2012 Calendar of Past Steelpan Music Events

• Earl La Pierre performs.  Time:  3:00–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Paseo in the Town Centre, Camana Bay, GRAND CAYMAN.
   

• Pantastic, Cayman Prep’s steel pan band performs at a free concert.  Time:  4:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Crescent, Camana Bay, GRAND CAYMAN.
   

• RASPO Orchestra presents RASPO Calypso and Carols concert II.  Time:  11 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Broad Street East (outside M&S and The Oracle), Reading, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• CONTACT! The New York Philharmonic New Music Series at The Met Museum showcases percussionist, panist and composer Andy Akiho’s “Oscillate” (World Premiere, New York Philharmonic commission), with Jayce Orgen, conductor.   Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95^th Street, New York, New York, USA.   Info/tickets:  1 (212) 875-5656.
   

• RASPO Orchestra presents RASPO Calypso and Carols concert II.  Time:  11 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Broad Street East (outside M&S and The Oracle), Reading, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• Toys for Tots Benefit Concert with Potts & Pans Steelband.  Bring a Toy to Donate for Admission.  Time:  7:00 p.m. CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue:  Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, 8505 Church Street, Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA.
   
• CONTACT! The New York Philharmonic New Music Series at The Met Museum showcases percussionist, panist and composer Andy Akiho’s “Oscillate” (World Premiere, New York Philharmonic commission), with Jayce Orgen, conductor.   Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82^nd Street), New York, New York, USA.   Info/tickets:  1 (212) 570-3949.
   
• 3^rd Annual Pan Parang Affair features performances by Crossfire, Despers USA, D’Radoes, East Side Symphony, Harmony, New York Pan Stars, Despers USA and Steel Sensation steel orchestras and Brooklyn Dancers.  Showtime:  8:00 p.m.  Venue: The Tropical Paradise Ballroom, 1367 Utica Avenue, (between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    More info/tickets - Mike: 1 (347) 528-3560;  Dougie:  1 (347) 262-5746; George:  1 (347) 409-2214.
   

• Ssu-yung Wang (Berklee College of Music) Senior recital. Taiwanese steel pan/vibraphone player Ssu-yun Wang leads her band at her senior recital, playing some of her original compositions.  Time:  1:00 p.m.  The Red Room, Cafe 939, 939 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.  Link to live webcast of recital
   

• CASYM Steel Orchestra presents their annual concert Carols & Classics - A Holiday Extravaganza.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, USA.  More info: 1 (718) 735-6708; casyminfo@aol.com 
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra presents their Christmas Concert.  Time:  NA.  Venue:  Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• NYU Steel is in concert, with a program which includes their interpretations of music by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Andre Tanker, the Roaring Lion, Liam Teague, Edwin Pouchet’s ‘It’s Showtime’ as arranged by Kendall Williams and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  NYU Steinhardt Percussion Penthouse, 35 West 4^th Street, 13^th floor, New York, New York, USA.  Penthouse seating is very limited; and is offered on a first-come basis.  Free and open to the public.
   

• Enjoy great performances by The Garvin Blake Quartet, featuring Garvin Blake on double second, Frankie McIntosh on keyboards, Calvin Jones on bass & Chris Eddleton on drums.  Time:  6:30–9:00 p.m.   Venue:  Sugarcane Restaurant, 238 Flatbush Avenue (between Bergen Street and 6th Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Reservations:  1 (718) 230-3954.
   

• First Annual Clive Bradley Memorial Classic & Carol Music Festival.  Appearing:  ADLIB, CASYM, CrossFire, Despers USA, Pantonic and Sonatas Steel Orchestra, and USA East Side Symphony.  Time:  7:00-12:00 p.m.  Venue:  Walt Whitman Hall, Brooklyn College, 2900 Campus Road, Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Tickets:  1 (718) 434-0231
   
• Pan Fried Steel Drum Band presents a Gala Caribbean Holiday Concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue: The Saco River Theatre (formerly the Saco River Grange Hall), 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills, Maine, USA.     Info - 1 (207) 929-6472
   
• The Western Illinois University Steel Band performs.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue: the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall, 1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois, USA.  Concert is open free to the public.  Info: 1 (309) 298-1843.
   

• Silent Auction and Steel Drum Concert with the Coastal Carolina University Steel Band and guest artist Liam Teague.  Time:  5:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Risen Christ Lutheran Church and School, 10595 Hwy 17 N, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.     Info/tickets: 1 (843) 272-8163
   

• The Bates Steel Pan Orchestra performs in concert.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street, Bates College, Maine, USA.    Info
   
• Desperadoes presents A Classical Christmas Musical Gala in Celebration of the lives of Dr. Pat Bishop and Mr. Bertie Marshall.  Performances by Robert Greenidge, the Lydian Singers, Xavier Strings Band, Destra Garcia and Desperadoes Steel Orchestra.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue: National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Info
   

• The WWVA [Walla Walla Valley Academy] presents their Big Band and Steel Drum Band Christmas concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the WWVA auditorium, Walla Walla Valley Academy, 300 SW Academy Way, College Place, Washington, USA.     Info
   

• ASU (Arizona State University) Pan Devils Steel Band performs in concert.  Time:   7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Katzin Concert Hall, Music Building, Mill Avenue and Gammage Parkway, Tempe, Arizona, USA.     Info
   

• Oleg Butman and Natalya Smirnova screen their second, much-anticipated album “Runway” - in concert - featuring two great musicians from the U.S. - ace steel panist Leon “Foster” Thomas and bassist Essiet Essiet.  Time:  6:00—9:00 p.m.   Venue:  Republic of Komi Philharmonic , Syktyvkar, ul. Lenin, 61, RUSSIA.   Info
   

• NIU (Northern Illinois University) Steelband with Liam Teague & Cliff Alexis - directors, Ensemble Concert Series with guest artist Freddie Harris, III.  Time: 3:00 p.m. CDT (Central Daylight Time). Venue:  the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
   
• MESH (Malick-Exodus-Signal Hill) present “Come All Ye Faithful” featuring performances by Malick Folk Performing Company, Exodus Steel Orchestra and Signal Hill Alumni Choir.  Showtimes:  3:00 p.m.  and  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Hall, 1–3 St. Ann’s Road, St. Ann’s, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info/Tickets:  1 (868) 681-8776; 1 (868) 678-7106.
   
• Schola Cantorum of Waynesboro presents Classical Rhythms, including The Magnificat by John Rutter and St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass, accompanied by JMU’s Steel Band.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Waynesboro First Baptist Church, 301 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia, USA.
   

• Grand-final round for the Talent Expression Competition 2012 organized by the Southern Marines Steel Orchestra features contestants comprising vocalists, dancers, monologists, panists and poets in the competition.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Southern Marines Pan Palais, Southern Main Road, Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info:  1 (868) 794-9863;   southernmarines@live.com;  southernmarines@gmail.com
   
• MESH (Malick-Exodus-Signal Hill) present “Come All Ye Faithful” featuring performances by Malick Folk Performing Company, Exodus Steel Orchestra and Signal Hill Alumni Choir.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Hall, 1–3 St. Ann’s Road, St. Ann’s, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info/Tickets:  1 (868) 681-8776; 1 (868) 678-7106.
   

• MESH (Malick-Exodus-Signal Hill) present “Come All Ye Faithful” featuring performances by Malick Folk Performing Company, Exodus Steel Orchestra and Signal Hill Alumni Choir.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Hall, 1–3 St. Ann’s Road, St. Ann’s, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info/Tickets:  1 (868) 681-8776; 1 (868) 678-7106.
   

• Miami University Steel Band performs, with special guest steel panist Victor Provost. Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Hall Auditorium, 101 S. Campus Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, USA.     Contact:  1 (513) 529-3014     Info
   

• Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra presents “Classical Jewels X.”  Performances from Trinidad All Stars, and guest artistes including the Marionettes Chorale, Dane Gulston, Mia Gormandy, Jacqueline Smith, Keisha Baisden and J. Errol Lewis.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue: National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   

• Steelpan Rising features veteran arranger and virtuoso steel pan musician Robert Greenidge headlining a theatrical depiction of the development of the steelpan instrument - in spoken word, dance and steelpan performances - along with Trinidad & Tobago Steel, Something Positive, Inc., Afro Caribbean Dance Theater, Mas Makers Massive, Carnival Folk Arts Engine Room/Drum Circle with Val Serrant.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.  Showtime:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Buriel Clay Theater, 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, California, USA.    Info:  1 (510) 698-4456.
   
• Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra presents “Classical Jewels X.”  Performances from Trinidad All Stars, and guest artistes including the Marionettes Chorale, Dane Gulston, Mia Gormandy, Jacqueline Smith, Keisha Baisden and J. Errol Lewis.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue: National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   

• Pan in D Rosa features Desperadoes, Silver Stars, Fonclaire, Melodians, Sound Specialists of Laventille, Arima Golden Symphony, Harmonites, Renegades, Arima Angel Harps and Starlift steel orchestras.  Time:  4:00–12:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lime Boulevard, Santa Rosa Heights, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   
• Invaders Steel Orchestra celebrates its 10^th Anniversary of Pan, Parang and Pork, with performances by Invaders Steel Orchestra, H20 PHLO, The Jacobs Family, calypsonian Scrunter, Los Dinamicos and Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra.  Time:  5:30 p.m.–Midnight.  Venue:  QPCC Car Park, Queen’s Park Oval, Elizabeth Street, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Info - Desi:  1 (868) 798-7573; Courtney:  1 (868) 776-5592.     More
   
• The finals of the International Steelpan Jazz Challenge features the eight qualifying ensembles:  Sforzata, Sound Specialists of Laventille, Codrington Pan Family, Golden Hands, Couva Joylanders, Trinidad & Tobago Police Service Band, Renegades and Moyenne.  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     More
   

• Semi-final round for the Talent Expression Competition 2012 organized by the Southern Marines Steel Orchestra features contestants comprising vocalists, dancers, monologists, panists and poets in the competition.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Southern Marines Pan Palais, Southern Main Road, Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info:  1 (868) 794-9863;   southernmarines@live.com;  southernmarines@gmail.com
   
• It’s ‘Pan In Style’ - steel pan music by Sforzata, and stylish runway fashions with a cast of international plus size models and designers.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Sforzata Steel Orchestra panyard, corner Harris and Evans Streets, St. Augustine, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Tickets - 1 (868) 764-5473; 1 (868) 295-3940; caripsfw@gmail.com     Info
   
• Pure Magic, in celebration of Trinidad & Tobago’s 50^th Anniversary, features concert performances by steelpan virtuosos Robert Greenidge and Len “Boogsie” Sharpe.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Central Bank Auditorium, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info/Tickets:  1 (868) 624-4569; 1 (868) 378-4837; mortbaptiste@gmail.com
   

• SanFest - Eight primary school steel orchestras and eleven secondary schools steel orchestras compete in the National Junior Arts Festival Steelpan Finals.  Time:  10:00 a.m.  Venue:  Skinner Park, corner Kirton-Rienzi Highway & Cipero Street, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info
   

• Courtney’s first class steel pan music at the sunset Celebration.  Time:  4:00–7:00 p.m.  Venue:   Al Sufouh Road, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, DU, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.    Status:  Ongoing; this is a daily show.    Info
   

• Pan Clash 2012 showcases steel pan soloists 13 to 24 years in age, in competition.   Time:  6:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Mau Mau Bar, 265 Portobello Road, London, ENGLAND, U.K.   panclash@hotmail.co.uk    Info
   

• Antigua & Barbuda Schools Panorama features fourteen steel orchestras in competition - six in the Primary School category and eight from the country's secondary schools.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Yasco Sport complex in St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I.    Info
   

• UGA (University of Georgia) Steel Band performs.  Time:  6:00–7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, 230 River Road, Athens, Georgia, USA.     Contact:  Joshua Cutchin - 1 (706) 542-4752
   

• Fourth International Steelpan Conference - Theme:  “From Empire Windrush to the London 2012 Olympics; An Epic Journey for Steelpan, Calypso and Carnival”   Main Venue:  University of East London, Strafford Campus,  London, ENGLAND.
  
  October 26:
  • ‘The School of Steelpan’ Inaugural Opening.  Time:  7:00–10:00 p.m.  Central Park, Lily’s Walk, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK.    Registration:   jacqueroberts@btinternet.com

  October 27:

  • Conference: Calypso and Carnival.  Time:  9:30 -5:00 p.m.  Venue:  University of East London; Cass School of Education and Communities, Stratford Campus, (near the Olympic Village), Water Lane, London.

  October 27:

  • An Evening Show Entitled: “Just Kitch: A Celebration of the Grandmaster Lord Kitchener in Calypso and Pan.”   Time: 7:30–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carnival Village The Yaa Centre, 1 Chippenham Mews, London. 

  October 28:

  • Conference: Calypso Steelpan and Calypso Arts, Film Footage, Interactive Panel Discussions etc.  Time:  9:30 -5:00 p.m.  Venue:  University of East London; Cass School of Education and Communities, Stratford Campus, (near the Olympic Village), Water Lane, London.

  Attending the conference is free, but registration is necessary.  Email here -  gharbia_shah@btinternet.com or L.Mccalman@uel.ac.uk.  For further information click here, or visit www.nostalgiasteelband.co.uk
   

• It’s Pan Extravaganza 3 with The Musical Apostles (Kingston Parish Church), Tage On Steel (First United Methodist Church, Maryland, USA) and Stella Maris Steelband (Stella Maris Church), along with guest soloist Lori Burnett in concert.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Kingston Parish Church Hall (The Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle), 70b King Street, Kingston, JAMAICA, W.I.          
  Tickets:  Music Mart, Twin Gates Plaza - 1 (876) 926-4687; Kingston Parish Church Office - 1 (876) 922-6888 and - at The Door.
   

• WNYC Soundcheck Live! Program:
  Ted Hearne, But I Voted for Shirley Chisholm (world premiere)
  Matt Marks, new vocal work (world premiere)
  Tim Fite, Copycat
  Chris Cerrone, new work for Pan Sonatas Steel Orchestra and Brooklyn Philharmonic chamber ensemble (world premiere)
  Kendall Williams, new work for Pan Sonatas Steel Orchestra and Brooklyn Philharmonic chamber ensemble (world premiere)
  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey Street (between West Street & North End Avenue), New York, New York, USA.   (Free - RSVP not required)     Info
   

• Texas Tech Steel Drum and Percussion Ensembles perform, featuring music of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, AC/DC, Lord Kitchener and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Allen Theatre, 15^th Street & Boston Avenue, Student Union Building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.     Info
   

• Trincan Steel Orchestra celebrates 30 years, and presents their 30^th Anniversary Concert.  Time:  ‎2:00 p.m.‎ in ‎UTC-06‎.  Venue:  Rice Theatre at the Citadel, 9828 101A Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA.   Free event, limited seating, tickets required.     Info   
   
• D’Radoes Steel Orchestra invites all to attend their Fundraising concert in support of fellow steelpan musician Peter Nelson aka “Bomber”/“Showtime” who has had cancer-related surgery to remove a tumor but now has to undergo chemo and radiation treatments in his ongoing health battle; this event is to assist him with his medical bills.  Musical performances by D’Radoes Steel Orchestra, Heart Of Steel, Tropical Pan Vibes, KIT Caribbean Connections, soca artists Young Voice, Trinity, Lava Rebel, Kiko-Dan, Meshach, Kenyba, Designer and more.  Solo pan performances by: Jason “Peanut” Isaac, Freddy Harris, III, Ricardo Jerome, Patrick Davis, Patrick Phillip, Oscar Williams and Roland “Little Man” Richards.  Time:  5:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue:  Café Omar, corner Nostrand Avenue and Clarendon Road, Brooklyn, New York, USA.       Suggested donation:  $10:00    Info
   
• The qualifying round of the International Steelpan Jazz Challenge features thirteen ensembles participating.  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     List of bands and more info
   

• Preliminary round for the Talent Expression Competition 2012 organized by the Southern Marines Steel Orchestra features contestants comprising vocalists, dancers, monologists, panists and poets in the competition.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Southern Marines Pan Palais, Southern Main Road, Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info:  1 (868) 794-9863;   southernmarines@live.com;  southernmarines@gmail.com
   

• Courtney’s first class steel pan music at the sunset Celebration.  Time:  4:00–7:00 p.m.  Venue:   Al Sufouh Road, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, DU, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.    Status:  Ongoing; this is a daily show. 
   

• The Coastal Carolina University (CCU) World Music Ensemble presents the concert “Skin and Steel” featuring the CCU Steel Pan Ensemble performing music from composers Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Andy Narell and many more, and also the CCU Afro-Cuban Folkloric Music Ensemble.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the Coastal Carolina University Wheelwright Auditorium, 108 Spadoni Park Circle, Conway, South Carolina, USA.
   

• Mosaic Steel Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble performs for the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Reception.  Time:  6:00–7:30 p.m.  Venue: Attucks Theatre, Crispus Attucks Cultural Center, Inc., 1010 Church Street (intersection of Church Street and Virginia Beach Boulevard), Norfolk, Virginia, USA. , USA.
   

• Sogren Trace Pan Jazz Festival features Len “Boogsie” Sharpe & Friends, Ray Holman and his Band, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, Laventille Serenaders and Tokyo Steel Orchestra.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Sogren Trace Recreational Facility Grounds, Laventille, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Admission:  free.    Info
   
• Mosaic Steel Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble performs during the Blessed Sacrament 2012-2013 Concert Series.  Time:  5:30–7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 6400 Newport Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
   

• Winnipeg Steel Orchestra performs.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the Trinity United Church, 15 Tupper Street South, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, USA.     Info - Pauline @ 1 (204) 857-9817.
   

