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Despers celebrates rebirth - Nigeria Tour
The Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Neither rain or flood last Saturday could keep the true supporters of Witco Desperadoes away from the Central Bank Forecourt when the Laventille Hill steel orchestra did a farewell concert. Tod
Sing Off's Afro Blue experience some Panorama Blues
On last night's episode of NBC's THE SING-OFF, Afro-Blue became the most recent group to be eliminated from the competition. On numerous occasions these judges essentially said that this group, Afro Blue, was operating above their heads [the judges’]
Read more…TT culture steps into digital age with Digital Pan App
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Those who attended the launch of the Digital Pan App on Thursday at Queen’s Hall in St. Ann’s, felt Trinidad and Tobago culture is finally stepping into the digital age.
The Digital Pan Mobile App is the only steelpan app th
RESULTS - Cayman Islands Steel Band Extrava-PAN-za 2011 Panorama Competition
RESULTS - Cayman Islands Steel Band Extrava-PAN-za Panorama Competition
held November 10, 2011 in Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Winners:
Junior Category
- 1st. Prep Pantastic
- 2nd. Grace Academy
- 3rd. Triple C
- 4th. St. Ignatius
Senior Category
- 1
NIU Steel Band welcomes Trinidad ambassador for Nov. 20 concert, exploration of partnerships
Illinois, USA - His Excellency Dr. Neil Parsan, ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States, will attend this weekend’s concert of the NIU Steel Band.
Parsan, who is a veterinarian, contacted countryman Liam Teague a few m
Read more…Talent Expression Grand Final - Southern Marines Steelband Foundation
Southern Marines Steelband Foundation
2011-11-16
MEDIA RELEASE
The semi-final round of Talent Expression, the leading performance art talent competition in the South organised by the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation has been dubbed the best s
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble plays on the Peace Ark
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As the Chinese Hospital Ship “Peace Ark” was winding up its visit, appropriately entitled “Harmony”, to Trinidad and Tobago, where its doctors attended to hundreds of needy patients, a farewell function was held on board the
Godfrey Camps – from Steelband Captain to Bartender
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Godfrey Camps was at the tender age of thirteen when he had his first brush with the national instrument of his native Trinidad & Tobago. At that time Melody Makers was situated at the corner of Coffee and Drayton street
French Panist to perform at Studio 66 in Barataria, Trinidad
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Dr Aurélie Helmlinger, a French ethnomusicologist, double tenor player, pan teacher and arranger involved in steelband since 1996, will deliver a presentation at Studio 66, at 66, Sixth Street, Barataria on November 16 at 7
Diatonic Steel Orchestra returns from Indiana tour
The Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Diatonic Steel Orchestra returned from a nine-day tour last month of five cities in Indiana. The tour was organised as a means of assisting the Indiana Steelband Association in establishing the
Revisiting - New Book Illustrates Image of Pan with Telling Stories of The Steel Band
Global- The first few images in “The Illustrated Story of Pan” (288 pages) that jumped up and grabbed my eyeballs seemed eerily familiar. It wasn’t the six or seven young men scratching out the early rhythm of the steel band on paint pans, biscuit dr
Kingston Parish Church raises funds for Steel Orchestra
Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. - ....When Splash dropped in on rehearsals at the Kingston Parish Church Hall in the heart of the city, the sweet sounds of pan greeted us, as it filled the building, spilling over into the churchyard.
....For band member, 1
Read more…Many Hammers, No Steel? Option in Drum Shortage Crisis for Panmen, Steelbands
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - New hope now lies beyond the drum shortage crisis currently crippling the local Steelpan industry in Trinidad & Tobago. A local company, CG Packaging Systems Ltd., has stepped forward to especially address and meet the urgen
"Pan For Punks...A Steelpan Tribute To The Ramones"
Just imagine if CBGB's were located on one of the Caribbean islands – it would sound exactly like Pan For Punks – A Steelpan Tribute to the Ramones , a one-of-a-kind CD in tribute to one of the most influential bands of all time: punk-rock legends Th
Read more…Mazzini elevates the quality of pan music
By Janelle De Souza Thursday, November 3 2011 - Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Over the last few months, pan men have been playing sad songs as they note concerns of a steel drum shortage, especially as the Panorama season approaches.
While the pan men’s
Read more…No Pan in Trinidad and Tobago's Schools?
In a recent post on the Nigeria Schools Panorama the issue of the removal of pan as part of the curriculum was raised by a WST member. When Steel Talks has personally witness a dramatic increase in the presence of the steelpan instrument schools thr
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