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Web Posted - Wednesday March 31, 2010
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An Interview with Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang
Soweto Steelpan Woman Rising

South Africa -  Meet Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang, musician, steelpan player and scholar from Soweto, South Africa. Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang is a charismatic, bright and multi-talented young lady who has bonded with the steelpan music instrument. Moreover, the instrument has propelled her forward and created opportunities. In this exclusive 2010 When Steel Talks (WST) interview, Kefilwe talks about the steelpan in Soweto, the Soweto Marimba Youth League (SMYLe) project and her remarkable journey.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 31, 2010
by When Steel Talks

New York’s Annual Economic Stimulus -What This City Stands to Lose

New York -  The West Indian American Day Carnival Association's - promoter of the annual New York steelband panorama and carnival events - financial forecast states that on the basis of 3 Million visitors to the Labor Day Carnival event, the total projected 2010 revenue is $303,832,857 for New York City.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 31, 2010
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April 23, 24: Steel Band Festival, concerts planned

concert posterDelaware, USA -  The University of Delaware Steel Band Festival will be held Saturday afternoon, April 24, on the grassy area between the Amy E. du Pont Music Building and the Roselle Center for the Arts.

In addition, a pair of evening concerts scheduled in conjunction with the festival are planned Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24.

The “Two Legends, Two Nights” concerts will feature Delaware Steel with jazz great Andy Narell and calypso legend David Rudder at 8 p.m., Friday, April 23, at the Baby Grand, 818 N. Market St., Wilmington, and also at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 24, in Mitchell Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 31, 2010
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Steelband Concert warms up chilly March evening

Sesame FlyersNew York -  An unusually chilly Spring evening in March did not deter a core crowd of determined pan music lovers from turning out for the Gospelypso steelpan concert held at the auditorium at Wingate Campus on Saturday March 27, 2010. Hours earlier, panists and instruments began showing up at the rear of the building in preparation for the event.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 31, 2010
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Gospelypso Steel Orchestra concert - In Pictures

Pan AmbassadorsNew York - The well-received  Gospelypso steel orchestra concert was held at Wingate Campus Auditorium in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday March 27, 2010.

When Steel Talks is pleased to be able to present highlights of the inspired  performances by eight of the finest New York-area steel orchestras who took the stage that evening.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 30, 2010
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New York Steelband “Gospelypso” Show
Steelband Performances track the spiritual musical journey of the “panman” in the Americas

SonatasNew York -  In ‘the city that never sleeps’ and which is known as the entertainment capital of the world - the New York steelpan community put on a show that was worthy of taking attention away from its regular competition - the Yankees, Knicks, Broadway, Lincoln Center and much, much more.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 30, 2010
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USSA Presents Inaugural Steelband Concert

Despers USANew York -  The late-March 2010 ‘Gospelypso’ concert that featured eight New York-area steel orchestras was actually the replacement event for the cancelled Christmas concert back in December due to a severe snow storm. This time the concert would be based on a ‘Gospel-Calypso Theme’ - hence ‘Gospelypso.’
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Web Posted - Monday March 29, 2010
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Pan Jam brings tropical rhythms back to Kemah

Texas, USA - Fans of the laid-back sounds of Caribbean steel drum music packed the Kemah Lighthouse District Saturday for the seventh annual Pan Jam.

The free music festival showcases locally and Caribbean-based reggae, calypso and steel pan or drum musicians.

Acclaimed steel drummer Earl La Pierre, of Grand Cayman Island, and his band flew in for the festival. The band played a set in the afternoon and joined local group the OutRiggers for the closing performance.

Bob Brammer, of the OutRiggers, met La Pierre on a trip to Grand Cayman, where La Pierre helped him buy his first steel pan.

Performers also included the Fire Dancers, Hanna’s Reef and steel pan ensembles from Lone Star College and San Jacinto College.
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Web Posted - Monday March 29, 2010
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Palmetto Panorama Steel Band Festival

South Carolina, USA - Palmetto Panorama Steel Band Festival invites you to this premier event - Sunday, May 16, 2010 from 2-7PM at Finlay Park - designed to raise awareness of music in schools and the Midlands vibrant local steel pan community.