• ‘Live at Laman’ presents the SteelCats Steel Drum Ensemble from Episcopal Collegiate School.  Time:  7:00–8:15 p.m.  Venue:  William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
   

• The “Ballare: To Dance” concert takes a voyage through classical music scores with strong world music flavours.  It features two new works, the first being a Suite for Solo Steel Pan and Strings.  Musicians include Timescale Ensemble (soloists from London Symphony Orchestras) along with world music instrumentalists, including solo steel pan, sitar, tabla, guitar and bandoneon, plus some voices.  Time:  6:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester, ENGLAND, U.K.      Info
   
• Album release concert of “Mischief,” brand new from Leon “Foster” Thomas.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  WDNA 88.9 FM Studio, 2921 Coral Way, Miami, Florida, USA.     Info
   

• Potts & Pans Steelband perform for the ‘First Friday’ concert of the season.  Time:  7:00–8:30 p.m.  Venue:  Lost Valley Visitor Center, Glacial Park, 6316 Harts Road, Ringwood, off of Route 31, Woodstock, Illinois, USA.
   

• Courtney’s first class steel pan music at the sunset Celebration.  Time:  4:00–7:00 p.m.  Venue:   Al Sufouh Road, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, DU, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.     Info
   

• Youth Day features performances from several junior steel ensembles including St. Margaret’s Boys,’ Skiffle Youth Option One, Exocubs, Fonclaire Youth, Old Tech Youth, Renegades Youth and Success Stars Steel Orchestras.  Admission is free.  Part of Pan Trinbago’s Steelband Month roster of activities.  Time:  1:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• The Stella Maris Steel Band presents its 10^th anniversary concert ‘Pantastic 10.’  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Courtleigh Auditorium, 8 St. Lucia Avenue, Kingston 5, St. Andrew, JAMAICA, W.I.       Info
   

• Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra Five-a-Side presents a concert.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  La Casa de Ibiza, 163 Tragarete Road, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info - 1 (868) 318-0100; 1 (868) 343-9593.
   

• In commemoration of Trinidad & Tobago’s 50th Anniversary of Independence, Pan Trinbago and the Ministry of Planning present - SteelFestTT Floats & Steelband Parade featuring Arima Golden Symphony, Sound Specialists of Laventille, Trinidad All Stars, Buccooneers, Fonclaire, Phase II, Harmonites, Super Nova, Tropical Angel Harps, Skiffle, Brimblers, La Creole Pan Groove, Marsicans, New Age Trendsetters and Trinidad East Side.  Time:  2:00–10:00 p.m.  Route:  beginning at Adam Smith Square, across Ariapita Avenue, up Colville Street, on to Cipriani Boulevard to Queen’s Park Savannah, entering the Savannah from Frederick Street entrance to the Grand Stand, where all fifteen bands will simultaneously play “Portrait of Trinidad” arranged by Jit Samaroo.  Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   

• Andy Akiho performs with Foundry featuring Sam Adams on bass and James Yoshizawa on drums at the Carlsbad Festival.  Time: 3:00 p.m.   Venue:  Magee Park, 258 Beech Avenue, Carlsbad, California, USA.     Info
   
• The all-woman, Bahama Mammas Steel Drum Band performs.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The Buchanan Theatre, 19778 Main Street, Buchanan, Virginia, USA.     Info:  1 (540) 254-1212.
   

• Andy Akiho performs at the Carlsbad Festival.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Village Music Walk, Carlsbad Village Train Station, Carlsbad, California, USA.       Info
   

• Euphoria Steel Band appears in concert at the Grand Finale event of the 2012 Hailsham Arts Festival.  Costumed dancers and drummers from the Brighton School of Samba round out an evening of calypso, soca, reggae and ska, as well as solos from ‘Europe’s Top Pan Woman’ Rachel Hayward.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Hailsham Pavilion Cinema and Theatre, George Street, Hailsham, East Sussex, ENGLAND, UK.
   

• Gratitude Steel Band presents “Back to School Bash!” Fun for all ages, dance to steel drum music.  Fun for all ages!  Registration required. Time:  6:30-7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the front lawn of Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library, 500 Center Avenue, Bay City, Michigan, USA.    Call 1 (989) 893-9566.
   

• Despers USA ‘After Panorama Fete’ is on.  Great music & food!  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  1072 Atlantic Avenue (between Classon & Franklin Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Free admission.
   
• Jazz@37North presents Bickley Rivera Steelpan Nu-Jazz.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  14250 Reeck Road, Southgate, Michigan, USA.     Info
   

• First Annual Caribbean Day Festival features stilt walkers, arts & crafts, kids’ rides, steelband performances by ADLIB, Sonatas and Steel Sensation, Carnival costumes, folk dancers and much more.  Time:  12 Noon–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Suffolk County Community College, 100 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, New York, USA.    Info:  1 (631) 213-7970.     Info
   
• The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra featuring Jonathan Scales on double second, performs.  Time: 5:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street (between Houston & Stanton Streets), New York, New York, USA.   Free admission.    www.jonscales.com
   

• St. Vincent & the Grenadines’ Starlift Steel Orchestra appears in concert. Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Friends of Crown Heights, 671 Prospect Place (between Bedford and Franklin Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Tickets/info - Verna:  1 (718) 758-2416.
   

• Annual New York Steelband Music Panorama competition - featuring the following steel orchestras:  CrossFire, D’Radoes, Despers USA, Harmony, Metro, Pantonic, Pan Sonatas, Sesame Flyers, USA Eastside Symphony and defending champions ADLIB.  Note:  steelbands listed are subject to change.  Doors open 6:00 p.m.  Showtime:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:   Brooklyn Museum Grounds, 209 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Info
   

• City Sunvalley Steel Orchestra hosts ‘Celebrating the Icons of Nelson Street,’ in ongoing celebration of Trinidad & Tobago’s 50^th Anniversary of Independence.  Steel orchestras participating are:  Phase II Pan Groove, Renegades, Woodbrook Playboyz, Trinidad All Stars, Desperadoes, St. James Tripolians, Sapophonics, La Famille United, Freelancers and City Sunvalley.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Nelson Street between Duke and Prince Streets, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   
• Ed Desjardins and the Mad Anthony Pan Handlers steel drum band performs.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.  Showtime:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Ladd Center, 26 Gott Road.     Info     Contact:     1  (207) 685-3612.
   
• Take in Sugarcane Restaurant’s Pre-Labor Day Pan Jazz Celebration with The Garvin Blake Quartet, featuring Garvin Blake on double second, Frankie McIntosh on Keyboards, Calvin Jones on Bass & Chris Eddleton on Drums.  Time:  6:30–9:00 p.m.   Venue:  Sugarcane Restaurant, 238 Flatbush Avenue (between Bergen Street and 6th Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Reservations:  1 (718) 230-3954.
   

• The 4^th steelband festival features the Swiss steelbands Quilombo, Panomania, Abracadabra, Panphonics, Barrel Drummers, Extempo, Steelband Burgdorf and Steelband Lyss.  Time: 3:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue:  Mosergarten, 8200 Schaffhausen, SWITZERLAND.
   
• 2012 UK National Steelband Panorama Competition features performances by defending champions Mangrove Steel Band, CSI Steel Band, Real Steel, Croydon, Ebony and Metronomes.  Time:  7:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Horniman’s Pleasance, Kensal Road off Ladbroke Grove, London, ENGLAND, UK.   Info
   
• The Woodbrook Community Association presents a Steelpan Parade in celebration of Trinidad & Tobago’s celebration 50^th Anniversary of Independence.  Steel orchestras participating are:  Invaders, Phase II Pan Groove, Starlift, Silver Stars, Harvard Harps, Brimblers, Woodbrook Modernaires and Woodbrook Playboyz.  Invited bands:  Hummingbird Steel Orchestra, Scrunters Pan Groove, St. James Tripolians and more.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue/Parade Route:  Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   
• EVENT CANCELLED:  Club St. Vincent, Inc. presents a “Cultural Explosion” featuring a first-ever NYC performance by St. Vincent & the Grenadines’ Starlift Steel Orchestra.  Time:  TBA.  Venue:  Mahalia Jackson High School, 790 East New York Avenue, (between Troy and Schenectady Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Tickets/info - Verna:  1 (718) 758-2416.
   
• Metro Steel Orchestra presents its 2012 Band Launching -Dollar Rama, featuring performances by Metro Steel Orchestra and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  462-466 Fenimore Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   

• Mosaic Chamber Ensemble performs for ‘Entertainment on the Plaza.’  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Fountain Plaza - Town Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
   

• Mosaic Steel Orchestra performs for Harbor’s Edge Annual Luau.  Time:  5:30–7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Harbor’s Edge, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
   

• Ebony Steelband’s Block-o-rama features performances by Ebony, Metronomes Steelband, Mangrove Steelband and London All Stars Steelband.  Time:  2:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Powis Square, opposite The Tabernacle, Talbot Road on Powis Square, Notting Hill, London, ENGLAND.
   
• Debra ‘Pan Diva’ Ahmad Romain performs during the ‘Women in Tune’ (WIT) music festival.  Time:  9:15—10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Swn Y Ddol, Llanfair Clydogau, Lampeter, Ceredigion, WALES, U.K.    Details
   
• The Pan Loco Steel Drum Band performs as part of the Sodus Bay Lighthouse Free Sunday Summer Concert Series.  Time:  2:00–4:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum, 7606 North Ontario Street, Sodus Point, New York, USA.
   

