2005 Calendar of Steelpan Music Events

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• Paquito D'Rivera & Panamericana - featuring Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet and alto saxophone), Dave Samuels (vibes and marimba), Andy Narell (steel drums), Alon Yavnai (piano), Dana Leong (cello and trombone), Raul Jaurena (bandoneon), Pernell Saturnino (drums and percussion), Oscar Stagnaro (bass), Mark Walker (drums).  Showtimes:  Two shows per night -  7:30 and 9:30 PM.  Venue:  Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor.  New York, New York, USA.  Through January 1, 2006
   

• 'Music for London Gala Appearance' one of the pre-concerts of London's 20^th annual New Year’s Day Parade.  Various musical performances including one from St. Joseph's Convent Steelband (from St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago).  Showtime:  7:30 PM.  Venue:  The Speech Room - Harrow School, 5 High Street, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, London, ENGLAND
   
• Paquito D'Rivera & Panamericana - featuring Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet and alto saxophone), Dave Samuels (vibes and marimba), Andy Narell (steel drums), Alon Yavnai (piano), Dana Leong (cello and trombone), Raul Jaurena (bandoneon), Pernell Saturnino (drums and percussion), Oscar Stagnaro (bass), Mark Walker (drums).  Showtimes:  Two shows per night -  7:30 and 9:30 PM.  Venue:  Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor.  New York, New York, USA.  Through January 1, 2006
   

• Paquito D'Rivera & Panamericana - featuring Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet and alto saxophone), Dave Samuels (vibes and marimba), Andy Narell (steel drums), Alon Yavnai (piano), Dana Leong (cello and trombone), Raul Jaurena (bandoneon), Pernell Saturnino (drums and percussion), Oscar Stagnaro (bass), Mark Walker (drums).  Showtimes:  Two shows per night -  7:30 and 9:30 PM.  Venue:  Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor.  New York, New York, USA.   Through January 1, 2006
   

• Paquito D'Rivera & Panamericana - featuring Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet and alto saxophone), Dave Samuels (vibes and marimba), Andy Narell (steel drums), Alon Yavnai (piano), Dana Leong (cello and trombone), Raul Jaurena (bandoneon), Pernell Saturnino (drums and percussion), Oscar Stagnaro (bass), Mark Walker (drums).  Showtimes:  Two shows per night -  7:30 and 9:30 PM.  Venue:  Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor.  New York, New York, USA.   Through January 1, 2006
   

• Paquito D'Rivera & Panamericana - featuring Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet and alto saxophone), Dave Samuels (vibes and marimba), Andy Narell (steel drums), Alon Yavnai (piano), Dana Leong (cello and trombone), Raul Jaurena (bandoneon), Pernell Saturnino (drums and percussion), Oscar Stagnaro (bass), Mark Walker (drums).  Showtimes:  Two shows per night -  7:30 and 9:30 PM.  Venue:  Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, 5th Floor.  New York, New York, USA.   Through January 1, 2006
   

• Angel Harps Steel Orchestra invites you to join them on a Christmas Journey in Steel!  Featuring 2005 Grenada Panorama Champions Angel Harps, and guest appearances by Spice Island Youthquake Choir, Randall Robinson, James Clarkson and Cecil Noel.  Time:  6:00 PM. Venue:  The Bell Lecture Hall, St. George's University True Blue.  Tickets available at the National Commercial Bank and Angel Harps panhouse.  GRENADA, W.I.
   

• Silver Stars Steel Orchestra final night of its 15th edition of Parang & Steel.  Also appearing: Del Caribe and Skatie.   Showtime:  8:00 PM.   Venue:   Silver Stars' pan yard, Tragarete Road, Newtown, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Desperadoes Steel Orchestra hosts its Annual  Christmas Treat for the  Children.  Venue:  Desperadoes Panyard, Laventille, TRINIDAD, W.I.
   

• Melodians Steel Orchestra in concert.  Time: 7:00 PM.  Venue: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, ENGLAND
   

• The USVI Superior Court Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra perform at their Annual Christmas Concert.  Time: 7:00 PM. Venue: Reichhold Center for the Arts, St. Thomas, Virgin Island.  For more info call: 1 (340) 693-6438 or email: gbcaines@tcourt.gov.vi
   

• Silver Stars Steel Orchestra continues its 15th edition of Parang & Steel.  Also appearing:  Voces Jovenes and Kenny J.   Showtime:  8:00 PM.   Performances ongoing every Saturday through December 17.  Venue:   Silver Stars' pan yard, Tragarete Road, Newtown, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• CASYM Steel Orchestra presents their Christmas Concert.  Doors open at 7:00 PM.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Call 1 (718) 735-6708 and 1 (718) 735-4932 for tickets and more info.
   

• Darlington School Steel Band hosts and performs at their Christmas concert.  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Morris Chapel, Darlington School, 1014 Cave Spring Road, Rome, Georgia, USA.  Call 1 (706) 236-0422 for more information
   

• Second Annual Cayman Jazz Fest - December 1 - 3.  Featuring top jazz talents including George Duke, Al Jarreau, Earl Klugh, Najee, Yolanda Adams, local Caymanian musicians including jazz group Intransit, island band Hi Tide, Pandemonium Steelband, and more.  Showtime: 2:00 - 8:00 PM. Venue: Pageant Beach, Grand Cayman, CAYMAN ISLANDS, W.I.
   
• Silver Stars Steel Orchestra continues its 15th edition of Parang & Steel.  Also appearing:  Los Buenos Paranderos and Denyse Plummer.    Showtime:  8:00 PM.   Performances ongoing every Saturday through December 17.  Venue:   Silver Stars' pan yard, Tragarete Road, Newtown, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

Dec. 2, 2005

• Celebration of the Life of Clive Bradley:
  The Service
  Venue:   Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W.I.
  Time:   10:00 AM (local time)
  Interment:  St. John's RC Church cemetery, Cemetery Street, Diego Martin, TRINIDAD, W.I.
   
• You  are invited to attend A Tribute and Celebration of the Life of the Master, CLIVE BRADLEY.  PanTrinbago Canada will be hosting a vigil in commemoration.  PROGRAM:  (TBA).  More details will be posted and made available as it comes to hand.  Please contact: Cecil Muggs Clarke at:  1 (416) 463-8349 for more info.  Venue:  the Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Avenue East (Broadview & Danforth Ave. East), Toronto, CANADA. www.enyalpanmusic.com for more info.

Dec. 1, 2005

• Pantonic & D'Radoes Steel Orchestras pay homage to the Master, musician and arranger, Clive Bradley.  Time:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Graham Resort, 1251 Atlantic Avenue (between Nostrand and New York Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA
   

Nov. 27, 2005

• Sunday 27^th:  Moods of Pan 7.  “Clash of Caribbean Champs.”  Appearing are Gemonites Steel Orchestra (Antigua Panorama Champs 2005); New Dimensions Steel Orchestra (Grenada Panorama Champs 2003); Phase II Pan Groove (Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Champs 2005).  Guest artistes:  Aubrey “Lacou” Samuel; Ricardo Anthony & the Foreplay Band  Time: 6:30 PM.  Venue:  Deanery Grounds, St. John's ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.  Visit www.gemonites.com for more details.
   

Nov. 26, 2005

• Saturday 26^th: Moods of Pan 7.  “Five-Alive International"  The biggest and most unique small-pan competition in the world!!! - Five steelpan players perform for five minutes.   OPEN to all:  expected are participants from:  England, St. Vincent, Grenada, Antigua, New York.  Guest artistes:  Ebonites & New Dimensions Steel Orchestras.  Time:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Deanery Grounds, St. John's ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.  Visit www.gemonites.com for more details.
   