The festival, free to the public, will be an evening of non-stop steel pan and percussion music and family-friendly carnival-like celebration in beautiful Finlay Park in downtown Columbia, South Carolina!
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Web Posted - Sunday March 28, 2010
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University of Akron Steel Drum Band to play in anniversary concert: Close Up

Akron Steel Drum Band practiceOhio, USA -Earplugs are required if you sit in on a rehearsal of the University of Akron Steel Drum Band. Not because they sound bad, but because the students make very loud music in a very crowded room.

Steel drums, also called steel pans, originated in Trinidad and surrounding Caribbean islands after World War II. The University of Akron Steel Drum band is keeping alive the tradition of making music on found instruments, said Matt Dudack, the group's artistic director.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 28, 2010
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“Home Grown on Common Ground” concert features local stars

Pantastic SteelbandConnecticut, USA - For the spring concert on the Ellington Jazz Series, artistic director Willie Ruff has gathered together an unusual array of talent from the New Haven area and Yale University for an exciting program. The concert is called “Home Grown on Common Ground,” and takes place on Friday, April 23, 2010 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. The cast of local performers includes the remarkable 25-member St. Luke’s Steel Band and the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Christian Sands with Thadeus Exposé on bass and Arti Dixson on drums. Among the Yale performers is composer and steel pan virtuoso Andy Akiho, who will perform with the St. Luke’s Steel Band and with a large ensemble of woodwind, string, and brass players from the Yale School of Music. 
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Web Posted - Friday March 26, 2010
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The Silencing of Pat Bishop - NOT!

Global - Earlier this month When Steel Talks began its annual celebration and tribute to “Women in Steelpan,” highlighting the multifaceted, multi-talented intellectual, educator and artist Pat Bishop. This global figure is and remains one of the pivotal figures in the history of pan, and the country of Trinidad and Tobago’s modern arts and culture.

So as March - Woman’s Month - draws to a close, it is with extreme disappointment that When Steel Talks finds itself commenting on the unfortunate and disrespectful turn of events visited upon at Ms Bishop as outlined in one of Trinidad and Tobago national newspapers.

What has been done cannot ever be undone and no apology can ever make amends. And there lies the problem. Someone thought they could do this and get away with it in broad daylight - or worse they did not, and do not - care.

Can the untalented plebe who set this action in motion swim in one bead of sweat off of Ms. Bishop’s brow? Most likely not. Clearly someone simply lost their mind.

Needless to say this is not the way we expected to wrap up Women’s month. Ms. Bishop is more than a cultural icon - she is a Sister in Pan. Furthermore, Ms. Bishop speaks her mind and is not afraid to have an opinion.

Be assured Ms. Bishop will continue to be heard.
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Web Posted - Thursday March 25, 2010
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Rise of the Steelband in Guyana
Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970 - by Godfrey Chin

Quo VadisGuyana - By 1953 local bands sprouted throughout the mudland from Bartica to NA, and these included Quo Vadis (at Robb St off Bourda Market); Invaders (Federation Yard, Regent and Wellington); Pagans; Chicago; Sun Valley; Casablanca – all defending our ‘steelbandship’ against boasting, bragging Trinidadians, in regular competitions.
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Web Posted - Thursday March 25, 2010
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Panschool nurtures New Steelband @ Eumundi Markets

Pantastic SteelbandQueensland, Australia - Members of the popular Pantastic Steelband, regular performers at Eumundi Markets, will be taking to the stage at the markets this Saturday 27 March. But it will be a performance with a difference – they’ll be sharing the stage with steelpan students.

Founding member of the Pantastic Steelband and Panschool Director Matt Davies says this Saturday will be a special opportunity for all performers.

“For our students it’s an opportunity to showcase some of the music that they have been learning over the last year. And what better place to show off their newfound musical talents than Eumundi Markets,” says Matt.