• CrossFire Steel Orchestra presents 50 Years of Trinidad & Tobago Independence featuring Despers USA, Satisfyers Steel Orchestra and hosts CrossFire.  Time:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  1111 Utica Avenue Avenue (between Beverley & Clarendon Roads), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info:  1 (347) 262-5476; 1 (347) 623-8080; 1 (347) 620-1529.
   

• Despers USA 2012 Band Launching features performances by hosts Despers USA, D’Radoes, ADLIB, Pan Sonatas, CASYM, New York Pan Stars, Steel Sensation, East Side, CrossFire, Harmony, Pantonic, Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation & more.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  1072 Atlantic Avenue (between Classon & Franklin Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info - Kern:  1 (718) 926-6578; Junior:  1 (347) 972-3877; Jojo:  1 (347) 526-9886.
   
• FLASH! in the Pans Steel Drum Band performs in concert outdoors.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 132 Botanical Gardens Drive, Boothbay, Maine, USA.     Info
   
• Pastiche Steel Ensemble appears in concert.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Avenue Curtiss Hall-10th Floor, Chicago, Illinois, USA.     Info/Tickets
   

• The Coulee Region Steel Band performs.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pettibone Boat Club, 127 Marina Drive, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Holmen, USA.     Info
   

• Carnival Kids Steel Orchestra performs.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Stuart Steiner Theatre in the Genesee Center for the Arts, 1 College Road, Batavia, New York, USA.
   
• Defenders of the Pan - a talk format show with steelpan stalwarts reminisce, share their experiences of old.  Speakers include: Hugh “Dasheen” Hackett, Kirton “Eddie Boom” Moore and Claude “Six Kerchiefs” Bryon.  Part of Pan Trinbago’s Steelband Month roster of activities.  Time:   6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Renegades Pan Theatre, 138 Charlotte Street, Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Virginia CaribFest 2012 features many activities, including a Steel Pan Jamboree, with Mosaic Steel Orchestra & others, and live bands.  Overall event time:  11:00 a.m.  Venue:  Town Point Park, Downtown Norfolk, Virginia Waterfront, Virginia, USA.     Info
   
• Caribbean Steel Band Jamboree; learn about steelpans.  Time:  2:00–3:00 p.m.  Venue:  WB-Meeting Room B, West Babylon Library, 211 Route 109, West Babylon, New York, USA.    Ticket, registration required - 1 (631) 669-5445.     Info
   
• University of Akron Steel Drum Quartet performs.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Stow-Munroe Falls Library, 3512 Darrow Road, Stow, Ohio, USA.
   
• Grenada National Panorama features eight of the country’s noted steel orchestras in competition, including defending champions Angel Harps.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  National Stadium, Queen’s Park, St. George’s, GRENADA, W.I.    More
   
• Len “Boogsie” Sharpe appears in concert.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Len “Boogsie” Sharpe appears in concert.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Steelpanist Debra Romain Ahmad performs.  Time:  7:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue:  Caffe Concerto Village, Ariel Way, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 7GE, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• The annual Laventille Steelband Foundation Festival (LSF) Street Parade features participation and performances from many conventional steel orchestras and single pan bands.  Time:  N/A.  Venue/Route:  begins along the Eastern Main Road in front of the House of Angostura, and ends further along in Success Village, Laventille, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• CASYM Steel Orchestra presents their Annual Band Launch featuring performances by Sonatas, Higher Levin, Pantonic, CASYM, Icidic Dancers and more.  Time: 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  2514 Albemarle Road (Pantonic’s Panyard - between Veronica Place & Lott Street), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info
   

• Sonatas Steel Orchestra presents its 3^rd Annual Sports Day.  Events include:  Ultimate Band vs Band, Basketball, 3-Legged Race, Egg & Spoon, Apple-bobbing, Sack Race, Hot-dog Eating Contest and more....  Food and drinks will be available.  All are invited to come out and ‘rep’ their bands!  Time:  12:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Sonatas Pan Yard, 1254 Sterling Place, (between Troy & Albany Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Info - Mack:  1 (718) 496-5133; Nyana:  1 (516) 710-4130; Lisa:  1 (347) 854-2179.    Bands are asked to RSVP so that everyone may be accommodated.   Check out all the fun last year!
   
• Mosaic Steel Orchestra performs for ‘Entertainment on the Plaza.’  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Fountain Plaza - Town Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
   
• Grenada National Junior Panorama features Florida All Stars, Pan Ossia, Rainbow City All Stars, New Dimension, Grand Roy Pan Angels, Commancheros, Angel Harps and Pan Lovers junior steel orchestras.  Time:  N/A.  Venue:  St. George’s, GRENADA, W.I.    Info
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra presents its Annual Band Launching featuring performances by CASYM, CrossFire, Despers USA, Harmony, New York Pan Stars, Satisfiers, hosts Pantonic, DJ Goose Crew and others.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  2514 Albemarle Road (between Veronica Place & Lott Street), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Info:  Wayne:  1 (917) 620-1125; Gwyn:  1 (347) 251-4605;  Matthew:  1 (347) 682-0825.
   

• The Ontario Steelpan Association presents Pan Alive 2012, fourteen Steelbands competing.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lamport Stadium, 1151 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.    Info
   

• New Rochelle BID presents Music on the Green 2012 - an outdoor concert with Pantonic Steel Orchestra.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Library Green, Huguenot & Lawton Streets, downtown New Rochelle, New York, USA.     Info 
   
• Antigua & Barbuda National Panorama features the country’s premiere steel orchestras in competition.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue: Carnival City (Antigua’s Recreation Grounds), St. John’s, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.   Info
   

• 20^th International Steelband Festival features steelbands from Great Britain and Switzerland:  CSI Caribbean Steel International, North Tyneside, Mangrove and the TLA The Littlehampton Academy Steel Band - all of Great Britain, and from Swtizerland - Los Panitos, Pandora, NAPF Steel and No Panique.  Time: 5:00 p.m. until late.  Venue:  CH-1588 Cudrefin (VD), Lake Neuchatel, SWITZERLAND.    Info
   
• Utopia Pan Soul’s Annual BB-Que features cool vybzz, great food, drink and live music by Utopia Pan Soul: the Next Generation & Friends. Time: 4:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. Venue: Avenue D & East 49th Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• Pan Sonatas presents their Annual Band Launch featuring performances by Steel Sensation, Pantonic, Harmony, CASYM, New York Pan Stars, Steel Sensation, hosts Pan Sonatas and others.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  80-39 Chase Court (between Ralph Avenue and E. 83^rd Street, near Foster Avenue) [D’Radoes Pan Yard], Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Mack: 1 (718) 496-5133; Lisa: 1 (347) 854-2179; Tyab: 1 (646) 836-2865
   

• Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Steel Drum Band performs featuring PanMan Ross Harper on steelpan during the 10^th Anniversary Celebration, Music on the Plaza.  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Dome Arclight Entertainment Center, 6360 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.
   

• Pan Sonatas’ Atlantic City Bus Ride to Atlantic City Carnival & Casino Taj Mahal.  Departure Time: 9:30 a.m.  Departure Venue: 1254 Sterling Place (between Troy & Albany Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.     Bus departs Atlantic City: 8:00 p.m.  Info:  Charmaine: 1 (718) 940-0953; Tyab: 1 (646) 836-2865; Lisa: 1 (345) 854-2179.
   
• ADLIB Steel Inc. presents Pan Jazz in Long Island, featuring Kareem Thompson, Iman Pascall, Earl Brooks Jr., Andre White, KIT Caribbean Connection, ADLIB, Despers USA, Steel Sensation & more.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  855 Nassau Road, Uniondale, New York,  USA.
   
• Mosaic Steel Orchestra performs at the Mannette Musical Instruments’ Festival of Steel.  Time:  TBD.  Venue:  Stonewall Resort, 940 Resort Drive, Roanoke, West Virginia, USA.
   
• The Percussion & Steel Band free family concert features performances by faculty ensembles and the Birch Creek steel bands.  Time:  1:00 p.m.  Venue:   Birch Creek Music Performance Center, 3821 County Rd E, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, USA.    Info
   
• Inside Out Steelband performs in concert, alongside a Book Signing celebrating the launch of the publication “Steel Drums and Steelbands:  A History” by panist and author Angela Smith.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  McCallum High School, 5600 Sunshine Drive, Austin, Texas, USA.     Free and open to the public.
   

• Sounds of Summer concert series features River Rat Steel Drum Band; participants should bring lawn chairs.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Farmers Market Pavilion, Riverside Drive, Carthage, New York, USA.
   

