Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A decision by the National Carnival Bands Association’s (NCBA) judges to deduct points from a reported 25 large bands for failing to start at their first judging point in Woodbrook, is threatening
Global - Journalist, steelpan historian and film director Dalton Narine pens an open letter to birdsong steel orchestra arranger Andy Narell (right), proffering his frank sentiments regarding Narell’s 2014 arrangement of We Kinda Mus
Machel Mantano says power soca is on a down turn and that there are just so many ways you can say the same thing. With the greater international appeal for groovy soca, do think panorama steel orchestras can now go back to playing the popular tunes o
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Band Leader Lionel Jagessar protest police disturbance of carnival presentation
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As Carnival celebrations continued into Tuesday night, with revellers trying to enjoy the last hours of celebrations on the streets, thousands left the city dejectedly as the music was brought to sudden end at 10 pm. Some pan lovers
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Pan enthusiast and marketing specialist Dennis Ramdeen said: “Pan on the Avenue on Carnival Monday night was painful for me. Steel orchestras spend so much time on eight minutes of music that they can't learn another s
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Global - The Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble has been invited by the China Performing Arts Agency to participate in the Meet in Beijing Arts Festival 2014 from May 1 to 3.
The Festival, which began in 2000, has established itself as an In
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Global - Seen that, done that, heard that... Indeed the name ‘Raffique Shah’ resonates loudly within and around all, aspects of Trinidad and Tobago life, culture and history... Mr. Shah brings a special knowledge-base to the subject of the steelpan
Panist and band leader Leeandro Panist Noray states
Read more…I think this year had the most bands on the road for carnival Monday and that great BUT I'M PISSED about the fact that The music trucks keep blasting there music even when they pass a steelband judg
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - After the semi-finals of the 2014 National Panorama competition two weeks ago, arranger for then top placed band Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars, Leon “Smooth” Edwards, proclaimed there were four
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelbands will have two events in which to display their musical skills come Carnival Monday evening. One is the second edition of the Groovy Soca Steelband Competition in all Pan Trinbago Regions and the other, Health & Fi
Read more…Congratulations to all the 2014 Panorama Participants and Pan Trinbago on producing another panorama season.
Read more…Congratulations to the Panorama 2014 champions - Phase II (large category) and Pan Elders (medium category)...
Comment by WST Member Dougal Williams
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, without blank screens, without video but no audio, without o
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
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, Small Steel Orchestra champion - Pan Jammers & San Juan East Side Symphony - Single Pan #Panorama2014 Champions
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Read more…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
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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
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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
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