“Panschool is proud to have a chance to show how are students are progressing,” he says.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 24, 2010
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Date changes for 2010 Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century steelband events

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.  - The dates of the Preliminaries judging in Pan Trinbago’s Pan in the 21st Century and Down Memory Lane have been changed.

The competition will now start on Thursday 8 April with eight (8) Single Pan Bands in the Northern Region.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 24, 2010
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First School to Purchase the Percussive Harmonic Instrument (P.H.I.) - St. Xavier’s Private School

St. Xavier's students with PHI InstrumentSt. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panadigm Innovations Ltd (PIL), makers of the Percussive Harmonic Instrument (P.H.I.) and G-pan  announced the handing over of two P.H.I.s to St Xavier’s Private School, St. Joseph.

The P.H.I. is the very first “electronic pan” ever created and patented. It is what is known in the music world as a MIDI controller; however, it has a physical form inspired by the ingenuity of the traditional steelpan. MIDI controllers allow musicians to utilize equipment on a MIDI digital network to create, perform and manipulate music.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 23, 2010
by When Steel Talks

USSA (United States Steelband Association)  ‘Pan Solidarity Forum’
Steelband Folks Seek Clarity, and New Direction

New York, USA - They came with questions seeking answers, clarity and direction. Moreover, they wanted a clear explanation as to what were the benefits to their continued participation. In addition, they asked “what was going to be different?” They wanted to know - Who? What? Why? How and When? All reasonable questions. To their credit, the current administration of USSA was prepared to meet inquires, address concerns and did not shy away from any question.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 23, 2010
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Oberlin Steel Set for 2010 Tour
Steelband group hits the road again

Oberlin Steel in PhiladelphiaOberlin, Ohio, USA - Oberlin Steel is a student-run steelband from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Currently led by musical directors Zeke Runyon and Zach Diamond, Oberlin Steel was formed in 1980 and known as the Oberlin Can Consortium until 2001. The group aims to play in the tradition of the great steelbands of Trinidad & Tobago with a repertoire consisting mostly of calypso and soca tunes, past and present, arranged or transcribed by band members, but also plays the occasional pop tune or original composition.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 21, 2010
by When Steel Talks

Examining the Roots of Steel Band Activity in New York

Les SlaterNew York - Enlightening, passionate, humorous, controversial, intense, confrontational, educational, emotional and engaging - are just some of the words among many others that can be used to describe the forum “Examining the Roots of Steel Band Activity in New York.” Indeed, this discussion facilitated by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute in conjunction with the School of Professional & Community Development at Medgar Evers College (coordinated by Miles McAfee, Film & Culture Series), was absorbing.

The discussion was moderated by Les Slater, director of the Folk Arts Institute and featured panelists Rudy Estwick, Lennox Leverock, Jessie Lampkin and Roy Sangster.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 21, 2010
by When Steel Talks

An Interview with E-Pan Inventor Salmon Cupid

E-Pan TenorGlobal - The steelpan is the only acoustical instrument invented in the twentieth century. And arguably and similarly, the synthesizer is another major development in the music arena.  Salmon E. Cupid has brought both the development of the steelpan and synthesizer together in the E-Pan, giving the steel panist the creative options.  In a WST (When Steel Talks) exclusive, Mr. Cupid talks about the development of this invention.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 23, 2010
SFA News

SFA Steel Band concert scheduled

Texas, USA - Stephen F. Austin State University's Steel Drum Band will present a program of pop, Caribbean and Latin favorites during its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The 10- member ensemble performs on a full set of steel pans (made from 55-gallon oil drums), an electric bass guitar, drum set and a large array of Latin percussion-or as they say in Trinidad, the "Engine Room," explained Scott Harris, SFA associate professor of percussion and the group's director.