• Southern Marines Steelband Foundation presents Pan Camp 2012 - Free.  Learn to play the Steel Pan and get an intro to music literacy.  Mondays–Thursdays.  Times:  Children under 12 years:  9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.  Youths 13 through 17 years:  1:30–4:30 p.m.  Venue:  Southern Marines Pan Palais, Southern Main Road, Marabella, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Contact - Malomo:  1 (868) 794-9863.     Info
   

• Delaware Steel performs as part of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World conference on music education.   Time:  11:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lefkos Pyrgos (The White Tower), the waterfront, Thessaloniki, GREECE.    Info
   

• Delaware Steel performs as part of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World conference on music education.   Time:  1:00 p.m.  Venue:  Thessaloniki Concert Hall, 25 Martiou Street, Thessaloniki, GREECE.     Info
   

• Caribbeanz Southern Stars Steelband presents a Join De Band and Pan Workshop from:  10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., then delivers a short performance.  Time:  2:30–3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Onehunga Workingmen’s Club, 158 The Mall, Onehunga, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.     Info
   
• Enjoy live music from The Gratitude Steel Band and great seafood.  Time:  2:00–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  CoCoNuts Grille & Bar, 4321 Michigan Avenue, Tipton, Michigan, USA.
   
• Pan Pun De Sand during Barbados’s Crop Over Festival features performances by several steel orchestras.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Brandon’s Beach, Spring Garden Highway, BARBADOS, W.I.
   
• The Coulee Region Steel Band performs as part of the Holmen free concerts in the park series.  Time:  5:00–7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Halfway Creek Park Band Shell, 408 1^st Avenue W., Holmen, Wisconsin, USA.
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra’s ‘Back In Times’ features Pan music from the ‘90s era by CASYM, Despers USA, Higher Levin, Pan Sonatas, Satisfiers and host Pantonic.  Also on hand Rhythm Masters and DJ Goose Crew.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Doors open:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pantonic’s Panyard, 2514 Albemarle Road (between Veronica Place & Lott Street), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   

• At the Mannette Musical Instruments’ Festival of Steel, Dr. Ellie Mannette and staff facilitate an intensive week immersed in steel band performance, education and history.  Enrollment is limited and is expected to fill quickly.   Venue:  Stonewall Resort, 940 Resort Drive, Roanoke, West Virginia, USA.   Info
   

• Caribbeanz Southern Stars Steelband presents a Join De Band and Pan Workshop from:  10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., then delivers a short performance.  Time:  2:30–3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Onehunga Workingmen’s Club, 158 The Mall, Onehunga, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.     Info
   
• St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra presents Junior Champions in Steel at its 6^th Annual Pan Extravaganza, featuring performances by St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra, St. Margaret’s Boys Anglican School Steel Orchestra (National Junior Panorama Champions), Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra, St. Francois College Steel Orchestra (National Junior Panorama winner) and Rising Stars Steel Orchestra from the US Virgin Islands, as well as a guest workshop by Dr. Dawn Batson.  Time:  2:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Foyer Area, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Invaders Steel Orchestra hosts a Pan Cook-off showcasing the culinary talents of Panists.  Time:  N/A.  Venue:  Invaders’ Panyard, 147 Tragarete Road, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Pan in de City is part of the Crop Over Festival, and features performances by various steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Independence Square, Bridgetown, BARBADOS, W.I.
   
• The Percussion & Steel Band concert “Fire Down Below” features performances by faculty ensembles and the Birch Creek steel bands, with pre-concert salsa dance lessons beginning 7:00 p.m.  Concert time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Dutton Concert Barn, Birch Creek Music Performance Center, 3821 County Rd E, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, USA.    Info
   
• Sons Of Steel (S.O.S.) features panists Olujimi La Pierre, Earl La Pierre, Jr and Noel La Pierre in concert - all backed by Bruce Skerritt and The Liamuiga Project.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.  Showtime:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Armenian Youth Centre Theatre, 50 Hallcrown Place, North York (Victoria Park and 401), Ontario, CANADA.  Early bird tickets available from May 1–June 1.  Earl:  1 (416) 953-0905.
   
• The Great Barrier Reefs featuring Tony Hartman on steelpan perform, along with with Agori Tribe and The Apollo! Project.  Time:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Hi-Tone Café, 1913 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.     Info
   

• The Woodcote Rally 2012 over the weekend shows off several attractions including steam engines, veteran and vintage cars, motor cycles, tractors and military and commercial vehicles, and more.  Music bands perform in the evenings, including Discovered, the Fiesta Steel Band, Woodley Concert Band and Cholsey Silver Band.   Venue:  8 miles north-west of Reading on the A4074 Reading to Oxford road (next to the field used for the Rally 2010), Woodcote, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND, U.K.   Info
   

• The Marine City Music Festival features the Gratitude Steel Band at ‘The Beach Party.’  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Gates open at 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Marine City Public Beach, N. Water Street at Pearl, Marine City, Michigan, USA.     Info
   
• Steel on Wheels, part of the Birch Creek Summer Concerts 2012.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Birch Creek Music Performance Center, 4001 County Road E, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, USA.    Info
   
• St. Lucia’s 2012 Panorama features steel orchestras performing in the Small Bands category and Large Bands category including: St. Lucy’s Orchestra from Micoud, Harmonites Steel Orchestra, Pan Exodus, Pantime, Emerald Steel, defending champions Babonneau and Diamond Steel.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Beausejour Cricket Grounds, Mindoo Phillip, ST. LUCIA, W.I.  
   

• “Pan Fusion” is part of the Crop Over Festival, featuring headline act Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore, Pan in the Plaza Ensemble, The Golden Apple Project, 1688 Nonet & other artists.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Ilaro Court, Tweedside Road, (Hwy 5), Two Mile Hill, St. Michael, BARBADOS, W.I.
   

• ADLIB Steel Orchestra performs as part of the Southampton Cultural Center’s summer “Concerts in the Park Series.”  Time:  6:30–8:30 p.m.  Venue:  Agawam Park, Pond & Jobs Lanes, Southampton, New York, USA.     Info
   

• Pan Ramajay Summer Steel Drum Festival features daily seminars and rehearsals, arranging styles and techniques, improvisation approaches, ensemble organization, instruction and administration & more.  Guest faculty to include Ray Holman, ‘Pan Ramajay’ members Tom Miller, Alan Lightner and Jim Munzenrider, Don Prorak of Pan Jumbies, and Rocky Mountain Steel Bands founder/director, Rick Henson.  Venue:   Lamont School of Music, University of Denver campus, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, Colorado, USA.    Info
   

• The 12^th Annual Montreal International Steelpan Festival (Festival International de Steelpan de Montreal -F.I.S.M. - 2012) - Day 3:
  -- International Steelpan Panorama Competition with Salah’s Steelpan Academy (Montreal), CSI Steelband (UK), HYSO Steelband (Ontario), CCAH (Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton) Steelband (Ontario), Pan Coalition (Maine, USA) and Potts & Pans (Illinois, USA);
  -- Invited guest bands are Martin Albino’s Golden Stars, Special Connection, Forrest Creek Juniors and Mini Kiddies Carnival (Norma & Edwin);
  -- Invited guest artists:  Darren Sheppard & the PHI (Percussive Harmonic Instrument) Trinidad & Tobago, Chief Bowie (Nigeria, Africa), Hameed Shaqq (Toronto), Raynald Drouin (Quebec) and Pepeto Pinto (Montreal).  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Parc Jean-Drapeau, east of downtown Montréal, Québec, CANADA.    More info:  sal_wils@hotmail.com; 1 (514) 675-1425.    Check out past Montreal festivals.
   
• Grenada’s Bomb Tune competition—the performance of a non-calypso piece of music in a Calypso Rhythm—features eight participating steel orchestras fielding a maximum of thirty musicians playing for a five-minute maximum.   Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  National Stadium, (Queen’s Park), St. George’s, GRENADA, W.I.
   
• D’Radoes Steel Orchestra presents its 2012 Band Launching with New York’s finest steelbands. Music also by Mastermix.  Time:  6:00 p.m. ‘til.  Venue:  80-39 Chase Court (between Ralph Avenue and E. 83^rd Street, near Foster Avenue) [D’Radoes Pan Yard], Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   

• Revellers Steelband performs for ‘Luton Mela’ at the 2012 Love Luton Festival.  Time:  2:30 p.m.  Venue:  Wardown Park Stage, Wardown Park, Old Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND, U.K.     Info
   
• Panjazz performance by steelpanist Debra Romain with vocals at the Akeba African Village.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Moor Park, off New Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND, U.K.     Info
   
• Revellers Steelband performs at the 2012 Love Luton Festival.  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  St. George’s Stage, St. George’s Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND, U.K.     Info
   
• St. Margaret’s Steel Orchestra presents Junior Champions in Steel at its 6^th Annual Pan Extravaganza, featuring performances by St. Margaret’s Steel Ensemble, Skiffle Junior Steel Orchestra, Fonclaire Youth Steel Orchestra, San Fernando West Old Tech Youths and Grant Memorial Presbyterian School Steel Orchestra as well as a guest workshop by Dr. Dawn Batson.  Time:  2:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Skiffle Bunch Pan Theatre, 110 Coffee Street, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Pan Trinbago presents ‘Pan in De Countryside’ featuring performances by Steel Xplosion, West Side Symphony, Dixieland, Redemption Sound Setters, Metro Stars and Natural Mystic steel orchestras.  Time: 5:00—10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Charlotteville Recreation Ground, Charlotteville, T0BAGO, W.I.   Contact:  1 (868) 623-4486.   Info
   
• Mosaic Chamber Ensemble performs for ‘Entertainment on the Plaza.’  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Fountain Plaza - Town Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
   
• It’s a Pantastic Evening with the Pantastic Players.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Trinidad All Stars pan yard, 46-48 Duke Street, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• The 12^th Annual Montreal International Steelpan Festival (Festival International de Steelpan de Montreal -F.I.S.M. - 2012) - Day 2 - International Concert with Salah’s Steelpan Academy (Montreal), Potts & Pans (Illinois, USA), HYSO Steelband (Ontario), Pan Coalition (Maine, USA), Chief Bowie (Nigeria, Africa), Pepeto Pinto (Montreal), Hameed Shaqq (Toronto), Raynald Drouin (Quebec) and Darren Sheppard & the PHI (Percussive Harmonic Instrument) from Trinidad.  Time:  8:30 p.m.  Venue:  Westmount Webster Hall, 4695 de Maissoneuve Boulevard West, (corner of Lansdowne), Montréal, Québec, CANADA.    More info:  sal_wils@hotmail.com; 1 (514) 675-1425.    Check out past Montreal festivals.
   

