Tribute To Women In Pan
Steelband pioneer, Curtis Pierre, 70, said:
“Girl Pat was the female version of Invaders. It was around the time when the college boys were forming Di
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Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form
Tribute To Women In Pan
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One could say women contribute literacy
To the whole evolution in pan
Like the case of our women conductors
And adjudicators, dey continue to
Virginia, USA - Members of a rhythm ensemble at the York County School of the Arts aren't marching but they are moving to the beat of a unique drum — the steel drum.
Every Monday afternoon the
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Global: The Trinidad and Tobago large band Panorama category is the most prestigious (rightfully so), respected, and accomplished steel orchestra assemblage in all the world. Their panorama music masterpieces are nothing short of remarkable; moreove
Read more…Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago: Attendance was high on Saturday morning when the National Carnival Commission (NCC) hosted its Carnival Stakeholders Consultation—“Crystallising the Role of the NCC”—at the UTT Auditorium, National Academy for the
Read more…Released in 1981 on the Charisma label, The Desperadoes, known throughout the world simply as the grey album, is considered the finest steelpan music recording ever by many. The impact of this release is still influencing steel orchestras all over th
Read more…Let me fill in the missing pieces and some clarification of Sundowners.
The original Sundowners was captained by Selwyn Dayal and I was the music arranger. The address was at Purcell Street in a garage which belonged to Selwyn's famil
Carnival TV - Meeting the Challenge of presenting Caribbean Entertainment and Events to the World
After years of unprofessionalism, bad products and lame excuses - Carnival TV stepped in and showed it could be done. In an exclusive interview the dir
by Dalton Narine
Global - I met Pete many, many nightmares ago at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in New York City. He’d left his legs in a booby trap in Vietnam. So they doped him up to alleviate chronic pain. When doctors stopped the meds
A message from Jacqueline Sealey
LAUNCH of CARIBnet!! NEW INITIATIVE FOR THE LIVE INTERACTION OF PANNISTS, from Northern Illinois University (NIU), The University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT), and, the UK at the Headquarters of JANET, at Didcot in Oxf
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Success Stars Pan Sounds of Laventille has been invited back to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for more performances, after leaving patrons speechless when they performed at Centennial Olympic Park last
Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - National Panorama 2013 winner (Large Band) Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove will travel to Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, in November as part of its first prize winnings.
This announcement was m
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago, in celebrating its 50th anniversary, paid tribute to some of Trinidad and Tobago’s outstanding arrangers, tuners and steel bands in a gala awards ceremony at Cascadia Hotel, St Ann’
Trinidad Express Newspapers
As usual, I attended the Panorama semi-finals and year after year I am shocked at the police brutality.
Unnecessary situations of violence haunt and mar our festivities for innocent supporters.
Every year supporters
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He is one of the most dynamic talents out of the Caribbean. Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, Leon “Foster” Thomas has already left an indelible mark in the music arena as a performer, recording artist and songwriter. Today, When Steel Talks (WST) ha
In a letter to When Steel Talks -
After again witnessing an almost complete domination by the DJ trucks, veteran and champion arranger for Trinidad and Tobago's Exodus Steel Orchestra asked this question , "Where is the Pan in Carnival?"
Pelham said,
Read more…The Trinidad Guardian
It’s wrong and unethical
Contrary to popular belief—and, apparently, the belief of Carnival special interest groups—photographers don’t make a lot of money from covering Carnival. This year, Carnival stakeholders—the Nation
Read more…by Dalton Narine
Global - If, as DJs have circulated, Carnival 2013 was regaled by some 4,000 festival songs, then the dream of the whole lot has been Sapna, a bit of cross-genre music in which our culture is courted by a love story and treated with
