2004 Calendar of Steelpan Music Events

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• Leesburg 19^th Annual First Night celebration, in collaboration with the Bluemont Concert Series feature many events and performances between 6:15 PM & 11:45 PM - including Pan Masters Steel Orchestra. Venue:  1 E. Market St., #3, Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.A. For more info call: 1 (703) 669-1650; 1 (703) 669-8444.
   
• Pittsburgh's New Year's Eve party,  The 11^th Annual First Night celebration, part of the Downtown Cultural District card of events - the Caribbean Vibes steel drum band at Fifth Avenue Place Lobby.  Showtime:  6:15-7:30 PM & 9:00-10:15 PM.  Venue:  5^th Avenue Place, 120 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
   
• First Night Wolfeboro featuring Mangrove Steel Drum Band @ 8:00 and 9:00 PM -  Venue:  Carpenter School Gym - downtown Wolfeboro, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S.A.  Call for more information: 1 (603) 569-2200.
  
   

• Bartlesville High School Steel Drum Band at the ‘Music for London’ Gala Concert at the Westminster Theater during the New Year’s Day Parade celebrations in London, ENGLAND
  
   

• Shea High School's Conundrums Steel Drum Band performs at  a Holiday Concert at 11:30 AM.   Venue is the atrium at One Capitol Hill, Department of Administration, Providence, Rhode Island, New York, U.S.A.
   

• CASYM Steel Orchestra presents "A Classical Caribbean Christmas."   Featuring many performances including CASYM Steel Orchestra, Singing Francine- Calypso, Tunapuna Scanty - Calypso, Samuel Clarke - Gospel Singer and more.  Showtime:  6:00 PM.  Venue:  The Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York.  U.S.A.   For more info call 1 (718) 735 - 4932
   
• Association of Jamaicans in Richmond, Inc.  presents: "HURRICANE WASH WEY/CHRISTMAS PARTY!"  5-10 PM.   Featuring Positive Vibration Youth Steel Orchestra, food, children's activities. Venue:  Pine Camp Cultural Arts Center, 4901 Old Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.  Call for more info:   1 (703) 370-2430 or 272-5374
   
• Orlando Phillips / Holiday Steel Drum Music -  5 - 6 PM.  Venue:  Market Square, Alexandria, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.   Call for more info:  1 (703) 838-4844.

• Sarasota Jungle Gardens host "Holiday Cocktail Nights."   Fridays through Dec. 17, featuring steel drum player Ken Moolenaar.  For more information call: 1 (941) 355-5305.  Venue:  Sarasota Jungle Gardens, 3701 Bay Shore Road,  Bradenton, West Bradenton, Florida, U.S.A.

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra perform at BT Centre.  Time: 6:00 PM.  Venue:  81 Newgate Street. London, ENGLAND
   
• Sonatas Steel Orchestra host a fundraising Bus Ride to the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. Departure is from 3711 Avenue D (between 37th and 38th Streets), Brooklyn, New York. For tickets and more information contact: Lincoln at 1 (718) 856-7064; Damien at 1 (347) 247-5750 or Chuffy at 1 (718) 692-2135. U.S.A.
   
• CASYM Steel Orchestra performs at a Grenada Benefit Concert - a fundraiser. Other artists include King Ajamu, the Mighty Sparrow, Sugar Aloes, and more.  Showtime is 8:00 PM.  Venue is the Walt Whitman Hall @ Brooklyn College, Avenue H & Nostrand Avenue Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.  For more information and tickets contact: 1 (718) 282-2023, 1 (212) 249-6255.  New York, U.S.A.
  
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra perform at the Royal Albert Hall Kensington, London, ENGLAND
   

• Pantasia Steel Drum Ensemble, the High School Chorus and Band all perform at "A Swingin' Christmas" Dinner production.  Organized by the Cuba High School Music Department.  Time: 6:30 PM.  Venue:  Cuba High School, Fulton County, 20325 N. IL 97 Highway, Cuba, Illinois, U.S.A.
  Call 1-309-785-5023 or 1-309-697-2120 for information and Dinner Reservations.
   

• Huguenotes Steelband from London perform at Newmarket's annual Christmas street fair.  Event begins at 6:30 PM.  Venue:  High Street, New Market, Milton, Cambridge, ENGLAND
  
   

• University of Southern Mississippi's Dr. John Wooton, on Steeldrums participates in the the Picayune Renaissance Celebration of the Arts.  Workshop during the day, and evening performance at the  formal reopening of the Picayune High School  Performing Arts Auditorium.  Show time 6:30 PM.  Venue: Picayune Memorial High School Performing Arts Auditorium, Piscayune  Southern Mississippi, U.S.A.   1 (601)798-5449
   

• The Old Time Jammers, Eastside Steel Orchestra, Pembroke Folk Performers, Iwer George and others appear at the Goodwood Recreational Park.  Event is the "PNM Men Who Can Cook" all-day lime.  Tobago, W.I.
  
   
• The UA Steel Band and World Music Gang in Concert. Presented by the School of Music and Dance at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Show time: 7:30 PM.   Venue: Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music (southeast corner Speedway/Park).  For more info call: 1-520-621-2998.  Box Office 1-520-621-1162.  Tuscon, Arizona, U.S.A.
   
