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“The
Bradley Years”
 The
Bradley Years represent the definitive collection
of steelband music arrangements and performances
for a large steel orchestra. This collection
showcases seven classic arrangements from the
master arranger Clive Bradley. Bradley
is considered to be the best steelband music
arranger ever by many, including his peers.
In addition, the arrangements are performed
by one of the finest steelbands in the world,
New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Clive Bradley
had a very special relationship with Pantonic.
This orchestra clinched the title of panorama
champions five times in seven years - performing
Bradley’s musical works. The performances
were captured by Basement Recordings days before,
and in one instance, mere moments before they
took the stage for the prestigious annual steelband
music panorama competition.
The recordings
capture, reproduce and present an unrivalled
clarity with sonic realism, of a large steel
orchestra fielding between one hundred and one
hundred twenty musicians - unlike any other
steelband music recordings in its class.
This body of musical work is a sterling addition
for all fans, educators, players, historians
and fine music collectors.
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Pan in New York CD and DVD available
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“CD
Samples”
Pan in
New York 2009
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 Global
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the beauty of the steelpan instrument through the
two latest CD releases from Basement Recordings.
Three-minute samples from the Pan In New York 2009
CDs - of both regular and slow tempo performances
- are being featured. Content is being added,
so keep checking regularly. Both “Pan
In New York 2009,” and “Pan In New York 2009 - The
Cooldown Versions” are a
continuation
of the Pan-4-Life series from Basement Recordings.
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Simply
one of the greatest steelband recordings to date!
A collector’s item...
[ PANTONIC + BASEMENT + BRADLEY
] x 4 =
MASTERPIECE
- Clive Bradley the Master at
Work -
Very Sweet Pan Music
Get Your Copy Now
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Web Posted
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Sunday October 31, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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In Search of HD for
One Million Steelband Music Fans at the 2010
PhotoPlus Expo
Sony HDR-AX2000
and NEX-VG10 Camcorders Shine
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 New
York, USA -
....Max Roach implicitly understood the
importance of being able to capture that
‘special moment’ with the best technology
available of the day.
....The two main exhibitors we have seen at
the 2010 PDN (Photo District News) PhotoPlus
Expo for HD camcorders are Canon and Sony.
Both manufacturers have excellent camcorders
that cover both the consumer and
professional dominion.
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Web Posted
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Friday October 29, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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PhotoPlus Expo 2010:
Go, See, Learn
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 New
York, USA - If you are a
photography enthusiast and want to learn
more or increase your skills, don’t know
what area of photography to venture into,
are mystified by the continuing trends in
digital equipment and editing, or anything
else that you are curious about, how do you
learn more? Where do you go? How do you
handle that?
One of the greatest informational
opportunities for an enthusiast of
anything, is to attend an exposition and
conference, such as the one going on now
at the Jacob Javits Center in New York.
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Web Posted
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Friday October 29, 2010
The
Anguillan Newspaper
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Steel Orchestra at
St. Augustine’s Church
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 Anguilla,
W.I. - The University
of Wyoming Department of Music's Pan Band
performs a free concert Monday, Nov. 1, at
7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center concert
hall.
The program will feature
Caribbean steel drum music. International
steel drum virtuoso, Tom Miller, will join
the band as guest artist. He has performed
and recorded with musicians such as Grammy
award winners, Allison Krause and the late
John Denver.
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Web Posted
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Thursday October 28, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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2010 PhotoPlus
International Conference & Expo - and the
Steel Orchestra: The Nexus
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 New
York, USA - It is another
year and we again find ourselves at the
annual PhotoPlus International Conference &
Expo in New York at the Jacob Javits Center,
to take in the premiere event for the
showcasing of new developments in and
related to - photo and imaging technology.
For all of three days this is the epicenter
of all things dealing with digital
photography and more. Three members of the
When Steel Talks (WST) team are here to
observe and absorb as much as possible.
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Web Posted
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Thursday October 28, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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Happy Birthday to the
Great One!
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
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 Global
- When Steel Talks
extends our greetings and best wishes to the
legendary Len “Boogsie” Sharpe on his
birthday, today.
As part of our
celebration of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, two
historical recordings captured by Basement
Recordings of arrangements created by Mr.