• Silver Stars Steel Orchestra continues its 15^th edition of Parang & Steel.  Also appearing:  Los Dinamicos and David Baptiste & 'B' Sharpe.   Showtime:  8:00 PM.   Performances ongoing every Saturday through December 17.  Venue:   Silver Stars' pan yard, Tragarete Road, Newtown, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Moods of Pan 7, hosted by Gemonites Steel Orchestra. 
  The three-day festival features New  Dimension Steel Orchestra from Grenada;  Desperadoes Steel Orchestra and Phase II Pan Groove from Trinidad & Tobago, Ebony Steel Orchestra from England, Ebonites, Hell's Gate and Gemonites Steel Orchestras from Antigua, and Ebony Steel Orchestra from England. 
  Friday 25^th:  Vintage Pan Concert.  Performing are Hell's Gate and Desperadoes Steel Orchestras.   Guest artist:  Comedian McFingall from Barbados.  Time: 7:30 PM.  Venue:  Cathedral Cultural Centre, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.  Visit www.gemonites.com for more details.

• Rick Cline Trio with guest artists the Pan Jive Steel Drum Band. Showtime:  8 :00- 11:00 PM.  Venue:  Olde Hickory Tap Room, 222 Union Square, Hickory, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.  Call 1(828) 322-1965 for more info.
   

• St. Veronica's Youth Steel Orchestra appears in concert. Music collection will include Gospel, Classical, R&B, Soca, and Reggae music, and solo performances.  Showtime: 7:00 - 9:00 PM.  Venue: the Fine Arts Theater, Baltimore City Community College, 2901 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore Maryland, USA.  For tickets and more information, call 1 (410) 319-6095; 1 (410) 292-6814; email amcfarlane@paninthecommunity.org; or visit www.paninthecommunity.org
   
• Silver Stars Steel Orchestra continues its 15th edition of Parang & Steel.  Also appearing:  Los Paranderos de UWI and Wendy Shepherd.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Performances ongoing every Saturday through December 17.  Venue:   Silver Stars' pan yard, Tragarete Road, Newtown, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Charleston Sarjeant performs at the Spontaneous Celebrations Friday Community Dinners - "Caribbean Night."  Showtime:  6:30 PM.  Venue:  45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Boston, USA.

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Percussion Ensemble and UAB Steel Band will perform for a “Beat the Hunger” concert and food drive.  Time:  8:00 PM.  Venue:   Jemison Concert Hall at the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center, 1200 10^th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.  Call 1 (205) 934-7376 for more info.

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) hosts International Education Week from Nov. 14-18.  The International Information Expo includes food, music and information about study abroad opportunities and classes.  Members of the UAB Steel Band and the Indian Student Association will perform.  Time:  10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.  Venue: UAB, the Hill University Center, Great Hall, 1400 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

• The San Fernando Jazz Festival - 'Jazz Waves' featuring various artistes, including Exodus Steel Orchestra with Pelham Goddard, and Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra with the Southernaires Choir.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  San Fernando Hill, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• Leon Foster on steelpan and the Krossover Band perform as part of the Church of the Open Door's Annual Fall Fest in the Jazz on the Lawn Concert Series.  Time:  3:00 - 5:00 PM.  Venue:  Family Life Center @ the Church of the Open Door UCC, 6001 NW 8th Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA.  Contact Leon at 1 (786) 200-5389 for more info.
   
• Silver Stars Steel Orchestra premieres and performs at its 15th edition of Parang & Steel.  Also appearing:   Mucho Tempo and Skatie.  Showtime: 8:00 PM.   Performances every Saturday through December 17.  Venue:   Silver Stars' pan yard, Tragarete Road, Newtown, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Molten Metal - The Brass And Steel Tour: Dennis Rollins and the North Stars Steel Orchestra.  Doors open at 7:30 PM.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  Sallis Benney Theatre at Brighton University, Grand Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM
   
• Exodus Steel Orchestra performs with vocalists Natalie Yorke and Black Stalin, during a two-hour pre-game show in the Trinidad and Tobago Warriors football qualifier match against Bahrain.  All entertainment begins when gates open at 2:00 PM.  Venue:  Hasely Crawford Stadium, Audrey Jeffers Highway, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• Pantonic All Stars Steel Orchestra celebrates their 20^th Anniversary Concert.  Time: 7:30 PM.  Venue: the Plaza, Mersey Square, Stockport, ENGLAND
   
• The San Fernando Jazz Festival - 'A Night of Indian Classicals and Jazz Currents' featuring various artistes, including Dr. Jit Samaroo, Liam Teague on steelpan with Robert Chappell.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  Skiffle Bunch panyard, Coffee Street, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• Trinidad & Tobago National Junior Steelband Music Festival 2005.

• Percussion concert featuring four ensembles at Coastal Carolina University (CCU):  CCU Ragtime Ensemble, Grand Strand Pans Steel Band, African Ensemble, CATALYST Percussion Group and a solo performance by CCU percussion senior Jodie Rowe.  Showtime:  7:30 PM.  Venue:  CCU, Wheelwright Auditorium, U.S. 501, Conway, South Carolina, USA.  Call 1 (843) 349-2502 for more info. 

• The Oregon State University (OSU) Steel Band perform.  Concert features calypsos, reggae and pop.  Time:  7:00 PM.  Venue: First Christian Church, 602 SW Madison Avenue, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.  For more information call: 1 (541) 753-2671.

• Pan Arts Network (P.A.N.) presents Autumn Leaves on Steel, featuring Ken 'Professor' Philmore, Mark Mosca, Earl La Pierre, Sr., Suzette Vidale, Hameed Shaq, and more.  Doors open at 6:00 PM.  Showtime, 7:00 PM. Venue: Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst St., Toronto, CANADA.  For more info call Wendy @ 1 (416) 286-7756; Earl @ 1 (416) 245-6411

• Pantonic Steel Orchestra perform at MIT's (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Annual Caribbean Weekend's Dinner event hosted by the MIT's Caribbean Club.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

• Andy Narell & Calypsociation perform.  Showtime:  9:30 PM.  Venue:  Le Petit Journal Montparnasse,  #13, rue de commandant René Mouchotte 75014 Paris, FRANCE, UK

• UND (University of North Dakota)) Steel Drum Band performs.  Time: 7:30 PM.  Venue: Chester Fritz Auditorium, UND Campus, Yale & University Avenues, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.

• Fonclaire Steel Orchestra hosts their 40^th Anniversary Celebration.  Performances by Phase II Pan Groove, Exodus, Desperadoes, Trinidad All Stars, Buccooneers, Tropical Angel Harps, Renegades, Skiffle Bunch and Fonclaire.  Time:  4:00 PM - Midnight.  Venue:  Skinner's Park, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Appalachian State University's Steely Pan Steel Band perform.  Showtime:  3:00 PM.  Venue:  Keppel Auditorium, Catawba College, 2300 West Innes Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA.  Call 1 (704) 633-1474 or 1 (704) 636-0636 for more info.
   
• Pan United Steel Orchestra perform at the Jamaica Plain Lantern Parade.  Time:  4:30 PM - 6:00 PM.  Venue:  Jamaica Pond, 507 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain,  Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale).  Closing Night.  With the music of premier reggae group, Steel Pulse; reigning national Panorama champions, Phase II Pan Groove, the Mighty Shadow and rapso artist Brother Resistance, with the Network Riddum Band.  Venue:  Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah,  Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• CASYM Steel Orchestra performs, with pre-concert interactive 'chat' at 6:00 PM.  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Palm Coast United Methodist Church,  5200 Belle Terre Parkway,  Palm Coast, Florida, USA.  Call Jeanette Beck @ 1 (386) 445-2098, for more information.
   
