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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
- Experience 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 =
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- Clive Bradley the Master
at Work -
Very Sweet Pan Music
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Web Posted
- Monday January 30,
2012
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18 Small, 15 Medium
Steel Orchestras move on to Semis Sunday: Results
- Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Panorama 2012
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Global
- Pan Trinbago has released
the names of the Semi finalists in the Small and
Medium Conventional Bands categories.
Eighteen Small and
fifteen
Medium steel orchestras will join the sixteen
Large bands for the National Semi Finals at the
Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Sunday
February 5, 2012, from 9:00 a.m.
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 29,
2012
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Les Slater - Panist, Intellectual and Director of the Folk Arts Institute of Trinidad and Tobago - speaks on Pan
& Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - journalist, panist and former arranger of the renowned Highlanders Steel Orchestra - Les Slater, shares his overall views on Pan, Panorama and more...
“As far as a blessing or a curse, Panorama is probably a bit of both. It certainly is a blessing, having been on this incredible orbit since it began, generating a remarkable intensity within the worldwide pan community. And in Trinidad and Tobago and the Diaspora, as the only pan activity that commands interest among pan people on such a scale, it cannot but be viewed in positive terms.”
...Les Slater
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 29,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Newsday
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Nightingales think big in
’12
“We thinking big this
year!”
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
This is the proud boast of captain and arranger
of the La Brea Nightingales Steel Orchestra,
Tyrelle Marcelle.
Nightingales is one of the
oldest steelbands in the deep south and it has
had a turbulent history.
The band first rose to
prominence in the 1970’s under the guidance of
the late Father John Sewell, but then
Nightingales slipped into a difficult period
with little funding and dwindling community
support.
Things changed with the
arrival of Alutrint Limited a few years ago and
La Brea Nightingales emerged once more as a
force to be reckoned with. Apart from
sponsorship of the band for Panorama, Alutrint
also sponsored a series of music literacy
classes under the supervision of ace musician
Raf Robertson, a La Brea son-of the-soil.
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 29,
2012
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Etienne Charles - scholar, musician, jazz standout - speaks on Pan, Panorama 2012 and more
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Global
- In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, panist, assistant jazz professor, performing and recording artist, Etienne Charles shares his overall thoughts on Panorama - its past, present and future...
“So many people have never set foot in a panyard...why? Because of the stereotype. The steelpan culture is one of the most fascinating subcultures of the Afro-Caribbean experience and should be treated as such. The music is the anthem of the experience, and, on a larger scale it reflects a significant part of our history and artistic growth as a nation. This year we celebrated and mourned, that's what the music will do as well.”
...Etienne Charles
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Web Posted
- Friday January 27,
2012
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George D. Goddard - speaks on the legacy of the Warrior for Pan- George Goddard Sr., Pan, Panorama 2012 |
Global
- In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - musician, writer, activist, panist - George D. Goddard, shares his overall views on Pan, Panorama and his father George "Sonny" Goddard one of the most important figures in the history of pan...
“Panorama is a scapegoat; one that has no voice, and as such cannot defend itself. Is the World Cup (also a competition) “a curse or a blessing” to football? Is the Kentucky Derby ”killing” horse racing? To me, that’s just smoke-screens, and like Ninjas in the dark, those who are really killing pan, go undetected..” ...George D. Goddard"
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Web Posted
- Friday January 27,
2012
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Amrit Samaroo - Standout Panist, Composer and Arranger Speaks on Panorama 2012 and more
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Global
- In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician, composer and arranger - Amrit Samaroo, shares his experiences, visions and overall thoughts on Panorama, its past, present and future...
“Well if the judges aren't satisfied, I can't win. It's simple as that. Panorama is, was and will always be a competition that has to be judged. The judges job is to award points that reflect their opinion of a piece of music. If I didn't get 100 out of 100, I want to know why. They better see me something other than just points and a "Good Luck" or "Happy Carnival" on that score sheet. I can't stand seeing comments that constantly say "Good", but points that say 18/35. Tell me where the other 17 points gone... or why it wasn't "Great."
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Web Posted
- Friday January 27,
2012
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Michelle Huggins-Watts - Defending Champion Arranger
- speaks on Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician, educator and arranger - Michelle Huggins-Watts , shares her visions and overall thoughts on Panorama, its past, present and future...
It is indeed a feeling of greater confidence now that I'm recognized as a winner but at the same time there is a bit more anxiety as a result of the accompanying expectations. This in turn causes me to work even harder in an effort to live up to the expectations of others. Quite a few individuals have asked the question "So what yuh coming with for us this year Michelle?" Pressure!
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January 25,
2012
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Small, Medium Steel
Orchestra Prelims Get Underway: Trinidad &
Tobago Steelband Panorama 2012
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Global
- Sixteen steel
orchestras have chosen “Vibes” as
their tune of choice in the
Conventional category in the 2012
Panorama competition. “Vibes” is
composed by Mark Loquan, Ken
“Professor” Philmore and Destra
Garcia with vocals by Destra.
Bands performing
this piece include but are not
limited to: Laventille
Serenaders, Fascinators Pan
Symphony, Tipica, Valley Harps and
bp Renegades.