• Moods of Pan Festival 2004. Soothing Sunday Pan Classics. Featured artistes: Mangrove (London), Renegades (Trinidad), Women In Steel (New York),  Dane Gulston & Arturo Tappin, Imran Lewis & Gavin Francis (Antiguan soloists), Joy Lapps (Toronto-based Antiguan soloist). Showtime: 7:00 PM. Venue: Deanery Grounds. ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.  More info @ www.gemonites.com
   

• Moods of Pan Festival 2004.  “Keep Pan Alive with Five” (5-Alive) competition.  Featured artistes include:  Mahico Stars, New Dimensions, Three Cylinders .  Showtime:  7:00 PM.  Venue:  Deanery Grounds.  ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.  More info @ www.gemonites.com
   

• Moods of Pan Festival 2004.  Fiery Friday Big Bands Concert.  Featured artistes:  Renegades (Trinidad),  Women in Steel (New York), Dane Gulston, Arturo Tappin, Halcyon (Antigua), Harmonites (Antigua), New Dimension (Grenada).  Showtime 8:00 PM.  Venue:  Deanery Grounds.  ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.    More info @ www.gemonites.com
   

• Moods of Pan Festival 2004  Featured artistes: Gemonites School of Pan, St. Andrew’s Steel Orchestra, Mangrove (London).   Showtime:  3:00 PM.  Free concert.  Venue:  Heritage Quay Bandstand, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.  More info @  www.gemonites.com
   

• The University of Montana Percussion Ensemble and Islanders Steel Drum Band perform at the University Theater on the University campus.  Showtime 7:30 PM. Contact the Department of Music @ 1-406-243-6880 for more information.  Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.
   

• The Falls Shopping Center Annual Holiday Parade aka "Miracle on 136th Street Parade."  Sir Cedric Steel Band and Caché perform along with other guests after the 4:00 PM event.   More than 20,000 spectators expected.   Contact 1-305-255-4570 for more info.  Venue: US1 & SW 136 Street, Miami, South Florida. U.S.A.
  
   
• BDF bands in Annual Road-show featuring Botswana Defence Force (BDF) music groups including BDF Steel Pan band. Friday and Saturday.  Francistown, Botswana, AFRICA
  
   
• St. Mathew's Harmony Steel Orchestra presents New York Panorama Champs in concert.  Scheduled to appear are D'Radoes, Pan Sonatas, CASYM and Harmony Steel Orchestras.  Other live acts will also perform.  Show time is 8:00 PM.  Venue:  St. Mathew's Gym, 1351 Lincoln Place, (bet. Utica and Schenectady Avenues) Brooklyn, N.Y.  Call Mack @ 1-718-496-5133, Travis @ 1-917-674-3784,  Debbie @ 1-718-604-0318 for tickets and more information. New York, U.S.A.
  
   

• BDF bands in Annual Road-show featuring Botswana Defence Force (BDF) music groups including BDF Steel Pan band. Friday and Saturday. Francistown, Botswana, AFRICA
  
  Civil War Beaver Jam '04. Event time: 8:00 PM. Venue: LaSells Stewart Center. Concert and pep rally. Halftime and pre-game show music. Free event will feature many performers including the OSU Marching Band, the OSU Dance Team and the OSU Steel Band. 875 S.W. 26th St., Corvallis. For more information: 1-541-737-4061. Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
   
• Despers U.S.A. Fundraiser & After-Party.  Live performances, Auction, Giveaways, great food, art exhibits, prominent guest speakers and much more.  Venue:  The Elks Plaza, 1068 Fulton Street, between Franklin and Classon Avenues.  Time - from 7:00 PM - Until...  Donations will be collected at the door.  For info and tickets email artthouart@yahoo.com or call 1-718-399-8481.  Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
   
• Love City Pan Dragons Youth Steel Orchestra launches first CD and host its eighth annual pre-Thanksgiving Dinner and Community Honors Night from 6:30 to 10 PM.  Venue:  Cruz Bay Park , St. John.  Entertainment by the Pan Dragons and DJ Percy Sprauve.  For more information or tickets, call 1-340-776-6650.  St. John, US VIRGIN ISLANDS
   

• The Space Coast Junior/Senior High School Steel Band performs at the seventh annual Caribbean Jamboree - Day Two of two-day festival hosted by the Brevard Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Association. Festival is on Saturday and Sunday. Other performances include African drumming and appearance by the Caribbean Folk Singers.
  Venue: Palm Bay Regional Park, six miles west of Interstate 95 on Malabar Road, Florida, U.S.A. For more information and performance times, call 1-321-728-2588.
   

• University of Mary Steel Drum Band featuring pan soloist Phil Solomon  at the "Panorama VI -- Weekend in Paradise."   Musical repertoire will include:  Mozart, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and the "Humming Chorus" from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly."  Showtime:  8:00 PM.   Two nights - Nov. 12 & 13.
  Venue:  The Belle Mehus Auditorium, 201 North 6th Street, Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.A.  Email tspilde@ndonline.com for more information.
   
• The Space Coast Junior/Senior High School Steel Band performs at the seventh annual Caribbean Jamboree - Day One of two-day festival hosted by the Brevard Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Association.  Festival is on Saturday and Sunday.  Other performances include African drumming and appearance by the Caribbean Folk Singers.
  Venue:  Palm Bay Regional Park, six miles west of Interstate 95 on Malabar Road, Florida, U.S.A.  For more information and performance times, call 1-321-728-2588.
   
• York Lions Steel Band performs at the 74th Annual Georgetown Santa Claus parade hosted by the Lions Club of Georgetown.  Parade starts at 1:30 PM.  Venue:  Parade begins at Sinclair Ave. and Guelph St., travels down Guelph to Mill St., then goes along Mill to Charles St., onto Park St. then ends at Georgetown Fairgrounds.  For more information call 1-905-877-6831 or 1-905-877-9896.   Georgetown, Ontario, CANADA
   
• The Winchester Steel Co. of Canal Winchester High School, central Ohio's oldest high school steel band, will hold an "Introduction to Steel Drum Workshop" at 1:00 PM Saturday in the CWHS music room.  Duration is two-hours.  Open to anyone age 10 and older who is interested in learning to play the steel drum.  Call for registration fee and more information:  1-614-836-1448.  Venue:  CW High School,  300 Washington Street, Canal Winchester, Ohio, U.S.A.
   

