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Web Posted -
Breaking News
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Trinidad and Tobago Panorama Results
Phase II, Sforzata and Merrytones
Victorious!!
[click
here]
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Web Posted -
Breaking News
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Trinidad Panorama 2006
In Pictures
and Sound
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
February 28, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Who Dropped The Ball?
TnT Panorama 2006
Dedicated To Clive Bradley?
?
PanOnTheNet.com, NY - Feb
28, 2006
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
- Let's just say someone dropped the ball on this
one. It would all too easy to point fingers at Pan Trinbago, the events
organizers, on this one. They indeed would be a natural choice for the
whipping boy. Let's face it - the honoring of Clive Bradley at this
year's event was poor. Okay- they failed miserably. Trinidad failed on
this one. Obviously an opportunity to show world how it honors its
own - was missed. And indeed a society is judged on how it honors and
remembers it heroes. But let's give Pan Trinbago credit for successfully
putting on this mammoth event every year. This is no small feat.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
February 28, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Ray Holman And Starlift Make
Music and
Social Statement
PanOnTheNet.com, NY - Feb
28, 2006
Trinidad
-
In
what has to be one of the truly bright and memorable moments of the 2006
panorama season, Ray Holman, the consummate musician and respected
panorama winning music arranger, led an undermanned but rejuvenated and
revamped Starlift into the 2006 competition. The orchestra surprisingly
took the third spot behind the heavily favored Phase II Pan Groove and
Trinidad All Stars.
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Web Posted -
Monday
February 27, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Boogsie Honors the Master Big Time with Win!
PanOnTheNet.com, NY
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago -
Noted arranger, steelpan artist extraordinaire and
composer, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe honored Mr. Bradley in a very deeply
personal and special manner. He and his steel orchestra won the 2006
panorama with his arrangement and their performance of "This One's For
U, Bradley", a song he wrote as a tribute to the master. Mr. Sharpe's
band Phase II Pan Groove took to the stage last night as the defending
champions of the National Panorama.
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Web Posted -
Friday
February 24, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Tunapuna Panorama
Soars High
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
- A little more than a week before the National Panorama finals in
Port-of-Spain, there was tempo and excitement aplenty. It was
centered a few miles east of 'the Big Yard' (aka the stage at the
Queen's Park Savannah.)
The
inaugural Panorama competition in Tunapuna was the focus for steel
orchestras based in the East. And though two of the bands
competing in the first annual Tunapuna panorama also made it to the
February 25th finals at the savannah, on this particular night, the
bands present were eyeing the top prize up for grabs - TT $30,000.00.
[full
interview]
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Web Posted -
Friday
February 24, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Desperadoes Steel
Orchestra -
a Band with a Mission in 2006
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
-
To be wrapping up a practice session at 2:15 AM is no strange
occurrence for many steel orchestras in Trinidad and Tobago during the
last nights of preparation before the finals of the National Panorama.
But
in the case of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, they have been continuously fuelled by a
special spirit for 2006 - that of their late master arranger Clive
Bradley. Raw emotion on the faces of many players was
clearly visible as they went through their paces.
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Web Posted -
Friday
February 25, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Len
'Boogsie' Sharpe
and Phase II Pan Groove
-
intent on retaining
their Panorama Championship Title
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
-
Just before the hectic final week of preparation and practice for the
finals of the panorama competition,
When
Steel Talks
sat down with
Michael Marcano, manager of Renegades Steel Orchestra for a brief
interview to get a sense of where the band is
at for the season. Marcano had just
emerged from a meeting with section leaders of the band
as they planned and strategized what they would need to take them to
winner's row on Saturday night. The last time these past panorama
winners have taken the
Panorama title was in 1997 with their master arranger Jit Samaroo's
interpretation of Kitchener's Guitar Pan, and have been
consistent finalists in the years since.
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Web Posted - Friday 24, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special-
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Tribute
To Clive Bradley
by -
Frankie McIntosh -
When Steel Talks - Special
New York
-
My first meeting with Clive
Bradley was at Platinum Factory recording studio (Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, NY) in the early 1980s. He was working there as
arranger on a Lord Nelson project for producer Rawlston Charles.