In addition to "Baby I Love Your Way," "Take On Me," "Samba El Gato" and "Maryanne," the band will perform music learned specifically for the recent Pan Festival in Waco where the students interacted with other Texas steel bands and nationally renowned guest artists.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 21, 2010
Stabroek News

Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970

Guyana pan sceneGuyana - Steelband has been the essence of our Caribbean Carnival/ Mash/Crop-Over celebrations since this phenomenon emerged after WWII, and remains a unique musical art form in the twentieth century, with efforts from Japan to Sweden usurping this contribution from our tropics. Like our own Demerara rum and sugar, we need to propogate, preserve and defend steelband in the Caribbean – especially since our vaunted WI cricket prestige is currently on the wane and in limbo.
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Web Posted - Saturday March 20, 2010
by When Steel Talks

An Interview with Brigitte Fischer
President of PANCH Swiss Steelband Association

Brigitte FischerGlobal - Meet Brigitte Fischer, musician, steelpan player and president of “PANCH” the Swiss Steelband Association. There are over 150 steelbands in Switzerland.

Ms. Fischer is the first female president of the Swiss Steelband Association.
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Web Posted - Thursday March 18, 2010
The Oxford Press

Miami Steel Band to perform

Ohio, USA - The Miami University Steel Band will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, March 26, in Hall Auditorium on Miami’s Oxford campus. Special guests Oberlin Steel, from Oberlin College, and Rusty Burge, percussionist and jazz vibraphonist, also will perform.

The Miami band is directed by Chris Tanner, associate professor of music and founder and director of the Miami Steel band. Tanner will lead the groups in a performance of “Pan Night and Day,” by Trinidadian pannist and arranger Liam Teague.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 17, 2010
by When Steel Talks

Tobago Steelpan Women - Binta and Zwena Carrington

Zwena and BintaGlobal - Top Tobago steelpan music women Zwena and Binta Carrington are in the spotlight, talking about their love for the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago - the steelpan - as well as their life experiences surrounding the culture and art form.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 17, 2010
San Jacinto Community College

New work for choir and steel band

Texas, USA - The Central campus’ choir and steel drum band will combine forces for the world premier of “In the Shadows of the Forest,” a pioneer work exclusively composed for steel band and choir. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will take place on March 25 at 7 p.m. in Slocomb Auditorium, located at 8060 Spencer Hwy in Pasadena.

The 45-minute steel drum/choral score is composed by Seattle, Washington steel panist Gary Gibson, who recently won Trinidad’s “Symphony & Steel” composition contest, which encouraged new works for orchestra with steel pan ensemble. This is Gibson’s first composition to combine choir with steel band. He will spend a week in residence at San Jacinto Community College to assist in the preparation of the concert.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 17, 2010
Catonsville Times

Catonsville High Steel Drum Band to start series

Maryland, USA - A special performance by Catonsville High School Steel Drum Band, under the direction of Jim Wharton, will begin the University of Maryland School of Law's annual music series this year.

The band, with a repertoire ranging from classical to jazz and rock, will perform at noon, March 18, as part of the "Lunch Under the Pipes" series in Westminster Hall, Fayette and Greene streets in Baltimore.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 14, 2010
by When Steel Talks

An Interview with Anne Fridal

Anne FridalGlobal- The name ‘Anne Fridal’ reverberates throughout the Caribbean and wider world within operatic and theatrical performances circles as few others. Ms. Fridal has performed all over the globe at some of the most distinguished performance halls. This world-renowned dramatic soprano hails from the twin island-republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and has also performed with several steel orchestras.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 14, 2010
Kaieteur News Online

National Schools Choir, Steel Orchestra will be a tribute to Dr Desrey Fox

The late Guyanese Minister Dr. Desrey FoxGuyana, S.A. - The National Schools Choir and Steel Orchestra which the late Dr Desrey Fox reactivated will not be demolished. Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, has pledged to ensure that the project be completed as a tribute to her for her contributions to Guyana.

