October 2013 Blog Posts (6)

The Preliminary round for the Conventional Steel Orchestras for Pan Is Beautiful II, were held on October 19th & 20th respectively, at the Queens Park Savannah, Trinidad.

There were 14 entrants, of which 8 qualified for the finals that is scheduled to be held at The Jean Pierre Complex on November 16th.

The Codrinton Pan Family topped the field with 522 marks, They performed, "The Pan with Love our gift to the World" a composition of father and son, Cary and…

This is the latest recording I've done, check it out its called Breezin...Click to view I want to thank all the friends and fans for the encouragement and kind words... subscribe to…

Congratulations to the Highlanders Steel Orchestra Foundation for spearheading and accomplishing their goal of renaming a popular Road in honour of Pan Icon, Pannist, Arranger, Tuner and Innovator   the late MR. BERTIE MARSHALL.

Old St. Joseph Road, named over 200 years ago which runs East in Success Village, Laventille was renamed on October 17th 2013,       BERTIE MARSHALL BOULEVARD.                                                      

I am aware that a Boulevard is used for…

The 12th Pan Royale concert at QRC grounds commenced promptly at 7:pm on October 12th, 2013. I am indeed impress that a scheduled start time for a "pan show" came to fruition. (lol)

After the playing of our National Anthem, Renegades Steel Orchestra were introduced, and they started off with their 2006 tune of choice at Pan in the 21st Century, "All Night Long"<> Next was a Reggae piece with Duvonne Stewart expatiating his soloing skills on an E-Pan. "Pant O Mine" and "Steelband…

To Glenroy Joseph

Hi Glenroy

I am looking for 2 tunes by Blakie (i) This Is Carnival and (ii) The Riddle. Do you know where I can obtain

tim.augustin@hotmail.com

Joel Augustin

On Saturday October 5th 2013, Pan Trinbago presented part of its first leg of Pan Is Beautiful XII. Preliminaries for half of the Soloists and the Ensembles Categories were held at the Queens Park Savannah. The other half will continue on October 6th at 5:00 pm.

The competition commenced at 6:20 pm after the playing of our National Anthem and opening remarks. Out of the 16 scheduled soloists, only 11 performed, and 5 of the 6 Ensembles. There was a lot of beautiful pan, but only a few…