As Clive reviewed the arrangements at the piano, it didn't take
a sleuth to detect that the man had 'chops'.*
In subsequent years we occasionally exchanged opinions on the
state of Calypso. Clive was fairly accurate at predicting
whether a newly released song would be a hit, as with Swallow's
Pepper Sauce and Explainer's Loren. "They want to wine "
he often remarked with reference to the Soca audience.
[click
here for full story]
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Web Posted - Thursday 23, 2006 -
Breaking News
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special-
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2006
TnT Panorama
Arrangers In Pictures
Few jobs are as culturally significant,
challenging and musically fulfilling as that of an arranger of a
world class steel orchestra performing on the big stage. Many
have tried but only a select few have distinguished themselves
in this arena. Panorama is the place where legends are made, and
stories that will live on through the ages will be born. In
recognition of the unique talent and genius of these individuals
When Steel Talks focuses the spotlight on the 2006 steelband
music arrangers.
http://www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2006/arrangers/index.htm
[click
here for full story]
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Web Posted -
Breaking News
Trinidad Express
Friday, February 24th 2006 |
Govt planning court battle for pan patent
Anna Ramdass
Trinidad - Legal Affairs Minister
Christine Kangaloo has said Government will go to court if it
has to in order to patent the right of the steelpan.
At the post-Cabinet press conference yesterday at Whitehall,
Port of Spain, Kangaloo said the Legal Affairs Ministry has
hired a Washington-based firm which has requested that the US
Patent and Trademark office initiate a re-examination into the
issue.
[click
here]
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Web Posted -
Breaking News
Trinidad Express
Friday, February 24th 2006 |
Knocking yourself out
Terry Joseph
Trinidad - Arguing
that its member steelbands were being disrespected, Pan Trinbago
outlawed the North Stand noisemakers, a curious twist, since the
rhythm section concept actually began in the Grand Stand in the
1960s, with the likes of Jason Donawa, who made the annual
Panorama pilgrimage from San Fernando, bringing his trumpet to
add melodic highlights to tempo created from rudimentary
percussion.
[click
here]
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Web Posted -
Thursday
February 23, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Michael Marcano
and Renegades
Steel Orchestra -
Eyeing the 2006 Panorama Championship
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
- Just before the hectic final week of preparation and practice for the
finals of the panorama competition,
When
Steel Talks
sat down with
Michael Marcano, manager of Renegades Steel Orchestra for a brief
interview to get a sense of where the band is at for the season. Marcano had just
emerged from a meeting with section leaders of the band
as they planned and strategized what they would need to take them to
winner's row on Saturday night. The last time these past panorama
winners have taken the
Panorama title was in 1997 with their master arranger Jit Samaroo's
interpretation of Kitchener's Guitar Pan, and have been
consistent finalists in the years since.
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Web Posted - Tuesday 21, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special-
|
The Younger Steelpan Stars
Take Command
at the Queen's Park Savannah
Junior National Panorama 2006
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
-
The National Junior Panorama got off to a bright and sunny start on
Sunday morning. Around 10:32, the event was opened with welcome
remarks and the playing of the national anthem by two young pannists.
When Steel Talks
was there to cover the event
in
pictures.
This year marks the first time that the Junior panorama was been broken into three
categories, and the youngest set - Under 13: Primary Orchestras, with
participants aged thirteen and under, were first up in the day's
competition. They were allowed a minimum of twenty-five and a
maximum of forty-five musicians.
[click
here for full story]
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Web Posted - Monday 20, 2006 -
Breaking News
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special-
Voice of The People
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Phase II Not
Moving
From The
Voice of A Pan Fan
Phase II has a definite case which can be won easily in the
courts of T&T.
The City Council knows this, and HCL developer knows this.
It is not that Phase II wanted to disobey and stay on “state
lands”. Phase II readily complied and negotiated
with HCL to relocate. In their negotiations one
thing was agreed upon and a completely other thing developed.
[click
here for full story]
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Web Posted -
Monday, February 20th 2006
When Steel Talks
- News |
Panweekend 2006
2nd Steelpan-Festival in Dortmund is scheduled.
Germany - PAN-KULTUR e.V., the
reknown Dortmund steelpan Association, has successfully managed
to put together the 2nd Steelpan-Festival, called “Panweekend
2006”. It will take place on March, 24th and 25th, at the
hip-beach-location SOLENDO, Hafenstrasse 2a .