....Other
selections finding favor with more
than one band include “Archbishop of
Pan” composed by Len “Boogsie”
Sharpe and Gregory Ballantyne (3),
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 24,
2012
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32 Single Pan Bands for
Semi-Finals: Preliminary Results - Trinidad &
Tobago Steelband Panorama 2012
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Global
- Five points
separated the first two bands in the
recently-concluded National Panorama
Single Pan Bands Preliminaries.
Taking the top spot was Trinidad &
Tobago Defence Force Steel
Orchestra. The band from western
Trinidad amassed 264 points for the
Robert Tobitt arrangement of Amrit
Samaroo’s composition “Band From
Space.”
Second place went
to the Trinidad & Tobago Fire
Service Band with 259 points.
....Defending
champion, San Juan East Side
Symphony, placed seventh with 255
points.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 24,
2012
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Sixty Years After TASPO,
Ellie’s First-Hand Replay
by Les Slater
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Global
- This was a 1951 happening,
definitely not of the “incidental” or
“forgettable” variety – not for the steelpan
world, not for the world of music, period. No,
nothing of the sort for the experiment known as
TASPO, the Trinidad All-Steel Percussion
Orchestra (reportedly, Tobagonians had some
issues with that name and that no player from
Tobago had been selected, and vented their
displeasure in lukewarm or non-existent support
during the public drive for funds for the TASPO
mission). Notwithstanding this, off TASPO went
in July of ’51 to the U.K., primarily to appear
in the Festival of Britain, the first
representative group of Trinidadian panmen to
take the steel band message well beyond the
island’s shores.
So 60 years later, here’s
Ellie Mannette, West Virginia University’s (WVU)
resident steelpan guru, lucidly recalling the
TASPO saga as if this were a last month
occurrence. “It was the opening of the gates for
steel band around the world,” Ellie is saying.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 23,
2012
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Who Am I? A Breakdown
Of George “Sonny” Goddard’s Accomplishments
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Global
- Steelband performers in
Trinidad and Tobago (steeldrum’s birthplace)
since 1950, have been represented by three
organizations: the Steelbands Association, the
National Association of Trinidad and Tobago
Steelbandsmen (NATTS), and (now) Pan Trinbago.
One man served as the head of
all three. George “Sonny” Goddard (1924-1988).
He is the only president of
any of the three organizations to be re-elected
to the post, not once, but (at least) ten times!
In all, he served as
steelbands’ leader during the years 1957-1959,
1962-1971, and 1978-1979.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 23,
2012
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Dalton Narine - steelpan
historian, musician, film director - speaks on
Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, steelpan
historian, musician, film director and
journalist Dalton Narine shares his overall
thoughts on Panorama - its past, present and
future...
“Clive Bradley coming through
clear in the wind on the hill in the year of the
Cocoyea. He said he never had full control as an
arranger for Desperadoes. They never told you
such and such but you knew there was a ceiling.
So he was never allowed the artistic freedom
that he got from Dunlop Tornadoes. Or,
Nutones...
“....But I’ve already been in
the trenches. Meanwhile, I’d have Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, the basketball legend standing by
for his shot. Jabbar knows the score. He won’t
make a fuss about following Boogsie,”
Dalton Narine.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 23,
2012
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Leave We Alone”
sung by Derek
Seales
composed by Selwyn “Parry” Paul
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Global
- For the 2012 Panorama
season, Selwyn “Parry” Paul has written the
track Leave We Alone, sung by Derek
Seales. Parry is the leader of Parry’s Pan
School, and the band is performing Leave We
Alone as its tune of choice in the Trinidad
& Tobago national Panorama competition.
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 22,
2012
When Steel Talks
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D’Radoes Steel Orchestra,
Robert Greenidge, Roberta Flack and Others pay
Tribute to Ralph MacDonald
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Connecticut, USA
- If you had to ask the
question “Where is the Love,” the answer last
Monday night would be: The Palace in Stamford,
where the musical community came out once more
in full force to pay tribute to percussionist
Ralph MacDonald, a man whose music many have
heard, even if they didn’t know he was
responsible for it.
On January 16, 2012, the
audience at The Palace (the Stamford Center for
the Arts) was treated to musical selections from
Robert Greenidge, Jimmy Buffett, Roberta Flack,
Valerie Simpson, renowned flautist Bobbi
Humphrey, and to represent for steelband,
Brooklyn’s D’Radoes Steel Orchestra.
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 22,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Salah Wilson - Writer,
arranger and educator, speaks on Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician,
composer, arranger and educator - scholar Salah
Wilson, shares his visions and overall thoughts
on Panorama, its past, present and future...
“Competition raises the
standard and levels of individuals and groups as
proven in so many other events,” Salah
Wilson.
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 21,
2012
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Barry Mannette -
Steelband Music director, educator, arranger
- speaks on Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician,
educationalist, arranger and former music
director - NIU Master’s candidate Barry
Mannette, shares his overall thoughts on
Panorama - its past, present and future...
“....Having traveled and seen
how schools in foreign countries treat the
instrument, and in many cases have better
instruments and facilities to practice, we
really need to wake up in Trinidad and put
things in place for the school children to have
the opportunity to learn and perform at a much
higher standard,” Barry Mannette.
