The Codrington Pan Family is giving away a new low C tenor pan at their upcoming concert.
The concert takes place on Saturday 14th October, 2017 at the Teaching and Learning Complex (TLC), UWI at 7pm. Tickets cost $150 for adults and $75 for Children.
The first person to sell 25 tickets will be the winner of the tenor pan.
Please check out our Facebook page for more info about the concert and how you can win other prizes. https://www.facebook.com/cpanfamily/ ;
So have we in 2019 reached that dreaded 'glass ceiling' where bands that are outside that 'big 5' sacred circle are thrown under the bus? The message that this sends to every other band is that no matter how hard you try, no matter how proficiently, well-arranged and executed, no matter how 'top drawer' a performance, the answer will always be a resounding 'No'. Unless judges don't get overly swayed by popularity and/or fan enthusiasm, unless they dare to use objectivity and make independent choices, avoid pre-conceived ideas and focus on each actual performance, there's a good chance of losing some pools of absolute talent. Judges' decisions could have very far-reaching consequences, positive and negative. Judges should remember that they're watching the very best efforts that each band is bringing and their collective decisions can be literally a matter of life or death for some bands.
Judges, ALL the bands deserve your unbiased, independent and objective attention. The finals represent another opportunity to 'do the right thing'. Let's see that right thing done, please!
Stanley 'Kiddie' Currency ( Known for his insightful, Thoughtful and biting commentary- And an Ardent Desperadoes Affectionado) has passed on.
Condolences to his immediate family, Simple Paradise Sports Club Members and friends. HE SHALL BE MISSED!
I admit; I am no Christian, but then again neither was the thief who allegedly was offered "everlasting life". I admit; I am neither Jesus Christ, nor a thief, but I am able to recognize which "camps" people belong to ('scuse the grammar). How? BY THEIR WORKS! (Caps, for emphasis.) I know that some people have the ability and skills to serve two (or more) "masters" -- God, Devil, good, evil -- and, today becomes earmarked as the day some return to their "Christianity", having served the "King of Carnival" -- Bacchus.
So, I chose today, as I hope to speak to the "God" in you, and not yesterday's "Devil". Is that okay? (Rhetoric.) The Christian leader allegedly stated that "...it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Think about that extreme use of metaphorical reference for a moment...
Of course, being a (bona fide) leader, he didn't just talk the talk. As written, when offered the entire "World", he allegedly rejected the "Ruler" (you know, "Satan"), telling him that his "Father's Kingdom, is of no part of this World." Those who wanted to be in his presence had to leave ALL their "riches" behind. And, he allegedly asked, "WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WORLD AND LOSE HIS SOUL?" (Again, caps for emphasis only.)
Then, when the soulless "rich man" eventually dies (sorry; money can't buy you eternal life), the family buries them according to "Christian rites", thinking that their "rich" loved one prove Jesus Christ wrong, by getting into heaven, while we ALL know ain't NO camel getting through NO needle's eye! lol. Well; as Bob Marley sang, "...they crucified Jessus Christ..."
Point is; I "know who I am and where I stand in the struggle" (Marley) If those who claimed to be "Christian" are the very ones who crowned their own leader with thorns, I should (and do) expect similar or worse treatment by men, especially the "rich" and those who are all about "that money". Of course, karma catches up to them, as in Trump's case, but even if the laws of men don't get you, the Universal Law (i.e. karma) will. As I admitted; I am no "Christian", but I am no thief either. Just a simple man who continues to be honest to himself and others. ALL about choice! To my Christian peers, safe and happy Lenten season. Protect our women and girls!
George D. Goddard
Toronto's tribute to a steelpan Icon- Ellie Mannette 2018
The mistake we are making , my friends is assuming that the problems facing the steelbands of T&T are pan people’s problems , but they are much more than that.
The problems are societal , and about national identity , culture ,vision and even more.
Trinidadians have not yet recognized that in a failing economy , an emphasis on culture and tourism will become a most important part of the nation's economic security.
Many Trinidadians have been reluctant to appreciate uniqueness and value of the steelpan , the national instrument.
