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TUCO cancels calypso, extempo competitions

Newsday -- MELISSA DOUGHTY

Former calypso monarch Karene Asche. -

THE National Calypso and Extempo Monarch competitions have been cancelled.

A release from the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) on Tuesday evening said the decision

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2022 Chutney Soca Monarch Semi Final

Southex presents the 2022 Chutney Soca Monarch Semi Final Round. Tune in and look at all 32 Semi Final performances from all your favorite artistes!

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Twenty-Seven Bands to Perform at Pan in de Sancoche at the QPS on Saturday - Line-Up

After three days of auditions, the selected bands - 15 Single Pan and 12 Small conventional steel orchestras - will each play a vintage calypso of not more than eight minutes duration.

The line-up is as follows:-

Single Pan

Small Conventional Steel

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Private sector willing to sample Taste of Carnival

In this February 16, 2021 file photo traditional mas characters entertain the public outside KFC Independence Square, Port of Spain as a tribute to Carnival which did not take place owing to the covid19 pandemic. - JEFF K MAYERS

Trinidad and Tobago

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Pan Trinbago: With limited resources we have achieved plenty

Newsday

In this file photo, Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore assists in clearing the land at Pan Trinbago proposed headquarters in Trincity. -

THE EDITOR: Reference is made to your editorial titles Pan Endangered, on February 6, which is

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When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to percussionist, educator, panist and performing artist Yajaira Lizárraga

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Yajaira Lizárraga

Happy Birthday to Yajaira Lizárraga

February 13th

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Yajaira Lizárraga

“...everything else, is played in a different way, and that makes steel pan really more interesting. Movem

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Calypso Monarch prelims hit sour note - TUCO pulls the plug

Guardian - Renuka Singh

Head of TUCO Ainsley King, right, and patrons dance during the performance by Bally at the Kaiso Karavan show at the Garden Theatre, Queen’s Hall, on Thursday.

ANISTO ALVES

There are reports that of the $15 million allocated

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Carnival returns to Antigua & Barbuda in 2022, but ‘super-spreader’ events axed from the lineup

Observer

By Shermain Bique-Charles

Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com

Labour Day and Carnival celebrations are on the cards this year, after the pandemic put the brakes on the popular and high revenue earning festivities for the past two yea

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Pan giants Len "Boogsie" Sharpe and Anthony Williams

Pan giants Len "Boogsie" Sharpe and Anthony Williams - two of the most revolutionary artists in steelband history. -- Garvin Blake

Photo by Garvin Blake

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Meet Anthony Williams - Master Steelpan Innovator and Leader - UpClose!

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Steelpan icon Jim "Jimi" Phillips designs KFC Spicy Steel Bucket

Iconic steelpan musician and innovator Jim "Jimi" Phillips has worked together with KFC to create signature steelpans with a spicy twist.

In a statement, franchise holder Prestige Holdings Limited said the project was a collaboration designed to ig

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Wear Yuh Mask if yuh want to Play ah Mas!

A “Taste of Carnival'' activity for the 2022 season has been given a Green Light by our Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Sen. Randall Mitchell, but of course, not in the same format as it would have been pre-pandemic.
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A medley of pan and calls for election play out in Arima

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Arima Angel Harps Steel Orchestra player Jhovan Samuel plays the G Cello pan at the band's Olton Road panyard on February 2

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Some Carnival stakeholders have gone into full gear preparing for A

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Pan Trinbago gets just $4m for Carnival but shows will go on

Newsday MELISSA DOUGHTY

Desperadoes during its winning performance of Nailah Blackman's More Sokah at the National Panorama Finals, Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, in February 2020. - Vidya Thurab

Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore

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Who else is counting down to our first Panorama in the savannah in two years?!

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This Sweet steel pan version of Can you feel it is just what we need to bring the riddim and the vibes

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Eighty-plus steelbands have registered for “A Taste of Carnival 2022”

Eighty-plus steelbands have registered for Pan Trinbago’s events in the “A Taste of Carnival 2022”.

The bands, 16 Large, 23 Medium, 23 Small and 27 Single Pan Bands will audition for places in the two events hosted by the pan body from this weekend.

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Mas man Fareid Carvalho stands up for a Taste of Carnival

Newsday - Mellissa Doughty

Masman Fareid Carvalho works on the headpiece of his 2022 presentation at his mas camp on Alfredo Street in Woodbrook on February 3. Carvalho has competed for 21 years in the Carnival King competition at the Queen's Park

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When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to educator, panist and performing artist Claudie Donne

Claudie Donne

Happy Birthday to Claudie Donne

February 10th

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Claudie Donne

“I just have to play pan. It makes me feel connected to my roots.” - Claudie Donne

Pan is her passion. She radiates

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Haiti cancels Carnival

SOURCE: Jamaica Observer – The Haitian government has cancelled Carnival this year due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed 804 people and infected 29, 715 others over two years.

In a statement, the country’s Ministry of Cu

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Where in the world is When Steel Talks?

Many of the legendary early influencers and participants in the development of the steelpan movement have their navel strings directly and/or indirectly buried in this island. From Desperadoes to Fonclaire - Winston "Spree" Simon to Allan Gervais amo

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When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to entrepreneur, organizer and veteran panist Aliandre C. Maraj

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Aliandre C. Maraj with Despers USA

Happy Birthday to Aliandre C. Maraj

February 9th

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Aliandre C. Maraj

Aliandre C. Maraj with Despers USA

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