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 20,
2012
Trinidad Express
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Steelbands get help to
prepare for season
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Both panmen and management of 48 unsponsored
steel orchestras (single pan, small, medium and
large) received donations from Scotiabank to
help in their preparation for Carnival and the
Panorama competition.
The donations are given
through the Scotiabank Foundation, which is
dedicated to the development of youth,
environment, sports and culture. The event took
place at Scotia Centre, Park and Richmond
Streets, Port of Spain, on Wednesday evening.
But despite this donation,
steel orchestras are still finding it difficult
to make it; earlier this week, 165 bands
received sums of $10,000 (single pan) and
$20,000 (conventional) from the Ministry of Arts
and Multiculturalism in their preparations for
the Carnival season.
...."An arranger for a single
pan band is $15,000; for a conventional, it runs
from $40,000 to as much as $60,000."
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Web Posted
- Friday January 20,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Now it’s Junior Sammy
Group Skiffle
Interim sponsor
comes aboard
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Days after Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) dropped
its sponsorship of Skiffle Bunch, the steelband
has a new sponsor. The band, which is confident
of winning the 2012 National Panorama title,
will now be known as Junior Sammy Group Skiffle.
An interim three-month agreement was signed
between the group’s executive chairman, Junior E
Sammy, and the band’s CEO, Junia Regrello, at
the pan theatre on Thursday night. Sammy said
his group came to the rescue of the top
steelband after its long-standing sponsor, TCL,
indicated its inability to continue with its
sponsorship for this year’s Panorama
competition.
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discuss here
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Web Posted
- Friday January 20,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Champs Self Help Marines
issues warning...
as Single Pan
prelims begin in South
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
With a thrilling performance in Pleasantville on
Thursday night, the 2011 Panorama South/Central
Single Pan Bands defending champions, Self Help
Marines, sounded a warning to their competitors
that they intend to keep the title this year.
The Marabella band was among ten traditional
steelbands competing for top honours before
judges and scores of pan fanatics at the
Pleasantville Community Grounds, San Fernando.
Among those who came with a vengeance to
dethrone the defending band were La Romaine
Super Vibes, Rio Claro Koskeros, Highlighters,
Pan Revival and New Age Trendsetters.
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then
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Friday January 20,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Codrington Pan Family -
Ace Steelband Music artists, arrangers and
leaders speak on Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks - arrangers from
the accomplished Codrington Pan Family—Cary,
Khari and Keisha—share their thoughts overall on
Panorama - its present and future, and their
expected role in charting a new course for the
competition.
“The Codrington Pan Family is
always experimenting, trying new things to
enhance the music and the performance, trying to
chart a new direction for Pan to give it a
greater international appeal targeting youth...”
The Codrington Pan Family.”
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 19,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Live It Up”
sung by K. Trotman
composed by Michael “Penta” Cupidore & Alvin Daniell
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Global
- Arranger for Humming Birds
Pan Groove, Michael “Penta” Cupidore broke away
from Invaders and formed the band, Humming Birds
Pan Groove.
....For the 2012 Panorama
season, K. Trotman sings his composition Live
It Up, Humming Birds Pan Groove’s tune of
choice in competition.
click to hear song
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January
18, 2012
When Steel Talks
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Increasing Role of
Internet to preserve Pan culture
by Mark Loquan
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Mark Loquan highlights
the struggles faced by artists, who compose
material geared toward the steelband music
community and panorama - in gaining airplay and
getting their tracks into rotation and on the
country’s radio stations’ playlists. He also
discusses the present alternative - online web
sites and the role they subsequently play in
preserving the culture and future of Trinidad
and Tobago’s national instrument, the steel pan.
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January
18, 2012
Grenada
Broadcast
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New Steel Pans for
Carriacou and Petite Martinique
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Carriacou, Petite
Martinique, Grenada, W.I. -
Though Local Government is
not yet fully implemented, the Local Government
Office through the initiative of Permanent
Secretary Bernadette Lendore-Sylvester was able
to secure funding from the Grenada Electricity
Services for a set of new steel pans.
In a presentation ceremony
held at the Harvey Vale Resource Centre, PS
Sylvester was elated to receive the pans from
John McDonald, Branch Manager of the Grenada
Electricity Services.
Getting the pans from
Trinidad was no easy feat. However, through Mrs.
Sylvester’s persistence they are now here and
available for teaching the steel pan program
which was introduced to the primary schools
three years ago.
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then
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January
18, 2012
Lewiston Sun
Journal
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Sounds of the tropics
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Maine, USA -
The 14-member Tinpanic Steel
Band will bring the sounds of the tropics to 49
Franklin Reception Hall in Rumford on Saturday,
Feb. 4. The Auburn-based, steel drum band
recently updated its repertoire of traditional
island party music and big band swing tunes to
include classic rock 'n' roll hits. The show
starts at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 17,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Ainsworth Mohammed, CEO
of Exodus Steel Orchestra speaks on Panorama
2012
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Global
- Meet the chief executive
officer for the acclaimed Exodus Steel
Orchestra, Ainsworth Mohammed. In a frank and
candid interview Mr. Mohammed shares his views
on a host of issues surrounding Panorama past,
present and future. Ainsworth Mohammed is one of
the premiere executives in Pan...