• 'Sounds from the Earth.'  Metronomes Steel Orchestra perform and demonstrate the steelpan art form.  Times:  11:30 AM, 12:30 and 1:30 PM.  PM.  Venue:  Earth Galleries Atrium (Gallery 60), Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., London SW7 5BD, ENGLAND. 
   
• Black and Asian Futures weekend.  Various events including:  Steel pan Workshop with Pantasia Steel Band. Learn how to play the steel pan to calypso and soca rhythms of the Caribbean - Ages 8 and up.  Time:   1.00 - 2:00 PM.  Venue:  5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, London, N12 0GA, ENGLAND
   
• Benefit concert for hurricane victims featuring the Blue Steel Band, with special guest appearances by Michael Blanks, Bert Erdmann and Kerry Murray of the Maxx Savvy Band.  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  the Moose Lodge, 1001 N. Main St., Kewanee, Illinois, USA.
   
• New World Steel Orchestra are featured at a Steelpan Open Day.  Demonstration Workshop, Display on Steelpan History and Recruitment Event.  Open studio event with steelpan demonstrations and an opportunity for young people to try their hand at playing the instrument.  Time:  11:00 AM - 4:00 PM.  Venue:  The West Indian Community Centre, 10 Laycock Place, Chapeltown, Leeds, ENGLAND.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale).   Andy Narell & Sakesho; “the Mozart of pan” Len “Boogsie” Sharpe & Friends and the Ray Holman Sextet, (featuring drummer Sean Thomas.)  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  Queen’s Hall, St. Ann's,  Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Opening day at Metropolis shopping center with various activities, including performances by the Acme Rhythm Steel Drum Band.  Showtimes:  5 PM and 7:15 PM.  Venue:  499 Futura Park Way, Plainfield, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale).  Third and final of three free concerts, featuring  Black Stalin and Pamberi Steel Orchestra, Lord Relator, and others. Also appearing - Rellon Brown’s Dominant 7th Calypso Jazz Band.  Showtime:  4:00 PM.  Venue:  Arima Municipal Park, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• University of South Carolina's (USC) Palmetto Pans in concert.  Showtime:  7:30 PM.  Venue:  Recital Hall - (Room 206), USC School of Music, 813 Assembly Street, (next to the Koger Center for the Arts), Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
   
• MTV channel Tempo launch concert featuring Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights; calypso bands Xpress Band and Xtaushun, Festival Road March champion; Ricardo Richards Pan Connection and Ebenezer Methodist Steel Orchestra; and international reggae artists Midnite Band.  Venue:  Strand St., Frederiksted, ST. CROIX, V.I.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale).  David “Fathead” Newman on tenor sax, with Trinidadian David “Happy” Williams on bass; vocals by Lenora Zenzalai-Helm , accompanied by the Orville Wright Quartet, with Ron Reid on bass.  Also appearing - Europe’s best known pan-jazz artiste, Rudy “Two-Left” Smith, and his quartet.  Venue:  Queen’s Hall, St. Ann's,  Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale).  Second of three shows free to the public.  Featuring:  Calypso monarch Black Stalin, plus Fonclaire Steel Orchestra, the celebrated musical fusion of Mungal Patasar & Pantar, and Ken “Professor” Philmore & Friends and the retro R&B style of David Baptiste & B-Sharp.  Showtime:  4:00 PM.  Venue:   Harris Promenade, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale). First of three shows being presented free to the public.  Featuring:  Calypso monarch Black Stalin, plus the legendary Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, Caribbean jazz from Ming Low Chew Tung’s élan parle and Tobago-based Roger Sardinha & Friends. Showtime:  7:30 PM.  Venue:  St. James Amphitheatre, Western Main Road, St. James, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale).  Voices and Steel presentation featuring Bishop Anstey High School and Jeunes Agape choirs and the Laventille Youth Chorale, along with the music of Pantasy Pan Ensemble.  Showtime:  6:00 PM.  Venue:  Queen’s Royal College (QRC) Grounds, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan & Jazz Festival (formerly Pan Royale). Opening night.  Featuring:  Witco Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, calypsonian David Rudder and Al Jarreau.  Showtime:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  Queen’s Royal College (QRC) Grounds, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• The Summit School Steel Drum Band performs at the dedication of the newly-expanded Lake City Branch of Seattle Public Library, with music by Les Femmes d'Enfer Cajun band,  traditional Ethiopian music and dance.  Event time:  Noon - 4:00 PM.  Venue:  Lake City Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E., Seattle, Washington, USA.

• Annual Clearwater Jazz Holiday - four days and nights - featuring many acts, including Andy Narell & Sakesho.  Time:  3:30 - 4:45 PM.  Venue:  Coachman Park, 101 Drew St., Clearwater, Florida, USA.

• CaneFire launches its debut CD, ‘Kaiso Blue,’ with a concert, featuring high-energy Caribbean Latin Jazz, with steelpan virtuoso Mark Mosca, Cuban powerhouse Alexis Baró on trumpet; versatile Trinidadian saxophonist Marcus Ali; Latin jazz specialist Paco Luviano (Mexico) on bass; and the explosive Cuban duo of Chendy Leon on drums and Alberto Suárez on percussion.  The show will also include guest performances by two renowned vocalists: Venezuelan Eliana Cuevas and Trinidadian icon David Rudder.  Doors open at 8:00 PM.  Venue:  Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West, Toronto, CANADA.  For more info call Jeremy Ledbetter at 1 (647) 220-6222 or email jeremy@canefire.ca. 

• Miami Carnival Parade - featuring Mas Bands, Machel Montano & Xtatik, Shurwayne Winchester & Traffik, JAM BAND (USVI), Da Bhann (Antigua), Small Axe Band (St. Kitts), Elvis White (BVI), Exodus Steel Orchestra (Direct from T&T), Miami and Orlando Steel Bands, and more.  Event Time:  9:00 AM - 11:00 PM.  Parade starts at 12:00 noon at NE 2nd Avenue and 35th Street, proceeds South on NE 2nd Avenue, East on NE 19th Street, South on NE 4th Avenue and into Bicentennial Park.  Performance venue:  Bicentennial Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Florida, USA.
   
• Republic Pan Fiesta North Regional Championship.  Single Pan Category featuring: Laventille Serenaders, D’ Original Woodbrook Modernaires, Ice Water, La Famille United, Harlem Syncopators, Woodbrook Playboyz, Bar 22, Spree Simon Harmonics, La Creole Pan Groove, Scrunters Pan Groove.  Conventional Bands category: Blue Diamonds, Tokyo, Highlanders, Silver Stars, Belmont 5th Dimension, Sound Specialists of Laventille, Valley Harps, Pandemonium, Humming Birds Pan Groove, West Stars, Starlift, Desperadoes.   Time:  4:00 PM.  Venue:  Park Street, Port-of-Spain (front of Pan Trinbago's Head Quarters), TRINIDAD, W.I.
   

• DC Pan Jammers hold a Fund Raiser.  Time:  Around 3:00 PM.  Venue:  915 Emerson Street, Washington, DC, USA
• J'Ouvert Steelband Parade directly after Caribbean breakfast and Steelband Panorama Jamboree - on 'de road, Hialeah Park, 2201 E. Fourth Ave., Hialeah,  Miami, Florida, USA.