The most unique , and most economically viable part of the culture is the steelband and it related aspects - tuning , marketing of pans etc.
But this can only be exploited to the nation's benefit if that is recognized and appreciated by all aspects of society . including the government , the NCC , the steelband leaders , the business sector and mostly by the public at large.
And the government can’t just “ wash their hands” and leave it up to pan people , it is too important to the nation’s well being.
Because it will take a national investment ,and a focus on the steelband as a centerpiece of the culture , including the carnival.
And it will need direction and leadership from all aspects of society including government , the business community and the public.
Such an emphasis on culture should produce benefits in the entertainment sector and particularly in tourism .
The culture must be promoted and marketed with the spotlight on the steelband , in such a way as to emphasize the history of the steelpan , its culture , its creators and the superior skills of the pan creators and innovators of T&T.
Increased funds in the national coffers due to tourism based on steelband activities can then be shared with the steelbands , since it would be obvious they have earned it.
The steelbands , even with exemplary leadership , cannot solve these issues by themselves.
The problem is us.
All of us , not just pan people.
Windrush is a four-part series of one-hour television documentaries originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1998[1] to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the MV Empire Windrush, the ship that brought the first significant wave of post-war West Indian immigrants. The series was produced and directed by David Upshal. Its Executive Producer was Trevor Phillips. It won the 1999 Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series.[2] Contributors include Lenny Henry, Jazzy B, Doreen Lawrence, Valerie Amos, Rosalind Howells, Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng, Ben Bousquet, Carroll Thompson, Charlie Williams, Cy Grant, Professor Stuart Hall, Ken Livingstone, Darcus Howe, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Columbus Deniston, Ulric Cross, Chris Blackwell, Mike Phillips.
I've been told on several occasions that there is a National Steel Pan Organization but I'm still waiting to see the evidence of such an organization. There are thousands of Pan Players across this country including those is Schools, Colleges and State and local bands, not even counting the individuals not associated with a band. I would have thought that what happened in New York would have brought the "National Organization" out - looking out for the interest of the players and intervening with WIADCA on their behalf.
My concern are all the young players who are left with a bad taste in their mouths after this fiasco - why should they want to be involved if they are not even appreciated on a basic level by the people who try to run what is the largest Pan Competition in the US. Its 2017 and this blatant disrespect by WIADCA was allowed - can you imagine 5 or 10 years from now??.
Unfortunately thats not the only Pan issue going on in NY - When I learned to play pan - I was told that the band I learned to play with was my Pan family, and like most families, loyalty is expected. I'm seeing that this is not the rule in NY - players are abandoning their home bands for other bands without even a discussion as to why they are leaving. I'm not saying players don't have the right to play with whoever they want too - I'm saying give respect where it is due.
With the challenges the NY Pan world have to go through - the last thing I would think it needs is disrespect among the Band Leaders and the players.
Time to pull it together people, talk is just talk - a bunch of hot air that goes nowhere.
TO JEREMY DE BARRY: Mr. de Barry, this is a second notice, that you remove all content of the book,"Forty Years In The Steelbands, 1939-1979" by George "Sonny" Goddard, (ISBN 9781854650344). You continue to violate my mother's rights as the copyright owner. I verified with her that she never gave anyone, you included, permission to reproduce the book. This is what she wrote and is in the process of notarizing:
Tuesday January 21, 2020
DISCLAIMER NOTICE
This is to state that I, Mona Goddard of [REDACTED], owner of the copyright of my husband’s book entitled “Forty Years In The
Steelbands”, ISBN # 1 85465 034 3 Pb, have never given anyone verbally or in writing, the
permission to reproduce, in its entirety or any part thereof of the said book, albeit in hard
copy, soft copy or via the Internet.
Anyone making such proclamation, specifically those whom may have already infringed on
my copyright, is a total fabricator of the truth, clearly in violation of both local and
international copyright laws, and would have to provide documented and/or recorded
proof/evidence of such a claim.
…………………………………………..