“Remove the categories and
revert to a single Panorama Champion and this
includes single pan bands,” Ainsworth
Mohammed.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 17,
2012
The Reporter
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Smashing sounds of the
Caribbean
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Logan,
Australia - How would
you like to experience the Caribbean lifestyle
without setting foot outside of Logan?
Seem too good to be true?
In a unique new children's
show titled the Banana Joe Jump up Party,
traditional sounds of the Caribbean will be
brought to spectators by the steel drum band who
will be performing at the Kingston Butter
Factory on January 22.
Star of the show, Alvin
Rostant said the show was about learning
traditional Caribbean music and its beginnings.
"We play for the kids and
teach them about the islands where the steel
drums were invented and how they are made," he
said.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January
17, 2012
New Haven
Independent
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A “Sonic” “Grace”
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Connecticut, USA -
Ever wondered what
“Amazing Grace” sounds like uptempo—with steel
drums and strings mixed together?
Over 100 people found out at
St. Luke’s Church on Whalley Avenue Monday. They
saw the church’s renowned Steel Band mix it up
with the string quarter from the Music Haven
program located in a storefront steps away from
St. Luke’s.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 17,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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TCL pulls out from
Skiffle Bunch
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Mere weeks before the National Panorama
Competition, Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) has
withdrawn its sponsorship of Skiffle Bunch Steel
Orchestra. After 30-plus years it has shattered
our hopes, especially when Panorama is expected
to start in two weeks time,” chief executive
officer of Skiffle Bunch, Junia Regrello, said,
yesterday. “However, as an enterprising
organisation we have put alternative
arrangements in place,” he added. The band has
engaged the services of arranger Shenelle
Abraham for its 2012 arrangement of Play
Yourself, composed by Clive Telemaque and
vocalised by calypsonian Crazy.
In an interview,
Regrello said: “TCL has been experiencing some
financial difficulties because, I think, of
their investment in the Caribbean—Barbados and
Jamaica. “Whatever profit being made in Trinidad
and Tobago is being used to subsidise the
shortfalls in Barbados and of course in Jamaica,
where it is really bad.” Regrello, a former
Member of Parliament for San Fernando West, said
following the December 21, 2011 TCL board
meeting, they were assured the company would
continue the relationship, “as bad as things
were.”
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discuss here
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 17,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Newsday
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Unsponsored steelbands
get $2.6 million from Govt
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
The Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism,
Winston Peters, yesterday distributed more than
$2.6 million to 165 unsponsored steelbands to
assist with their operations for Carnival and
Panorama.
At the distribution ceremony at the National
Academy for Performing Arts (NAPA),
Port-of-Spain, Peters said the money was also to
ensure that the smaller bands can remain viable
channels of pan music in communities throughout
the country.
“We are certain that these funds will ease the
burden of sustaining each group, and that
players and administers will be able to place
greater emphasis on making great music for the
season,” he said.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 16,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Mama Dis Is Pan! -
Steelpan performing artist Ray Holman in Concert
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Global
- Ray Holman - esteemed
composer, arranger, and steel pan player, who
holds the distinction for writing the first-own
composition for the steelband in the National
Steelband Panorama competition, will be taking
you down memory lane with his highly anticipated
Carnival 2012 musical presentation, Mama Dis Is
Pan. This concert will feature Ray’s Panorama
compositions and “Bomb” tunes played on J’Ouvert
morning.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 16,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Dr. Jeannine Remy -
Steelband Music Arranger, Adjudicator, and
Educator speaks on Panorama and more
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician,
adjudicator, arranger and educator, Dr. Jeannine
Remy—the 2012 arranger for Hatters Steel
Orchestra—shares her overall thoughts on
Panorama...
“I love to modulate and
change feels, so you will hear those elements in
my arrangement. I am not conforming to a mold of
trying to sound like someone else; instead I am
being my rebellious self and expressing it
through my music,” Dr. Jeannine Remy.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 16,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Merle Albino-de Coteau -
Steelband Music pioneer, adjudicator, educator
speaks on Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician,
adjudicator, composer, pioneer, arranger and
educator - the distinguished Merle Albino-de
Coteau gets to the point as she shares her overall thoughts and
concerns on Panorama, its past, present and
future...
“...sometimes describing
oneself as a Panist can be met with disgust and
even discrimination. The question which follows
is “What else do you do?” ...the area from which
you have come also sometimes brings
discrimination,” Merle Albino-de
Coteau.
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 15,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Full Blown Entertainment
- Meet the Hart Brothers
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, FBE (Full Blown
Entertainment)—brothers Kevon and Kory
Hart—highlights the journey to their
now-established position as a successful,
in-demand songwriting duo on the Trinidad &
Tobago music scene. With their lyrical wizardry
behind Machel Montano’s 2012 chart-topper “Vibes
Cyah Done,” FBE shares with the global steel
band community their thoughts on the song being
performed in the 2012 Trinidad & Tobago National
Panorama, how the song came to life, who they
are and more.