• University of Mary Steel Drum Band featuring pan soloist Phil Solomon at the "Panorama VI -- Weekend in Paradise."   Musical repertoire will include:  Mozart, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and the "Humming Chorus" from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly."  Showtime:  8:00 PM.   Two nights - Nov. 12 & 13.
  Venue:  The Belle Mehus Auditorium, 201 North 6th Street, Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.A.  Email tspilde@ndonline.com for more information.
   
• Chabot Panhandlers launch their latest CD entitled "Sticks".  Night Two of a two-night event.  Showtime is 8:00 PM, doors open at 7:30 PM. Featuring music from the new release and their regular repertoire. Venue: Chabot College Little Theater, 25555 Hesperian Blvd.  Hayward, California.  Call 1-510-723-6829 for tickets and more information.  LOS ANGELES, U.S.A.
   

• Mango Groove Steel Band performs in the “Morning with Music” series at Walker Auditorium, Robert Frost Hall - Southern New Hampshire University.  Time:  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM.  Free and open to the public. For more info:  contact Dr. Robert R. Craven at 1-603-668-2211, ext. 2226.  Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
   
• Chabot Panhandlers launch their latest CD entitled "Sticks".  Night One of a two-night event.  Showtime is 8:00 PM, doors open at 7:30 PM.  Featuring music from the new release and their regular repertoire.  Venue:  Chabot College Little Theater, 25555 Hesperian Blvd.  Hayward, California.   Call 1-510-723-6829 for tickets and more information.  LOS ANGELES, U.S.A.
   

• The Commodore Steel Drum Band performs at 8:00 PM.  Venue:  Vanderbilt's Turner Hall, Vanderbilt University - 2400 Blakemore Ave.,  Free admission.  Call 1-615-322-7651 for more info.  Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.

• Sunshine Panners steel band perform at the Hexham Round Table Annual Fireworks and Bonfire Display.   From 6:30 PM.  Hexam, Tyndedale, Northumberland, ENGLAND
   
• 2004 Youth Steelpan Festival.  Performances by Nyasha Rhoden, Something Positive.  Time:  12 Noon - 5 PM.  Venue:  Middle School 2, 655 Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn, between Nostrand and Rogers Avenues, New York.  Presented by Cheryl Bryon and Something Positive, Inc.  For info call: 718-252-4692, 718-240 -0264.   Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. 
   
• The Dinner Concert & Silent Auction featuring the Scottsboro High School Steel Drum Band, Color Guard, Danceline, several student ensembles, Jazz Band and the Wildcat Marching Band.  Venue is the Goosepond Civic Center.  Dinner @ 7 PM, Entertainment 8 PM.  Call 1-256-218-2039 for more info.  Scottsboro, Alabama, U.S.A.

• 2004 Youth Steelpan Festival  -  Pre-festival Symposium - 7 PM - 10 PM:  "The Contribution of Women to the Steelpan."
  Invited Panelists & Judges: Merle Alvino-DeCoteau, Dawn Batson, Esther K. Batson, Pat Bishop, Lindy-Anne Bodden-Ritch.  Admission: Free.  Donations Welcome.  Presented by Cheryl Bryon and Something Positive, Inc.  Venue: Medgar Evers College Auditorium, 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (Bet. Crown & Montgomery Sts.).  U.S.A.   For info call: 718-252-4692, 718-240 -0264

• Baylor Steel Band joins the Baylor Percussion Ensemble at 7:00 PM.  The five-member Baylor Steel Band will play the Khris Dodge transcription of Ray Holman’s Samba de Arcata, followed by Tito Puente’s Oye Come Va. Concert is free and open to the public. Call 1 (254) 710-3991.
  Venue:  Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
   
• Pan Royale, Voices and Steel Concert, Queen's Royal College, Courtyard and Greens, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W. I.  www.panroyale.org

• Pan Royale, Festival Concert, MOBS 2, Chaguaramas, Trinidad, W. I.

• Pan Royale, Orchestra's Night.  Queen's Royal College, Courtyard and Greens, Port of Spain, Trinidad, W. I.  www.panroyale.org

• Robert Greenidge on steelpan with Jimmy Buffett at the MGM Grand Garden arena -  8:00  PM - MGM Grand Garden, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Nevada, U.S.A.
   
• Bayou Bacchanal - Caribbean parade in downtown New Orleans. Featuring Pan Vibrations Steelband and Neptune Steel Orchestra. Starts at 11:00 AM on Canal Street at Harrah’s Casino, down Canal to Basin Street, u-turn at Basin & up Canal again to St. Charles Avenue, make a right onto St. Charles and party into Lafayette Square. Go to www.bayoubacchanal for more details. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
   
• Pan Royale, Open-air Concert.  Dwight Yorke Stadium.  Tobago, W. I.  www.panroyale.org

• Pan Royale, Gala Opening Night, Mt. Irvine Bay Hotel.  Tobago, W. I.  www.panroyale.org

• Fourth Annual Sixth Street Kemah Pan Jam Steel Drum Festival.  Featuring Caribbean Steel Tones, Ellie Mannette, North Harris College Steel Drum Band, University of Houston's Pantagonists.  Noon - 10:30 PM.  Admission is free.  Venue:  600 block of Sixth Street, Kemah, Texas, U.S.A.  Call 1-281-538-4165.