....According to Baksh, her passion for the promotion of aesthetic education, cultural activities, music, dance, drama as it relates to education led her to take steps to re-activate the

 National Schools Choir and Steel Orchestra.
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Web Posted - Friday March 12, 2010
by When Steel Talks

Ladies of Pan At The University of Cambridge York

Ladies of Steelpan At The University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom - The University of Cambridge is the second oldest university in England and the fourth oldest in Europe. Cambridge is consistently ranked in the world‘s top five universities and placed as the leading university in Europe, by numerous media and academic rankings. Pan has been in British education since 1969 when Gerald Forsythe OBE set up the first school steel band in London. Many schools adopted the instrument and it is very much a part of musical education in schools and community groups.  Many of these forums have been formed by British Steel bands. The arrival of the first ‘all female’ college steel band and the first Cambridge University Steel Pan Society (CUSPS) are recent developments in the progression of Pan in education.
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Web Posted - Friday March 12, 2010
The Huffington Post

Curtis Jordan: Playing for Smiles

New York, USA - Where Curtis Jordan grew up, the sound of steel drums is more than familiar.

"There's so many millions of drums in Trinidad that if you turn left, you see a drum," Jordan said. "If you turn right, you see a drum."

But in the New York City subway system, where Jordan has played the drums for the past 13 years, they aren't quite as common.

Jordan, who lives in Brooklyn and plays with steel orchestra bands there and throughout the city, said his performance space of choice is the 6-train platform at 14th Street Union Square.  Over the years, he has come to know the area as his "office."
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Web Posted - Friday March 12, 2010
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Examining the Roots of Steel Band Activity in New York

New York's 2010 Panorama Champions - Sonatas Steel OrchestraNew York - Four pioneering participants from the steel band movement’s infancy in New York will be featured in a panel discussion focused on the art form in its New York incarnation, which will be presented Thursday evening March 18 by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute in conjunction with the School of Professional & Community Development of Medgar Evers College.
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Web Posted - Thursday March 11, 2010
Trinidad Guardian

Music potential rich—Johnson

Elijah Lee on steelpan in the Class 32 Steelpan Solo of the 29th Biennial Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Trinidad & Tobago - A two-hour pan music presentation at Monday’s 29th Biennial T&T Music Festival at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, has music adjudicator Dr John Paul Johnson convinced that he made the right choice in accepting the invitation to preside over this year’s event.

He’s today persuaded that this country’s music-making potential is rich. “What I saw today... if that is any indication of what it’s like here in T&T, is phenomenal. It’s some of the best music development skills I have seen anywhere that I’ve been around the world,” Johnson said, after witnessing 18 contestants in Class 32 Steelpan Solo—Finals, featuring contestants 12 and under.”
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Web Posted -Wednesday 10, 2010
The Explorer

Steel drum band for free March 19

Jovert Steeldrum band from TusconArizona, USA - Jovert, the award-winning Tucson-based steel drum band, continues the 2009-'10 Cultural Concert Series at Steam Pump Ranch on Friday, March 19. The event, put on by the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, starts at 6:30 p.m. that Friday on the green at the Steam Pump Village shopping center off North Oracle Road, just north of First Avenue. Admission is free of charge. Students from Tucson High Magnet School comprise the ranks of Jovert.

The outfit dances to the beat of a different drum line.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 10, 2010
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Local DJ dies of heart disease
Pan Activist will be missed

Trinidad & Tobago - Just two days after a benefit concert was held to raise funds for WACK 90.1 FM radio presenter, David “DJ Heshimu” Graham, the popular cultural activist passed away.

DJ Heshimu died of heart disease on Monday night.....DJ Heshimu had hosted the show “Pan In Yuh Pwewfen” many times alongside Hollis Clifton and was also a performer in his own right. He was an African drummer par excellence and had been featured on background vocal tracks for many of TT’s soca stars, including Machel Montano
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 10, 2010
Montgomery News

Soca steel drum sounds heading for Ambler

Pennsylvania, USA - The music of the steel drum will probably take you back to the sounds of your last Caribbean cruise, but even so, you haven’t heard anything yet like the 15-piece ensemble of the University of Delaware, Delaware Steel, director professor Harvey Price said.

