In In a relatively short timeframe, PanPodium has become simply the finest steelpan/steelband print magazine to date. Pan Podium is the Official Magazine of the British Association of Steelbands (BAS), the publisher.  The magazine captures the steelpan instrument and the spirit of its players in vivid color, as no other print publication has ever done before. The bi-annual publication is the brainchild of Robbie Joseph, the editor.  Mr. Joseph is also the PRO of the British Association of Steelbands  and webmaster PanPodium website.

The high-quality PanPodium magazine publication features articles that identify heroes and sheroes of the steelband movement, in tandem with its accompanying web site of the same name. Dedicated to promoting the work of steelbands and pannists in the United Kingdom and around the globe, BAS brings to the table invaluable and unparalleled experience and commitment in the realm of the steelband  culture and artform. The engaging and relevant stories highlight the glory of pan people and their craft, along with many critical issues the pan community faces within the United Kingdom and worldwide.

For more info:

Contact BAS at

robbie@panpodium.com
Panpodium@aol.com

www.PanPodium.com

• BUSHEY MEADSSCHOOL STEELBAND
  Pannists receive the newly instated
  Micahel ‘Chato’ Toussaint Award for
  steel pan skills.
   

• RUSSELL HENDERSON
  Dedicated his life to music.
   

• DELPHINA JAMES
  Do what you love, love what you
  do.Keep it Real!
   

• PRAISE WITH STEEL
   

• HAROUN SHAH
  A panman with a difference. Top
  scientist in biochemistry and
  outstanding musician.
   

• GRAEME COLLEGE
  Since 1996, they have delighted
  audiences around South Africa.
   

• STEEL FEST
  Middlesbrough’s First Steel Band
  Festival.
   

• WE ARE FAMILY
  Bea Bernert sees her Pan Family- We
  are Family as a musical medium.
   

• FRANK ROLLOCK
  A remarkly talented musician.
   

• STEELPAN, INCLUSION
  EDUCATIONAL FUTURE
   

• WOODSIDE SCHOOL
   

• WOMEN IN STEEL
   

• READERS LETTERS
   

• CSO’S 5TH ANNUAL
  PAN EXTRAVAGANZA
  Sold out concert!
   

• HUMMERSKNOTT
  SCHOOL STEELBAND
   

• EBONY’S BLOCKORAMA
   

• 30 MERRY TONES
  One of the five surviving steel
  orchestras that competed at the
  inaugural Panorama in 1963.
   

• 32 ANDY BULLOCK
  The legacy of Valley Harps began in
  the 1950’s with Western Symphony, a
  traditional steel band.
   

• 34 STELLA MARIS
  Evangelising through the medium of
  steel pan music
   

• 36 BATTLE OF DRUMS
  Eternity Brass wins the title.
   

• 40 SOUNDS OF STEEL
  Portchester Summer Arts Festival.
   

• 42 WORLD CUP & STEEL PAN
  Trinidad and Tobago’s culture