[click
here]
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Web Posted -
Monday, February 20th 2006
Trinidad Express |
Schools shine at National
Panorama championships
IN THE stiffest competition to date, three schools emerged
victorious in the National Panorama Finals at the Queen's Park
Savannah yesterday.
Some 19 bands competed in three age groups, a first for the
competition, entitled "A Tribute to Clive Bradley".
Previously, schools and junior steelband ensembles competed in
two categories- an under-13 and an under-21 category.
[click
here for full story]
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Web Posted -
Breaking News
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
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Web Posted -
Saturday
February 18, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Leon 'Smooth'
Edwards and Trinidad All
Stars Steel Orchestra Looking to Return to Winner's Row - Thoughts
on the Panorama 2006 Season
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &
Tobago
- One week before the
finals of the annual National Panorama competition in Trinidad and
Tobago,
Leon 'Smooth' Edwards is quiet and relaxed in the panyard of
Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra on Duke Street in Port-of-Spain.
Sprawled out in a chair, the Trinidad All Stars arranger was enjoying a
few quiet moments while waiting around for a possible quick practice
with a few of the All Stars pan players tinkering around on their
instruments. On this night, though, part of the band was already
en route for a gig at the Normandie Hotel in St. Ann's, while other
players were also members of 'pan-round-de-neck' sides, and were away
practicing for the finals to take place on the night of Saturday
February 18.
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Trinidad Panorama 2006
In Pictures
and Sound The When Steel Talks crew experienced more than sixteen hours of
continuous steelpan music from some of the greatest steelpan players
and steelbands on the planet this past Sunday, at Pan Trinbago's semi-finals
panorama competition held at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad. When Steel Talks extends our sincere thanks to the fans, respective
bands' management, and a special 'thank you' to the thousands of steelpan
performers in the small, medium and large steel orchestra categories.
And to the management of Desperadoes, Invaders, Birdsong, Pamberi,
Phase II, Exodus, Renegades and Starlift - for allowing us to capture
and share your panyard performances with the global When Steel Talks
steelpan community - we say, 'Thank You.'
A Special thanks also to Angela Fox and the PanTrinbago Office
Staff for always being there for us. And thank you to both the NCC
(National Carnival Commission) chairman - Kenny De Silva, and
deputy chairman Ainsworth Mohammed, along with Yvonne Smart who facilitated
our complete access and ability to cover the event.
[full
story and pictures]
http://www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2006/semi_gallery.htm
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Web Posted -
Saturday
February 10, 2006
Trinidad Guardian |
Judging error, so all big bands in Panorama
semis
In an effort to avoid any form of legal action against the
organization, Pan Trinbago has allowed all 17 steel orchestras
in the Large Band category to compete in tomorrow's semi-final
round of competition in the 2006 National Panorama
Championships.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Friday
February 10, 2006
When Steel Talks
-
TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Invaders
Led by Arddin Herbert Ready for Semi Finals in Panorama 2006
Trinidad
-
Arddin Herbert, arranger for Invaders Steel Orchestra was
extremely satisfied with the bands preliminary round performance
Wednesday night.
He was now confidently awaiting the
judges results in anticipation of moving on to next round of
competition. The semi finals will be held this coming
Sunday. Fourteen bands will move on to the semifinal round
and the top eight from this group will then proceed on to the
final rounds of the musical competition.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Thursday
February 9, 2006
When Steel Talks
-
TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Arranger
Edwin Pouchet
and Silver Stars Looking To Regain Title in Panorama 2006
Trinidad,
Tobago
-
Edwin
Pouchet, leader and arranger of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra
expressed his satisfaction in the way band performed in this
past Saturday's preliminary round of judging. This year
the band performed for the judges at the Queen's Park Oval
instead of their customary panyard. Pouchet shared
that in the past the judges have complained about the acoustics
of their current practice area, in what amounted to the power of
the orchestra overwhelming the confines of the panyard.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Thursday
February 9, 2006
When Steel Talks
-
TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Winston Gordon and
Redemption Sound Setters Orchestra Ready For
Panorama 2006
Trinidad,
Tobago
- Mr. Winston Gordon,
arranger for Redemption Sound Setters (RSS) gave
When Steel Talks the
heads-up on the Tobago steel orchestra. Redemption Sound
Setters who are accustomed to securing a position in the finals, look
forward to another opportunity to take the coveted title of "Panorama
champion" back to Tobago.
