2003 Calendar of Steelpan Music Events

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• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra -SRI LANKA - TENTATIVE

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra -7 pm - Annual Award Concert,  York Gardens, Battersea  ENGLAND

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra -7 pm -Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, ENGLAND

• Vibrations In Steel X-Mas Show - featuring Pan Sonatas, CASYM, Pan Ivory, Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation; Dem Stars, Women In Steel, Pan Ambassadors, Caribbean Youth Panoramics and Pantonic... Call 1-718-629-2471; 1-718-771-5010; 1-917-862-6974  - for more information; Showtime is from 5 PM - 9 PM.  Doors open at 4 PM - at Wingate High School Auditorium,  600 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, NY   USA

• Steel pan soloist ROBERT GREENIDGE launches his new Pan CD  - "From The Heart" - at the Normandie Hotel, St. Ann's, TRINIDAD, W.I.

• Panhead - alternative world jazz featuring Joseph Panhead Peck on steel pans - will be at the University of La Verne  (La Verne, California - 30 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles) - in the Founders Auditorium at 8:00 PM - on Monday December 8.   Call 1 (213) 840-6892 for more information.  U.S.A.

• Pan In The Lion's Den - featuring steelpan soloist Leon "Foster" Thomas at the Florida Memorial College.  Showtime is 8:00 PM - presented by Foster Productions.  Call 786-859-9687 or email dawota@hotmail.com for more details.

• Celebrating their 10th Anniversary on Saturday Dec. 6 is Calypsociation, a european organization based in France, which highlights the musical culture of Trinidad and Tobago, especially Steelband.  Will feature performances from  Calypsociation steelbands including - Panash, Panasuk, Pan à Paname and Andy Narell is also expected to perform.  Go to: www.calypsociation.com or email conseil@calypsociation.com for more details.  FRANCE 

• The British Association of Steelbands host their Annual Presentation of AWARDS DINNER; Ebony Steelband, and many other artists, will entertain.  Venue is the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury, Coram St., London - ENGLAND  Go to: www.panpodium.com for more details. 

• Third period of the Festival of the Arts in Grenada, featuring young pannists in competition, mainly from Grenada schools and soloists from the country's top steel orchestras.  Finals Friday December 5.

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra -7 pm - St. Thomas Lupus Trust, St. Margaret’s Westminster Abbey, ENGLAND

• Fifth Annual Moods of Pan Festival, Concerts, workshops, competitions and more... Scheduled to appear:  Liam Teague, Robert Greenidge.  For more information contact ROBIN MARGETSON at 1 (268) 773-3748.   Organised by Gemonites Steel Orchestra  - St. John's, ANTIGUA, W.I.

• The Marang community Junior Secondary School Steelpan Ensemble and Moko Jumbies will be participating in the `Festival of Lights' - a Christmas presentation on Saturday at the Riverwalk Shopping Complex, Gaborone, BOTSWANA, AFRICA

• Broadhursthrst Private Primary School, in Gaborone, Botswana will feature its three steelbands blended with voices in its Annual Christmas Fair.  The event takes place at the school on Friday.  The public is invited.  BOTSWANA, AFRICA

• The N.C.B. ANGEL HARPS STEEL ORCHESTRA stage a two-hour steel band concert on the Carenage Pedestrian Plaza in St. George's,  Grenada..  Concert will coincide with two cruise ships visiting the island.  Band will play a variety of music including some Christmas carols - GRENADA, W.I.

• 11^th Biennial Junior Steelband Music Festival - hosted by the Pan In Schools Coordinating Council (PSCC) - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - 7 pm concert,  All Saints Church,  Wandsworth High Street,  ENGLAND

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - 7 pm, UNICEF Function.  Park Lane Hotel,  London, England

• Clyde "Lightning" George on steel pan at - “Calypso Dreams” at the Mill Valley Film Festival on Wednesday, at the Sweetwater Saloon in Mill Valley, California from 9pm.  Also featured are calypsonians Crazy, Relator and other artistes. For more info call 415-383-5256 or go to www.cafilm.org/mvfffilms/68.html

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra  - 6.30 pm, City Hall, South Bank,  England
   
• Clyde "Lightning" George on steel pan at - “Calypso Dreams” at the Mill Valley Film Festival on Tuesday, at the Sweetwater Saloon in Mill Valley, California from 9pm.  Also featured are calypsonians Crazy, Relator and other artistes. For more info call 415-383-5256 or go to www.cafilm.org/mvfffilms/68.html

• Winners in Concert.  Male and Female Single Tenor Pan Soloists.  ADLIB, Crossfire, Pan Phonic, Utopia Pan Soul, Ambassadors, Sesame Flyers, Unique Sounds.  5 PM - Midnite.  Afrika House at 2265 Bedford Ave.  (corner Bedford and Snyder Aves.) Brooklyn New York, USA.  For more info contact:  N. Danvers - 1-718-345-6926; Pan People - 1-718-927-2602; P. Davis - 1-718-462-8840.