Sharpe, will now be made available online to
be heard by the WST family for the first
time ever in their entirety.
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Web Posted
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Wednesday October 27, 2010
UN News
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UW Pan Band to
Perform Nov. 1
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 Wyoming,
USA
- The University
of Wyoming Department of Music's Pan Band
performs a free concert Monday, Nov. 1, at
7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center concert
hall.
The program will feature
Caribbean steel drum music. International
steel drum virtuoso, Tom Miller, will join
the band as guest artist. He has performed
and recorded with musicians such as Grammy
award winners, Allison Krause and the late
John Denver.
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Web Posted
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Tuesday October 26, 2010
Ocean Style
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Jah Bami (Damian
Marvin Walters) in Focus
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 Global
- ....His musical
style embodies a mix between reggae and soca
pulling influence from hip-hop and R&B.
....The steelpan played a
major role in his musical upbringing, since
he also witnessed his father’s steelpan
group tour Trinidad from a young age. In his
teens he gained major recognition for his
amazing talents on the steelpan, teaching
himself how to play difficult songs by ear.
However, trained to play and write music he
mastered instruments including the guitar,
piano, and drums, which helped him to
organize full orchestra ensembles later on
in life.
At age 17 he earned
himself a music scholarship at the
University of the West Indies where he
captained his school (St. Augustine Snr.
Comp) to become School Panorama Champions.
Following his championship win at school,
Jah Bami moved on to play the steelpan with
the World Champion band, “Exodus Steel
Orchestra” for eight years.
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Web Posted
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Monday October 25, 2010
Trinidad &
Tobago Express
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Phase II faces
eviction again
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 Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Ace arranger Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe is raving
mad over the planned proposal by the Port of
Spain City Corporation to 'evict" Petrotrin
Phase II Pan Groove from its home of 38
years, at Hamilton Street, Woodbrook.
While the City
Corporation has not said anything official
nor has it they spoken with the executive of
Phase II ; 'Boogsie' says he only heard of
the plans by the way. It is understood that
the band will be allowed to stay there next
year, but will have to move by Carnival
2012.
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Web Posted
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Friday October 22, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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The Earl of Pan wears
his crown gracefully
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 Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
“In 2004 Hurricane Ivan destroyed The Cayman
Islands and evidently shattered my personal
possessions including steelpans and
household articles. The Canadian government
hurriedly sent passenger planes to evacuate
all Canadians which included me and my
family” - the La Pierre Family Steelband.
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Web Posted
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Friday October 22, 2010
Cayman 27
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Arts & Culture
Nominee: Earl La Pierre
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 Grand
Cayman - Steel
band teacher and performer, Earl La Pierre
performs at all the major hotels in the
Cayman Islands.
As a result of Earl's
efforts all the schools offer steel band as
part of their educational program. Earl won
every school music festival and every
carnival pan competition in Cayman Islands
from 1988 - 2004.
click for video details
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Web Posted
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Wednesday October 20, 2010
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
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Starlift Juniors
shine among pan champs
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 Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I.
- Starlift Junior Steel Orchestra
staged A Night of Champions last month at
Starlift’s modern new panyard on Christopher
Samuel Drive (formerly Mucurapo Road
Extension) St James. Still riding high on a
wave of excitement after their successful
tour of Canada last June, the pre-teen and
teenage members of the decades-old Starlift
Steel Orchestra, under the direction of
coordinator Barry Mannette, played as deftly
as their adult counterparts.
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Web Posted
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Wednesday October 20, 2010
InstantEncore
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Ellington Jazz Series
presents the second “Homegrown on Common
Ground” Concert November 12
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 Connecticut,
USA - After the
success of the first “Homegrown on Common
Ground” concert last April, the Ellington
Jazz Series at the Yale School of Music
revisits the theme of having musicians from
Yale and New Haven share the stage of
Sprague Hall for an evening of exciting and
creative music. The first “Common
Ground” concert caused a sensation with a
jazz piano trio, a 20-member steel band, and
leading-edge music written by several Yale
composers for an eclectic instrumental
ensemble that included steel pans alongside
a rhythm section, winds, and strings.
...Returning by popular demand is the St.
