Antigua, St. John's - Weeks ahead of Carnival 2012 activities, LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra has threatened to withdraw from the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) over ignored concerns about a first place title it shares with the Hadeed G
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Barbados - Nation News
Composer, arranger and steel PAN virtuoso Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is one of the headliners in an all-star band that will pay tribute in jazz to great music from the Caribbean in the CIBC FirstCaribbean Sugar Isle Jazz Festival.
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Read more…OPPOSITION MP Donna Cox has said only one school was app
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When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to arranger, composer and panist Andre White.
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Mr. Beresford Hunte of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra.
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Take a bow folks. You are the most knowledgeable and engaged steelpan music fans anywhere. Over the this past weekend the Trinidad and Tobago Folk Art Society presented WST with a recognition award. With thousands of facebook members, 10,000 plus me
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by NCN Guyana
Guyana - Orphans of the St. John Bosco Orphanage Plaisance have been afforded the opportunity to keep the steel pan art form alive as the Tina Insanally Foundation moves to fund the initiative.
The foundation’s new band room ensures per
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A Prime Minister and a steelband legend build an alliance to benefit pan and a community
History of the Steelband Movement
author: Dalton Narine
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| Freddy Harris III plays the steelpan six-bass in Brooklyn. |
WHEN STEELPAN VIRTUOSO FREDDYHarris III heads to his gig, he doesn’t just bring a bass player—he brings eight of them. And they’re not playing the kind of bass you are imagining.
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Read more…Happy Birthday to WST member Salah Wilson. WST extends our well wishes on your day.
Read more…Balham students perform at the Royal Festival Hall
London, England, U.K. - Students from a Balham school have added a dash of steel to a special concert at the Royal Festival Hall.
Eight pupils from Chestnut Grove School, performed on steel pans at
Read more…UD’s Community Music School offers variety of steel pan ensemble programs
Newark, Delaware, USA - During the spring 2012 semester, the University of Delaware Community Music School (UDCMS) introduced its newest program, called Family of Pan, which
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Durban, South Africa - Forming part of the 2012 National Creative Arts Youth Festival currently running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre was today’s [May 16th] annual Steel Drum Foundation competition. Featuring schools from around KZN, the
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Kids Host Rock Concert
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Trinidad Express
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Robert Greenidge received a standing ovation at the end of his presentation at the just concluded Inaugural International Conference on Steelpan held at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in
May 21 is the birthday of the legendary Neville Jules - WST extends greetings.
There are a collective few who bear the distinction of being universally recognized as members of that unique, and special fraternity we at W
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