• Carnival at the V&A - Southside Harmonics
   
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - 7.30 pm concert, Elm Park Community Centre - Rainham, Essex, England

• RADOES Steel Orchestra at 5:00 PM - Third Annual Moon Festival (Asian Mid-Autumn celebration), Flushing Ave. and Main, Queens, New York, U.S.A. - Re-Scheduled from Saturday September 13.

• Pan Trinbago's Republic Pan Fiesta, Trinidad, W.I.

• Despers USA Annual Curry-cue from approx. 7 PM.  Guests include Marsicans Steel Orchestra, Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation.   At the Despers Pan Loft - 621 Classon Ave. (between Atlantic Ave. & Pacific St.) - Brooklyn, NY,  USA

• CITY SOUTH STEELBAND will be playing from 2 pm through 4 pm at the Annual International Culture Street Fair on Saturday  - (9 am - 6 pm);  Food delicacies, arts, crafts, etc. - Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S.A.

• Pan In A Rage --  featuring:  DESPERS USA, CASYM, PAN PEOPLE, SONATAS, DEM STARS, PANTONIC, RADOES, PAN IVORY, WOMEN IN STEEL, PAN AMBASSADORS, CARIBBEAN YOUTH PANORAMICS, and various other entertainers -  Brooklyn, New York, USA - EVENT CANCELLED
   
• Leicester Square - Pan Necktar  - ENGLAND

• Steelband at Long Island Carnival, Long Island, New York, USA
   
• Leicester Square - Stick Fingers Steelband  - ENGLAND

• Leicester Square - London All Stars Steel Orchestra  - ENGLAND

• WIADCA/USSA New York Panorama, Brooklyn Museum Grounds.   Showtime 8:00 PM
  Tickets:  1-718-467-1797;   1-718-493-3282, or http://www.wiadca.com
   
• Leicester Square -  Croydon Steel Orchestra - ENGLAND

• Started July 29.  Running until 29 August,  5-week Renegades Steel Orchestra - Steel Pan Workshop at their Charlotte St. pan yard in Trinidad, W.I.  History of pan, Pan tuning, pan blending, music theory & practical, pan playing.  Contact:  S. Blood: (868) 793-8178; R. Thomas (868) 624-2067; A. Brumant (868) 770-0414 for more details, including cost.

• New York Daily News Pan Festival/CASYM Steel Orchestra Tour.   12 Noon to 2 PM.    Columbia University,    NY  USA

• New York Daily News Pan Festival/CASYM Steel Orchestra Tour.  5 - 7 PM.  Asser Levy Park,  West 4th & Surf Ave, Brooklyn   NY    USA

• New York Daily News Pan Festival/CASYM Steel Orchestra Tour.   7 - 9 PM.  Cunningham Park, Queens,  USA

• New York Daily News Pan Festival/CASYM Steel Orchestra Tour,  South Street Seaport.
  6:30 - 8:30 PM.  12 Noon - 2 PM.  New York,   USA

• Also August 26.
  Notting Hill Carnival.  Fifteen participating steelbands.  Details to follow.
   
• New York Daily News Pan Festival/CASYM Steel Orchestra Tour,  City Hall.   12 Noon - 2 PM.  New York,   USA

• Dem Stars Steel Orchestras invites all to a Free Panorama Preview and a Junior Jamboree at their Panyard.  Appearing are:  Pan Sonatas, CASYM, New York All Stars, Harlem All Stars, Women In Steel - 4:00 PM until 11:00 PM.  Dem Stars pan yard is at:  Chef Choice Parking Lot, 1051 Utica Avenue,  (corner Tilden Avenue)
  Brooklyn, NY   USA
   
• Despers USA Labor Day Count Down - 4:00 PM - 12 AM.  Showtime is 7:00 PM.  Featuring Despers USA, guest appearances by New York's Top Steel Bands.  For info call 1-718-399-8481 & any Despers members.  At the Despers Pan Loft -  621 Classon Ave. (between Atlantic Ave. & Pacific St.)  -  Brooklyn, NY   USA  - CANCELLED
   
• Marsicans Steel Orchestra 4^th Anniversary celebration.  Featuring Popular Steelbands.  At the Marsicans Panyard - 1488 Schenectady Ave., (between Farragut Rd. and the Dead End) Brooklyn,  New York,  USA
   
• British Association of Steelbands (BAS/LNHC) PANORAMA CHAMPIONSHIPS - Ten participating bands.  Details to follow.
   