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 15,
2012
TnTMirror
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‘Marsicans’ steelband
loses its captain on the eve of carnival
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- As the 2012 Carnival waxes
warm the steelband fraternity has lost yet
another stalwart.
Robert “Miguel” Gonzales, the
captain of Marsicans Steel Orchestra of
D’arceuil Lane, Cocoa, Mausica Old Road, Arima,
died around 3.00 a.m. on Wednesday.
Gonzales, 65, was the liaison
officer of Pan Trinbago Eastern Region from
1998, retiring last year.
He had been the captain of
Marsicans Steel Orchestra for the past 12 years.
During his tenure, Marsicans
has copped the Steelband Festival in 2002,
playing the Beatles composition “Eleanor Rigsby,”
and went on to win the Pan Down Memory Lane
title in 2010 playing “Oh What A Night.”
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then
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 14,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Lydians create pan
history
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Another chapter in the colourful history of the
steelband was written at 9.35 pm on Friday when
the Lydian Singers mounted a stage in the
panyard of Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove Steel
Orchestra in Woodbrook to render the band’s 2012
Panorama offering Archbishop Of Pan. It was the
first time a full choir had performed in a
panyard for the launch of a band’s Panorama
selection. The occasion was a reminder, also,
that it was a milestone achievement for a choir
to vocalise a song composed by a panist, had
lyrics written by a calypsonian, and musical
arrangement administered by an esteemed
multi-instrumentalist.
Archbishop Of Pan is a
musical tribute to the late musicologist Dr Pat
Bishop, composed by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe with
lyrics by Gregory “GB” Ballantyne, arrangement
by Leston Paul, and vocalised by The Lydian
Singers.
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 14,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Pan Trinbago Commissions
Pan Calendar
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Global
- Pan Trinbago has
commissioned popular local cartoonist Keith
“Keithos” Anderson to illustrate it’s first-ever
calendar.
The months of the year depict milestones along
the way in the development of the steel pan.
These include the famous riots outside Globe
cinema, Pan Parang, Pan in the 21st
century, Pan at NAPA (National Academy for the
Performing Arts), Pan Night and Day, the P.H.I.
(Percussive Harmonic Instrument) and Sparrow’s
“the outcast” to name a few.
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Web Posted
- Friday January 13,
2012
Bulletin PR
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Europe’s No. 1 steel band
to perform at Glastonbury in the City 2
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London, England
- Bulletin PR is
delighted to announce that Mangrove Steel band,
the seven-time national champions, will perform
at this year’s Glastonbury in the City 2.
The band was born on Notting
Hill’s All Saints Road in 1980 out of a
determination to bring the culture of the steel
drum and the carnival to the local community.
Fast forward thirty-two years
and the band now boasts up to 80 of the UK’s
finest musicians who regularly perform at
prestigious events across the UK.
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 12,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Shenelle Abraham -
Steelband Music Arranger for Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, Shenelle Abraham, current
arranger for Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra,
talks about Panorama 2012, her first time out as
an arranger for a large steel orchestra, and
much more. Shenelle is known for her already
impressive set of accomplishments, including her
work as a performing artist in her own right.
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 12,
2012
The Voice SLU
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Junior Panorama 2012
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St. Lucia, W.I.
- With its history spanning
much farther back than that of independence, pan
music in St. Lucia has long struggled to remain
firmly on the cultural calendar.
After a five year stump,
Junior Panorama has returned. Throughout the
months of September 2011 to January 2012, though
under the radar, many youth with the majority
between the ages of six and twelve have been
participants of an ongoing steel pan training
programme. Initiated by the Cultural Development
Foundation, and facilitated and sponsored by
UNESCO, the programme’s efforts are aimed at
developing the art form and recognizing its
needs and significance in the community, to
youth, and to musicians.
The five month “Youth Steel
Pan Training Programme” with its requirements
being specifically “No Experience Necessary,”
has engaged interested minors, and aspiring,
capable and unseasoned arrangers, in practicing
musical scales and chord progressions, observing
musical timing, and inevitably, producing a warm
up and test piece for Junior Panorama 2012.
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and
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 12,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Newsday
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22-year-old at helm of
band
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
The band is captained by Pete Braxton, 22, who
has been with the band for the past ten years,
with Marchan and Bailey and as first and second
vice captains respectively.
But while winning Panorama is
the band’s focus, “because everybody likes to
win”, the main intention continues to bring a
group of people together.
[Franka] Hills-Headley said,
“This year we intend to change our environment.
Our physical environment, our space will be
clean, the way we interact with each other must
change. When we get outside as a band, we must
impact the people around us and cause those we
meet to change their impression of young
people.”
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and
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 12,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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‘Archbishop’ makes
musical icons cry
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
The creators of “Archbishop of Pan,” panist Len
“Boogsie” Sharpe and composer Gregory (GB)
Ballantyne, were moved to tears at the media
launch of the work at Chaud, corner Dundonald
Street and Queen’s Park West, Port-of-Spain,
yesterday. The song is a collaborative effort of
the two artistes, with ace arranger Leston Paul
doing the arrangement and vocalised by the
Lydian Singers. It was recorded at Sunset
Studios, Mt Lambert, and is the song of choice
for Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove Steel
Orchestra in this year’s National Steelband
Panorama Competition.
