set-up by their drummer last Sunday at the semi-finals.

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First Person: Lorna Green, founder/executive director, Cultural Academy for Excellence

WashingtonPost.com

Interview by Lystra Lashley

My daughter, Malika, played a significant role in my decision to establish the Cultural Academy for Excellence, an arts-in-education program. At age 6, Malika started piano lessons and loved it until sh

Pan Trinbago looking at bigger Greens

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - President of Pan Trinbago Keith Diaz says the organisation may need to create a bigger space for the Greens section for the 2015 Panorama semifinals event. He said that after announcing that this y

“Mighty Sparrow” will be awarded the Order of T&T.