New six-part documentary tells story of panist/arranger Kareem Brown

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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  Mark Loquan has premiered a new six-part steelpan web documentary series on his YouTube channel.

Called A Better Tomorrow, the documentary is based on a song Loquan wrote.

A couple

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Decision of Pan Trinbago Central Executive to postpone 2021 Convention and AGM amid the present circumstances, received 70% Endorsement from members

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago Inc have remained quiet for some time because our focus remains on the WORK of our organization.

However, numerous calls have been made for us to step in and rectify the many lies that continue to surface.

U

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Congratulations to panist Zakiya De Coteau on receiving her degree in Musical Arts

Congratulations to Zakiya De Coteau from When Steel Talks

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• Meet Zakiya De Coteau - Trinidad & Tobago

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‘Columbus Lie’ by the Mighty Shadow

When Steel Talks - Reboot

‘Columbus Lie’ by the Mighty Shadow

Global - The late great calypsonian “Shadow” shares the true history of Christopher Columbus via a live performance in Canada, 1994.
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Columbus was a mighty sailor
He sailed the o

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UK-based Rian Rigault: Playing steelpan makes me feel special

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Rian Rigault is a year four student at St John XXIII Catholic Primary School in London. - Photo courtesy Kojo Rigault

England, UK - Even though Rian Rigault was born and raised in the UK, he’s aware of and connected to hi

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Columbus Day: 10 lies about Columbus

By Annemarie van de Wouw - https://www.chicagonow.com/

1. Columbus was not the first person who discovered the Americas, the first explorers came from Siberia and discovered Alaska at about 70,000? B.C. – 12,000? B.C.
2. Columbus’s ships did not sail thro

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Sion Hill Euphonium trains 36 more young pannists

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Members of class one rendering one of four songs last Sunday afternoon

Another 36 youngsters between 8 and 16 years of age have, within the last six weeks trained in the fundamentals of playing the various steelpan instruments.

This newes

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Miami Carnival Panorama, The Pulsating + Sweet Sounds of The Steelpan

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A Moment in Pan -- Happy Birthday Dr. Baldwin Spencer - former prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda

A Moment in Pan -- Happy Birthday Dr. Baldwin Spencer - former prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda

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Elected Treasurer Tenders his resignation while appointed Treasurer sits in office with allegations of corruption lingering over her head

I hereby tender my resignation with immediate effect, twenty-five days earlier than originally intended.

After surviving many vain attempts to oust me and impugn my name and character, the proverbial last straw that broke the camel's back was the Pr

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..it was the steel drum cover of Black Box's early '90s pop house cut, "Everybody Everybody "

Run for cover! It’s DJ Nu-Mark’s exclusive FREAKS ONLY mix

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PanNotation - Launch Day - Mia Gormandy-Benjamin

Mia Gormandy-Benjamin

Wow! When I think about the work we have done over the past 4 years to get to this point, I cannot help but get emotional. This started off as a simple conversation and turned into an entire online platform that is set out to be

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Steelpan web documentary series A Better Tomorrow: Kareem Brown premieres Friday

Newsday - VEELA MUNGAL

Mark Loquan, left, and Kareem Brown -

Mark Loquan premieres a new six-part steelpan web documentary series on his YouTube channel on October 8. A couple months into the onset of the covid pandemic last year Loquan was inspire

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Pan Rebels Steel Orchestra 1995 Panyard

Kings Theatre (formerly the Lowes Kings Theatre) and the iconic (Brooklyn) Sears parking lot

See more of the area

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We can draw lessons from the past -- A Moment in Pan -- HueLoy Yip Young

“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.”

― Lyndon B. Johnson

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Miami Carnival is back at Miami-Dade Fairgrounds with revelers covered in masks

BY ALEX MIRANDA, MATTHEW AUERBACH  -- WSVN-TV.

Better get some rest right now. You’re gonna be partying all weekend.

The Miami Carnival is back!

After going virtual last year, the celebration of Caribbean culture is taking over the Miami-Dade Fairgr

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Illegal postponement of Pan Trinbago’s constitutionally mandated elections

Illegal postponement of Pan Trinbago’s constitutionally mandated elections

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Meet Astor Johnson - Humming Bird Medal Gold Awardee - Founder of The Astor Johnson Repertory Dance Theatre of Trinidad & Tobago, and more  - UpClose!

When Steel Talks

a Von Martin Interview

Global - “....I see the pan music as any other form. I have worked with a little with Earl Rodney and some of “Boogsie” Sharpe′s music as well - I find them very progressive - very lending towards dance movem

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Ramsey-Moore excited by government's plans for tourism/creative sector

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Nailah Blackman is all smiles after waving a flag for Massy All Stars which played her song More Sokah for the Panorama 2019 finals at the Queen's Park Savannah.

Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - The Government’s announcement t

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PanTrinbago faces lawsuit over postponing AGM

Newsday

Pan Trinbago President Beverly Ramsey-Moore - ANGELO MARCELLE

PAN TRINBAGO is facing legal action by a steelband over the central executive's decision to postpone the 2021 annual general meeting at the end of the month.

Attorneys representi

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