Boogsie had to excuse himself
from the gathering after breaking down in tears
during an address by Phase II’s manager Errol
Skerrit, when he stated: “The song, Archbishop
of Pan, had its genesis during ‘Boogsie’s highly
emotional performance at Pat Bishop’s memorial
service where he was moved to tears, and there
and then knew in his heart it was his obligation
to write this highly inspirational tribute.”
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January 11,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Cheo Cato - Steelband
Music Arranger for Panorama 2012
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician and
composer Cheo Cato shares his overall thoughts
on Panorama and introduces himself to the global
steelband community. Cheo is currently the
arranger for Pamberi Steel Orchestra...
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January
11, 2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Newsday
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Pan Trinbago wants $3M
from THA
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Pan Trinbago is asking the Tobago House of
Assembly (THA) for an estimated $3 million to
help offset the cost of accommodation, meals and
ground transport for Tobago panmen who will be
participating in this year’s Panorama
semi-finals and finals in Port-of-Spain.
Nine members of Pan Trinbago
executive, led by its president Keith Diaz, met
with THA Chief Secretary Orville London,
Secretary of Community Development and Culture,
Tracy Davidson-Celestine and Chief
Administrator, Dr Ellis Burris yesterday to
present a case for the money.
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January 11,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Pan Woman”
sung &
composed by Carol Jacobs
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Global
- Carol’s singing career
started in Garnet Lane, Belmont, Trinidad, with
music teacher Mrs. Simons who was the aunt of
calypsonian Lord Relator. After performing with
the group Shandileer formed by husband Carl
Jacobs and Robin Imamshah in 1979, Carol and
Carl migrated to the United States to explore
unknown territory and spread the scintillating
music of T&T...
Carol has continued to write
and record her music - most of it produced by
her husband Carlie, Dave Ramoutar and now Raf
Robertson, who is the producer for Pan Woman.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 9,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Arranger Liam Teague - on
Panorama 2012 & more
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Global
- In an exclusive interview
with When Steel Talks, the prolific steelpan
artist, educator and composer speaks about Panorama 2012 and more. Liam Teague is currently
the arranger for Starlift Steel Orchestra...
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Web Posted
- Sunday January 8,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Whey de Melody Gone?”
sung &
composed by Lennox Picou
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Global
- Lennox Picou has worked with many
top local artists like the Mighty Sparrow,
Mighty Duke, and others, lending his voice as
back-up support on many recordings. He performed
with reputable bands like Byron Lee & the
Dragonaires. He also teamed up with Leston Paul
and the New York Connection as lead vocalist and
together produced major hits such as “Doh Bother
Meh,” “Get Up and Dance” and “Dancing.” His
versatility as an entertainer encompasses many
genres; Calypso, Soca, Soul, R&B etc.
Both his composing and vocal
talents are called upon for this song “Whey de
Melody Gone.”
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 7,
2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Despers’ new kid on the
block
21-year-old handed
baton for Panorama 2012
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. - “It’s
a long road that has no turning.” Paul Newman’s
line in The Verdict might serve as an allegory
for Laventille Road, though fresh-faced Andre
White, 21, Desperadoes’ newest arranger, would
disagree. Since arriving in Trinidad on December
23 from his home in Freeport, Long Island, New
York, he’d never been up the Hill, despite
previous visits to his ancestral homeland. “At
every corner the driver tooted his horn,” he
said. “What a ride!” Kirt Gordon, Despers newly
minted captain, took White up the serpentine
road on Thursday, unwittingly allowing residents
to catch a peek at the musician who has won
three Panorama titles in New York and London,
two of them back-to-back.
White could feel the gaze
from the windows and jalousies at each blow of
the horn. He wore a red Polo shirt and when he
climbed out of the car at the panyard, a fella
said to him: “You done have we colours already.
You a Despers now. So far so good.” That has
always been the case. So far, always good. White
was born within a short walk of Adlib Steel
Orchestra, which was founded in Freeport by
Caribbean-Americans in 1989.
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 7,
2012
The Herald
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Steel drum performer
introduces children to wide world of percussion
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Washington, USA -
Children and adults
were taken on a Caribbean vacation last
Wednesday at the Puyallup Public Library when
steel drum performer Ian Dobson came to visit.
The program, called “Recycalypso,” introduced
the audience to a variety of percussion
instruments and gave children an opportunity to
design their own instrument out of recyclable
materials.
“See what you can do if you put your mind to
it?” Dobson asked. “You can make an instrument
out of junk.”
....At the end of the
program, all the children assembled and
performed a Caribbean song on their new
instruments, accompanied by Dobson on steel
drums and Dobson’s music partner, Christian
Krehbiel.
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Web Posted
- Saturday January 7,
2012
Trinidad Express
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Fans dance night away at
pan launch
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Panorama 2012 was launched in style at the
Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Friday
night with music from 8 p.m. till midnight.
Patrons danced to the music of the national
instrument in the company of Pan Trinbago
president Keith Diaz, former president and now
National Carnival Commission chairman Patrick
Arnold and Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism
Winston "Gypsy" Peters who officially launched
the programme.