• Steelband Panorama Jamboree featuring Exodus Steel Orchestra (direct from T&T), New Generation Branches (Orlando), Tamboo Bamboo Steel Orchestra (Miami), Pepper Pot Steel Orchestra (Daytona), Miami Pan Symphony (Miami) and Orlando Power Stars (Orlando).  Pan Jamboree Competition and Bomb Competition as well.  Time:  7:00 PM.  After panorama, Caribbean breakfast followed by the J'Ouvert Steelband Parade.  Venue:  Hialeah Park, 2201 E. 4th Avenue, Hialeah, Miami, Florida, USA.

• The Cayon High School Steel Band will provide lunchtime entertainment at the formal opening of St. Kitts/Nevis fifth Caribbean Week in Agriculture.  Venue:  Fort Thomas Hotel, Basseterre, St. Kitts, W.I.

• Parade of Costumed Bands and steelband music as part of the 2005 Tobago Fest (running from from September 29 to October 2).  Local food will be on sale. Time: Afternoon period.  Venue: Scarborough, Tobago,  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• Steel pan ensemble Global Groove, the Chordeens-Accordian Queens, the Indiana University Samulnori Korean drum ensemble, gospel performers Cry of the Children, and Windfall Dancers perform at the Bloomington Multicultural Festival.  Time:  12 Noon - 5:00 PM.  Venue:  the Courthouse Square, downtown Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
   
• The Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra, and the University of Mary Steel Drum Band, under the direction of Scott Prebys in concert. Time:  4:00 PM.  Venue:  the Trinity Lutheran Church, , 3rd Street and Avenue A, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
   
• Pan United's season closer.  Boston 375 Grand Parade.  Time:  1:00 PM.  Venue:  Parade begins on Boylston Street in Copley Square, and ends at City Hall Plaza.  Pan United Steel Orchestra joins other participants including floats, marchers, honor guards, veterans, etc.   Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

• Republic Pan Fiesta National Finals.  Showtime: 6:00 PM.  Venue: Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• Free steel drum performance by Jean Claude Louisgene.  Time:  2:00 PM.  Venue:  the Village at Brookfield Common, 246A Federal Road, Brookfield, Connecticut., USA.  Call 1 (203) 775-8696 for more info.

• Arts Fest 2005 & World Music Festival. Woodworking demonstrations and performances by musicians, including Jason Roseman Steel Drum, Mibbit Threaters & the R.I. All-Star Jazz & Blues Band, Nettukkusq, Mystis Jammers, Ashanti Spirit, Carlos deLeon. Showtime: - Slater Memorial Park, 10 AM - 5 PM. Venue: Slater Memorial Park, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
   
• Dem Stars Steel Orchestra & Roy Pierre Associates host their Appreciation Party.  Featuring:  Dem Stars, Steel Sensation and Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation.  Time:  5:00 PM - 1:00 AM.  Venue:  Brooklyn Terminal parking lot (between Foster and Ditmas), entrance on East 83^rd St., Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• D' Radoes Steel Orchestra say "Thank You!"   Music by Harmony Steel Orchestra, Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation, and D'Radoes Steel Orchestra.  Time:  6 PM - Midnight.  Venue:  D'Radoes panyard, Corner of Foster Road & Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA

• STEEL - a new musical by Nobel Laureate playwright Derek Walcott, tells the story of the birth of the steelpan and is set immediately after the second world war , in the community of Laventille, Port-of-Spain.  The Trinidad Theatre Workshop (TTW) will stage the premiere local showing of the musical.  Venue:  Queen's Hall, St Ann's, Port-of-Spain,  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• Tobago Zone region of the Republic Pan Fiesta.  Regional Championships take the form of street parades. Venue/Time: TBA. Tobago, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• The Wichita State University (WSU) Steel Drum Quartet provides music for the Lilies & Lemon Drops, Tuesdays on the Terrace.  Time: 5:00-7:00 PM.  Venue: Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, 701 Amidon, Wichita, Kansas, USA. For info call: 1 (316) 264-0448.

• Women In Steel, Pantonic Steel Orchestra and JC Alliance present 'Pan In The Park and An End of Summer Family Cultural and Informational Day.'  Featuring:  Women In Steel, Pantonic, Harmony, Sonatas, Despers USA, Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation, CASYM and more, including a "Rhythm Shootout' among the drummers.  Venue:  Prospect Park - Park Circle, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Call for more info: 1 (718) 629-1330, 1 (718) 434-0231.
   
• South/Central Zone region of the Republic Pan Fiesta.  Regional Championships take the form of street parades.  Venue/Time:  TBA.      TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I
   

• 11^th Annual Steel Drum Festival featuring various (school) steelbands in competition.  Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.  Venue:  Durban Botanic Gardens, 70 St. Thomas Road, Berea, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
   
• North Zone region of the Republic Pan Fiesta.  Regional Championships take the form of street parades. Venue/Time: TBA.      TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I

• Moods Pan Groove hosts a Backyard Pan Jam.   Time:  8:00 PM - 12:30 AM.  Featuring Solo Pan Knights and TSTT Pantastic.  Venue: 910 St. John's Place (near New York Ave.), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Call 1 (718) 953-2690 and 1 (718) 774-4705 for more info.
   
• East Zone region of the Republic Pan Fiesta.   Regional Championships take the form of street parades.   Venue/Time: TBA.    TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra appear at the British Embassy, Baku, AZERBAIJAN
   

• New York Panorama competition, featuring ADLIB, Caribbean Youth Panoramics, CASYM, CrossFire, D'Radoes, Dem Stars, Despers USA, Harmony, Marsicans, Pan Sonatas, Pantonic, Sesame Flyers and Moods. Doors open at 6:00 PM.   Time:  7:00 PM - 3:00 AM.  Venue: Brooklyn Museum Grounds (entrance on Washington Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA

• White River Valley High School pan band performs prior to Jimmy Buffet 8:00 PM show.  Venue:  VIP area of Verizon Wireless Music Center.  Venue:  2880 E. 146^th Street, Noblesville, Indiana, USA.
   

• The Wichita State University (WSU) Steel Drum Quartet provides music for the Lilies & Lemon Drops, Tuesdays on the Terrace.  Time: 5:00-7:00 PM.  Venue: Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, 701 Amidon, Wichita, Kansas, USA.  For info call: 1 (316) 264-0448.
   

• Uprizin Steel Drum Band from Detroit band led by Lyndon Sorzano, will play as Bronco Bash celebrates its 25^th anniversary.  Band is scheduled to play at 5:45 PM.  Entire event runs from 3:00 -9:00 PM.  Venue: Lot 70 behind Lawson Ice Area, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
   

• Asbury Park hosts a Caribbean Beach Party featuring Utopia Pan Soul: The Next Generation.  Time: 3:00-5:00 PM. (Entire event starts from Noon). Venue: Fifth Avenue Beach and the Boardwalk near the Casino, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.

• Evening of Steel (as part of the week-long Calypso Revue), featuring Harmony, Despers USA and Pan Ivory.  Time: 4:00 PM.  Venue:  St. Matthew's Gym, 1351 Lincoln Place, (between Utica & Schenectady Aves.), (Harmony's panyard) Brooklyn, New York, USA. 
   
• Yokohama Steel PAN Festa 2005. Featuring: Pansonido (Nagoya), Panple (Osaka), Fantastics All Stars (Kobe), Panland Steel Orchestra (Tokyo).  Time:  3:00 - 7:00 PM.  Venue:  Yokohama, JAPAN
   
• Fulkerson Winery and Juice Plant in Dundee hosts a Big Anniversary Bash.  Featuring music by the Dundee Central School Symphonic Steel Drum Band.  Time:  1:00 - 6:00 PM.  Venue:   Fulkerson Winery, 5576 Route 14, Dundee, NY, USA.  Call 1 (607) 243-7883 for more info.
   