• Pan Fest 2004  featuring the Florida Memorial College Steelband at Kobacker Hall of the Moore Music Arts Center, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.   Time:  8:00 PM.  Call 1-419-372-6173
   
• Learn to play the steelpan!  Free workshop for students and community members from 2:30 - 4:30 PM - Kobacker Hall of the Moore Music Arts Center, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.  Call 1-419-372-6173

• BILLY COBHAM'S CULTURE MIX - With Special Guests Randy Brecker & Airto Moreira, Billy Cobham: Drums, Wilbert Junior Gill: Steel Pan and Percussion; Per Gade: Guitar, Stefan Rademacher: Bass, Marcos Ubeda: Keyboards.
  Venue:  The Iridium Jazz Club: 1650 Broadway (51^st St.) New York, NY.
  Performance times:  8:00 and 10:00 PM, 9:00 and 11:00 PM.  Call 1-212 582 2121 for exact time of sets.
   

• Broward Carnival Grand Finale - Costume parade of bands, steelbands, and after-parade concert in the park featuring Burning Flames from Antigua, Traffik, Roy Cape Kasio All Stars, Starlift Steel Orchestra and Arima All Stars from Trinidad, Bench Warmers from New York.  11 A.M. - 11 P.M.  Lauderdale Fair Grounds - Commercial Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.  For more info call: 1 (754) 368-7231

• Broward Carnival - J'Ouvert and Steelband Competition.  From 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM.  Venue:  Lauderdale Fair Grounds - Commercial Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.   For more info call:  1 (754) 368-7231

• Annual concert at Appalachian State University featuring the Steely Pan Steel Band at 8:00 PM.  Venue: Farthing Auditorium, Appalachian State University. Call (828) 262-3020 for more info.  North Carolina, U.S.A.
   
• Steelband J'OUVERT Bomb Competition: Featuring:  Tamboo Bamboo Steel Orchestra; Miami Pan Symphony; Uprising Steelband; New Generation Branches Steelband, Pepper Pot Steelband, Orland Power Stars.  From 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
  Hialeah Park, 2200 E 4 Ave. Hialeah, Florida,  33010  U.S.A.  Call 1 (305) 653-1877 for more info.
   

• Gospel Steelband Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago presents twelve steel band orchestras in at their fifth annual Gospel Steelband concert. Venue: Jean Pierre Complex, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W.I. For more info call 1-868-662-5230; 1-868-759-0313; 1-868-640-3377.

• MINI-CARNIVAL PARADE (a taste of Carnival) - Carnival Costume Parade Competition and Tamboo Bamboo Steel Orchestra.  Hialeah Park,  2200 E 4 Avenue, Hialeah, Fl 33010
  Gates open at 4:00 PM .  Florida, U.S.A.  Call 1 (305) 653-1877

• 2nd Annual Bayou Bacchanal: music by the Pan Vibrations Steel Band and Lady Peppertree at the Bayou Bacchanal Caribbean Parade. Event begins at 11 a.m. at the intersection of Canal and S. Peters streets/ends in Armstrong Park's Congo Square. Call 1 (504) 552-9334 for more info. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

• Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation invites you to "Help Turn It Around", a FUNDRAISER to help REPLACE THE BAND'S VANDALIZED INSTRUMENTS.  Featuring Pantonic Steel Orchestra, Dem Stars, CASYM and many more.  From 9:00 PM t'il Midnight.  Venue is The Pantonic Panyard @ 1021 East 48th Street - (between Farragut Rd. and "Dead end"). Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Call 1-917-862-6974 for information.

• New York Panorama featuring ADLIB, Caribbean Youth Panoramics, CASYM, CrossFire, D'Radoes, Dem Stars, Despers USA,  Harmony, Marsicans, Pan Phonics, Pan Sonatas, Pantonic and Sesame Flyers.
  Showtime - 8:00 PM.  Doors open at 7:00 PM
  Venue:  Brooklyn Museum Grounds, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  Tickets available at Pantonic's Pan Yard -  1021 East 48th Street - (between Farragut Rd. and "Dead end"), Brooklyn, or call 1-718-434-0231 for Ticket Sales
   
• See Marsicans Steel Orchestra perform at the Steelband Panorama, behind the Brooklyn Museum,.  Tickets will be on sale in Marsicans' Pan Yard at 1488 Schenectady Ave., (bet. Farragut Rd. & Dead end), Brooklyn, USA

• New York Arrangers'  Forum featuring Pelham Goddard (Marsicans); Clive Bradley (Pantonic and Radoes); Arddin Herbert (CASYM); Yohan Popwell (Pan Sonatas) among others.  Hosted and moderated by When Steel Talks.  Open to the public.  From 6:00 - 7:30 PM.
  Email:  whensteeltalks@hotmail.com for more information, or with suggested questions. Venue:  the Pan Diamond (Pantonic's Pan Yard), at 1021 East 48th Street - (between Farragut Rd. and "Dead end"), Brooklyn, New York, USA.

• Ebony Steelband and Mangrove Steelband at Powis Square at calypso, Pan and mas event in London,   ENGLAND

• D'Radoes Steel Orchestra does it again!  By popular request - another Pan Bash at their Pan Villa.  Venue:  181 Woodruff Ave (corner Flatbush Ave.), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  For more info call:  1 (917) 589-0703; 1 (917-554-3944); 1 (718) 604-0318
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra hosts a Pre-Panorama Play in their Pan Diamond.  Featuring CASYM and Pantonic Steel Orchestras.  From 5 PM - Midnight.  Venue:  The Pan Diamond at 1021 East 48th Street - (between Farragut Rd. and "Dead end"), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• Marsicans Steel Orchestra, Inc.  invites you to join them in celebrating their  5^TH BIRTHDAY PARTY - Another spectacular event you cannot afford to miss.  call:  1 (718) 287-7495.    1488 Schenectady Ave., (bet. Farragut Rd. & Dead end), Brooklyn, USA
   
• Notting Hill Carnival - J’Ouvert Celebrations -featuring Steelbands.   Venue: (along carnival route)   6 AM - 9 AM.   ENGLAND