“If they haven’t heard the band, it’s a really wonderful ensemble. If they haven’t heard the music, I think they’re in for a real ear-opening experience,” Price said.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 9, 2010
Trinidad Express

Teaching our children all about...
Sweet steel

Image of bookcover for 'Panman Presents 'The Sweet Sound of Steel''Trinidad & Tobago - It’s an interesting selection for parents looking to put a local book in their children’s hands for story time. Panman Presents ’The Sweet Sound of Steel’, by Tarquin Lougheide, is, according to the author, ’an invaluable book with a bit of steelpan history that may help enhance children’s appreciation for their culture’.

Born and raised in Trinidad, Lougheide moved to Canada about 20 years ago, but his love for pan music and his experience working in the arts in Trinidad motivated him to take on the project of creating a children’s book series based on something from his homeland.
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Web Posted - Monday March 8, 2010
by When Steel Talks

Roll Call - Women In Pan

Feminine signGlobal - It’s March and that means this is Women’s Month. It is the month when we celebrate the contributions of women to the world. Normally - as it is a When Steel Talks tradition - we highlight the month through a series of articles and interviews with the female movers, shakers, and up and coming stars.
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Web Posted - Sunday March 7, 2010
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Steelband and Jazz Ensemble Concert Live from NIU (Northern Illinois University)-online

Global - As part of our ongoing effort to provide the global steelpan music community access to great music with stellar performances, When Steel Talks is pleased to announce that we will be carrying the free online live stream of the upcoming NIU (Northern Illinois University) concert on the WST steelband music network. The NIU Steelband will perform a combined concert with the NIU Jazz Ensemble.
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Web Posted - Friday March 5, 2010
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Renegades impresses adjudicators at festival opening

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - American music adjudicators presiding over the 29th Biennial T&T Music Festival, taking place at venues across the country, have put in a request with event co-ordinator Marie-Diane Dupres to visit the panyard of BP Renegades Steel Orchestra. It seems they still can’t get over the impressive panmanship they heard from the nine-time National Panorama champion at Sunday’s gala opening, held at Queen’s Hall in St Ann’s, Port-of-Spain. They want to know how Renegades, led by Everald “Redman” Watson, achieved such silky presentations of Frederic Chopin’s works when some of the world’s leading musicians aren’t able to capture the intent of the composer. Desmond Waithe is Renegades’ classical director. Dr John Paul Johnson, from Wichita State University, Dr Jan Harrington and Dr Carmen Helena Pellez, both of Indiana University, expressed delight over the band’s deliveries at the gala.
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Web Posted - Friday March 5, 2010
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‘Bucks’ Inspires through Steelpan music

Buckinghamshire, U.K. - SV2G (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation) has been granted the Inspire Mark- the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme.  SVG2  Steelpan Stepping Stone project funded by the Arts Council England will build the capacity of Wycombe Steel Orchestra and the steelpan development within Bucking-hamshire will be performing at the Wycombe Community Festival that will be part of the Cultural Olympiad London 2010 Games this year July.
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Web Posted - Friday March 5, 2010
Columbia Star

Local steel band school featured at Jimmy Buffett preshow party

South Carolina, USA - Nearly 20 performers, ages 9–64, from The Steel Band Project, LLC, joined forces with members of the Island Close By Steel Band and J’Ouvert Steel Band at the Colonial Life Arena on February 23, 2010, for the Jimmy Buffett Summerzcool Concert Tour Pre–Party.

Charlotte Broome, a member of the All–Stars said, “It was great to play for the huge crowd, and I loved playing with the kids and the Island Close By guys.”

The Steel Band Project (Dr. Chris Lee, owner) is a new Columbia based learning and performance center where individuals, families, and groups learn the art of playing steel drums and drum sets in a class setting.
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Web Posted - Thursday March 4, 2010
The Muffin Post

Steel Pans will play National Anthems at upcoming WT20 Cricket Games

St. Kitts/Nevis - At a brief ceremony to review the National Anthems to be played at the start of each game during the preliminary women’s fixtures for the ICC WT20 WI 2010 in St. Kitts, the St. Kitts All-star Steel Orchestra was given rave reviews for their four renditions.