Aug. 5-27, 2005
 

• London's 2005 National Panorama Championship.  Steel orchestras competing for the title of 'National Champions of Steel' include:  Ebony, Mangrove, Glissando, Metronomes, Southside Harmonics, Real Steel, Stardust and Croydon.  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, W10, London, ENGLAND.
   
• Yokohama Steel PAN Festa 2005.  Featuring:  Steel Band MI * SO * LA (Koriyama), パンタジア (Yokohama), Fantastic Jr (tentative name) (Kobe), Senzoku School University Steel Orchestra (tentative name) (Kawasaki), Pan Village Steel Orchestra (Tokyo). Time: 3:00 - 7:00 PM. Venue:  Yokohama, JAPAN
   
• Edinburgh International Military Tattoo 2005 - showcasing multiple military displays and performances over a three-week period, featuring the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra.   Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND.

• Sonatas Steel Orchestra Annual Band Launch featuring:  Pantonic, Ambassadors, Marsicans, Steel Sensation, Harmony, CrossFire and Sonatas.  Time:  4:00 PM - Midnight.  New venue:  1351 Lincoln Place, (between Utica & Schenectady Aves.), (Harmony's panyard) Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• PanMasters Steel Orchestra perform as part of the Bluemont Concert series:  Sunday Evenings at Freedom Park.  Time: 7:00 PM.  Venue: Freedom Park (corner Evergreen Mill Road & Tolbert Lane), Leesburg.  Rain venue:  Evergreen Mill Elementary School, 491 Evergreen Mill Road, Leesburg.)  Virginia, USA.
   
• Pan United Steel Orchestra holds their 5th Annual Band Launching, featuring Pan United Steel Orchestra, with special guests Pan United Summer Program, Islanders Band, Metro Steel Orchestra and Boston Pan Vybez.  Time:  6:00 - 10:00 PM.  Venue:  Pan United panyard, 53 Armandine Road, (off Washington Street, near the YMCA), Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.
   
• 19^th annual Caribbean Festival featuring Caribbean culture, music, including a Caribbean Steel-Drum band, and food. Time: Noon - 8:00 PM.  Venue: the Great Plaza, Penn's Landing (between Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
   

• Tequila Fiesta featuring the music of the Irie Roots Steel Drum Band. Time:  6:00 - 9:00 PM.  Venue:  The Noir (at the Charles Hotel), 1 Bennett Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
   

• Signal Hill Alumni Choir, Ken Philmore / Robert Greenidge, Mavis John, Mighty Sparrow, India Arie, Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew featuring Slick Rick, Stevie Wonder perform at the Tobago Gourmet Jazz Festival.   Showtime:  from 2:00 PM.  Venue:  Plymouth Recreational Field, Fort James, Plymouth,  TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Starlift Old Boys International present "Aloha" - an Indoor/Outdoor Hawaiian Affair.  Music by Cassanovas and the Bench Warmers Rhythm Section.  Guest appearance by Crossfire Steel Orchestra.  Time: 4:00 PM - Midnight.  Venue: Crossfire's panyard: the rear compound of the Brooklyn Athletic Club, 4400 Glenwood Road (corner Glenwood Road and Troy Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA. Call Norman @ 1 (718) 493-5441 for tickets and more info.
   
• Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival featuring PanMasters Steel Orchestra.  Time: 2:30 - 3:00 PM.  Venue:  Performing Arts Stage, Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds, Route 178, Crownsville, Maryland, USA
   
• Molten Metal: Dennis Rollins with North Stars Steel Orchestra are featured along with several other bands as part of Shrewsbury's World Music Day.  Event time:  2:00 - 6:00 PM.  Venue:  The Town Square, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.
   
• Kobe steel pan carnival. Scheduled to perform:  Pan Village Steel Orchestra (Tokyo),  パンタジア (Yokohama), Steel Power (Osaka), Pansonido (Nagoya), Panple (Osaka), Panland Steel Orchestra, Asuta School Orchestra, Fantastics (Kobe) and guests Exodus Steel Orchestra.  Time: 3:00 - 9:00 PM.  Venue:  Port of Kobe, JAPAN
   

• The Sixth Annual Panamanian Parade featuring many participants, including Pantonic Steel Orchestra.  Parade route starts at New York Ave. and Empire Blvd., to Washington Ave. and Mount Prospect Park.  Parade begins at 10:00 AM.  Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Redemption Sound Setters, Shadow, Kofi Ohmaladay (Congo Artist), Najee, Angie Stone, Natalie Cole, Babyface, The O’Jays perform at the Tobago Gourmet Jazz Festival.  Showtime:  1:30 – 7:00 PM.  Venue:  Plymouth Recreational Field, Fort James, Plymouth, TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• The 73^rd annual Great Sand Sculpture Contest, with food and entertainment.  Performance by the Long Beach Police Department’s Blue Steel Band.  Contest/event time:  9:00 AM - 2:00 PM.  Venue: Granada Beach, Long Beach, California, USA.
   
• Caribfest at the Mercado celebrates the Caribbean at the 17^th Street Farmers' Market. PanMasters Steel Orchestra is the headline act.  Time:  2:00 - 8:00 PM.  Venue: 17^th and East Main Streets, the River District, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
   
• Molten Metal: Dennis Rollins with North Stars Steel Orchestra are featured at the Brecon Jazz 2005 festival.  Venue:  Watton Marquee, Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, WALES
   
• In the spotlight: Join "Panman Pat" for the history of the pan, integrated with a hands-on demonstration and performance. Time: 2:00 -4:00 PM.  Venue: Theatre Lobby, Toronto Public Library -York Woods District Library, 1785 Finch Ave. W. Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   

• Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra is featured as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.  Time: 12:30 PM.  Venue:  the Academy Shopping Centre, Belmont Street, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
   
• CARIBE-EXPO 2005 (Ottawa Caribbean Festival) - “Pan On The Grass" (Steel Band Performances Under The Stars). Featuring - Trinidad's Pamberi Steel Band, Nepean Pan Harmonics from Ottawa and Eddy Steel Band, from Toronto and Montreal. Time: 6:00 PM. Venue: Festival Plaza, 110 Laurier Ave. East (corner of Laurier and Elgin), Ottawa, CANADA
   

• DC Pan Jammers Steel Orchestra perform at "Thursdays In The Park" concert series.  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Kent Manor Inn, Route 8 South, Stevensville, Maryland, USA.  Call 1 (410) 758-2520 for more info.
   
• Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra is featured as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival  Time:  7:30 PM.  Venue:  Kemnay Village Hall, High Street, Kemnay, SCOTLAND
   
• CARIBE-EXPO 2005 (Ottawa Caribbean Festival) - “Caribbean Market Place and Cultural Showcase featuring Junior Byron, Moka, Eddie Steel Band, and many more. Time: 6:00 PM. Venue: Festival Plaza, 110 Laurier Ave. East (corner of Laurier and Elgin), Ottawa, CANADA
   

• Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra is featured as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.   Time:  7:30 PM.   Webster Theatre, 64 High Street, Arbroath, SCOTLAND.
   
• Trinidad North Steel Drum - perform as part of the Summer Concert Series at White Clay Creek State Park.  Time:  6:30 - 8:00 PM.  Venue:  White Clay Creek State Park,  425 Wedgewood Rd., Newark, New Jersey, USA.
   

• Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra is featured as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.   Venue:  Learney Hall, 9 Beltie Rd, Torphins, Banchory, SCOTLAND
   
• Steel Drumming Workshop with Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra, a part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival Workshop series. Time: 10:00 - 11.30 AM. Venue: Linksfield Community Centre, 520 King Street, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND.
   
