Global - It's been a very interesting year for pan, globally speaking. The
face of pan is getting younger and more diversified. Furthermore the talent
and skill level are increasing sharply. When...
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Global - Our steelband personality award of the year goes to Mrs. Anna
Raffoul, president of the Dominica Steelband Association. Anna Raffoul
achieved through sheer determination and innovation, a...
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Global - Those steelband people who merit very special mention for the year
are the flag bearers of all the world's steelbands - more commonly referred
to as the 'flag woman' or 'flag man.'
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Trinidad - Defending champion top gun arranger / composer Len "Boogsie"
Sharpe and noted calypsonian "Crazy" have teamed up to serve notice on the
rest of the Trinidad and Tobago steelband fraternity...
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Recently New York's 2006 Panorama Champions held their annual 'Carols and
Steel' concert. Click on link to see why they are one of North America's
best.
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New York - 2005 was a year marked by historic highs and tragic lows for the
Pan community. On panorama night, the late great Clive Bradley made history
by achieving a feat never before accomplished....
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New York - The Performing Arts Center at Meyer Levin's Junior High School
I.S. 285 was transformed into a musical mecca for the educational
institution's annual Winter Concert. Located in Brooklyn,...
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New York - CASYM (Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement,
Inc.) hosted more than three hours of great entertainment for the season
under the leadership of long-time arranger Arddin...
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New York - CASYM Steel Orchestra has a special relationship with New York
City. For over twenty-three years CASYM has provided academic and cultural
youth activities to the New York metropolitan...
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Global - When Steel Talks (WST) caught up with Patrick Arnold, the president
of Pan Trinbago - the governing organization of all maters related to
steelpan in Trinidad and Tobago - as he discussed...
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Gemonites Steel Orchestra is featured in Pan Classics with a live
performance from this year's Moods of Pan Festival in Antigua. Two
performances from Gospel Night are featured.
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Botswana - The Bahai Faith recently showcased the steelpan as an art form at
its monthly “ART GATHERING” in Gaborone, Botswana, Africa. The event
featured The Clifton’s Family Steelpan Ensemble,...
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New York - On November 26, 2006, on the anniversary of his death, Pantonic
Steel Orchestra graciously hosted a tribute to the late great master, Clive
Bradley, at Café Omar in Brooklyn. It hardly...
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St. John's, Antigua - For another year, the curtains came down on the annual
Moods of Pan festival with fanfare performances. Following on the heels of
the two previous festival nights - Gospel Pan...
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Trinidad - Trinidad's new Caribbean Airlines will no longer carry the image
of the steelpan instrument on its planes. Here is a look at the new planes
and the previous BWIA airlines logo.
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New York - The historic Brooklyn Borough Hall at 209 Joralemon Street, in
Brooklyn, New York was the setting for the WIADCA (West Indian American Day
Carnival Association) 39th Annual Prize Awards. ...
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St. John's, Antigua - And the Lord said... Let there be Pan. Gospel Pan.
Gospel was the primary genre for the opening night during Moods of Pan 2006
at the Deanery Grounds in the capital of Antigua....
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Check out the mighty Trinidad All Stars in the When Steel Talks "Pan
Classics" forum playing Rihanna's huge hit "Unfaithful". The performance is
a clip from the recent Moods of Pan Festival in...
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United Kingdom - The 8th Annual British Association of Steelbands’ Awards
was hosted at the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury on the 2nd December 2006. This
event has evolved from its humble beginnings in the...
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Antigua and Barbuda - Let's be totally honest here. How many Heads of State
can honestly say that they listen to pan music religiously or even say they
love steelpan music? How many Heads of State...
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St. John's, Antigua - This month When Steel Talks (WST) traveled back to the
Caribbean to cover the annual Moods of Pan (MOP) music festival held in
Antigua. The event traditionally starts on the...
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St. John's, Antigua - When Steel Talks has been fortunate to witness and
experience live performances of celebrated Trinidad All Stars Steel
Orchestra in different venues and on different continents....
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St. John's, Antigua - The crowd was at the Deanery Grounds for two shows. It
was the biggest night of the three-day steelpan festival known as Moods of
Pan hosted by Gemonites Steel Orchestra, and,...
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Antigua - Traveling abroad for a major competition is never easy. Traveling
to Antigua for the eccentric Five Alive competition with the expectation of
winning is, at best, normally wishful thinking....
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St. John's, Antigua - Always innovative, creative and pioneering - Antigua's
Gemonites Steel Orchestra has again set a new pilot in motion for the global
steelpan music community to analyze,...
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St. John's, Antigua - The second night of the three-day Moods of Pan (MOP)
festival drew even more crowds to the Deanery Grounds venue. Hundreds were
present for the program which first featured the...