Luke’s Steel Band from New Haven, directed
by Deborah Teason, and steel pan virtuoso
Andy Akiho. Akiho will again appear with the
St. Luke’s Band, as well as with the Yale
Steel Band and the Common Ground Ensemble.
Four composer/ performers – Andy Akiho
(steel pans), Deborah Teason, Samuel Adams
(bass), and Paul Kerekes (piano) – have
written pieces that will be premiered by
this group, which features three pan players
in addition to piano, bass, drums, and
violin.
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Web Posted
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Tuesday October 19, 2010
Miami
University
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Tanner featured in
steel drum magazine
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 Ohio, USA
- Chris Tanner, director of Miami
University’s Steel Drum Program, is the
subject of the Artist Spotlight feature in
the magazine Pan Podium, published in
England.
The two-page article,
written by Andrew Martin and Ray Funk,
describes Tanner’s background and influences
that created his appetite for everything
associated with the steel drum. “A
multifaceted artist, Tanner is also a
talented composer and arranger for pan and
his book, The Steel Pan Game Plan (2007), is
a how-to resource for schools starting pan
programs. Moreover, Tanner is sought after
for workshops and master classes throughout
the States.
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Web Posted
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Monday October 18, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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The Pan Man who
directed Mas Man returns to the Big Apple
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 New
York, USA - Pan
man and steelpan historian Dalton Narine was
in town recently in his capacity of film
maker and director. Narine was invited to
attend and present at the private screening
of ‘Mas Man,’ his critically-acclaimed film
celebrating the work and life of
internationally renowned cultural icon and
carnival artist and designer Peter Minshall
of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Web Posted
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Friday October 15, 2010
by When Steel Talks
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Steelband Panorama
Songwriting Great
Winston “DeFosto” Scarborough releases
tunes for 2011 Season
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 Global
- Winston
Scarborough - known to most of the world as “DeFosto,” the steelband panorama music
songwriter master - has released three songs
for the 2011 Trinidad and Tobago steelband
panorama season.
The
songs will all be available on the When
Steel Talks network.
In She Rainorama has been
published to the WST site with the score
sheet.
click
to hear
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Web Posted
- Friday October 15, 2010
When Steel Talks
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In Search of a Steelband
in Harlem
African-American Day
Parade 2010 features no Steelpan
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 New
York, USA - ....Harlem has a rich history
with the steelpan instrument.
....So, every year we still attend the parade
hoping that this will be the year when the
steelbands will return to Harlem, and we will
hear iron and steel reverberating off of the
classic brownstones on Adam Clayton-Powell
Boulevard, reviving the old tradition of “Pan in
Harlem”
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Web Posted
- Thursday October 14, 2010
The Oakdale Leader
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Calypso Sound Arrives At Junior High
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 California, USA-
He literally wrote the book on steel drum music. And he’s here in Oakdale … energizing a new class of musicians.
Actually, Oakdale’s new District Band Instructor Ross McGinnis wrote a method book, or how-to book, on “Steelband” music, as it’s called throughout the world. The drums are also called steel pans. Calling the music “steel drums” is unique to the United States, he said.
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Web Posted
- Thursday October 14, 2010
When Steel Talks
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Trinidad and Tobago 2011 Panorama Schedule
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 Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Pan Trinbago has released the proposed schedule
for the 2011 Steelband Panorama competition in
Trinidad & Tobago. Several competition
venues are still to be announced for various
phases and categories.
click for full schedule
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Web Posted
- Friday October 8, 2010
When Steel Talks
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Sonatas Steel Orchestra
Steelband Classics
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 New
York,
USA - In 2001 the New York Steelband music community made history as the major franchises came together and staged their own panorama competition. The event is considered one of the greatest achievements in the North American steelband music movement. That competition delivered a number of classic performances and arrangements. The New York Times reported that over 20,000 people attended the event. In this Pan Classic moment, featured are Sonatas Steel Orchestra with one hundred and twenty-five players players performing “Rain Melody” as arranged by Earl Brooks.
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Web Posted
- Thursday October 7, 2010
News Guardian
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Steel orchestras perform in school
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England,
UK - A Wallsend school played host to a
special performance by the North Tyneside
Steelband.