• Nostalgia Pan-round-de-neck Steel band performs at the 2012 Love Luton Festival.  Time:  12:00 p.m.  Venue:  St. George’s Stage, St. George’s Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND, U.K.     Info
   
• Revellers Steelband performs at the 2012 Love Luton Festival.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Leftfield at Moor Park, off New Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND, U.K.     Info
   
• West Virginia University Steel Band performs.  Time:  11:00 a.m.  Venue: Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center on The National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA.     Info
   
• River Rat Steel Band performs.  Time:  11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.  Venue:  Jefferson County Historical Society, 228 Washington Street, Watertown, New York, USA.     Info
   
• Binghamton High School Steel Drum Band performs as part of the 2012 Brown Bag Concert Series.  Time:  Noon–1:00 p.m.  Venue:  the 50th annual July Fest Main Stage on Court Street, Binghamton, New York, USA.    Info
   
• West Virginia University Steel Band performs.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue: Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center on The National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA.     Info
   
• The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra performs, featuring Jonathan Scales on double second.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Border Bash, 600 Blk State Street, Bristol,   Tennessee, USA.     Info:  1 (423) 573-2200
   
• The 12^th Annual Montreal International Steelpan Festival (Festival International de Steelpan de Montreal -F.I.S.M. - 2012) - Day 1 - Workshop and Show with Darren Sheppard & the PHI (Percussive Harmonic Instrument) from Trinidad.  Also featured: Potts & Pans (Illinois, USA); Pepeto Pinto (Montreal); Chief Bowie (Nigeria, Africa) and Salah & Family (Montreal).  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  6767 Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, Québec, CANADA.    More info:  sal_wils@hotmail.com; 1 (514) 675-1425.    Check out past Montreal festivals.
   

• West Virginia University Steel Band performs.  Time:  1:00–2:00 p.m.  Venue: Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center on The National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA.     Info
   
• West Virginia University Steel Band and UTPA Mariachi Aztlán perform.  Time:  1:00–2:00 p.m.  Venue: Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center on The National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA.     Info
   
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines Steelband Panorama showcases Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra, Rhythmix Steel Orchestra, Potential Steel Orchestra, Elite Steel Orchestra, South East Steel Orchestra, Starlift Steel Orchestra and Dynamic Stars Steel Orchestra in competition.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carnival City, Victoria Park, Grenville Street, Kingstown, ST. VINCENT, W.I.
   

• West Virginia University Steel Band performs.  Time:  Noon.  Venue:  Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center on The National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA.     Info
   
• Ambridge Area High School Steel Drum Band performs at the July 4 bash.  Time:  2:30 p.m.  Venue:  South Plaza, Heinz Field, 100 Art Rooney Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
   
• The Hyannis Fourth of July parade features many participants, including local high school marching bands, Berke McKelvey and his Oompah Band, Erik’s Steel Drum Band, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and more.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Parade begins:  Ocean and Main Street, and ends at Sea Street - Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA.
   
• K.I.T. Caribbean Connection with steel panist Kareem “The Dream” Thompson, Toure Fitzgerald on keyboards, Iba Fitzgerald on bass, Keith “KJ” Marcelle on drums and Edgar “Pops” Fitzgerald on percussions.  Time:  1:00–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Otto's Sea Grill, 271 Woodcleft Avenue, Freeport, USA.     1 (516) 867-9151
   
• The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band performs as part of Music at Chippewassee Park, followed by the band CEYX.  Tripoli’s showtime:  6:00–7:30 p.m.  Fireworks are at approximately 10:00 p.m.  Venue:  Chippewassee Park, 4811 N Saginaw Road, Midland, Michigan, USA.
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Commonwealth Carnival.  Time: 1:00 p.m.  Venue:  Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• St. Vincent & the Grenadines Junior Pan Fest features thirteen steel orchestras.  Five school-based bands:  C.W. Prescod Primary School, the Girl’s High School (GHS), St. Joseph Convent Kingstown (SJCK), the Adelphi Secondary School and Troumaca Primary School - along with eight community-based orchestras:  defending champs Starlift Steel Orchestra, Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra, Genesis Steel Orchestra, Symphonix Steel Orchestra, Georgetown All Stars, Canouan Steel Orchestra, New Dimensions and Rose Bank North Stars.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carnival City Victoria Park, Grenville Street, Kingstown, ST. VINCENT, W.I.   Info 
   
• Trinidad North Steel Drum Band featuring Dave Gettes and Paul Downie performs.  Time:  5:45–9:45 p.m.  Venue:  outside on the Terrace of the Philadelphia Art Museum,  (top of the 'Rocky' stairs), 26^th Street, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
   

• PanYard Concert celebrating the launch of Phase II Pan Groove’s 40^th Anniversary celebration, with performances by Exodus, Desperadoes, Trinidad All Stars and hosts Phase II Pan Groove.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  ‘The Village’ Phase II’s Panyard, Hamilton Street, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Trinidad North Steel Drum Band featuring Dave Gettes and Paul Downie performs.  Time:  5:45–9:45 p.m.  Venue:  outside on the Terrace of the Philadelphia Art Museum,  (top of the 'Rocky' stairs), 26^th Street, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
   

• The Virgin Islands National Guard’s Steel Drums perform.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The Bethany Beach Bandstand, Garfield Parkway, downtown Bethany Beach, Delaware, USA.
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs for the Phakama Clay Project Launch.  Time: 8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• University of Akron Steel Drum Trio performs.  Time: 2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Stow-Munroe Falls Library, 3512 Darrow Road, Stow, Ohio, USA.
   

• The Virgin Islands National Guard’s Steel Drums perform as part of the Lewes Summer Music Concert series.  Free and open to the public, attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Stango Park adjacent to the Lewes Library, 110 Adams Avenue, Lewes, Delaware, USA.    Info   Contact:  1 (302) 645-2733.
   
• West Virginia University’s Steel Band Drum Ensemble performs featuring Ellie Mannette - part of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.  Time:  6:00–7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center on The National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA.      Info
   

• Blue Culture presents Jazz Quarters with Mikhail Salcedo & the Salcedo Quintet.  Time:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  La Casa de Ibiza, 163 Tragarete Road, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Contact:  1 (868) 620-0428; 1 (868) 290-8261.     Info
   

• The Lone Star College-North Harris Steel Band performs a free family-friendly concert.   Time:  7:00 p.m.   Venue:  the Arena Theater in the Academic Building, 2700 W.W. Thorne Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA.   Contact:  1 (281) 618-7115.    Info
   

• Northern All Stars Steel Pan Band performs.  Time:  12:00–2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Market Square, corner of Elm and Elgin Street, downtown Sudbury, Suffolk, ENGLAND, UK.
   
• K.I.T. Caribbean Connection with steel panist Kareem “The Dream” Thompson, Toure Fitzgerald on keyboards, Iba Fitzgerald on bass, Keith “KJ” Marcelle on drums and Edgar “Pops” Fitzgerald on percussions.  Time:  1:00–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Otto’s Sea Grill, 271 Woodcleft Avenue, Freeport, USA.
   
• 81^st Birthday celebration for the legendary steel pan icon Anthony Williams commemorates the 50^th year of Pan Am North Stars rendition of Johann Strauss Jr.s’ “Voices of Spring” and also honors Pan legends Ray Holman, Robert Greenidge, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Pelham Goddard and Earl Brooks.  Time:   6:00 p.m.  Venue:  St. James Amphitheatre, Western Main Road, St. James, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.     Info
   

• Our Boys Steel Orchestra of Tobago performs at MIM (Musical Instruments Museum), which celebrates the Steel Pan instrument as the Instrument of the month of June.  Time:  3:00–4:00 p.m.  There will be two steelband workshops before the concert.  Workshop times:  11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 1:00–2:30 p.m.  Venue:  MIM, Montagne de la Cour 2, B-1000 Brussels, BELGIUM.   Info    Event web site    Workshop info
   
• The Steel Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy performs at the Werkendam Open Port Day 2012.  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Werkendam, Gorinchem, THE NETHERLANDS.    Info 
   
• CrossFire Steel Orchestra presents a Bus Ride to Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal Casino; breakfast will be provided on the bus.  Departure time:  8:00 a.m.  Departure venue:  East 34^th Street and Avenue D, Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Info/tickets:  Mr. Douglas Martin, or CrossFire members:  1 (347) 262-5746.
   
