11 Countries to feature in PanoGrama 2022
by: Jodia Givans
PanoGrama made its mark on the entertainment scene, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought physical events to a screeching halt in 2020. Now in its third year, the highly anticipated virtual st
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The Honourable Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley, MP
Prime Minister, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Office of the Prime Minister
29 Maraval Road
Port of Spain
Ref: Urgent request for the intervention of the Prime Minister in resolving
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“Crazy”
Edwin Ayoung or “Crazy” - born Edwin Ayoung in 1944, on Maraval Road in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad of a Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father of Chinese descent, was - in his youth - as skilled and competitive in his country’s national pasti
When Steel Talks extends Congratulations to Dr. Mia Gormandy-Benjamin
When Steel Talks extends condolences to tuner Billy Sheeder on the passing of his mother Hilda Ann Sheeder.
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Portrait of a 21-year-old Bly in Mexico - Public Domain
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Created: 1 January 1888
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her p
Read more…NESTOR SULLIVAN was born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago. He attended the St. Joseph Boys’ R.C. School, and later went on to attend St. Mary’s College, and subsequently Teacher’s Training College. At the tertiary level he obtained a Master of Arts
Service: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m.
PanoGrama Entertainment (PE) is known for its virtual staging of steelpan competition, and its facilitation of online internships to benefit students from across the Caribbean. Today, the team is welcoming their newest intern, 21-year-old Jodia Giva
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The story is about Dr. Ray Holman's composition of "Pan on the Move", the first "own tune" composed by a pan arranger back in 1972, going against the tide of steelbands performing mainly the songs of calypsonians before then. The move eliminated th
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Carnival 1972 was a standout year in Trinidad and Tobago’s festival history, not just because of its
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By Nelson A. King
Quamina, a long-time Brooklyn resident, died on March 1 – incidentally, the same day as “Carnival Tuesday” in Trinidad and Tobago – at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, Long Is., her only daughter, Michelle Quamina to
Read more…The Southern Marines Steelband Foundation and the people of Marabella are concerned that Niquan
Energy has announced that its Gas to Liquid Plant located on the compound of the Pointe-A Pierre refinery will be restarted by the end of March 2022.
We ar
Read more…"I believe that the steel pan is 'the instrument' of the 21st century and, if marketed as, say, the reggae, will definitely be the instrument of the
by WST
Date: 12.22.05
New York - The stage side of one of Trinidad's best known steel orchestras, Pan Knights, will be "Christmasing" in a slightly warmer environment for 2005. The steel orchestra is based in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago in the Car
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Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, left, on stage with Phase II Pan Groove at Pan Trinbago's Musical Showdown at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on February 26. Photo by Roger Jacob
At 50 years young, Hadco Phase II Pan Groove is celebrated as one of T
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit this country, seven-year-old Aaliyah Livingston was mesmerised as she watched her grandfather teach her “older” schoolmates to play the steelpan.
But being in th
Read more…Global - Re-Broadcast of the “Musical Showdown in de Big Yard” that was held on Saturday February 26, 2022, at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
TTT will be airing the performances of Large Conventional steel orchestras
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