• 12^th Annual Caribbean Festival from noon through Midnight - in the North Washington Square Mall Outdoor Amphitheater, center of Lansing Community College campus.  Michigan's State University School of Music’s Pan for the People will offer a demonstration of the steel pan drums with audience participation from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the Family Village Stage.
  Appearance by Grammy award-winning Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band from 2 – 3:30 p.m.
  Admission is free. For more info call the LCC Student Life Office at (517) 483-1285.
  MICHIGAN, USA
   
• Marsicans Steel Orchestra, Inc.  presents their  ANNUAL Bus Ride to Boston Carnival.  For tickets and other information, call:  Jacob @ 1 (718) 287-7495;   Joey @ 1 (917) 468-5575;   Bing @ 1 (718) 345-4083,   USA
   
• Notting Hill Carnival weekend - National Panorama Championships - the annual competition to choose the London Champions of Steel 2004.  7 PM - Midnight.  Venue:  Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, W10.  ENGLAND

• Steel Sensation at City Hall Chambers, Trinidad and Tobago Heritage and Independence Awards. Thursday August 26, 2004, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Contact Horace L. Morancie at hlmorancie@yahoo.com 718 495 4977 or Ian at SteelSensation@hotmail.com  1-718 479 4152
   
• Boston Panorama / Panorama Competition.   6:00 PM - 12:00 PM.  RAIN DATE Friday, August 27, 6:00 PM - 12:00 PM
   

• Steel Sensation at The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Trinidad and Tobago 42nd Independence Anniversary, "Black Tie" Ball.   7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Contact Horace L. Morancie at hlmorancie@yahoo.com  1 (718) 495 4977 or Ian at SteelSensation@hotmail.com  1 (718) 479 4152

• D'Radoes Steel Orhcestra - 3^rd Annual Band Launching and Fund Raiser, at the Pan Villa - featuring Harmony Steel Orchestra.  Time:  From 5 PM - T'il...  Venue:  181 Woodruff Ave (corner Flatbush Ave.), Brooklyn, New York, USA
  For more info call:  1 (917) 589-0703; 1 (917-554-3944); 1 (718) 604-0318
   
• CASYM Steel Orchestra presents it's J'Ouvert 2004 Band Launching "CASYM in Hawaii."  Featuring music by CASYM, Pan Sonatas, Harmony, Pantonic.
  From 4 PM - 11 PM.   Venue:  PS 109 School Yard, Snyder Ave. between Bedford and Flatbush Aves., Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  For more info call:  1 (718) 735-6708, or Angela at  1 (718) 856-9354

• Women In Steel at the Queens Library.  1:00 PM.
  Queens, New York, USA
   
• YOKOHAMA STEEL PAN FIESTA 2004
  The ３rd annual YOKOHAMA STEEL PAN FIESTA in Yokohama City.
  8 Bands will be participating from all over from Japan. 
  Venue:  Pacifico Yokohama - JAPAN
  Show time: 14:30-19:00
   東京　PANVILLAGE STEEL ORCHESTRA,
  東京 PANORAMA STEEL ORCHESTRA,
  東京 PANLAND STEEL ORCHESTRA,
   横浜  パンタジア　スチールドラム　オーケストラ, 千葉/静岡　TRINITY PANGROOVE,
   大阪 PANPLE, 
  大阪 ONE HARTZ PANGROOVE,

• Flash in the Pans Community Steelband.  Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA

• Marsicans Steel Orchestra, Inc.  presents their Gala Fund Raiser & Welcoming Bash for arranger - Pelham Goddard:   featuring Marsicans, Despers USA and Steel Sensation,  Calypsonians, DJ,  from 12 Noon - 10 PM, 1488 Schenectady Ave., (bet. Farragut Rd. & Dead end), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  For info, call:  1 (718) 287-7495;  1 (917) 468-5575
   
• Pan in Leicester Square. Croydon Steel Orchestra playing in Leicester Square.  2 PM – 5 PM.  ENGLAND
   
• Doon at the Docks - A Street party - will be held in Aberdeen to celebrate the city's links with the sea, featuring various events, Toronto Allstars Steel Band and other musical entertainment.  For more info, contact email Dorothy Anderson at dorothya@arts-rec.aberdeen.net.uk, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM

• Pan Sonatas Inc. presents its Annual Summer Heat Wave Street Fair.  Featuring performances by:  CASYM, Marsicans, Crossfire, Harmony, Pan Ivory, Dem Stars and Pan Sonatas.  From 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM.  Venue: Sterling Place between Troy & Albany Avenues, Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra performs in Baltimore, at the Trinidad and Tobago Association's presentation of: Trinidad and Tobago Days Festival 2004."  Time 2 - 8 PM.  Venue:  the Clifton Park Bandshell, St. Lo Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  For info call:  (410) 925-8876
   
• Grenada Carnival 2004 - National Panorama Competition.   7:00 PM.  Venue: Grenada National Stadium, Grenada,
  W. I.
   

• Bradley Fair Summer Concerts on the Plaza.  Afinke Machine generates innovative steel-pan music with an assembly of talented musicians. It's an extraordinary fusion of jazz, funk, R&B, hip-hop, rock, gospel, Latin and Caribbean beats.  Venue:  Rock Road at 21^st Street, Wichita, Kansas,  USA
  http://www.bradleyfair.com/summer_concerts.html

• Despers USA Steel Orchestra, Inc. invites all to their Band Launching - from 4 PM 'Till.  Showtime 6:30 PM.  Featuring Despers USA, Pantonic and Dem Stars at the Despers Pan Loft:  621 Classon Avenue (between Atlantic Avenue & Pacific Street) Brooklyn, N.Y., USA
  For information call:  1 (718) 399-8481
   
