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New York Pan Yard locations - 2007
Web Posted -
Tuesday
August
28,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Pan Podium
Magazine
On The Pulse of
Pan in the UK |
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BAS’s media
machinery continues its mission in getting the laborious
work performed by pannists, arrangers, tuners and management
promoted globally to its world audience.
 The
struggle of recognition for the instrument and all involved
with this art form has been a long and difficult journey
that still has a long way to go. Pan Podium welcomes the day
when you can visit your local HMV or Virgin outlets and
readily purchase steel pan music. How wonderful it would be
to visit a music store and acquire a steel pan instrument,
to see pans on display with guitars, pianos, keyboards, drum
kits etc. This is the vision and the dedication,
determination and commitment of all those involved with this
art form will one day see the global pan family reap the
fruits of their labour. |
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Web Posted -
Saturday
August
25,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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BAS/CAPCA
JUNIOR PANORAMA 2k7
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 Judges
were World Soloist Champion Brent Holder, seven times Junior Panorama
winning arranger Debby Romain and Miles Pascall, Vice Chair of BAS’
Future Development Forum.
The overcast day filled with sporadic showers did not dampen the spirits
of the young pannists. The audience was treated to an explosion of sweet
steel band music played by enthusiastic pan musicians. In first place
was Croydon Steel Orchestra led by Musical Director Paul Dowie. Their
rendition of Destra Garcia’s, ‘I Dare You’ saw them capture the title by
the narrowest of margins. |
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Web Posted -
Thursday
August
23,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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The anatomy of
"appearance" picking...
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New York -
As most steelband music panorama veterans know, where you play
is almost as important, as what you play on panorama
night. Indeed, appearance/play position can have a
profound effect on one's fortune that night, and ultimately,
what your entire season had been geared toward, the reason of
'being.'
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NY Order of
Appearance 2007 |
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Web Posted -
Thursday
August
25,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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Redemption Sound Setters Performs in Washington DC at Independence Celebrations
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 Rbtt Redemption Sound Setters will head a Tobago cultural
delegation to Washington D.C. to perform at festivities in
commemoration of the country’s 45th Anniversary of
Independence.
The invitation was issued by Trinidad & Tobago Ambassador to
Washington D.C. Marina Valere and will include Sweet Fingers
Tambrin Band, calypsonian Wendy Garrick, Aquisia Fredericks
Limbo Dance troupe and the Prembroke Folk Dancers.
The 58 member contingent will spend eight (8) days in the State
capital performing at a series of events organized by the
Ambassador. Among which are T&T Men Can Cook at the
Inter-American Defense Board Headquarters (25th
August), A Cultural Evening at the OAS Headquarters (27th
August), Washington DC and Wilmington, Delaware (28th
August), and an outdoor performance at the National Sea
Aquarium, Inner Harbour, Baltimore, Maryland (26th
August).
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Web Posted -
Monday
August
20,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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Max
Roach Remembered
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"Pan belongs on a world stage"
- Max Roach |
 New York - Master drummer
extraordinaire, Max Roach, passed away on the
morning of August 16, 2007. He was a personal
friend of When Steel Talks (WST), and an ardent
supporter of the steelpan instrument, the steel
orchestra and the steelpan movement and
community. Max Roach was a giant whose genius
will be missed. He leaves behind a body of work
that more than validates the belief that he was
the greatest drummer ever - "Before he was 30,
he had been voted the greatest jazz drummer of
all time by a panel of 100 peers," and was
inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995.
Max. He constantly championed the position that
the "steelpan belonged on the world stage,"
in words and deeds. (See Vol 24 No. 181 Daily
Challenge newspaper - Monday November 27, 1995 -
pg 13 "Max Roach on the
Power of Pan")
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Web Posted -
Saturday
August
18,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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UK Steelbands 2007
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What the Bands are Playing |
United Kingdom
Everything you need to know for UK's steelband
music panorama competition.
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Web Posted -
Saturday
August
18,
2007
Time Out
London |
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Panorama steel band competition
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 United
Kingdom
- The hotly contested Panorama steel band competition
has been a precursor to the carnival for 27 years, with
the cream of UK talent battling it out. But now these
talented musicians are struggling to stay in Notting
Hill. Time Out meets the performers
Despite what experience and our
pullout guide may have told you, Carnival starts on
Saturday. For a lot of people, it ends on Saturday too.
Because on Saturday, when you’re probably washing the
car or tottling round Tesco or swearing that you’ll
never drink again, an enthusiastic crowd converge on
Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, to watch the
Carnival’s best-kept secret – Panorama. Not to be
confused with the long-running current affairs show of
the same name, Panorama is the UK’s national steel band
competition, and whether you know it or not, it’s the
beating heart of the whole Carnival shooting match.