• Beetlebung Steel Band performs.  Time: 7:00 PM.  Venue: C B Stark Jewelers, 53A Main Street, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA.  Call 1 (508) 696-8887 for more info.

• Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra is featured on Caribbean Night as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.  Time: 7:30 PM.  Venue: Beach Ballroom, Esplanade, Sea Beach, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
   

• The Laventille Steelband Festival (LSF) Committee presents the Sixth Annual Laventille Steelband Parade featuring both conventional and single pan bands.  Time: 4:00 PM - Midnight.  Venue:  between Mc Allister Street to Leon Street, Laventille, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Marsicans Steel Orchestra pays Tribute To Pelham Goddard with a Pan/Calypso Jam.  Featuring: Dem Stars, Marsicans, D'Radoes and others.  Also popular calypsonians and D.J.  Time: 5:00 PM - Midnight.  Venue: Marsicans Pan Theater, 1488 Schenectady Ave.  (bet. Farragut Rd. & The Dead-end), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   For more info call 1 (917) 468- 5211
   
• Pantasia Steel Drum Band performs as part of the 2005 Fremont Concert In The Park series.  Time:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Birchard Park, 1400 Birchard Avenue, Fremont, Ohio, USA.
   
• The Panorama Steel Orchestra performs.   Time:  2:00 PM.  Venue:  Fuso Culture Center, Aichi, JAPAN
   
• Pan Central, Caribbean steel drum.  Time:  3:30 - 6:30 PM.  Venue:  The Blind Tiger Pub, 4402 Watson Blvd., Johnson City, New York, USA.
   

• Women In Steel, Sonatas, Pantonic, Harmony, Sesame Flyers. Time:  3:00 - 7:00 PM.  Venue: the front of the Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• Grenada National Panorama - guest artistes, New Dimension Steel Orchestra. Venue:  Tanteen Netball Court, Tanteen, St. George's, GRENADA, W.I.
   
• Panamania Steel Orchestra of Roanoke, will perform in the "Stepping Out Festival."  Venue: Virginia Tech, downtown Blacksburg, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
   

• Steel Drumming Workshop with Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra, a part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival Workshops.   Time:  10:00 - 11.30 AM.  Venue:  Linksfield Community Centre, 520 King Street, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND.
   

• Miami University Steel Drum Band performs as part of the Greenhills Summer Concert Series.  Time:  7:00 - 9:00 PM.  Venue:  Greenhills Commons, Winton and Farragut Roads, Greenhills, Ohio, USA.  Call 1 (513) 851-2856 for more info.
   
• The Kids Summer Sounds concert series, featuring Bakra Bata (steel drum).  Venue:  Les Gove Park, 11th and Auburn Way South, Seattle, Washington, USA.  Call  1 (253) 931-3043 for more info.
   

• Harbourfront Hot & Spicy Festival featuring Pan Fantasy. Time: 2:30 PM. Venue: Toronto Star Stage, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   
• The Icewater Pan Ensemble from Trinidad and Tobago,  leads Anguillans through the streets in the Monday carnival celebrations during "Jouvert."   ANGUILLA, W.I.
   
• Tamana Pioneers Steel Orchestra is featured as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival's Touring Programme.  Time:  2:30 PM.   Venue:  Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stonehaven, SCOTLAND
   

• Harbourfront Hot & Spicy Festival featuring Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra. Time: 3:30 PM. Venue: CIBC Stage, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   
• "Feet on the Street" Street Festival featuring Century Steel Band at Saturday night's Caribbean-themed concert. Time: 7:00 PM. Venue: Bedford Row, Limerick city centre, Limerick, IRELAND.
   
• Renegades Steel Orchestra performs at the Sfinks Festival.  Time:  5:00 - 6:00 PM.  Venue:  Concertpodium, Sfinks Festival, Jan Frans Willemsstraat 10a 2530 Boechout, BELGIUM.
   
• Caribbean Youth Panoramics Steelband Launching.  Featuring Dem Stars, CASYM, D'Radoes, Pantonic. Time 4:00 PM.  Venue: 308 Clarkson Ave.  (between Nostrand & New York Aves.),  Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   

• Harbourfront Hot & Spicy Festival with Canefire with high-energy Latin-Caribbean Jazz, featuring the steelpan. Time: 8:00 PM. Venue: CIBC Stage, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   
• Harbourfront Hot & Spicy Festival featuring St. James Town Youth Centre Steel Orchestra. Time: 4:00 PM. Venue: CIBC Stage, Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   
• Unique Sound presents its 4^th Annual Fundraiser.  Featuring Metro, Women In Steel, Harmony, Marsicans, Steel Sensation, Dem Stars, Sesame Flyers, Utopia, Jambalasi, Crossfire, dancers, Unique Sound and CASYM.  Time:  from 2:00 PM until...  Venue:  The rear compound of the Brooklyn Athletic Club, 4400 Glenwood Road (corner Glenwood Road and Troy Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Call Lynette @ 1 (718) 469-3250 for more info.
   

• Renegades Steel Orchestra performs at WOMAD Rivermand Festival 2005.  Venue:  the banks of the River Thames at Rivermead in Reading, Richfield Avenue,  Berkshire, ENGLAND, UK.
   
• Ontario Steelpan Association presents Pan Alive 2005.  Featuring:  Afropan, Panatics, Pan Fantasy, Pan Masters, Silhouettes, Jesse Ketchum, Metrotones, New Dimension, St. Jamestown Youth, Salah Steel Academy and Mississauga Academy.   Guest artistes:  Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra.  Time:  7:00- 11:45 PM.  Venue:  Allan Lamport Stadium, 1155 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.
   
• Family Fridays, featuring a performance by a Steel Drum band presented by the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport area.  Time: 6:30 PM. Venue: The Common Grounds, (between Candee and Gillette Avenues), Sayville, Long Island, New York, USA.
   

• Antigua National Panorama Competition takes place.  Time:  8:00 PM. Venue:  Carnival City (the Antigua Recreation Ground - A.R.G)  Antigua, W.I.
   
• Renegades Steel Orchestra performs.  Time: 8:00 PM.  Venue: Burg Wilhelmstein, Donnerstag, GERMANY.
   

• Dem Stars Pan Jamboree featuring:  CASYM, Dem Stars, Sonatas, CYP, Pantonic, D'Radoes, Pan Ambassadors and Marsicans,  Time:  From 3:00 PM - 'Til.   Venue:  Dem Stars panyard at the Brooklyn Terminal Market.  Entrance at East 83^rd Street., Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.  Call:  1 (718) 216-8606 for more info.
   
• "Blocko" featuring Pan Fantasy, Panatics, and Guest band.  Time:  4:00 - Midnight.  Venue:  Afropan's pan yard, 1 Jefferson Ave. (just off King St. just East of Dufferin), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   
• Panyard Steel Orchestra performs.  Time:  8:00 PM. Venue:  Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell, Brookside Park - corner West Main Street & Parkside Drive, Ashland, Ohio, USA.
   
• Concerts On The Green featuring Pan Jive Steel Drum Ensemble.  Time:  6:00 - 8:00 PM.  Venue:  The Green at Viewmont Square, Northwest Hickory, (behind the Peoples Bank Plaza at 127 N and 2nd St. - or  - at the corner of 4th St. and 14th Ave NW., Hickory, North Carolina, USA.   Call 1 (828) 322-6800 for more info.

