WPC Josanne George gives gifts of music, hope to children in need

SHANE SUPERVILLE - Newsday

WPC Josanne George wants to use her passion for music to help others. - Photo courtesy TTPS -

An Arima native, George joked she has always had music in her blood as her father, the late Lloyd George, served as secretary for

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2021 West Indian American Day Carnival - Canceled

Festivals & Parades

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The New York Times reports that in 1999 steel orchestras received only $575 to appear in Panorama

The winners of the annual Panorama competition for steel bands, which is part of the lead-in to the West Indian American Carnival parade today in Brooklyn, were anno

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PANTRINBAGO/ TUCO BACCHANAL- Factions team up to call for Elections

TV6 - Me Headlines

Trinidad and Tobago is the mecca of carnival so there's really no surprise whenever there's a bacchanal within anyone of the main organizations. Calypso and Steelpan birthed right here, have long with staples in the festival with v

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A Moment in Pan - Congrats to standout tuner Andy Niels

Andy Niels with daughter...

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PanTrinbago, Tuco demand elections

Newsday

TUCO member Abbi Blackman speaks at a press conference on Tuesday at Playboys panyard on Tragarete Road in Port of Spain. PHOTO BY ANGELO MARCELLE

IN A historic move, members of both PanTrinbago and the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisa

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PRESS CONFERENCE - Hosted by PAN TRINBAGO MEMBER BANDS

MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL MEDIA OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
PRESS CONFERENCE – Newtown Playboys Pan Theatre
Hosted by PAN TRINBAGO MEMBER BANDS
November 9, 2021

Our purpose today is to present a balanced view of the current circumstances within Pan Trinbag

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Calypso Rose

Calypso Rose or Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis (born April 27, 1940 in Bethel Village, Tobago) is a Trinidadian calypsonian. She started writing songs at the age of 13; over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more t

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Wah She Go Do (Bonnie Raitt's Version) - by Calypso Rose

Van Dyke Parks
@thevandykeparks

Wah She Go Do ~ Bonnie Raitt sings a Calypso Rose tune
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Bonnie Raitt was born Nov. 8, 1949. So I took her a dong by friend Calypso Rose, and arranged it for her: Wah She Go Do?

"Wah She Go Do" (McCarth Lewis) 1973
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Watch Live! -- Liam Teague - NIU Faculty Steel Pan Recital

Liam Teague

“Sorcerer”- Faculty Steelpan Recital

Dedicated to the legacy of G. Allan O’Connor, Clifford Alexis, Les Trilla, and Jan Bach

Sorcerer - Jan Bach(1937-2020)

Griot - Ben Wahlund

Cheng-Hou Lee, cello

Steelpan Concerto - Jan Bach

1. Refl

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Dane Gulston - External Relations Officer of Pan Trinbago has resigned

To: All Member Bands of Pan Trinbago
Members of the National Community
Date: November 5, 2021
Subject: End of “TERM OF OFFICE”

I am writing to officially announce that my term of office as the constitutionally elected External Relations Officer of

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Congratulations to Antigua & Barbuda’s Halcyon Steel Orchestra upon its National Conferment Honour

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Chronixx Steelpan Tribute - Tiajuana Hernandez

Chronixx Steelpan Cover- A Tribute for Chronixx's birthday.

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Congratulations to panist & performing artist Tiajuana Hernandez on receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree

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T&T has NEVER had a cultural policy in all of its years of Independence!

by Nigel A. Campbell
There was a thing that happened in Costa Rica in 2012. Executive decree No. 37418-C, published in the official government newspaper La Gaceta de Costa RICA gave special recognition to Calypso as part of Costa Rica’s cultural and

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A Moment in Pan - "A declaration is insufficient" -- Dennise Demming

Time to pass legislation to make the steel pan our national instrument. A declaration is insufficient.

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Beyond Kissing Babies - Shaking Hands, Visiting Steel Orchestra Panyards and Broken Promises

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The Death March of New York Pan and Culture?

Brooklyn, New York, USA - ....From 2014 to present Eric Adams has served as Brooklyn’s Borough President. His fortunes have gone very well politically in that p

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Behind the scenes video on how the E-Pan is made - Electronic Steelpan Technology...

Electronic Steelpan Technology.

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Metro Steel Orchestra 2014 Panyard - Then & Now - 183 Empire Blvd

Many promises were made to the Brooklyn steelband community at this site in 2014

Eric Adams, Brooklyn’s Borough President (left), with Anthony “Big Tony” Joseph - manager of Metro Steel Orchestra

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Sonatas Steel Orchestra whips the crowd into a frenzy

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Ken "Professor" Philmore & Harmony Steel - "Nah Going Home"

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Every year at the end of the New York Steelband Summer season, steelpan music fans, enthusiasts and music educators can look forward to stellar quality recordings of the steel orchestras as they feverishly prepared for the

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