The launch featured
performances by UniStars (Single Pan), Courts
Sound Specialists of Laventille, PCS Silver
Stars and reigning Panorama champions Trinidad
All Stars.
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Web Posted
- Friday January 6,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“All Over”
sung by Fay-Ann
Lyons & The Baron
composed by Fay-Ann Lyons
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Global
- Fay-Ann Lyons is one of
Trinidad & Tobago’s premiere soca artists. The
song All Over is written by her and
features both Fay-Ann and one of Trinidad &
Tobago’s veteran soca artists, The Baron. Two
steel orchestras, Tropical Angel Harps and
Pamberi, have chosen to perform All Over
as their tune of choice in the 2012 national
Panorama competitions.
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Web Posted
- Friday January 6,
2012
TnTMirror
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Police raid panman’s home
in Brazil
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- With the Christmas season
over, the Carnival bacchanal has reared its ugly
head, resulting in police raiding the home of a
steelband leader in East Trinidad and seizing
several pans.
The steelband in question is
Brazil Rhythmic Xpressions (RX)-4 Steel
Orchestra of Talparo Main Road, Brazil Village,
a single-pan steelband.
Around 10.30 am on New Year’s
Day, Michael “Spanka” Oliverie was greeted at
his home at St Martin Street, Brazil Village by
two armed policemen from the San Rafael Police
Station, who ordered the removal of steel pans
from his home and demanded the keys for the
nearby pan tent.
A shaken Oliverie explained,
“Police officers #14536 Cpl Evans, #18011 PC
Riley, along with Anthony Walker, who East Pan
Trinbago trustee Alphion Toyron and Anthony
Husbands invaded my home and had me under duress
as they removed the community steelband’s
instruments and seized the keys for the pan
tent.
“I have already reported the
unlawful act to Deputy Commissioner Stephen
Williams,” he said, adding that it was Williams
who had encouraged him some years ago to form
the steelband for the benefit of the youths.
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then
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Friday January 6,
2012
TnTMirror
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Panorama headache for
Koskeros
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- Members of Koskeros Steel
Orchestra are worried about the 2k12 Carnival
season since they might not have anywhere to
call home.
Leader/arranger the
orchestra, Kenny “Boy Boy” Pascal told TnT
Mirror that he was told that there are plans to
evict them soon from their Railway Road, Rio
Claro home.
“People are coming and taking
measurements, but no one said anything official
to us or served us any notice.
“We have been operating for
over 20 years and I think we should be informed
of what is taking place,” Pascal said. The
band was expected to begin practice from January
03.
Mirror was reliably informed
that the land belongs to the Public Transport
Service Commission (PTSC) and steps are being
taken to acquire it for the construction of a
transit hub.
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then
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 5,
2012
Tobago News
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Boogsie starts with Our
Boys and calls for pan in schools
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Tobago, W.I.
- The battle for steel band
glory in the 2012 Panorama competition has well
and truly begun as the legendary pan maestro Len
Boogsie Sharpe officially launched the Our Boys
practice sessions for the 2012 steel band music
war.
Last Saturday night Sharpe
and his drill masters Natasha were at the Our
Boys Fort Street pan yard to hold their first
session with the youthful Our Boys panists.
Sharpe, who has established
the Woodbrook-based Phase II Pan Groove as one
of the leading steel bands on the planet, has
already captured five national titles. He also
produced the arrangement for Our Boys to win the
1998 Tobago Panorama with 'Pan Progress'.
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 5,
2012
Tobago News
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Arnold wants second
carnival
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Tobago, W.I.
-
Chairman of the National Carnival Commission
Patrick Arnold has crossed swords with the THA's
position of no second carnival for Tobago.
Arnold who served for 12 years as President of
Pan Trinbago was recently appointed as head of
the national carnival body. He has taken issue
with the THA position to oppose a second
carnival for Tobago.
Arnold who is an internationally recognised pan
tuner feels that "The THA was denying lucrative
opportunities for Tobago's cultural artistes and
the island's tourism industry by the position it
has taken on the matter." Arnold said "while
countries all over the world were using
Trinbago-styled carnival as major tourism
events, Tobago which is part of the twin island
Republic was being denied the right to benefit
exclusively from such an event."
....Arnold recalled how Our
Boys steel band from Tobago participated in
Trinbago styled carnivals in New York, Canada
and Texas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He
wondered what meaningful arguments the THA could
use to deny the people of Tobago the right to
stage an exclusive Tobago carnival when it was
done before.
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then
discuss here
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 5,
2012
BBC News
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Notting Hill Carnival
pioneer Selwyn Baptiste dies
Tributes paid to
Notting Hill Carnival pioneer
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England,
U.K. - Tributes have
been paid to one of the pioneers of the world
famous Notting Hill Carnival who died of cancer.
Selwyn Baptiste was credited by some with
bringing steel bands to the streets of west
London for the first time.
After helping to establish the carnival, which
is now Europe's biggest street festival, he
remained a chairman on its committee.
Mr. Baptiste, who was 75,
died on 5 January.