• Cudrefin Steelband Festival, featuring Steel Harmonites, No Panique, Pandolero Steel Orchestra, MoveOn Steelband, Steam Steel and Panissimo Steel Music. Time:  5:00 PM - 2:30 AM.  Venue: Lock property yard, 1588 Cudrefin, VD, SWITZERLAND
   
• Renegades Steel Orchestra performs.  Time:  7:00 PM.  Venue: Parc André Citroeen, 75015, Paris, FRANCE.  Call  01 44 94 98 00 for more info.
   

• Despers USA hosts their Big Band Launch.  Appearing will be CASYM, Marsicans, Pantonic and Despers USA.  Time:  6:00 PM- 4:00 AM.  Venue:  Despers Pan Loft, 621 Classon Avenue, (between Atlantic Ave. and Pacific St.), Brooklyn, New York, USA
   

• Fifth Annual Steelpan camp.  For individuals from selected Laventille schools - ages  9 through 17.   Program includes knowledge of the steelpan and its history, music theory and practice and pan making.  Venue:  Laventille Community Complex, Trinity Avenue, Laventille, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Dundee Central School Symphonic Steel Drum Band.  Concert time:  6:30 - 8:30 PM. Venue:  the village park at 26 Seneca St., Seneca Street Park, Dundee, New York, USA
   

• Summer concert series at Henley Park featuring Panloco Steel Band, performing Calypso, jazz, pop, world music.  Showtime:  6:30 - 8:30 PM.  Venue:  Henley Park on the Oswego River Canal in Phoenix, Fulton, New York, USA
   

• Cropover Festival - Pan Pun de Sand.  Time: 4:00 - 10:00 PM. Venue: Brandon's Beach, St. Michael, BARBADOS, W.I.
   
• Sodus Point Lighthouse Summer Series 2005 featuring Pangaia Steel Drum Band. Time:  2:00 PM. Venue:  The Lighthouse Museum, 7606 Ontario St., Sodus Point, Wayne County, New York, USA.

• St. Lucia National Panorama Championship.  Participants - (1) North Stars Steel Orchestra; 2) Diamond Steel Orchestra; (3) Babonneau Steel Orchestra; 4)  Busta Emerald Steel Orchestra; 4) Pantime Steel Orchestra and; 5) Pan Exodus International.  Venue:  Euralis Booty Sports Complex, Vigie, ST. LUCIA, W.I.  For more information contact Julian “Bull”Calderon at calderonj2004@yahoo.com
   
• Cropover Festival - Pan Yard Lime. Time: 7:00 PM. Venue: Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I.
   

• 14^th annual Sunset Jazz Series featuring featuring Sakésho with Andy Narell on steelpan.  Time:  8:00 PM.   Venue:  Wiggins Waterfront Park, 100-198 Mickle Blvd, Camden, New Jersey, USA
   

• Marsicans Steel Orchestra hosts their Magnificent Band Launching - featuring:   Despers USA,  Marsicans, plus three other NY steelbands.  Time:  5 PM - Midnight.  Venue:  Tropical Gardens Backyard Complex, 1488 Schenectady Ave. (between Farragut Rd. & Dead End), Brooklyn, NY, USA.  For more information call:  1 (718) 287-7495
   

• Harbor View Festival 2005 "Pan On The Move"  featuring:  Philly Pan Stars; St. Veronica's Youth Steel Orchestra; Pan Ivory, Pantonic, Harmony and Women In Steel.  Time:  from 12 Noon.  Venue: Cherry Hill, Harbor View, (near Harbor View Hospital) Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
   
• Sakésho with Andy Narell on steelpan performs. Time:  9:00 PM.  Venue:  Nighttown, 12387 Cedar Road (between Cedar and Fairmount Blvd.), Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.  Call (216)795-0550 for tickets, reservations & information.
   
• Pan Jazz Festival 2005. Featuring Crazy Steel, Pan Trinbago Ensemble, and Taurean Clarke and other steelpan soloists.  Time:  8:00 PM.  Venue:  The Black Swan Jazz Club, 154 Danforth Ave. (east of Broadview), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   

• Friday night Jazz series "Equinox" featuring Ron Reid on steelpan with the Sunsteel Quartet perform. Showtime:  7:30 PM.  Venue:  The Xxodus Café @ The Providence Black Repertory Company, 276 Washington Street, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
   
• Summer Concert Series at Waterplace Park featuring Sakésho with Andy Narell on steelpan. Time: 7:30 PM. Venue: Providence Black Repertory Company, 276 Washington Street, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
   
• Renegades Steel Orchestra perform at the Tall Ships Races 3-day festival - Venue: the Bolton Street Car Park, Waterford, IRELAND
   
• Trinidad Steelband performs. Time: 7:30 PM. Venue: the Grand Theatre, 26 North Sixth Street, Keokuk, Iowa, USA.
   
• Pan Jazz Festival 2005. Featuring Crazy Steel, Pan Trinbago Ensemble, and Taurean Clarke and other steelpan soloists. Time: 8:00 PM.  Venue: The Black Swan Jazz Club, 154 Danforth Ave. (east of Broadview), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
   

• Sakésho with Andy Narell on steelpan performs at Satalla. Time: 8:00 PM. Venue:  Satalla,  37 West 26^th Street (between (Broadway & 6^th Ave.), New York, NY, USA.
   
• Panissimo Steel performs at Mont-Vully Restaurant.  Time: 7:00 PM.  Venue: The Hotel Mont-Vully, CH-1789 Lugnorre, SWITZERLAND.  Call  (+41) 026 673 21 21 for more information.
  
   

• 2005 “Celebrate Chula Vista” 4^th of July Spectacular featuring much entertainment from Noon to 9:00 PM, including Steel the Band.  Showtime:  2:20 - 3:05 PM.  Venue:  The Community Stage, Bayside Park,  foot of Bayside Parkway,  Chula Vista, California, USA.   Call (619) 420-6603 for more info.
   
• Pantasia Steelband performs as part of the Second Annual Spirit of Florence 2005.  Time:  Event begins at Noon.  Pantasia will be the second act.  Venue:  Timrod Park Amphitheatre stage, Florence, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
   
• Panigma Steel Drum Band perform.  Time:  5:30 PM. Venue: Boatyard Grill, 525 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, New York, USA.  Call  1 (607) 256-2628 for more info.
   
• Trinidad Steelband performs.  Time:  6:30 PM.  Venue:  the Rand Park stage, Keokuk, Iowa, USA.
   

• Harmony Steel Orchestra presents their 2005 Band Launching.  Featuring:   Women In Steel, Crossfire, Radoes, Despers, Sesame Flyers, Utopia Pan  Soul:  the Next Generation, CASYM, Sonatas and Ambassadors.  Showtime:  4:00 PM.  Venue:  St. Matthew's Hall, 1351 Lincoln Place,  (between Utica & Schenectady Aves.), Brooklyn, NY, USA.  Call 1 (347) 885-9658 for more information.
   
• 42nd annual Independence Parade featuring many artists, including the York Steel Drum Band.  Time:  parade begins 1:00 PM.  Parade route:  from East Seventh Street along Route 104 (Bridge Street) to the Oswego High School.  Oswego, New York, USA.  Call:  1 (315) 343-7681 for more info.
   

• BT Melodians perform at the Istanbul International Culture & Art Festival, Istanbul, TURKEY
   

• Carrick High School Steel Drum Band performs.  Showtime: 7:30 PM.  Venue:  The Garden Stage, Kennywood, 4800 Kennywood Boulevard, West Mifflin, Philadelphia, USA
   

• PANic Steeldrum band performs.  Time:  between 1:00 and 5:00 PM.  Venue:  Large lawn between the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the Great Lakes Science Center, North Coast Harbor, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
   

• DC Carnival beginning 10:00 AM - ending 3:00 PM. featuring steelbands including Pan Masters, Hartford Steel and DC Pan Jammers.  Washington, DC., USA
   
• Pan Dulce Steel Orchestra perform at the annual Arcata Bay Oyster Festival .  Showtime: 10:00 - 11:00 AM.  Venue:  The Arcata Plaza, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA. Call 1 (707) 822-4500 for more info.
   
