NCF workshop sets the stage for Youth Steel Orchestra

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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is well underway to rekindling the National Youth Steel Orchestra in time for a grand performance in November. Last Friday, September 3, sixty students separated in groups of 10s, completed a three

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WHO IS ROBERT HERNANDEZ?

A dedicated Pan Lover, Steelband Leader, Seasoned Professional with extensive experience in Corporate Governance and Executive Management. Proven track record as a successful negotiator and Business Consultant.

Manager of

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Let's Build It... --

There are so many things that can be built from wood pallets and there is an institute teaching their community in Siparia how you can learn and profit from it.

Our team of cameraman Kevin Maharaj and Andrea Murray visited the establishment and h

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Michigan Philharmonic Brings Back Live Music for Historic 76th Season

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Michigan Philharmonic Brings Back Live Music for Historic 76th Season

Plymouth, Michigan, USA - Michigan's premier regional orchestra is returning this fall with a historic season of live performances that begin in October and run throu

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Tropicalfete Announces Postponement of Carnival Festival

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Tropicalfete Announces Postponement of Carnival Festival

Tropicalfete Postpones Carnival Festival

Brooklyn, New York, USA - “Tropicalfete regrettably announces the postponement of their end of summer Carnival Festival, scheduled for September 11th at the Brooklyn Public Li

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Trinidad Carnival 2022: To Be Or Not To Be? A Q&A With The Trinidad And Tobago Promoters Association

Forbes

Baz Dreisinger Contributor Lifestyle

What’s the opposite of a global pandemic?

Trinidad Carnival.

The ultimate life-affirming ritual, a celebration of freedom in its most distilled sense, the Caribbean’s largest Carnival has of course been on

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TROPICALFETE’S CARNIVAL FESTIVAL

TROPICALFETE’S CARNIVAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATES CARIBBEAN CULTURE, CALYPSO, SOCA, STEEL PAN, MASQUERADE

AND COMMEMORATES THE 20^TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT LEARNING LITERACY ZONE

As summer comes to a clo

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Trumpeter Etienne Charles and his Creole Soul band bring blend of styles to jazz fest

Duante Beddingfield - Detroit Free Press

Charles was born into a musical family.

“My father played in a steel band and was a DJ,” he said, “and my mother came from a musical family and played records all the time. So there was always music in the ho

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“Shut-up and play yur pan” is not part of his DNA.- Meet Gregory Lindsay - Manager, Administrator, Panist - Up-Close!

“In my opinion, they are not represented as well as they ought to be. There is no Musician’s Union in this Republic, even though there are prominent examples in other jurisdictions. Accordingly, players are always left hanging out to dry; then, orche

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PanoGrama Entertainment keen on providing opportunities for youth

PanoGrama Entertainment (PE) is dedicated to the advancement of youths and their development. As a result, we have established a professional relationship with the University of the West Indies Mona Campus to provide training experience for interns s

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It’s West Indian Carnival Time In New York, But Without The Famous Parade

There will be no Brooklyn West Indian American Day Carnival Parade again this year, unlike in 2019. (Hayden Roger Celestin image/NANN)

By NAN ET Editor

News Americas, BROOKLYN, NY, Fri. Sept. 3, 2021: For a second year, COVID-19 has side-lined the

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McLean Project for the Arts gets musical with 2021 festival lineup

Angela WoolseySeptember 3, 2021 at 3:30pm

Steelpan musician Josanne Francis will close out the 2021 MPAartfest on Oct. 3 (courtesy McLean Project for the Arts)

After shifting to a virtual format last year, the McLean Project for the Arts will be

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Revisiting -- Steel Bands Plan Boycott of Brooklyn's West Indian Parade -- 2001 New York Times

New York Times

By Nichole M. Christian July 19, 2001

By the calendar, it is pan time in Brooklyn, the annual rite of summer when hundreds of Caribbean immigrants and their American-born children turn sidewalks, vacant lots -- any sliver of concrete

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Steel bands to present ‘Rainorama’ in Geneseo Lake

Members of Steel Alchemy, a steel drum band based in Piffard.

GENESEO – Three steel drum bands will bring the tones of the Caribbean to Conesus Lake on Wednesday.

The “Rainorama Concert” — it’s named for a Trinidadian calypso — is scheduled from 6:

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Gorillaz release surprise new EP ‘Meanwhile’, celebrating Notting Hill Carnival - featuring the steelpan

The three-track EP features AJ Tracey, Jelani Blackman and Alicaì Harley

by Will Richards

Gorillaz live. CREDIT: Luke Dyson

The EP’s title track was previewed at the band’s recent sold out shows at The O2 in London, one of which was attended sol

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Trinidad and Tobago/US My Home pan video collab for Independence

Newsday - Julien Neaves

Etienne Charles conducting the band during the recording session. - Courtesy Maria Nunes

Veteran pan composer Mark Loquan has partnered with musician Etienne Charles, photographer Maria Nunes, and a US team for a video proje

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Mark Loquan & Etienne Charles -"My Home", a gift for Trinidad and Tobago, Independence Day 2021

“My Home”
Shaping the future through our individual actions.

Music, Lyrics & Executive Producer - Mark Loquan
Arranger, Conductor & Producer - Etienne Charles
Associate Producer & Director of Photography - Maria Nunes

Filmed in:
Port of Spain, Trin

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Listen & Watch UK 2021 Panorama

The official Notting Hill Carnival 2021 live stream.

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Notting Hill Carnival 2021 - Live Stream - Monday

Notting Hill Carnival Ltd: “The official Notting Hill Carnival 2021 live stream. Sadly Carnival could not return to the road in 2021, but just like last year there is an incredible array of performances and culture, to bring Carnival to wherever

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Congratulations to Mangrove on their 2021 Panorama Championship

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Mangrove Steelband - 2021 UK Panorama winners.

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NCF workshop sets the stage for Youth Steel Orchestra

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Let's Build It... --

Michigan Philharmonic Brings Back Live Music for Historic 76th Season

Michigan Philharmonic Brings Back Live Music for Historic 76th Season

Tropicalfete Announces Postponement of Carnival Festival

Tropicalfete Announces Postponement of Carnival Festival

Trinidad Carnival 2022: To Be Or Not To Be? A Q&A With The Trinidad And Tobago Promoters Association

TROPICALFETE’S CARNIVAL FESTIVAL

Trumpeter Etienne Charles and his Creole Soul band bring blend of styles to jazz fest

“Shut-up and play yur pan” is not part of his DNA.- Meet Gregory Lindsay - Manager, Administrator, Panist - Up-Close!

PanoGrama Entertainment keen on providing opportunities for youth

It’s West Indian Carnival Time In New York, But Without The Famous Parade

McLean Project for the Arts gets musical with 2021 festival lineup

Revisiting -- Steel Bands Plan Boycott of Brooklyn's West Indian Parade -- 2001 New York Times

Steel bands to present ‘Rainorama’ in Geneseo Lake

Gorillaz release surprise new EP ‘Meanwhile’, celebrating Notting Hill Carnival - featuring the steelpan

Trinidad and Tobago/US My Home pan video collab for Independence

Mark Loquan & Etienne Charles -"My Home", a gift for Trinidad and Tobago, Independence Day 2021

Listen & Watch UK 2021 Panorama

Notting Hill Carnival 2021 - Live Stream - Monday

Congratulations to Mangrove on their 2021 Panorama Championship

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Mangrove Steelband - 2021 UK Panorama winners.

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