The band will be
performing De Fosto's "Tribute to Bradley." Gordon felt the music
piece was quite suited to the band's music style. "It has a
beautiful melody and strong music structure" said Gordon.
Redemption Sound Setters
completed their arrangement for the preliminary stage of judging a week ago and have been fine tuning their
performance ever since. Gordon expects to have a big impact.
At the preliminary stage, the band already boasts a complement of one hundred and fifteen
players, with one hundred and twenty being the maximum.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Thursday
February 9, 2006
When Steel Talks
-
TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Seion Gomez
and Merrytones Looking To Defend Their Title in Panorama 2006
Trinidad &
Tobago
- Seion Gomez is one of three arrangers affiliated with Northern
Illinois University (NIU), participating in this year's Trinidad and
Tobago steelband music panorama competition. He also enters this
year's event as the arranger of the defending small conventional steel
orchestra category
champions Merrytones Steel Orchestra. Last year, his work
and the band's interpretation and performance won them the national
title from a field of their peers.
[full
story]
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The Business of Steelpan Music 24 -7
Web Posted -
Monday February 20,
2006
When Steel Talks
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Pan People's Place
Click
here
for the show and complete
Pan People's Place
Line Up...
for week 02.20.06
Email us at
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Web Posted -
Sunday February 5,
2006
When Steel Talks
|
Click
here
for the show, and here
for the complete
Cool Steel
Line Up...
for week 02.05.06
Email us at
panradio@panonthenet.com
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Web Posted -
Saturday
February 18, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Yohan Popwell
and Sforzata Steel Orchestra -
On Track to Defend their Title in Panorama 2006
Trinidad
-
When
Steel Talks caught up briefly
with Popwell for a quick interview; he says that even though they would
have liked to win all the rounds [stages of competition], he is 'kind of
happy that the band fell to third place, because, somehow the players
are a little more committed now because they want to get back on top.'
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Web Posted -
Sunday
February 5, 2006
Trinidad Express |
Our musical saviour
Trinidad
- This evening
marks the third of six nights of the National Panorama
preliminaries, a massive exercise involving 124 steelbands
comprising over 8,000 players, the sheer logistics of which is
mind-boggling.
The physical process, which includes equally serious work on the
part of scores of adjudicators, will determine which 56
orchestras advance to the penultimate round in the annual quest
for pan supremacy but implicit in seeking rank and bragging
rights is a larger consideration.
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Web Posted -
Sunday
February 5, 2006
Trinidad Express |
Community support at Pan prelims
Trinidad
- The Pan
Trinbago Northern Region executive had the responsibility of
taking the judges around for the Single Pan Band category in the
North and although everything ran smoothly for the most part,
the team did have a couple of hitches. Traffic was the main
problem as road works near the Lighthouse created a traffic pile
up that kept them back a bit. The judges' entourage usually has
an escort provided by the Police Task Force, but the approval
for this was not granted this year and no reason was given.
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Web Posted -
Thursday
February 3, 2006
When Steel Talks TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Liam Teague and Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra
Look For Great Accomplishments In Panorama 2006
Trinidad
-
Liam Teague, resident arranger of Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra
is looking forward to a promising 2006 panorama season.
Skiffle Bunch, located in Southern Trinidad, hope to again find
themselves competing for the national title in the finals
for this year's panorama. The steel orchestra placed
eighth in the finals in 2005.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
February 1, 2006
DelmarvaNow
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Music students plan
trip to Trinidad
Delaware -
Alex
Gunderman, an eighth grade steel pan musician at the Southern
Delaware School of the Arts, spent weeks preparing for last
year's trip to Trinidad but, at the last minute, was unable to
go.
But he'll be
packing his bags soon enough. This year, he will join six of his
peers on a seven-hour flight that will take them to a whole new
world -- one full of melodic island music and rich heritage.
"This is going
to be a great experience," Gunderman said. "I can't wait to
learn about different cultures and practice my music."
Steel pan band
coordinator John Syphard has received the school board's
permission to take a handful of students, all member's of Steel
the Show, to Trinidad for the second year in a row.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
February 1, 2006
Daily Citizen |
The band played on
Wisconsin
- It was not
the type of program where those in attendance would hear a pin
drop.
To the contrary.
With
the Caribbean beat of steel drums, hand clapping, foot stomping,
joyful singing, and cheers, a diesel locomotive might have
passed through the gym at Van Brunt Elementary/Middle School
Tuesday afternoon unnoticed.