• Band Launch 2004 of Tabernacle Children's mas band, and Mangrove mas band. 7-12 PM.  Music by Mangrove Steel Orchestra, and two other bands.  Venue: The Tabernacle, Powis Square, London.  ENGLAND.   www.mangrovesteelband.com/news.html
   
• Pan Jamboree in Trafalgar Square.  Seven of London's top steelbands performing from 2 PM - 6:00 PM in the Square.  ENGLAND
   
• Pan in Leicester Square. Pantonic (UK) Steel Orchestra playing in Leicester Square.  2 PM – 5 PM.  ENGLAND

• Pantonic Steel Orchestra - invites all their 2004 Band Launching.  Featuring:  Despers USA; CASYM,  Marsicans and Pantonic.  From 6:00 PM until...  Venue:  The Pan Diamond at 1021 East 48th Street - (between Farragut Rd. and "Dead end"), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
  For details call: 1(718)434-0231, or email pantonic1@aol.com
   
• Antigua Carnival 2004 celebration featuring the JUNIOR PANORAMA Competition - in Carnival City (Antigua Recreation Ground).  2:00 PM, Antigua, W. I.
   
• Pan in Leicester Square.  Nostalgia Steel Orchestra playing in Leicester Square.  2 PM – 5 PM.  ENGLAND

• Pan Sonatas Steel Orchestra, Inc. presents their Fund Raiser:  De Soca Cruise.  The Golden Sunshine. Pier 3, Sheepshead Bay, Corner of Emmons & Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  Boarding Time 9:00 PM.  Departs 10:00  PM.  For tickets, information, call Selwyn:  1 (347) 268-1239;  Mack:  1 (718) 496-5133; Lincoln:  1 (718) 856-7064.
  
   
• Pan Alive - Steel Orchestras from the Ontario Steelband Association showcase the musical and tonal qualities of the steelpan, each playing selections of choice for twenty minutes including a predetermined arrangement of a well-known piece of assessment by a panel of judges.   From 7 pm to 11 pm

• Antigua Carnival 2004 celebration featuring the National Panorama Competition – Steel bands battle it out for the title in Carnival City (Antigua Recreation Ground).  8:00 PM, Antigua, W. I.

• J'Ouvert Alliance will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting with elected officials on Monday, July 26th on Pre-Labor Day activities.   Opportunities to discuss your concerns & problems - all the monumental obstacles faced by STEEL ORCHESTRAS in the community, including the hostile climate and attitudes toward the Steelpan community:
  with Elected Officials
  • Councilman Charles Barron - 42nd Councilmatic District
  • Councilwoman Yvette Clarke - 40th Councilmatic District
  • Councilwoman Letitia James - 35th Councilmatic District
  • Councilman Kendall Stewart - 45th Councilmatic District
  • Councilman Al Vann - 36th Councilmatic District
  
  Time: 7:00 P.M.
  Place: 969 Rogers Avenue
  Bet. Tilden and Veronica
  
  -  For info: J’Ouvert 1 (718) 636-8029

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - International Festival, Gannat, FRANCE

• Pan in Leicester Square.  Pantasia Steel Orchestra playing in Leicester Square. 2 PM – 5 PM.  ENGLAND

• The Providence Summer Music Festival.  Festival Parade in the tradition of New Orleans, Brazil & Trinidad Block Party – Westminster Street Downtown outside the Xxodus Cafe.  Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation.  After the Waterplace Park concert, the steel pans of Utopia Pan Soul: The Next Generation will lead the crowds through downtown Providence to the stage outside the Xxodus Café where Westminster Street will be closed for an outdoor block party.   One of three acts performing at outdoor block party with DJ’s between sets and inside at the Xxodus Café from 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM.   Providence City, Rhode Island, USA.
  
  Contact: Sara Agniel 401-351-0353, Ext. 107   sara@blackrep.org
   
• Pan Loco - at the Sounds of Summer Music Festival - Boston Museum of Science - 11:30 AM. Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
   
• Outdoor music festival to showcase five acts, including Tropical Ice, a steel drum band from the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. The Aberdeen Jazz Society is bringing the first Summer Jam to Aberdeen at the Circle of Flags area in Wylie Park.  The event will run from noon to 10 p.m. Admission is free to the event. Food and drink vendors will be available. For more information, contact Geffre at (605) 626-2312, extension 4242.  Wylie Park, Aberdeen, USA
   
• Pan in Leicester Square.  Metronomes Steel Orchestra playing in Leicester Square.   2 PM – 5 PM. ENGLAND

• Flash in the Pans Community Steelband.  "Twilight Delight", 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Riverside Park, Bangor, Maine, USA

• Steel Sensation at Tavern on the Green.   4:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  Contact Horace L. Morancie at hlmorancie@yahoo.com  1-718- 495-4977,  or Ian at SteelSensation@hotmail.com 1-718-479-4152.  Central Park at West 67th Street, New York, NY, USA

• Despers U.S.A. Steel Orchestra invites all to their Bar-B-Que Fund Raiser: Featuring Despers U.S.A, Utopia Pan Soul: The Next Generation, Marsicans Steel Orchestra.  From 4:00 PM - Midnight. Showtime: 7 PM to Midnight.  Venue: Despers USA Pan Loft, 621 Classon Avenue (between Atlantic Ave. & Pacific Street), Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra performs at the St. Lucian Mission event - 438 East 49^th (between Church and Snyder Aves.), Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Harmony Steel Orchestra at the Flatbush Avenue Street Fair.  Showtime between 2 and 6 PM.  Flatbush Ave. and Parkside Ave., Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Pan in Leicester Square.  Panecktar Steelband plays in Leicester Square.  2 PM – 5 PM.  ENGLAND

• Harmony Steel Orchestra Band Launching.  Featuring other major New York Steelbands at the event including:  CASYM, Dem Stars and Pan Ambassadors.  From 4:00 PM.  Venue:    St. Matthew's Gym - Lincoln Place, between Schenectady Ave. and Utica Ave. (corner of Utica), Brooklyn, New York, USA
   