• Brighton Jubilee - 11:00 AM.  New York Daily News Pan Festival/CASYM Steel Orchestra Tour.  Brooklyn,   NY   USA

• Pan Ambassadors - Buffalo, New York,  USA

• Danbury Connecticut Festival -- Sonatas Steel Orchestra --   Connecticut, USA
   
• USSA presents:  Pan on the Beach - at Fort Tilden, highlighting the talented young pannists from New York's best steelbands - New York, USA - Cancelled due to inclement weather.  Rescheduled to Junior Jamboree - AUGUST 24, at Dem Stars Pan Yard.
   
• Pan in the Park (Greenwich) Pantonic (UK) Steel Orchestra - ENGLAND
   
• Leicester Square -  Pantasia Steel Band - ENGLAND

• 41^st Anniversary of Independent Ball, New York, USA.  Music by Sesame Flyers Steel Orchestra
   
• Pan in the Park (Hyde Park) Mangrove Steelband - ENGLAND

• Pan Ambassadors - An Afternoon of Steel - annual fund-raiser.  874 East 38^th Street, between Glenwood & Ave. H,  Brooklyn  New York, USA.  From 2:00 PM - featuring:  Sonatas, Pantonic, CASYM, Marsicans & Pan Ambassadors.  Call 718-451-1887; 917-853-7186.  Donation at door.
   
• Pan in the Park (Greenwich) Forest Gate Steel Orchestra - ENGLAND

• Radoes Steel Orchestra & Flatbush Pan Connection - Connecticut Carnival, Stanford, Connecticut, USA
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra @ the Panamanian Day Parade - beginning 10 AM along Empire Blvd., then up Washington Ave.    Brooklyn, NY  - USA.
   
• Pantonic, CASYM, & Dem Stars Steel Orchestras @ the Vanderveer All-Day Street Fair, Foster Avenue between Brooklyn & New York Avenues, Brooklyn,  NY  - USA. 
   
• Grenada's Carnival -- 8 Steel Orchestras take part in the Panorama this year at the National Stadium.
   
• Pantonic and Dem Stars Steel Orchestras  -- East 38^th & 39^th Street Block Associations host a Fun Day at the Park on Albany Ave., between Foster Ave. and Farragut Road. -- Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Golden Hands Youth Steelband Orchestra
  (Ages 8 - 17: Elementary and High School youth) Two Weeks Cultural Tour in Washington DC.  Cultural Concert at Howard University Cramton Auditorium - Saturday 9th, August 2003. 
  Time 8 - 11 PM.  Contribution/Donation $25. To promote the culture of Steelband music, a project of the T&T Assoc. of Washington DC.
   
• Pan in the Park (Hyde Park) Ebony Steel Band - ENGLAND

• Marsicans Steel Orchestra - Welcome Party for Pelham Goddard & Band Launching - featuring Dem Stars, Moods Pan Groove, Marsicans & other popular steelbands. From 4 PM: Free Admission: at Tropical Gardens Backyard, 1488 Schenectady Avenue & the Dead End - Brooklyn, NY   USA
   
• Pan in the Park (Greenwich) Metronomes Steel Orchestra - ENGLAND

• Trafalgar Square Blockorama featuring:
  Southside Harmonics, Stardust Steel Orchestra, Mangrove Steelband, Metronomes Steel Orchestra, Ebony Steel Band, Nostalgia Steel Band, Pantasia Steel Band - ENGLAND
   
• Pan in the Park (Hyde Park) Croydon Steel Orchestra - ENGLAND

• Antigua's Panorama Finals - at 8:00 PM

• Pan yard concert:  PAMBERI PANYARD, San Juan, Trinidad, W.I. on Monday @ 8:00 PM. Featuring:  Pamberi, Pan Jammers, San Juan East Side
   

• Pan yard concert:  DESPERADOES PANYARD, Laventille Road, Trinidad, W.I. on Sunday @ 6:00 PM.  Featuring: WITCO Desperadoes & Laventille Serenaders
  
   
• Radoes Steel Orchestra - 2nd Annual Band Launching at the Pan Villa - 981 Pacific St. (bet. Classon & Grand Aves.) Brooklyn, NY  USA - featuring Utopia Pan Soul:  the Next Generation; Despers USA, Radoes.  From 5:00 PM until...
   
