Trinidad and Tobago - Alyson Brown MBM and Hugh Borde are this year’s WeBeat Honorees. The two individuals, no strangers to St. James, will be celebrated at the annual Honorees’ Dinner hosted by the St. James Community Improvement Committee at the Li
Government gets patent for G-pan
By Lara Pickford-Gordon Thursday, May 20 2010
TT has been given patent approval for the G-pan and this is expected to reap benefits for the country as inventor. This was disclosed by Prime Minister Patrick Manning dur
Read more…Grenada - The Grenada Steel Band Association wishes to inform the general public that due to its ongoing impasse with the Grenada Carnival Committee (G.C.C), a decision has been taken by its membership to abstain from participating in the 2010 Nation
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Trinidad & Tobago - Adjudication in the four ‘regions’ for 2010’s Pan in the 21st Century is complete, with the 2009 winners Skiffle Bunch making it back among the finalists for another year of competition. The orchestra joins eleven others in this
He is one of the best and most trusted cultural journalists in the world today. For years - panist, editor, journalist and director Dalton Narine has been the 'Walter Cronkite' of cultural affairs - particularly in Trinidad and Tobago's mas and pan w
From Ann Zimmerman:
I would like to leave a story that my father, who is deceased, told the family.
Family story -- Arrival of Steel Drums in Trinidad
Perhaps there would be someone interested in it among the group members and it would not be lost w
Panache Steel OrchestraSt. John’s, Antigua - As I got to my seat on Sunday evening, 9th May, at the Multipurpose Centre at Perry Bay, I could feel the excitement in the air. The room was filling up with fellow pan lovers in eager anticipation of the
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Adjudication for 2010’s Pan in the 21st Century begins Wednesday 12 May in Tobago with Our Boys and Katzenjammers Steel Orchestras. Katzenjammers were champions back in 2008 when they triumphed with their performance of Edwi
Read more…Global - The Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble (TTCSE) has been hard at work polishing up their already noteworthy repertoire and presentation for an upcoming tour to the Republic of Ireland later this month.
On May 15, the steel orchestra wi
Happy Mother's Day to all.
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MAS MAN - A Dalton Narine Film in Review
Documentary about Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Artist Peter Minshall
Global - The production “Mas Man” is one that should be introduced and featured at film festivals worldwide.
It chronicles Peter Minshall,
Trinidad & Tobago - bmobile Pan in the 21st Century is another exciting pan event on the local calendar that justly rewards steelbands for the effort and creativity in preparing for such a competition.
Competitors are required to play tunes from the
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Steelband Panorama Judges Seminar in the works
Veteran steelband music adjudicator Merle Albino-de CoteauTrinidad & Tobago - Pan Trinbago will be hosting a Judges' Seminar on Saturday May 8 2010 at the Ministry of Community Development, Culture an
Defence Force Steel Orchestra participates in Holland Voorthuizen Military Tattoo
Trinidad & Tobago - The Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra has been invited to participate in the Holland Voorthuizen Military Tattoo from May 4–15, 2010
Happy Birthday to Panist, Arranger and Composer Robert Greenidge
Global - He is simply one of the finest musicians to ever grace the steelpan instrument. Happy Birthday from When Steel Talks.
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New York, USA - A shrewd move, it was, on the part of those who staked out seats in the Norman Johnson Lecture Hall at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn for the initial New York screening of “Mas Man.”
....And a work of passion it is for pan man and p
Northern Illinois (NIU) Spring World Steel Band Concert a Huge Success
Lester Trilla honored for extraordinary contributions to steelpan students and program
Illinois, USA - From Tchaikovsky to Stevie Wonder - the NIU Steelband Concert did not miss
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I.
Antiguan and Caribbean pan maestro and arranger, Victor “Babu” Samuel tied the knot with Charmin Francois during a wedding ceremony at the Multipurpose Cultural & Exhibition Centre, Perry Bay, on Thursday, before a gatherin