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Web Posted -
Saturday
August
18,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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United Kingdom Steelband Music
National Panorama Competition 2007
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Champions of Steel
Hosted
in Hyde Park |
 United Kingdom
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2007 sees the celebration of the 29th
Anniversary of the Notting Hill Panorama,
‘Champions of Steel’ competition on the 25th
August 2007 to be held in Hyde Park. For many
years, Honiman’s Pleasant on Kensal Road has
been the venue for this iconic Carnival event.
Since the Russell Henderson steelband played at
the inaugural Notting Hill Children’s
Neighbourhood Festival in 1964, organised by
Rhaune Laslett, steelband music is noted as the
first recognised form of music to appear at the
Carnival and continues to play an important role
in what is now termed the largest street
festival in Europe and possibly the world with
the exception of Brazil’s Carnival.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
August
15,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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"Pan Alive???"
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Open Letter To Tout Monde Part 2 |
Toronto
- Ah doh
know where to start nuh. Every time ah siddong to write
bout de 2007 Pan Alive competition ah get a headache. Ah
doh care who vex, who please, ah sellin it as ah buy it,
not a bloomin cent profit!
Judges, oh
gorme judges! Nah! Ah startin in all yuh skin firse because
is all yuh who allow some real disrespeck to take place. Yuh
din only let dong de players eh, yuh let dong de audience an
de whole pan community. Yuh take yuh job slight. I was dere
before de show start an ah leave after we empty out de corn
soup man pot. So ah know ah see every ting. Show time is 7pm
ent? Ah was hustlin to reach because ah get ketch in Toronto
jumbie traffic. Ah reach after seven an de show din start
yet. Pan Masters was de firse panside an accordin to what I
see, de players was dere waitin. So what was de delay? Is
nearly 8pm yuh start.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
August
15,
2007
When Steel Talks |
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New York Pan Stars Make
Debut
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New York
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The newest member to the New York steelband music
fraternity, New York Pan Stars, made it's musical performance debut
at the historic Restoration Plaza in Bedford Stuyvesant,
Brooklyn, New York. In addition to providing New York
steelpan enthusiasts with their first glimpse of the new
orchestra, the occasion also doubled as the official launch for
the organization.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
August
15,
2007
Antigua Sun |
NYPO cooking up a pot of
pan treats
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Antigua - Taking
my time walking up Lower Nevis Street, I found my steps
involuntarily picking up pace as the sweet sounds of Michael
Row the Boat Ashore filled the lower downtown area. Bobbing
my head in time as I neared my destination – the Culture
Department – as Michael rode his boat, I temporarily forgot
I was wearing heels as the timely song accompanied a
downpour.
Managing to shelter on the stage filled
with steel pans and a group of very enthused musicians who
played without skipping a beat to the falling rain, I was
already sold on their concert.
Spearheaded by the then director of
Culture Arthur Bird and the now Co-ordinator of Steel Pan
Barbara Mason, the Cultural Development Division launched a
serious programme to revive and re-introduce steel pan to
Antigua, targeting the younger market.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
August
14,
2007
Nation News |
Pan project tuning careers
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Barbados - Since
2002, young people have had the chance to harness their
steel pan skills while learning about career opportunities
available in the field.
The annual Pan In The Plaza project
is sponsored by the Central Bank of Barbados, and is run in
association with The Barbados Association of Steel Pan
Teachers and the National Cultural Foundation.
The two-part project includes a three-week
camp at Harrison College, that began on Monday, as well as a
performance at the Central Bank cathedral plaza, which will
be held on September 1. The event will give the students a
chance to demonstrate their newly-honed skills.
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Web Posted -
Monday
August
13,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Wyclef
Jean Bonds with Pantonic
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A Band of Immigrants
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 New York
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Internationally renowned recording superstar Wyclef Jean returned to his Brooklyn roots as he broke
bread, sang, danced, counseled, hung
out and worked with New York music powerhouse Pantonic Steel
Orchestra.
Pantonic Steel Orchestra, in the
middle of feverishly preparing for the achievement of
winning another coveted New York steelband music
panorama title, opened their home/panyard to the always
progressive and socially-conscious world personality, Wyclef Jean. The Grammy award-winning artist/producer
who is in the midst of preparing for his
latest soon-to-be-released musical venture, utilized
Pantonic's musical and visual aura, charisma and global
magnetism to capture scenes for the promotion of his project labeled
The Carnival II:
Memoirs of an Immigrant.
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Web Posted -
Friday
August
10,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Commancheros
Wins Grenada's 2007 Panorama
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Grenada - With a
score of 275, Commancheros Steel Orchestra successfully
defend its panorama championship crown for the second
consecutive time. New Dimensions and Angel Harps came
in second and third respectively with scores of 267 and 253.