• CASYM presents Pantastic Youth Explosion with steelband performances from CASYM Class 1, CASYM Class 2,  PS 161 and PS 267, along with CASYM Dancers.  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  PS 91, 532 Albany Avenue (corner of East New York Avenue), Brooklyn New York, USA.   Info:  1 (718) 735-6708; 1 (718) 503-2911.
   
• Pan Fantasy Steelband presents A Night Of Fantasy Under The Stars featuring performances by Pan Fantasy Steelband & other Special Guests.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Downsview Park, 35 Carl Hall Road, (Off Sheppard, enter on John Drury Drive, left at three-way stop on Carl Hall Road), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.   Contact Wendy:  1 (416) 525-2391; Marylene:  1 (416) 567-9103.    Info
   

• Trinidad & Tobago Steel Baltimore Steel Orchestra performs in concert.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 North Nineteenth Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA.    More
   
• The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band performs as part of Arts in the Park.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Larry Norvell Band Shell, 1101 Fremont Street, City Park,  Manhattan, Kansas, USA.     Info
   

• birdsong steel orchestra presents its Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert, with performances by Andy Narell, Nyol Manswell, Raf Robertson and the birdsong ensemble; special guest - Frankie McIntosh.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info
   

• The Island Rhythms Steel Drum Band performs.  Time:  12:00 p.m.  Venue:  FIGat7th On The Plaza, 735 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, USA.    Info
   
• Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band appears in concert.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pennsylvania Park, East Lake Street, Petoskey, Michigan, USA.    Info
   

• Oakland University’s (OU) Steel Band and African Ensemble present a free concert.  Time:  Noon–1:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Oakland Center patio, OU campus, 2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester, Michigan, USA.     Info
   
• A Pre-Labor Day Steelpan Program - a [free] Pan Workshop is presented by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA).  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Tropical Paradise Restaurant, 1252 Utica Avenue (corner Avenue D), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Info
   

• Pan Love 2012 Steel Band Festival features steel band performances from Pan Cake, Stars on Pan, パンノウタ Orchestra, Pele, Waiwai Steel Band, Zipangu Steel Orchestra, Ariapita Session, Herb Notes, Pan.a.ce.a & more.  Doors open:  2:00 p.m.  Showtime:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Star Pine’s Cafe, 1-20-16 B1 Honmachi, Kichijoji, Musashino-City, Tokyo, JAPAN.   contact@sasakikentaro.com   Info
   
• Nairn Academy hosts Panfest 2012, Scotland’s first steel band festival, featuring performances by steelbands from Nairn Academy, Aberdeen, Glasgow and East Ayrshire.  Time:  Noon–2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Nairn Links, Nairn, SCOTLAND.    Info
   
• K.I.T. Caribbean Connection features vocalist Kadeem “Rasta Grammy” Alleyne, steel panist Kareem "The Dream" Thompson, Toure Fitzgerald on keyboards, Iba Fitzgerald on bass, Keith “KJ” Marcelle on drums and Edgar “Pops” Fitzgerald on percussions.  Time:  4:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Sands, 1395 Beech Street, Atlantic Beach, New York, USA.
   

• Sonatas Steel Orchestra holds its Curry-Que Fundraiser, with Curry fish, shrimp, goat & chicken available at the band’s pan yard.  Time:  1:00 p.m.  Venue:  1254 Sterling Place (between Troy & Albany Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Contact -  Tiab:  1 (646) 836-2865; Mack:  1 (718) 496-5133;  Charmaine: 1 (718) 940-0953.  Info
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra presents its Annual Atlantic City Casino Bus Ride.  Bus departure time:  8:00 a.m.  Departure venue:   Nostrand and Church Avenues (in front of Chase Bank), Brooklyn, New York, USA.    Info/tickets:  Glenda:  1 (917) 587-0880; Wayne:  1 (917) 620-1125; Matthew:  1 (347) 682-0825.
   
• Pan Jazz 2012 at Lincoln Center features headliners South African vocalist Thandiswa Mazwai and Soca star Alison Hinds, backed by an all–star Caribbean ensemble with percussionist Etienne Charles, panists Leon “Foster” Thomas and Victor Provost, drummer Damon Duewhite, Bakithi Kumalo, Ronald Boo Hinkson, and more.   Complimentary pre-concert reception at 4:30 p.m. on the 5^th Floor Atrium.  Showtime: 7:00 p.m.  Venue: Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60^th Street, Columbus Circle, New York, New York, USA.   Info
   
• Fyzabad Heritage Festival features the Butler Single Pan Street Parade.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue/Route:  from the Market Car Park to Sanderson Heritage Park, Fyzabad, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• The Steel Appeal Steel Band plays during a Caribbean Fundraiser organized by Curves benefitting both the Newquay Surf Life Saving Club and the band.  Time:  8:00–10:00 p.m.   Venue:  Hotel Bristol, Narrowcliff, Newquay, Cornwall, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• “Master of the Modern Steel Drum” Dr. Ellie Mannette talks about his life in Pan, in the “At the Feet of the Masters” series.  He will also perform brand new original music, while having both his early traditional pans and showcasing his newest innovations.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Tropical Paradise Ballroom, 1367 Utica Avenue (between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• Mosaic Steel Orchestra performs for ‘Entertainment on the Plaza.’  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Fountain Plaza - Town Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
   

• Caribbean Steel performs.  Time:  1:00–3:00 p.m.  Venue:  the terrace of Kunsthal quay, Amersfoort Kunsthal KaDe, Smallepad 3 3811 MG Zonnehof, THE NETHERLANDS.    Info:  enromney@hotmail.com
   
• D’Radoes Steel Orchestra presents its “Panyard Opening Lime” with New York’s finest steelbands. Music also by Mastermix.  Time:  6:00 p.m. ‘til.  Venue:  80-39 Chase Court (between Ralph Avenue and E. 83^rd Street, near Foster Avenue) [D’Radoes Pan Yard], Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   

• USSA (United States Steelband Association) presents “Pan Expo 2012” - a 2012 Bomb Tune Competition featuring ADLIB, CASYM, Crossfire, Despers USA, Harmony Music Makers, Higher Levin, Metro Steel, Pan Ambassadors, Pan Sonatas, Pan Stars, Sesame Flyers, Steel Sensation, Ujamaa Pan Sound, Utopia Pan Soul and Women in Steel.  Minimum of seven (7) players, maximum of fifteen (15). Time: 12:00–7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Old Boys High Field, Rutland Road (between Troy & Schenectady Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info:  1 (347) 522-4010.
   
• WeBeat 2012 features a steelband parade with Invaders, Phase II Pan Groove, Valley Harps, Exodus, Starlift, Sando Old Tech, Rhapsody, traditional mas characters and more. Time:  8:00 p.m.  Route:  along Western Main Road, St. James, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info.
   
• Mosaic Steel Orchestra performs at Hardee’s Latin Festival.  Time:  12:45–1:45 p.m.  Venue:  24^th Street Seaside, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Virginia, USA.
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs for the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.  Time:  7:00 p.m. Venue:  Girdlers’ Hall, Basinghall Avenue, London, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• The Steel Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy performs at the Spanjaardsgat Festival 2012.  Time:  9:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue:  Spanjaardsgat, Breda, THE NETHERLANDS.
   
• Salem High School Steel Drum Band performs at Hardee’s Latin Festival.  Time:  5:15–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  on the beach at 24^th Street, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Virginia, USA.    Info
   

• Steelband Ravenu performs.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Legmeer fairgrounds, Uithoorn, THE NETHERLANDS.
   
• “Pan Explosion” for WeBeat 2012 features performances by Silver Stars, Desperadoes, St. James Tripolians and the T&T Chinese Steel Ensemble.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  St. James Amphitheatre, Western Main Road, St. James, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.    Info
   

• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs for the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.  Time:  7:00 p.m. Venue:  Grocers’ Hall, Prince’s Street, London, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• CAISO Steel Band performs as part of the Fairfax County Summer Entertainment Series.  Time:  7:30–8:30 p.m.   Venue:  Mason District Park Amphitheater, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, Virginia, USA.
   

• The Steel Appeal steel band performs during celebrations for the Queen’s diamond jubilee.  Time:  2:15–3:15 p.m.  Venue:  outside the Church of St Columb Minor, Newquay, Cornwall, ENGLAND, U.K.    Info
   

• 35^th Reading Community Carnival features various events, including a performance by the Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra (RASPO).  Overall event time:  12:30–7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Prospect Park, Liebenrood Road, Reading, ENGLAND, U.K.    Info 
   

• The 6^th annual Frontier Kite Fly Festival includes performances by the Neuqua Valley High School Steel Band, Peaches Beach Party, the Élan Dance Company, and singer/guitarist Andrew Huber.  Overall event time:  10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.   Venue:  the Frontier Sports Complex, 3380 Cedar Glade Drive, Naperville, Illinois, USA.    Info
   
• Pan Trinbago presents ‘Pan in De Countryside’ featuring performances by Silver Stars, Skiffle, Curepe Scherzando, Sangre Grande, La Famille United and Pan Jammers steel orchestras.  Time: 1:00—6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Manzanilla Beach Facility, Manzanilla, TRINIDAD & T0BAGO.    Info:  1 (868) 623-4486.
   