Mona Goddard
END OF TEXT
She is currently working on retaining an attorney, and this has bothered her extensively. Your email reply suggested that "On Saturday 3rd January 1998 Mrs Mona Goddard gave this site, www.seetobago.com (now www.seetobago.org), her kind permission to publish on the internet her late husbands book...". Of course, you failed to provide any tangible proof of your claim, I can assure you that my mother is of sound mind, and as her Power of Attorney, I will pursue you to the fullest extent that the law will allow me to. I understand that your email reply aimed at soliciting an emotional response, however, your actions will be remedied by the appropriate, intellectual course of action. You have brought great damage to our family, and we will be seeking retribution. That, you can count on. I hope that you show your respect for our culture and its pioneers and their wives, by ending your stealing of others' works and claiming that they gave you the rights. But, let it be known; you are in violation of my mom's copyright to her deceased husband's work, and your are receiving this second notice to cease and desist this infringement, even if you choose to continue lying on my mother. That is your karma, not hers, nor my dad's, nor mine. Neither of us steal other people's works and then lie about it. Again, be governed accordingly. You may not know us, but we are very resourceful. You will be held to account for your actions.
Below is a copy of the original text I sent you:
Dear Mr. Jeremy G. de Barry,
It has come to our attention that you have made an unauthorized reproduction of the copyrighted work entitled, Forty Years In The Steelbands 1939-1979 (the "Work"), by George “Sonny” Goddard (ISBN 9781854650344). My mother, Mona Goddard (the “Owner”) owns the copyright to the Work, and has assigned me the“Power of Attorney”. We have reserved all rights in the Work, which was first published in 1991. (Karia Press.)
Your website, seetobago.org reproduced the Work in its identical entirety. This is found on your page and related pages, beginning with, http://www.seetobago.org/trinidad/pan/goddard/ggbkfram.htm.
You neither asked for, nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for your online reproduction, nor to make and/or distribute copies of it. Therefore, I believe you have willfully infringed upon the rights of the Owner, as protected under Chapter 82:80 of the Copyright Act of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
We demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies, including electronic copies, of same, that you deliver to me, if applicable, all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of our rights in the future.
This correspondence serves as legal notice. If we have not received an affirmative response from you by January 15, 2020, indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, we shall consider taking any and all legal remedies available to rectify this situation. Be governed accordingly.
Respectfully Submitted,
George D. Goddard, B.A.
Dated: 12/19/2019
Windrush part 3 of 4
Four-part historical documentary series tracing the changes to British national life brought about by the first major influx of people from the Caribbean on the troopship Empire Windrush.
.Pan Trinbago Elections for National Officers......OCT 28th.....VOTE FOR ...IAN J CLARKE...EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER........
https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Clarke-for-External-Relations-Officer-of-Pan-Trinbago-368619973877936/
I just saw where a woman trying to disrupt some groups preparations for the Labour Day parade. This will always happen because our people don't publicise the value and importance of our events. The labour parade puts millions of dollars in revenue in the coffers of NYC.Pan in particular helps keep a lot of people from mischief Music is one of the intelligences and especially with youth improves the operation of the brain, Concerning my new book I didn't give any details, but I will do so now. It chronicles events ,personal experiences and memories of the badjohn days and pan playing mas and pan on the streets as well as programmes in schools and notes on inventors of certain aspects of pan development. If you really LOVE pan it's a must read If I may say so myself. As Bob Gittens used to say if Gabriel don't blow his own trumpet nobody will do it for him.
PA N _ _ _
Has come a long way
But do you know::
How we got where we are today ???
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The Boys
Didn’t read music
So how did they teach it???
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Well, listen up - Listen up
Ah go tell you today
CHORUS
Watch "meh" hand boy
Ah, say watch meh hand!! (ping ping ping pong )
Ah doing it slow --- For you to understand Boy
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Watch meh hand boy!!
Ah, say watch meh hand!! ( pong -pong ping pong)
And you had to catch on fast (C2) If “yuh” head hard)
To stay in the band Boy!! (You couldn’t say in the band Boy
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Watch meh hand boy
Ah say watch meh hand (P 2 3 4)
And the Captain Beating out the Syncopation~~ (kay tang "kay tang" )
And then we move so~~~ (Sway left +++ Sway to the Right)
To run the solo (P- Pause)
Man to Man ( P) (Brother Man)
That is how they used to teach pan.