• FirstWorksKids International Performance Festival featuring CASYM Steel Orchestra.  Time:  2:00 PM.  Venue:  RISD Market Square & River Walkway, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
   

• World Steelband Music Festival on Father's Day.  Featuring seven 50-Piece Steel Orchestras.  They perform two tunes each, including the Test Piece, Lord Kitchener’s “Pan In A Minor.”  Participants: Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force, Exodus, Skiffle Bunch, Sound Specialists of Laventille, New Dimension, CASYM and Pan Masters.  Guest artistes are the reigning WSMF Single pan champions, Dem Boys, from Tobago, who will perform their two winning selections; and champion Keisha Codrington.  Showtime:  4:00 PM.   Doors open at 3:00 PM.  Venue:  The Theatre, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA.   Click here for more information.
   

• DC Carnival Pan Jam.  All-day pan fest featuring:  Pan Masters, Positive Vibrations, DC Pan Jammers, Trini Pan America, St. Veronica's, Utopia Pan Soul: The Next Generation and Dem Stars.  Time:  1:00 -9:00 PM.  Venue:  Crossroads,  4130 Baltimore Ave, Bladensburg, Maryland, USA
   
• OK MOZART Festival featuring many artistes including the Bartlesville High School Steel Drum Band.  Time:  event begins at 6:00 PM.  Venue:  the parking lot of the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 SE Adams Blvd, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA

• 14^th Steel-Drum Festival in Männedorf (20 km from Zurich).  Featuring Renegades Steel Orchestra from Trinidad  & Tobago, Pan Profs, and Kool Kats.  Venue:  Papeterie Pfi ster, Kugelgasse 4, 8708 Männedorf, SWITZERLAND.  Tel. 044-920 05 57 or click here for more info.
   
• 2nd Annual Downtown Art Festival - “Art Rageous on MAIN" - will feature a Steel Drum Band - performing throughout the day and into the evening.   Venue:  Van Wert's downtown's Main Street, historic Lincoln Highway, which will be closed to vehicular traffic for the festival.  Festival time:  11:00 AM - 9:00 PM. Contact  JJ Fields 1 (419) 238-6911 for more info.  Van Wert County, Lima, Ohio, USA.
   
• Caribbean Steel Drum Band slated to perform as part of the North River Civic Center Free Concert Series.  Showtime:  7:00-8:00 PM.  Venue: North River Civic Center, (Behind Northgate Library), Corporate Image Building, Suite B
  1001 Ring Road, Hixson, Tennessee, USA
   

• Pickin' In the Park - free concert series featuring the Steel Cassa - Steel Drum Band.  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue: Garden Park, Warwood,  Wheeling, West Virginia, USA.
   
• BT Melodians perform at the Hard Rock Cafe.  Showtime:  3:00 PM.  Address:  150 Old Park Lane, London, ENGLAND
  
  

• The 2005 Portland Rose Festival presents various acts, including the Pan Gypsies Steel drum band.  Showtime: 3:15 - 4:15 PM. Venue: 2005 Fiesta Stage, Waterfront Village, Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, (between the Willamette River and downtown business district), Portland, Oregon, USA.
  
   
• Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival, featuring several Caribbean-themed performers including Women In Steel, Pantonic Steel Orchestra and Ambassadors.  Festival time: 1:00 - 6:00 PM.  Venue:  Kings Plaza Mall, corner Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U, Brooklyn, New York, USA
   

• Radkett Village Carnival featuring many attractions, including steelband music.  Time:  Event begins at midday. Venue:  Phillimore Recreation Ground, Radlett, Herts, UK.
   
• CrossFire Steel Orchestra presents their 4th Annual Barbecue Fundraiser.  Live Steelpan music from Harmony, CrossFire, Utopia Pan Soul:  the Next Generation, Sesame Flyers, Pan Sonatas, Pantonic, Dem Stars and CASYM.  Time:  12 Noon - 2:00 AM.  Venue: The rear compound of the Brooklyn Athletic Club, 4400 Glenwood Road (corner Glenwood Road and Troy Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• Three Rivers Arts Festival 2005 - Steelpan Performance Workshop with Phil Solomon & University of Mary Steelband (steel drum lectures/classes), Times:  10:00 AM - Noon; and 4:30 - 5:30 PM.   Venue:  Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School, 111 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Three Rivers Arts Festival 2005 -Interactive Steelpan Demonstration.  Time: 1:30-2:00 PM. Venue:  Southwest Airlines Family Festival, Point State Park,  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;
  Family Matinee Steelpan Performance.  Time:  2:00 - 3:30 PM.  Venue:  CAPA High School, 111 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  Steelpan Demonstration.  Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM.  Venue:  Southwest Airlines Family Festival, Point State Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 
   
• Three Rivers Arts Festival 2005 - Phil Solomon and University of Mary Steelband. Time: 7:30-9:00 PM,  Venue: Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School, 111 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Village celebration performance by Gin Gin Drummers, 8162 Steinmaur, SWITZERLAND
  

• Phil Solomon and University of Mary Steelband.  Time:  7:30-9:00 PM, Venue:  the Theater, Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School, 111 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Music by the Pan Dulce steel drum orchestra as part of the Open Studios Celebrations.  Time:  6:00 - 8:00 PM.  Venue:  the Arcata Co-op, 8th and I Street, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA.  Call 1 707 (822-5947) for more info.
   
• Three Rivers Arts Festival 2005  - Ambridge High School Steelband, and Washington High School Steelband perform.  Showtimes:  12:00-12:45 PM, and 4:30-5:30 PM, respectively.  Venue:  Dominion Plaza Stage, downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
   

• Three Rivers Arts Festival 2005 - Northside Urban Pathways Charter School Steelband.  Time:  Noon -12:45 PM.  Venue:   Dominion Plaza Stage, downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Cuba High School Music groups The Lids, The Staccatos and the Pantasia Steel Band, under the direction of Sally Spatafore, perform at 7:00 PM.    Venue:  Cuba City Park, Wisconsin, USA.
   

• The 2005 Portland Rose Festivals present various acts, including the Bossa Boys on Steel drums.  Showtime: 1:45 - 2:30 PM. Venue: 2005 Fiesta Stage, Waterfront Village, Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, (between the Willamette River and downtown business district), Portland, Oregon, USA.
   

• Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra and Rosedale Junior Public School Steel Orchestra present a FREE APPRECIATION CONCERT called "Pan at the Park."   Featuring an afternoon of live steelpan music; contemporary, jazz, classical, calypso music and more.  Performers include:  Rosedale Junior Public School steelband; AfroPan; Toronto All Stars and Pan Fantasy Steelband.   Time:  3:00 - 5:00 PM.  Venue:  Chorley Park, 245 Douglas Drive, Rosedale (intersection Douglas Drive and Glen Road), Toronto, CANADA
   
• Bayside Concert Series featuring the Old Mill Steel Band.  Showtime:  5:00-7:00 PM.  Venue:  Downs Park, 8311 John Downs Loop (off Mountain Road), Pasadena,  Maryland, USA.  Call 1 (410) 222-6230 for more info.
   
• Barbados Pan Festival:  Pan Moods featuring Desperadoes, Ken "Professor" Philmore and the winners of the Caribbean Seven-a-side Competition.   Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Barbados Museum, St. Ann's Garrison, St. Michael, Barbados, W.I.