More than 200 people came to Beacon Hill School
last week where the band were joined by a
further six bands from across the north east.
The young players had all been taking part in
workshops through the week with South African
musicians Dave Reynolds and David Parkin on
specially written South African music which they
performed together on Saturday, October 2.
Seven steelbands took part in the event, coming
from Churchill Community College and North
Tyneside Steelband, as well as some travelling
from Wooler and Catterick.
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Web Posted
- Wednesday October 6, 2010
When Steel Talks
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The 3rd
International Conference on Steelpan
‘Integrating
The Three Elements of Carnival, Steelpan,
Calypso and Mas’
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 England,
UK - Four years ago Nostalgia Steelband
members organised the first European Steelpan
Conference in collaboration with the University
of East London entitled ‘Steelband Music and
Education in the 21st Century;
Projecting a Vision of the Future through Global
Experiences,’ immediately after London’s Notting
Hill carnival in 2006. In 2010, the third
biennial conference - ‘Integrating the Three
Elements of Carnival - Steelpan, Calypso and
Mas’ is on track for late October; event
information, programme, registration form and
conference background are available.
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Web Posted
- Wednesday October 6, 2010
When Steel Talks
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Beverly Griffith -
Trinidad & Tobago’s Panorama Revisited
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 Global
- ....For myself; after an absence of 19
years from the Panorama arena, the prospect of
returning evoked a myriad of conflicting
thoughts and emotions, which started with the
initial offer made to me by the late (WITCO
Desperadoes leader) Rudolph Charles in February,
1984, my final acceptance in November, ’84, and
did not really end until the personal elation
that I felt on Carnival Sunday morning when,
true to my superstition of not waiting around
for the final tally of points after the Panorama
final the night before, I inquired of a young
newspaper vendor on Frederick Street and his
reply was music to my ears: “Renegades and
Despers tied for first.”
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Web Posted
- Tuesday October 5, 2010
When Steel Talks
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Pan Podium Magazine
On the Pulse of Pan in the UK
Summer 2010 -
Issue 21
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 England,
UK - The official magazine for BAS (the
British Association for Steelbands) - Pan Podium
- continues in its promotion of the steelpan
culture. Several members of the artform's
community are showcased in this, Issue no. 21
and further investment in the magazine sees an
increase in readership through BAS' augmented
distribution network.
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Web Posted
- Monday October 4, 2010
When Steel Talks
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Clive Bradley on the
2004 Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Panorama
a Dalton Narine
interview
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 Global
- “When I went up the hill to interview
Desperadoes’ arranger Clive Bradley two days
before the 2004 panorama finals, there were two
panists hanging around, and I thought about
Calvary. Will they crucify him down there on the
recycled wooden stage set up in the Cyclops’
eye, the Savannah, the maco vision of Port of
Spain? Will they bring back karma to him just
for releasing Shadow’s Whap Cocoyea?”
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Web Posted
- Saturday October 2, 2010
When Steel Talks
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The Demise of the
Steelband Panorama - and the Possible
Solution
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Global
- This year, 2010, steelbands in England
participating in the Panorama at the Notting
Hill Carnival, played for free. That is, the
bands received no monies for appearance fees or
for prizes. It is reported that this was due to
the economic melt-down now being experienced in
that country.
According to Nestor Sullivan, manager of
Trinidad and Tobago’s Pamberi Steel Orchestra,
all the territories where an annual steelband
Panorama is held, tend to follow the lead of
Trinidad and Tobago, whose nationals dominate
the technical and related sides of most of the
events. The country’s nationals have transported
the Panorama to territories around the world,
creating a potential global industry in the
process. Nonetheless, contends Sullivan,
we are now experiencing the rapid demise of the
Panorama, the biggest event on global steelband
calendars.
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Web Posted
- Friday October 1, 2010
When Steel Talks
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Bertie Marshall - The
Steel Pan Visionary
The Film
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 Global
- Steelpan pioneer and visionary Bertie
Marshall is the subject of this film production
by film maker, producer, director, pan man and
steelpan historian Dalton Narine. This is a
fifty-minute film chronicling the life work of
the innovative Mr. Marshall and it is being
shared with the global community on When Steel
Talks in collaboration with Mr. Narine.
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