V2: V3
PAN _ _ _ PAN _ _ _
Muma used to say People used to say
One Day One Day Congo Tae!!! If yuh Boy in pan yard – they have gone astray
If your daughter step in a panyard Police used to chase them (we)
The Family gone mad Police would even arrest them (we)
Look around Look around Look around Look around
Who in panyard today -> CHORUS Police in panyard today CHORUS - To Change Key
Check out Pandaddy, Richard Rudolph of Roanoke, VA celebrating his 65th Birthday today, Monday, April 6, 2015. We’d like to wish Pandaddy, the happiest of birthdays. One amazing guy who has probably taught more people to play steel pans than anyone else in the world. Who else can teach and run eight steel pan bands at a time and also launch and teach 150 elementary school kids in Franklin County, VA the steel pans all at the same time.
Richard is the owner of Quest School of Music in Roanoke, VA http://www.questschoolofmusic.com/#!classes/cr6k
Richard’s dedication and efforts are tireless and his love for teaching steel pans and bringing out the music in us all is amazing. Happy Birthday Pandaddy. Many more!
Island Jazz Chat is a Jazz in the Islands podcast featuring conversations with Caribbean jazz and panjazz musicians based in the islands and the diaspora. For more, click here.
Victor Provost, from St John, USVI, has been variously described as a "rising steelpan master...whose refreshing melodic approach to soloing on the pan is wholly steeped in the jazz tradition," and "living proof of the nuance and versatility of the [steelpan]." In this chat, Victor discusses his beginnings, his influences and the practicality and privilege of "being in the right place at the right time" to develop both a performing and recording career that continues to build receptive audiences. Solo albums, collaborations and featured sideman duties over a two decade professional career are explored. Sun, 28 Aug 2022
If you can't see the embedded podcast player, click here for the podcast.
The Merry Tones Learn To Play Pan Vacation Camp began on Monday 11th July, at our Pan Complex, 1 Bagatelle Road, Diego Martin. An introduction to the Steelpan artform, the Camp caters to ages nine to seventeen years and features Pan Playing techniques, Steelband history and Music Literacy. The Camp ends on Thursday July 28.
Most people with a basic knowledge of the history of the steel drum/steelpan/pan, have no difficulty in connecting the percussive instrument to its Trinidad origins. However, few are able to make the connection between the instrument and “Black History”...
(Click the following link for the full article.) https://panicleusa.com/black-history-month-pan-africanism-and-the-connecting-of-the-steel-drum-steelpan-to-black-history)
NOTE TO WST MEMBERS: While some are unable to find the human decency to respect ALL people, regardless of "race", I have continued to assert that Black people are not inferior or deficient, but, simply different. Afro-Trinbagonian professionals in the social science fields may not know who I am, but I continue to earn the respect of doctorate holders in the field of psychology! I clearly understand that, in order to change behaviors, we MUST address the opinions and attitudes that fuel them.
George D. Goddard
My third original collection "Put It Behind You" features 20 new tunes in Caribbean styles. Charts are arranged with melody & chords in a lead sheet format that is easy for live bands to play. For soloists, each backing track blends drums, bass, and percussion, with a variety of harmony instruments including guitar, organ, marimba, vibraphone, and occasionally, horns. This collection features my best work to date! My other collections, “Sea Breeze” and “Chasing Summer,” are also available through Tropical Shores Productions.
You can purchase the book now at this link: http://www.tropicalshores.net/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=PAB%2Dputitbehindyou
You can listen to the entire demo recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_LE7W4i_g&t=10s
Or download a copy of the demo album here: https://panoramicview.bandcamp.com/album/put-it-behind-you
I hope any or all of these tunes get added to your set list! Enjoy!
With thanks,
Aaron Abrahamson Cote
Steel Pan Artist; Composer & Educator
Master of Music; UIUC