• Hudson River Museum "Summer Sounds Goes Global" concerts, Pantonic Steel, 511 Warburton Avenue Yonkers, NY, USA
   
• All AH Wee Band Launch -- Sonatas  -  East 34^th  Street,  (between Beverly & Cortelyou Rds.)  Brooklyn, NY, USA

• Pan yard concert: TRINIDAD ALL STARS PANYARD, Duke Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W.I. on Saturday @ 8:00 PM - featuring:  Trinidad All Stars, Blue Diamonds,  Free Lancers
   
• Steel Sensation's Wild Meat B.B.Q. Jam - featuring: Dem Stars, Sesame Flyers and Steel Sensation.  From 2pm to 12am at 97-24 222 St., Queens Village, Queens, New York, USA.
   
• New Jersey Carnival in Jersey City, USA

• Renegades Steel Orchestra will hold their Panyard Sensations on 8:00 PM at:
  138 Charlotte Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W.I.
  Guest Artistes include 2003 Joint Junior Panorama Champs -
  Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra & Success Stars Steel Orchestra, and singers

• Pan yard concert: HARMONITES PANYARD, Morvant Junction, Morvant, Trinidad, W.I. on Thursday @ 8:00 PM.   Featuring: Harmonites, Pashphonics, Laventille Rhythm Section

• Pan yard concert: POTENTIAL PANYARD, Malick, Trinidad, W.I. on Wednesday @ 8:00 PM. Featuring: Potential Symphony, Solo Pan Knights, San Juan All Stars, Marsicans

• The Mann Center for the Performing Arts Cross Roads to Culture present The Young People's Concert Series 2003 International Drum Summit, Caribbean Youth Steel Drum Orchestra, Philadelphia, USA

• Dem Stars plays for the first time for the 2003 pan season, in their Utica Ave. panyard home of 4 years (Chef Choice parking lot) -
  11 AM-1 PM during an NYPD/FDNY Boxing Tournament.
   
• Pan Jumble 2003 - Steel Pan Concert in Ito City
  6:00 PM-9:00 PM
  ITO MARINE TOWN
  18:00-19:00 SONICS, TOKYO
  19:20-20:20  ITO SPA-RKS
  20:30-20:40  TRINITY PANGROOVE
   
• Sonatas Steel Orch Street Fair featuring performances by:  Sonatas, Pantonic, Pan Ambassadors, Caribbean Youth Panoramics, Dem Stars, Utopia Pan Soul - the Next Generation, Sweet Sensation, Pan Ambassadors - 1254 Sterling Place (Bet. Troy & Albany Aves.) Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Harmony Steel -- Flatbush Avenue street fair at Chester Court,  Brooklyn, New York, USA

• Utopia Pan Soul - the Next Generation -  5 PM. Block event on 29th Street, between Beverly and Tilden Aves. Brooklyn, NY
   
• Pantonic Steel Orch  - Band Launch featuring performances by: Radoes, CASYM and Pantonic--Brooklyn, New York, USA

• St. Lucia's Panorama is at the Vigie Multi Purpose Sports Complex on Friday, St. Lucia W.I.

• Steel Praisin' New Friendship Baptist Church – Midway, NC, USA

• Roy Wilkins Park -- Sonatas, Pantonic, Pan Ambassadors.  From 12 Noon.  Queens, NY, USA
   
• Rhythms of the World festival.  Hitchin.  Herts.  The BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - ENGLAND

• Crossfire Fundraiser/Pan Launch -   also slated to perform, Radoes, Despers, Sonatas, Utopia, CASYM & Pan Phonics --  at 4411-23 Avenue D, Cor. East 45^th St, Brooklyn, New York, USA

• Dem Stars Steel Orchestra at the 9^th Annual Syracuse Carnival Celebration, New York, USA

• Mannette Steel Drums hosts its annual week-long workshop, West Virginia, USA