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St. John's, Antigua - The Americans have "Dancing with the Stars", the UK
has its "Top of the Pops", Australia has its "Wiggles", and in the
Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda has its "Five Alive"...
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Antigua - The Moods of Pan Festival - the brainchild of Gemonites, has
steadily grown each year since its inception, in outlook and recognition.
The involvement and support of major sponsors like...
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Texas - The University of Arizona and University of Texas - Austin Steel
Bands performed at the 2006 Percussive Arts Society International Convention
(PASIC) held in Austin, Texas on Saturday,...
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Roseau, Dominica - Often one can look back in history and identify a single
event, time and/or a single person whose presence, sacrifices and deeds were
so enormous and critical to a movement, that...
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Dominica, W.I. - The first day in November was a memorable day-into-evening
experience, and one filled with immense excitement for scores of young
Dominican pannists hailing from around the island. ...
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Dominica Roseau - It has been less than six months since Dominica pulled off
one of the best steelband events for 2006. Last Spring Dominica served as
the host for the 2006 OECS Junior Steelband...
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Dominica Roseau - One of the major benefits of the global steelpan music
explosion is that on almost any given month of the year, there will be at
least one major steelpan music event occurring ...
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Dominica Roseau - On November 1, 2006 the the annual Pan by The Bay
steelband music festival took place in the Caribbean nation of Dominica. The
event, traditionally held in Roseau, Dominica's...
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Dominica is simply one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Add a
major steelpan music event to this mix and you've got steelpan music
paradise. Last week When Steel Talks journeyed to...
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Trinidad - Patrick Arnold has won an unprecedented fourth consecutive term
as president of Pan Trinbago, the world governing body for pan. At elections
held Sunday October 29, 2006 in Port-of-Spain,...
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Trinidad - The amphitheatre in St. James was about half full at the
beginning of the 2006 Steelpan and Jazz concert series. Starting promptly at
7:30 PM, it was about seven minutes later, after the...
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - On any given night, a myriad of pulsating sounds
and rhythms, activities and side events, as well as booths filled with
attractive wares from participating countries, all...
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Trinidad - Although there was more than one steelpan event around town on
the evening of September 30 - Panyard Sensations, the finale - in the 2006
Pan Trinbago-organized series held throughout the...
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - On any given night during the Carifesta IX event
recently concluded in Trinidad and Tobago, one could find the presence of
the national instrument somewhere on the grounds...
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - The closing ceremony of Carifesta IX was a public
spectacle for all who made their way to the Hasely Crawford Stadium on the
evening of October 1. From the performance of...
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He attended Fatima College where he studied Business Management at A levels
and started an International Business Major with a minor in Marketing at the
University of Akron. In April 2005, he...
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The date is April 16, 2005. The place is the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of
Spain, Trinidad - the home of the steelpan. The event is the annual Pan In
The 21st Century competition produced by Pan...
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Botswana - On Saturday 30th September Rainbow High School Steelpan Ensemble
joined the rest of the Botswana in staging the 40th Anniversary Celebration
of Independence from the British. As is the...
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San Fernando, Trinidad - The Chinese community in Trinidad and Tobago
celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of their arrival on the shores of
Trinidad and Tobago this year on October 12. It is the...
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There are musical compositions, arrangements, and performances that are
undeniably musical gems. Moreover they are true classics that have weathered
the test of time. These classics continue to shine...
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St. Lucia - Somewhere in the 1940’s a young man named Lennard “Scrubb”
Wellington, started on his way to become St. Lucia’s steelband maestro. He
had experimented with music from the age of seven and...
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St. Lucia - It is indeed a reality that the Pantime Steel Orchestra has come
a very long way. Reflecting on the first panorama outing for the band, it
seems so long ago.
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Carifesta Village, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - The multiple nations in and
around the Caribbean geographic area have displayed the culture, artistic
talents, and openness of their respective peoples...
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United Kingdom - The evening of September 22nd saw Trafalgar Square lit up
by an open air concert of Calypso, Pan and Dance as the final part of the
programme put on by the T and T Trade Mission...
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - On the eve of the celebration of, and farewell
tribute to - the life of pan tuner great Lincoln Noel, one of the men who
knew him for many years spoke with When Steel Talks...
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Laventille, Trinidad - Laventille was in the spotlight when it unveiled the
'Eight of Hearts' Steelband music concert on Sunday September 24. This was
the community's unique celebration in honor of...
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New York - Current New York panorama champions CASYM Steel Orchestra present
their perspective, concerns, philosophy and approach for success in an
exclusive interview with When Steel Talks. CASYM's...
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