This function was the first of its kind and was witnessed by officials involved in the planning of the Sportainment component of the games. The session was chaired by Captain Nigel “Numpy” Williams, who gave a brief introduction of the anthems which were played. Sportainment Coordinator Mr. Cosbert Manchester gave the opening remarks and introduced the panel of reviewers which included musician, Calvin Esdaille, music trainer and conductor, Pam Wall, and pan player extraordinaire, Alexis Knight.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 3, 2010
The Daily Herald

Mighty Dow on Friday at Philipsburg Boardwalk

Philipsburg, St. Maarten - Entertaining us and musically educating the youth for more than 30 years, Isidore York, known as the Mighty Dow, is an island treasure and a staple in Carnival. Born on the Friendly Island in the lovely month of April, the Mighty Dow has been working hard to reach his objective of supporting the local youth to reach higher standards of performance. With a passion for steel-pan music, the Mighty Dow is a renowned calypsonian and an accomplished steel pan instructor, entertainer, musical arranger and vocalist.
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Web Posted - Wednesday March 3, 2010
Beaver County Times

Joy of drumming

Pennsylvania, USA - Kevin Guerrieri, an Edgeworth Elementary third-grader selected to shake a watermelon-sized noisemaker at the center of a steel drum storm, admitted his ears were ringing and his arms ached with fatigue. But he wasn’t complaining.

“It felt great,” he said. “I could see everybody dancing.”

Guerrieri was one of more than 160 Quaker Valley School District students who boarded a bus early Wednesday afternoon for a steel band performance at Ambridge Area High School. The journey carried them through ancient Africa, across some Caribbean islands, and into North America in the 19th and 20th centuries, and included Calypso-flavored visits with the Nutcracker ballet, British pop band Coldplay and Disney World.
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Web Posted - Tuesday March 2, 2010
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Steelband & Cultural Benefit Concert for Ailing Pan Personality

Global - Widely-followed and much-loved Trinidad & Tobago WACK 90.1 fm radio presenter, David “DJ Heshimu” Graham, is facing extremely severe health challenges, and is in immediate need of love, prayers, and - most of all - financial support. Funds are needed urgently to assist Heshimu, a down-to-earth and true “Pan lover” (aka ‘Barrel’ Lover)!

Coming together this weekend in one accord on Heshimu’s behalf are pride of Trinidad’s southland - Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra - Ken “Professor” Philmore, Francis Prime, Joanne Foster, Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste, Errol Fabien, Earl Brooks, and many more.
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Web Posted - Monday March 1, 2010
London Free Press

Steel band drums up Haiti aid

London, U.K. - Far from the ongoing human tragedy in Haiti, the sweet rhythmic tinkles of a steel band were shared with Londoners Saturday in a bid to help the shattered Caribbean nation.

The Golden Harps Steel Orchestra held a fundraiser to draw attention to the ongoing need for help for Haiti where one million of its nine million inhabitants remain homeless. A Jan. 12 earthquake killed more than 230,000 and reduced the impoverished nation to rubble.

"This was something we felt we could do," said event organizer, Trudy den Ouden, a native of Jamaica. "We believe it is important to keep Haiti in the news. We simply want to help."

All members of the band are originally from the Caribbean, including manager and arranger Terry Greene, who is from Trinidad, she said.
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Web Posted - Monday March 1, 2010
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An Interview with Steelpan Innovator & G-Pan Inventor Brian Copeland

Global - The inventor of the G-Pan Dr. Brian Copland in this exclusive 2010 When Steel Talks (WST) interview, moves to explain some of the misconceptions about the instrument and further, it’s importance to the future development of steelpan movement.
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Web Posted - Monday March 1, 2010
Nelson County Life Magazine

RRES Gets A Taste of The Caribbean

Virginia, USA - The calendar still says winter, but Rockfish River Elementary School students got a taste of Caribbean music when the James Madison University Steel Drum Band came to perform this past Friday. As part of their multicultural studies, students in PreK–5th grade enjoyed learning about the history of the steel drum and lively music, and sang along with the band for one piece.
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