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Web Posted -
Friday
August
10,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Address by Patrick
Arnold, President, Pan Trinbago,
at the launch of the G-Pan
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Trinidad -
I want to begin by saying, on behalf of Pan Trinbago, how very
pleased we are to be part of this evening’s initiative. This has
to be a proud moment for every citizen of Trinidad & Tobago.
It also has to be a moment of great pride for every individual
associated with the steelpan movement in this country.
It has to be so for every steelpan player in Trinbago, and
more so for those who toiled with the evolution of the instrument
in the early days and continuing.
As we all know, the steelpan emerged from among the masses and
from among the poor and underprivileged in our society.
The early pioneers therefore lacked the technology and resources
available to others working in the field today.
And yet, out of what was available to them, and out of their
very humble circumstances, they were able to give to the world
the most important musical instrument invented during the last
century.
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Web Posted -
Friday
August
10,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Sonatas Launch Brings
Out the Best
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 New York
- This past weekend New York's Sonatas Steel Orchestra held
its annual steelband launch at KC Hideaway in Brooklyn.
Sonatas' launch is traditionally a great place to hear New
York steelband music at it's best on a Summer evening.
This year's event did not disappoint. With many pan
notables in attendance, the participating orchestras
delivered varied and entertaining sets that covered a wide
range of musical genres.
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Web Posted -
Friday
August
10,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Salah Steelpan Academy
Wins 2007
Toronto Steelband Panorama
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Open
Letter To Tout Monde |
Toronto
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not in no sou-sou wid all yuh eh, so ah talkin
plain in here today. Ah sharin licks an praise
from top to bottom, lef to right an all
inbetween. Hear meh lyrics.
I
never, in all meh years goin to King an Queen
show in Lamport, ever see so much people! From
Nort to Sout side in de stands was pack, de beer
tent was pack, de VIP tent was pack, all behine
de DJ was pack. De show start lil late but still
widdin reason. De ticket was $35 dollars eh? So
ah hope when time to count de money, dem doh
come an tell we dey din make no profit.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
August
8,
2007
Trib Media |
CV steel pans join
new wave in music
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Pennsylvania
- Chartiers Valley High School's Steel Pan Band was
showcased at the recent Three Rivers Arts Festival in
downtown Pittsburgh, performing with world-renowned
steel drum builder/composer/innovator Phil Solomon and
his group, Steel Impressions, a Pittsburgh-based band
since the 1980s.A pioneer in
promoting this music, Solomon has been making steel pans
and arranging music since he was 17 in his native
British Guyana.
He formed the Atlantic Symphony Steel
Orchestra in 1966 and, after moving to Pittsburgh,
started Solomon Steelpan Company, making steel pans for
schools and community programs throughout the United
States and other countries.
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Web Posted -
Sunday
August
5,
2007
When Steel Talks |
Invaders Takes Plea to Laventille
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
- In support of the Invaders Steel
Orchestra’s plight to secure its panyard at 147 Tragarete Road,
Woodbrook, the Laventille Steelband Festival Committee has made the
unprecedented decision to include this pan icon into the street
parade on Sunday 5th August 2007.
As a show of solidarity, the Northern Region of Pantrinbago is
calling upon all steelbands to display messages in support of
Invaders remaining at its panyard.
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Web Posted -
Sunday
August
5,
2007
Trinidad Express |
'Lamentation' shares licks
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Toronto - Once
again "Pan Lamentation" put "Sharing Licks" into second
place in a steelband Panorama competition.
In a Saturday evening final that saw a number of bands,
including the favourites Afropan simply tying for second
place, Salah's Steelband Academy comprised mostly of young
players became the Caribana 2007 Panorama champs.
So surprising was the announcement that band members had to
be sought from around the Lamport Stadium venue before
leader Salah Wilson could come forward to receive the trophy
from chief judge Orville Wright with producer Joe Brown
looking on.
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Web Posted -
Sunday
August
5,
2007
Trinidad Express |
Oldest Toronto steelband now homeless
on streets
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Toronto - The
more things change, the more they remain the same. At least
for one steelband in Toronto this is not just a cliche.
Consider the case of Afropan, which at 34 years is the
oldest steelband in Toronto. This year Caribana celebrates
40.
The 55-member band is led by celebrated
veteran pannist, the unquenchable Earl La Pierre Snr. However,
the band which according to leader La Pierre is possibly the
oldest in the Caribana has spent the entire preparation
period for the festival which takes place this weekend,
homeless and practising on the streets, just outside the
fence of its former panyard at 1 Jefferson Boulevard. When
their practice yard was sold to a new owner they were
literally told to "move yuh pan", a situation eloquently
described in the Trinidad situation by David Rudder and many
other calypsonians.
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Web Posted -
Friday
August
3,
2007
Antigua Sun |
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C&W Hell’s Gate burns up Panorama |
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