• Pan in Leicester Square.  Glissando Steel Orchestra appearing in Leicester Square.  2 PM – 5 PM.  ENGLAND
   
• David Rudder & Friends - THE RHYTHM RIVER - a Celebration of Cultures - featuring Mungal Patasar on sitar and Andy Narell on steelpan. Other performers include: Muhtadi, The Hummingbird Tassa Drummers, Swizzle Stick Theatre and Jesse Ketchum School Steel Orchestra.  8:00 PM.  Venue: Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, CANADA
   
• Pan Ivory Cultural Association holds its Fund Raising Midnight Boat Ride Cruise aboard the American Princess, 1 World Fair Marina., Flushing, Queens, from 12:00 Midnight to 4 a.m. Lennox & Merle Phillip: 718-525-5084 or 917-699-6757 Simon Cummings : 718-672-0966 or 347-526-4168.  Queens, New York, USA

• St. Lucia Panorama, 8:00 PM.  Venue: Euralis Bouty Sports Complex, St. Lucia, W. I.
   

• Croydon Extravaganza.  Croydon Steel Orchestra playing at the Extravaganza, 7:30 PM.   Arnhem Gallery, Fairfield Hall.  Croydon, ENGLAND

• Morgantown: Steel Drum Central.  For one week in July, Morgantown, West Virginia becomes the center of the steel drum universe as it hosts nearly 100 performers, music educators, students and enthusiasts from all across the world for Ellie Mannette’s 12th annual “Festival of Steel” workshop.
  
  Special to this year’s Festival is a kick-off performance by Robert Greenidge (famed pannist for Jimmy Buffet), 8:30p at the Hazel Ruby Mcquain outdoor Amphitheatre.  Greenidge will be the featured performer at the city’s well-attended fireworks event.

• Marsicans's band launching with a Bangggggg - Marsicans Steel Orchestra, Inc.  Appearing are 3 of New York's top Steel Bands, plus Marsicans Steel Orchestra - 4 PM - 12 Midnight - at the Tropical Garden Backyard Complex, 1488 Schenectady Ave., (bet. Farragut Rd. & Dead end), Brooklyn, USA
   
• Lexington Concert Series. Island Celebration, Part II, Featured artists for a second year at Concerts in the Park are the Caribbean sounds of local steel drum band PANTASIA. Music of the islands with a modern flavor makes for a fun-filled afternoon in the park.  From 4 – 6 p.m. Free to the public
  Venue: Virginia Hylton Park , Highway 6 at Maiden Lane in Lexington , South Carolina, USA

• Clyde "Lightning" George on his double tenors performs with Crazy, the lovable lunatic, at Trinity United's Cultural Fest at 400 W. 95th St. Showtimes:  11 AM and 1 PM.  Admission FREE
   
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - Cricket Festival. Headinley   10:00 am   Leeds, England vs West Indies, Manchester   ENGLAND
   
• Knockholt Carnival - Croydon Steel Orchestra playing at the Carnival.  Kent, ENGLAND

• Clyde "Lightning" George on his double tenors performs with the Mighty Sparrow at the Festival of Life in Washington Park, 51st and Cottage Grove at 7:30 PM.

• Zuhrah Steel Drum Band will be one of the bands participating as the Forest Lake community marks its 80^th annual Independence Day celebration with a 5-day long celebration, July 1-5, 2004.  Carnival rides, fireworks, dance music, bingo and food vendors a plenty. From 9 AM.  Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA

• Mangrove Steel Band provides entertainment at The Olympic Torch Relay, which passes through the Pool of London at 4.00 PM  Saturday.  Website: www.london.gov.uk/torchrelay
   
• North Stars Steel Orchestra - Music in the Square. The 24th Annual Festival of the Arts - Grassington 2004 Festival.  10.30 AM -12.20 PM.  Grassington, Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK
   

• Steel band Festival at NORDfest Zurich-Oerlikon.  June 25th - 27th 2004, for schedule and information go to http://www.steelband-offbeat.com.    Zurich, SWITZERLAND.

• Pan Jazz Father's Day Concert at Lincoln Center - featuring Garvin Blake, Andy Narell, Liam Teague, ADLIB Steel Orchestra and Arturo Tappin - go to www.tropicalsensation.com for ticket information and more details.  New York, U.S.A.

• Chabot Panhandlers Steel Drum Band at "We Carnival" - A family-oriented daylong celebration inclusive of music including a carnival-style street parade and world music festival with three stages, arts, crafts, a kid zone and food vendors. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Admission - Free.   For details call: 1 (831) 425-3447.  San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.

• POPS IN THE PARK: Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra. Prelude: Jim Boyce steel pan ensemble, Dallas Park.  Gates open at 5:30 p.m.  Theme: From Sea to Shining Sea.  Free.  (704) 853-ARTS., North Carolina, USA
   
• Crossfire  Steel Orchestra - 3rd Annual Barbecue - also slated to perform, Pantonic, Radoes, Pan Sonatas, CASYM & Caribbean Youth Panoramics, Pan Phonics and Dem Stars --  at the Brooklyn Athletic Club,  4400 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn,  New York, USA

• Steel Pan Extravaganza featuring performances by Jambalasi, Joubala, Keith Marcelle, Jr., Uri Naransingh, Steel Sensation, Andy Akiho, Nicholas Mohan, Dane Gulston, and hosts - SESAME FLYERS Steel Orchestra,  Showtime 5 - 8 PM; Venue:  IS (Intermediate School) 68, East 81^st Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA

• PECO Energy Multicultural Series Kick-Off Celebration - There'll be steel drum island music, Chinese dancers, ethnic food and more as festival organizers, PECO, and Penn's Landing employees announce the 2004 PECO Energy Multicultural Series at Penn's Landing.   Moshulu Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA, USA

• 23^rd Annual Memorial Day Salute. Parade starts at 10:00 A.M, featuring among others, the "Brockville Ontario Lions Club Steel Drum Band" in their second appearance. Oswego, New York, USA

• Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation presents "Carnival of Instruments - Part III."  From 4 PM- Midnight.  Music provided by Utopia, Pan Jazz Fusion, Andrea Rose Jazz Trio, Brother Marvin.  Venue is McKenzie's Sports Club - 1634 Nostrand Avenue (between Beverly and Tilden Rds.), Brooklyn, New York, USA

• Virginia Beach Pan Festival -  Pan Festival hosts many Pan greats and is an opportunity for the Pan community to learn from the best. The contact for the Pan is www.beacheventsfun.com
   joannesblack@earthlink.net

• Steel Praisin' hosts their annual "Caribbean Night" scheduled for starting with a covered dish dinner at 6:00 PM followed by STEEL PRAISIN' in concert at 7:00 PM.   Venue is:  Friedberg Moravian Church located on Friedberg Church Rd. in Winston-Salem, NC. Admission is free and open to the public.  For more info contact:    Tom Petersen - triadpanman@earthlink.net   (336)775-0832      U.S.A.

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - April Spring Friendship Arts Festival, Pyongyang, NORTH KOREA

• Pan In the 21^st Century - 'Finals' and 'Down Memory Lane' - Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
  From 7 PM.  Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

• Andy Narell & Sakésho at Satalla, New York - 2 performances - 10 PM and Midnight.  For more information go to:   www.satalla.com

• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to ATLANTA -
  New Beginning Full Gospel Baptist Church  - 923 Valley Brook Road, Decatur, GA      7:00 P.M.    USA
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu  for further information.

• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to PHILADELPHIA -
  Bright Hope Baptist Church  - 1601 N 12^th Street, Philadelphia,  PA     7:00 P.M.    USA
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu  for further information.

• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to NEW YORK -
  Goodwill Baptist Church  - 642 -44 Crotona Park S, Bronx, New York     11:00 AM    USA
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu  for further information.
   
• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to NEW YORK -
  Community Protestant Church  - 1659 E. Gun Hill Road, Bronx, New York    4:00 P.M.    USA
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu  for further information.
   

• Champs In Concert - Performances from Pan Champs within concert.   Venue:  Shaw Park.   From 8 PM.    Tobago W.I.

• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to NEW YORK -
  United Palace Theatre  -  4140 Broadway, 7:00 P.M.   New York, NY  U.S.A.
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu for further information.
   
• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to NEW YORK -
  Medgar Evers College  - Bedford Ave.,  between Crown and Montgomery, Brooklyn, NY    12:00 to 2:00 PM.     U.S.A.
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu for further information.
  PERFORMANCE DID NOT TAKE PLACE as scheduled.
   

• Florida Memorial Steelband and Ambassador Chorale Spring Tour to NEW YORK -
  2004 UNCF Awards Gala Sheraton Hotel  - 7th Ave. & 53 Street, Manhattan,  NY  7:00 P.M.        U.S.A.
  Contact Dr. Batson, Musical Director of Florida Memorial Steelband at 305-626-3150 or at dbatson@fmc.edu  for further information.

• Champs In Concert - Performances from Pan Champs within concert.   Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
  From 8 PM.  Trinidad  W.I.

• Trinidad and Tobago Panorama National Finals (conventional bands).  Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.  From 7 PM. Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

• Trinidad and Tobago Panorama National Finals (Single bands).  Basket Ball Court, Arima.
  From 7 PM.    TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra - Lisbon Carnival,  Lisbon,   PORTUGAL

• Trinidad and Tobago Junior Panorama Finals.  At the Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
  From 11:30 AM.  Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

• Trinidad and Tobago Panorama National Semi-Finals (Single Pan bands)  In The Village.
  From 4 PM.  Trinidad & Tobago, W. I.

• Trinidad and Tobago Junior Panorama Preliminaries (Judging in bands' Panyards). In North/East/South/ Central/Tobago.
  From 11 AM.  Trinidad & Tobago, W. I.

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra -   American School,  St. John’s Wood    7:00 PM     ENGLAND
   
• Trinidad and Tobago Panorama National Semi-Finals (conventional bands).  Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
  From 11 AM.   Trinidad & Tobago, W. I.

• St. Lucia's Junior Steelpan Festival  - in St. Lucia at the Cultural Centre Grounds on Sunday Feb. 1 at 3:00 PM.             ST. LUCIA, W.I.

• Trinidad and Tobago Panorama National Preliminaries (Judging in bands' respective Panyards) & Dimanche Gras competition for Conventional bands).  In North/East/South/Central/Tobago.
  From 7 PM.  Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

• The Ontario Steelpan Association will be at the International Chinese Parade held in Hong Kong, commemorating the Chinese New Year.  Eight Steelpan players representing Pan Fantasy, Afro Pan, Panatics, Silhouettes, New Dimension, Pan masters and others will form the Steelband that will represent the Caribbean Canadians along with Limbo, calypso and Mas.  The troupe will consist of thirty people, under the banner of Caribbean Cultural Committee.  HONG KONG.

• Panhead - alternative world jazz featuring Joseph 'Panhead' Peck on steel pans - will be at the Temple Bar - 9 PM.  Temple Bar is located at 1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA.   Call 1 (213) 840-6892 for more information. U.S.A.

• Utopia Pan Soul:  The Next Generation - 2:00 PM.  Sunday Concerts at Queens Borough Public Library - venue:  The Central Library.  Call 1-718-990-0778.  89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY   U.S.A.