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Antigua - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form Tribute To Women In Pan
Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form
Tribute To Women In Pan - Antigua
Woman On Pan
My name is Dotsie Isaac Gellizeau. I am an Antiguan mother, a sister, a wife, a writer and above all else a - renaissance woman. Women doing their natural
Read more…Pan Visionary Hollis Clifton in the Spotlight
A SteelpanVibes interview by Barbara Sealy Rhoden
Florida, USA - ....It was during my student tenure in England in the early 1970s, as fate would have it I became a member of the Ebony Steelband. But, with the social stigma attached to the steelban
Cliff Alexis, Steel Pan Trail-Blazer in Academia
The linchpin for the NIU steelpan program’s success
by Les Slater
Global - “Do you want me to lose my job?” That was the reaction Clifford Alexis remembers he and the man who was his mentor at Northern Illinois University (NIU), Prof. Al O’Connor, g
Jamettes … Steelband Essentials By Barbara Sealy Rhoden
Jamettes …
Steelband Essentials
By Barbara Sealy Rhoden
History is replete with examples of the outstanding African woman, who not only cared for their family, she ruled nations with justice, fortitude and wisdom. Moreover, she consorted wit
Cultural Icons Honored - steelband legends Dr. Jit Samaroo and Anthony Williams among honorees
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Six cultural icons have been honored by the National Carnival Commission (NCC) for their outstanding contribution to the Carnival art form spanning more than a century.
....Those honored were calypso veterans, Robert Nelson
Read more…The legendary - Clive Bradley, Arranger - Memories and Thoughts Related to Women in the Steelpan World
Memories and Current Thoughts Related to Women
in the Steelpan World
Clive Bradley, Arranger
Bradley reminisces about the early days of women in pan
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"The first time that I remember seeing women play Steelpan was around 1968, somewhere around
“Women’s Contribution to the Steelband Movement” -- Merle Albino-de Coteau
“Women’s Contribution to the
Steelband Movement”
Merle Albino-de Coteau
Mrs. Merle Albino-de Coteau is a retired Director of Culture, in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Women's Affairs. She is a daughter of the soil having being |
Neville Jules Speaks - Revisted
There are a collective few who bear the distinction of being universally recognized as members of that unique, and special fraternity we at When Steel Talks refer to as Giants and Titans of “Pan and the Steelpan Movement.” Through their intellect, ta
Girl Pat Steel Orchestra - A Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
An excerpt from The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan History and Evolution by Dr FIR (Fedo) Blake reads: “The most successful female venture in the steel pan movement was made by the Girl Pat Steel Orchestra of Hazel Henley of Picton Street, Newtown. Sh
Read more…Mannette Talks Pan In Brooklyn - Revisted
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Although he is widely credited with sinking the first pan, there has been an ongoing debate concerning his role in pioneering steelpan music. This debate is especially heated among supporters of the late, Winston “Spree” Simon, whom many Trinidadians
St. Lucia's Monty Maxwell - guitarist, composer, steel pan arranger, and jazz and blues musician
St. Lucia Voice News
St. Lucia, W.I. - Monty Maxwell, guitarist, composer, steel pan arranger, and jazz and blues musician, was born in the southern town of Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. He grew up next to a pan yard or steel band shed, so from an early age
Skiffle Bunch makes history in San Fernando
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday:
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - With a new sponsor for 2012 Carnival, the Junior Sammy Group Skiffle Steel Orchestra, recently created history by becoming the first steel band in San Fernando to win every steel band competition s
Read more…Carnival costs $100 million annually - Pan Trinbago gets the biggest part of the funding, $25 million
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday:
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Over the years, the staging of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago (TT) has been has been costing the State an average of $100 million annually. This has caused questions to be asked about the success
Read more…Dr. Ellie Mannette: "I Did It My Way"
Dr. Ellie Mannette, called the father of the modern steel pan instrument, plays “I Did It My Way” February 28 at the Economic Opportunity Inc. annual meeting in Elmira.
Read more…Panman Milton "Wire" Austin in hospital with broken leg
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian:
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Veteran panman Milton “Wire” Austin is recuperating at the San Fernando General Hospital after toppling off a wrecker on Carnival Monday night. The leader of the San Fernando-based Fonclaire Steel
Read more…Percussionist Robert Chappell plans final recital
NIU Today
Illinois, USA - Before he retires this year, NIU music professor Robert Chappell will put together one more recital that promises to be funny, sentimental and, as usual, unforgettably entertaining.
All of his past recitals have been speci
Mama Dis is Pan: ‘Mr Ray’ delights with musical nostalgia
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ray Holman’s recent concert series—Mama Dis Is Pan—staged at the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook (February 23-25), was more than a presentation of the sweetness of the instrument; it was a showca
...‘Never refused to help panmen’
Trinidad Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) never refused to give financial assistance to Pan Trinbago for the 2012 Panorama steel band competition, Chief Secretary Orville London has said.
He recalled that Pan Tri
Read more…Potts hammering the way for steelpans
The Woodstock Independent
Illinois, USA - The unconventional has become the norm for Woodstock resident Matt Potts.
As a percussionist in the Woodstock High School band, Potts taught himself to play a steelpan he purchased on a whim off eBay. Duri
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