Desmond Chase speaks on WIADCA and NY Steelband Panorama Issues
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A Touch of Class - Pan Sonatas Longevity, History and Olympic Gold Music Affair
New York, USA - While a large portion of the world was focused on the first day of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London - Brooklyn, New York was gearing up for its own ‘Olympic’ affair of the music kind. It’s “Steelband Music Time” and band launches ar
On the Road with Pantonic Steel Orchestra - New Rochelle Here We Come
On the Road with Pantonic Steel Orchestra - New Rochelle Here We Come
New Rochelle, New York, USA - The large Summer evening crowd sang, clapped, danced and rocked to the unmistakable music, sounds and rhythm of Pantonic Steel Orchestra. And when it
Read more…Junior Steelband Panorama 2012 unfolds - Grenada’s biggest-ever!
Global - While their senior compatriots flex their musical muscles in the second week of August, it will be the turn of Grenada's junior steel pan players one week earlier, when steel orchestras fielding multitudes of the country's younger steel pan
Happy Birthday to David Seales of Grenada's Angel Harps
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Grenada's David Seals of Angel Harps Steel Orchestra.
Read more…Meet Robert Cadet, Jr. - Junior Panorama Arranger for Grenada’s Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra
Global - Robert W. Cadet, Jr. better known as Junior Cadet started playing Pan at the age of 10 in New York. The first band he played for is now known as Harmony Music Makers; he then moved on to Metro and other bands. In 1997 when his father, Robert
It’s “Music Man” for Grenada’s Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra
Grenada’s Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra goes with “Music Man” for 2012 Junior National Panorama
Global - Music Man by Ajamu (pictured) is the tune of choice for Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra. For several weeks, it has been the task of arrange
Congratulations to Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra, 2012 Antigua-Barbuda Panorama Champs
Congrats to 2012 Antigua/Barbuda Panorama champs Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra and arranger Khan Cordice!
- 2nd: Halcyon Steel Orchestra
- 3rd: Harmonites Steel Orchestra
Pan Trinbago celebrates Pan Month in August
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago is celebrating Steelband Month in August. This year’s program will coincide with the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago’s Independence.
In this regard, a number of events
Read more…New Rochelle BID Presents Music on the Green 2012: with Pantonic Steel Orchestra today, August 2
NewRochelleTalk.com
New Rochelle, New York, USA - The 16-piece steelband orchestra, five-time champion of the prestigious Panorama competition, performs an astounding array of musical selections – from Caribbean to jazz, R&B, popular and rap on steel
Festival Steel Band night a bust! - no-show of bands - Tortola, BVI
Virgin Islands News Online
Tortola, British Virgin Islands - A night that was scheduled to feature several local and regional steel bands was a bust, where there were no performances by any steel bands and no announcement from the festival committee
Read more…LIME and Digicel row over sponsorship rights re: ...the newly renamed Digicel Halcyon Steel Orchestra
Antigua Observer
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - A showdown is brewing between communications giants Digicel and LIME as the latter contests Digicel’s title sponsorship of the newly renamed Digicel Halcyon Steel Orchestra.
On Monday, LIME, the title spons
Read more…Antigua & Barbuda’s 2012 National Panorama Line-up - Bands, Tunes, Arrangers
Global - It’s time once more for the annual Antigua & Barbuda National Panorama competition, and six steel orchestras will vie for the 2012 championship title on August 2 at Carnival City in St. John’s. East Vibes Steel Orchestra is expected to throw
Antigua-Barbuda's Hell’s Gate goes to 2012 Panorama with King Short Shirt's “J’Ouvert Rhythm”
Global - For Antigua & Barbuda’s 2012 Panorama season, ace musician Khan Cordice has arranged the legendary King Short Shirt’s 1987 Road March, J’Ouvert Rhythm. It is now the tune of choice for Cordice’s band Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra, in the 2012
Grenada’s 2012 National Panorama Line-up - Bands, Tunes & more
Global - The National Panorama in Grenada comes off August 11 in St. George’s, the country’s capital. Eight of the country’s most notable steel orchestras will meet once more as they match musical wits in this major annual steelband competition.
The
Read more…Happy Brithday to Mr. Scott of Sonatas Steel Orchestra
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Mr. Mac Scott of Sonatas Steel Orchestra.
Read more…BIRCH KELMAN SPEAKS
The following interview was published in the newspaper of the Committee for Labour Solidarity: HOLD THE FORT ((Vol. 3 no. 4 June 1985). This website thinks the interview is worth reproducing for its historical and cultural value.
This interview may q
NAS President Anthony Hinds speaks on NY Steelband Panorama Issues
Open letter to the Caribbean Community from Anthony “Ike” Hinds of Dem Stars Steel Orchestra and National Alliance of Steelbands (NAS)
New York, USA - ...For nearly 40 years, on the Saturday before Labor Day nearly a thousand of our family, friends
International Marimba and Steelpan Festival 2012 - South Africa
South Africa will be blown away by the marimbas and steelpans at the Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival.
It will be held at Bishop Bavin School in Bedfordview, Gauteng on 4 and 5 August 2012.
Be prepared for over 1 000 marimba
WIADCA Speaks - The True Situation On Panorama: Setting the Record Straight
By Thomas Bailey, President, West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) - NY Carib News
In recent months there has been a lot of criticism heaped upon the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA). Some of that criticism has
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