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discuss here
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Web Posted
- Thursday January 5,
2012
CayCompass.com
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Pan music missing from
town centre
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Cayman Islands
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Camana Bay Town Centre is no longer featuring
steel pan music on the Paseo on Wednesday
nights.
According to Camana Bay Town
Centre manager Ken Hydes, there are a number of
programmes at the town centre they are looking
to revamp in 2012. One of these programmes is
Wednesday nights’ Live on The Paseo, which
included the La Pierre family steel pan music.
....“We are very grateful to
Earl La Pierre for the services that he has
provided to Camana Bay over the past couple of
years and we look forward to working with him
and other steel panners at various events at
Camana Bay in the future.”
....Mr. Hydes said Camana Bay
does not have a performance to fill the vacant
slot.
After entertaining the community and tourists
for the past four years, the La Pierre family
said it was sad to hear Camana Bay is
discontinuing steel pan music on the Paseo on
Wednesdays.
“This is a big loss, not only
to me and my family but to the community and the
schools who are encouraging pan music on a
professional level and the opportunity it
presents to the community to hear steel pan
music,” Mr. La Pierre said.
Olujimi La Pierre, 22, also
was disappointed Camana Bay has decided to end
the performance.
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Web Posted
- Wednesday January 4,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Aunty Pat”
sung by 3 Canal
composed by Pelham Goddard
& 3 Canal
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Global
- Pelham Goddard’s years of
hard work and extraordinary accomplishments have
been recognized by the Trinidad & Tobago
government with Pelham Goddard receiving one of
the twin-island republic’s highest awards, the
Hummingbird Silver Medal, along with many others
including the Sunshine Award for arranging and
producing. Pelham Goddard continues to brew up a
storm of hits and arrangements in his studio, as
resident arranger for Exodus Steel Orchestra and
abroad.
For 2012, he has penned a
monumental tribute to Exodus Steel Orchestra’s
beloved matriarch and drill master, the late Dr.
Pat Bishop who passed away in 2011. 3 Canal
wrote the lyrics and performs the song, Aunty
Pat. It is Exodus’s Panorama selection for
2012 - arranged, naturally, by Pelham.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 3,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Archbishop of Pan”
sung by The Lydian
Singers
composed by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
& Gregory
“GB” Ballantyne
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Global
- As a cultural icon in
Trinidad and Tobago - pan player, arranger and
composer, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is dedicated to creating
music that people from all walks of life can
appreciate and enjoy. In addition to being a
lauded soloist, he also channels his musical
talents through his champion steel orchestra,
Phase II Pan Groove.
For 2012 Sharpe’s energies are
focused on celebrating Dr. Pat Bishop, the late
Trinidad & Tobago national cultural icon who
passed away in 2011. Sharpe composed Archbishop
of Pan in tribute to her.
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Web Posted
- Tuesday January 3,
2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2012
“Cyah Wait Tuh Jam”
sung by Myron B
composed by A. Bruce, K. Brown & C. Morris
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Global
- The Incredible Myron B is
the vocalist for this song, Cyah Wait Tuh
Jam. His sister Avis Bruce
collaborated for the 2012 Trinidad & Tobago
national Panorama season with producer/arranger
Kareem Brown. Lyrics were co-written with
Christopher Morris.
Both Tobago’s West Side
Symphony and Uni Stars would be playing this
song for Panorama in their respective
categories.
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Web Posted
- Monday January 2,
2012
TropicalFete.com
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Rihanna Tops Tropicalfete
CountDown with “Man Down”
Steel Pan the focus with
Ricardo Greenaway
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New
York, USA -
Steel Pan was the focus at an international
event – Tropicalfete Countdown 2011 Top 100
International Caribbean Songs for the year.
Ricardo Greenaway, world-renowned steel pan
percussionist, was given the mountainous task of
performing the top 5 songs for this year on
steel drums, which he did to perfection.
....Mr. Ricardo opened up his set
with last year’s number one song, Gyptian’s
“Hold You.”
According to Brittany
Somerset, Ricardo’s renditions of the songs were
“flawless.” Sallyann Lares stated that she was
“boiling with pride that the national instrument
of her country Trinidad and Tobago was in the
spotlight.” “I love the idea of having a music
chart that unites all the Caribbean musical
genres as well as the music in the diaspora”
said Rondel Joseph.
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When Steel Talks -
Special
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Champion Panorama Tunes
of Trinidad and Tobago
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Global
- A critical component
to winning any panorama competition is the song
the orchestras choose to use as the basis of their
panorama arrangements. Over the years these songs
have inspired classic panorama arrangements. When
Steel Talks invites you to take a look at and listen
to, these famed tunes which have played more than
just a cursory part in the history of Pan, and the
lives of the players and fans.
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When Steel Talks
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When Steel Talks Steelband
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Some of the most important, controversial,
thought-provoking and enlightening discussions on
the steelpan instrument, music and culture worldwide,
have taken place over the years on the When Steel
Talks “Message board.” Considered by many
to be a lightening-rod for change in the steelpan
music community, the WST message board has
provided a means unlike any for steelpan enthusiasts
to share information and communicate ideas.
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Groups has informed us that they are shutting down
their groups service as of February 21, 2009.
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whensteeltalks.ning.com/forum
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