As one of several treats
scheduled for kindergarten through fifth grade boys and girls,
Director Ben Reehl and six Mayville High School juniors, billed
as the Panamaniacs, performed a program on steel drums.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
February 6, 2006
Community Press |
Band beats to different drum Caribbean music
heard at Elder
BY KURT BACKSCHEIDER
| COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER
Cincinnati --
Elder
High School student Bob Mullen said rhythmically beating a steel
drum is incomparable to playing any other musical instrument.
"I like how it's different,
it's not like sitting down and playing an instrument," said
Mullen, an Elder senior from Bridgetown.
"You get to stand up and go
crazy while you drum."
Elder's music department has
featured a steel drum band for several years, but the growing
interest in the instrument and the music it can produce is
keeping band members' schedules full of performance dates.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
February 6, 2006
When Steel Talks
- Steelband History
Series Special |
Two Bands Clash
It was not uncommon for two bands to engage themselves in
serious battle whenever they crossed paths. One such infamous
battle was in the 50’s where two bands, “Destination Tokyo” and
“Invaders” clashed at a “battle ground” in Port of Spain known
as “Green Corner”.
Panmen
at that time wore costumes imitating the American G.I.s (who at
that period were occupying Chaguaramas, Trinidad) as well as
the Aztec Indians and the Sailors. Many lives were lost in those
battles that were epitomized in songs, the most well known being
“Steel Band Clash” (1954 Road March) by Lord Blakie.
[full
story and picture]
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
February 7, 2006
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SPOTRUSHAZ take it back to the future with "IRON"
Trinidad
- Trapped in a steel band during T&T Carnival, Spot Rushaz
utilize their natural hip-hop instincts to survive the onslaught
of the iron, while paying tribute to the only musical invention
of the 20 th Century, the steel pan.
"Honestly,
when we heard the riddum, we all liked it, but we didn't know
what to do with it," confessed TIM Sta. "Then, Nigel came with
the idea to incorporate the iron and package our flows within a
steel band-type atmosphere and from there, the song just came to
life!
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
February 7, 2006
Trinidad Express |
Exodus panmen 'peep on' Pan
Knights 'crackshots'
Players from Exodus Steel Orchestra on Sunday sauntered into the
Solo Pan Knights Panyard at Barataria to hear what their
competition had to offer as judging continued in the preliminary
round of the 2006 National Panorama Championships.
No competitive hostility in the panyard as members from both
bands happily greeted each other, comparing notes on the night
during which judges visited four steel orchestras from Pan
Trinbago's Eastern Region competing in the Large Band category.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Monday
February 6, 2006
When Steel Talks
- Steelband History
Series Special |
Pan On Wheels
With the passage of time
steelbands men saw the need for innovation in transporting of
steelpans, especially where bass sections were being developed.
Carts
were subsequently manufactured and placed on wheels in order to
transport the steelpans from street to street while masqueraders
feted to the music. The “Lucky Jordan” was an establishment
synonymous with the development of the steelpan by way of
promoting competitions and being used as a judging point for
these competitions.
[full
story and picture]
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These
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Web Posted -
Sunday
February 5, 2006
Trinidad Express |
The un-sponsoring of Phase II
Trinidad
-
Pan music is an exclusively Trinidad and
Tobago creation. Not many persons in the wider world who know of
pan music would seriously dispute that Trinidad and Tobago is
the birthplace of pan although, internationally, recognition is
becoming blurred because we have not done enough to promote and
sustain the birthright of pan.
[full
story]
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Web Posted -
Tuesday
January 31, 2006
When Steel Talks -
TnT Panorama 2006
Special |
Exclusive Interviews With The
Movers and Shakers of Panorama 2006
Panorama
2006
Exclusive One - on - One Interviews with
Movers and Shakers of the
SteelBand music industry - In their Own Voice...
Pelham Goddard, Ray Holman, Ken Philmore, Finbar Fletcher, Earl
Brooks, Patrick Arnold, Liam
Teague and more...
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
January 11, 2006
When Steel Talks -
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Steelpan Pictures of The Year - 2005
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Web Posted -
Wednesday
January 04, 2006
When Steel Talks -
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TnT PANORAMA 2006
Steelband Competition
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REGULATIONS
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