• Jim Royle Drum Studio Steel Pan Concert on the Green features studio ensembles including the community Student to Student group, the adult Silver Steel, Pan groups D, C, B, and A Team.  Music to be performed includes works from Liam Teague, Jim Royle and others.  Time:  3:00–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Fairfield Town Green, 725 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.     Rain date is Sunday, June 10.   Contact:  1 (203) 336-4875.    Info  
   

• The Caribbean Melody Steel Band performs during the Southwold Jubilee Weekend which features lots of activities.  Event time:   11:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. (street closed off during this period).   Venue:  High Street, Southwold, Suffolk, ENGLAND, U.K.
   
• Pan Sonatas Steel Orchestra presents a Bus Ride to Atlantic City.  Departure Time:  8:00 a.m.  Departure Venue:  1254 Sterling Place (between Troy & Albany Avenues), Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Info - Lisa:  1 (347) 854-2179; Leslie-Ann:  1 (917) 620-1124; Mack:  1 (718) 1 (718) 496-5133.
   
• Steelpan Drum Clinic presented by Phil Solomon of Steel Impressions.  Time:  1:30–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pittsburgh Public Market, 17^th Street and Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.   Info
   
• The West Point Steel Band performs at RiverFest 2012.  Time:  1:10 p.m.  Venue:  Donahue Park (at the foot of Dock Hill Road), Cornwall-on-Hudson, Cornwall Riverfront, New York, USA.    Info
   
• The West Point Steel Band performs for the visit of the ‘HMS Bounty.’  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Newburgh Landing, 70 Front Street, Newburgh Waterfront, New York, USA.    Info
   
• Gregg Young & the 2^nd Street Steel Drum Band perform as part of the 10^th Anniversary Celebration, Music on the Plaza.  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Dome Arclight Entertainment Center, 6360 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA.    Info
   
• Virtuoso panist and composer Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is one of the headliners in an all-star band at the First Caribbean Sugar Isle Jazz Festival.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Plantation Theatre, Plantation Complex, St. Lawrence Main Road, Christ Church, BARBADOS, W.I.     Info
   

• The Netherlands Police Steel Band performs during “One for All,” part of the Spanjaardsgat Festival 2012.  Time: 9:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue: Spanjaardsgat, Breda, THE NETHERLANDS.
   
• St. Vincent’s Pan Against Crime Committee (PAC) hosts a Pan Jamboree with performances from six steel orchestras:  Georgetown Steel Orchestra, New Dimension Steel of Lowmans Windward, South East Steel Orchestra, Genesis, Symphonix Steel Orchestra and the North Stars of Rose Bank. Also appearing - Starlift Steel Orchestra.  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Geest Shed, Kingstown, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES.    Info
   

• Mosaic Chamber Ensemble performs at the Commonwealth Oral & Facial Surgery Party.  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Brown’s Island, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
   

• 2^nd Annual Calypso Boogie is Austin Community Steelband’s (ACS) Annual Benefit Concert and Party, featuring the ACS All Star Band with Cecil Francis on Steelpan, plus Guest Artists and more.  Time:  5:30–7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Symphony Square, 1101 Red River Street, Austin, TEXAS.
   
• Supernovas Steel Orchestra hosts the 2^nd Annual Arrival Show with performances by Supernovas Steel Orchestra, Rikki Jai, Tassa Dancers and Indian Dancers.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Surrey Community Center, Lopinot Road, Arouca, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Annual Steel Drum Concert features performances by Mahopac’s Middle School and High School Steel Drum Ensembles and Kyle Dunleavy.  Time:   7:00–8:30 p.m.  Venue:  Mahopac Middle School, 425 Baldwin Place Road, Mahopac, New York, USA.  Free admission.   Contact:  1 (845) 621-1330 ext. 470    Info
  
  
• MYSO Calypso is looking for enthusiastic and energetic students to apply for its FREE, June 18–22 Summer Calypso Steelband Camp. Participants must - 1) live in the City of Milwaukee OR attend an MPS school; 2) be entering grades 6-12 in fall 2012.  Steelpan experience is not required, but note-reading skills are helpful. Limited spots available.  Call 1 (414) 267-2958 or email calypso@myso.org for an application by June 1.  Venue:  Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.   Info
   

• Steeletto’s Steel Band performs during the hosting of an event for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  Time:  11:00 a.m–1:00 p.m.  Venue:  Garden area behind the Taverham Country Shopping Centre, Fir Covert Road, Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, ENGLAND.   Info
   
• North Tyneside Steel Band performs as part of Gibside’s Music in the Park series.  Time:  1:00–4:00 p.m.  Venue:  near Rowlands Gill, Burnopfield, Gateshead, ENGLAND, U.K.    Info
   
• Angelic Music on steel pan and harp - concert featuring the classical music of Bach, Dowland, Handel and more on steel pan and harp, with Rachel Hayward on steel pan and Helen Hankey on harp.  Time:   2:30 p.m.  Venue:  St. Peter’s Preston Old Church, Preston Drove, Brighton (behind Preston Manor), Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, ENGLAND, U.K.    Info
   
• ComPANion’s 2012-Know Your Pan Yard Treasure Hunt.  Enjoy good times and camaraderie in the Pan community, and test your knowledge of Pan!  Theme:  How well do you know the location of the Pan yards in Trinidad & Tobago?  Time:  10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.  Venue:  St. Augustine, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.     Info
   
• Flash In The Pan Community Steelband performs for fundraising street dance benefitting George Stevens Academy.  Time:  7:30–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Blue Hill Town Park, Water Street, Blue Hill, Maine, USA.   Rain Venue - GSA Gym.    Info
   
• Pan Masters Steelband Organization presents their 14^th Annual Pan Jamboree, featuring CASYM Steel Orchestra, Oasis Steel Orchestra, Saint Veronica’s Youth Steel Orchestra, Pan Royal Single-Pan Band, Mosaic Steel Orchestra, Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Youth Steel Orchestra and Pan Masters Steel Orchestra.  Time:  2:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  4509 Rhode Island Avenue, North Brentwood, Maryland, USA.   Info
   

• Mosaic Steel Orchestra performs for ‘Entertainment on the Plaza.’  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Fountain Plaza - Town Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
   
• Geri’s Journey is a musical tribute to the life of ethnomusicologist and cultural activist Dr. Geraldine Connor, organized by Anne Fridal.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Holy Trinity Cathedral, 30a Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   1 (868) 766-9300; 1 (868) 763-8681    Info
   
• Cape Town Steelband Festival 2012 features performances by the Wynberg Boys’ Junior School Steel Band, Manenberg High School Steel Band, Hawston Steel Band, Riebeek Kasteel Steel Band, Camps Bay Primary School Steel Band, Wynberg Boys’ Senior School Steel Band and Afro Tropica Steel Band.  Time:  7:45 p.m.  Venue:  Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Theatre Complex, Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA.   Info
   

• Lamont Steel Drum Ensemble performs in concert.  Time:  7:30–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Lamont School of Music, University of Denver campus, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, Colorado, USA.  Free admission.    Info
   

• Percussion and Steel Drum Spring Concert features performances by Greenville Junior & High Schools’ percussion ensemble, and the 7th grade, 8th grade and high school steel drum bands.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Greenville High School Auditorium, 9 Donation Road Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA.  Info
   

• Family of Pan, along with other Community Music School students, performs in the general recital.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. DuPont Music Building, University of Delaware campus, Newark, Delaware, USA.  Free and open to the public.    Info
   

• Gala tribute organized by the Trinidad & Tobago Folk Arts Institute will honor several pioneers of the New York Steel Band movement.  Live Pan jazz performance by the Garvin Blake Ensemble with Blake on double second.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Tropical Paradise Ballroom, 1367 Utica Avenue (between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road), Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info
   

• Launch of the New Zealand Academy of Steel Pan.  Time:  2:00–4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street (corner of Wharf), Downtown Tauranga,  Bay of Plenty, NEW ZEALAND.   Info
   
• The Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation’s 4^th edition of the Eight of Hearts Steelband Concert features 30-minute performances by each of the top 9 steelbands in the 2012 Panorama Large band category:  Redemption Sound Setters, Fonclaire, Invaders, Harmonites, Exodus, Renegades, Silver Stars, Phase II Pan Groove and Trinidad All Stars.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Laventille Community Complex, Angostura Compound, Eastern Main Road, Laventille, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Comments
   
• Pantonic Steel Orchestra’s ‘Pan Yard Opening.’  Time:  1:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pantonic’s Panyard, 2514 Albemarle Road (between Veronica Place & Lott Street), Brooklyn, New York, USA.
   
• LCDMA (Le Chateau D’or Music Academy) 3^rd Annual Inter-House Panorama features performances by Hell’s Gate and other steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  New Winthorpes Village Basketball Court, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, W.I.
   
• The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra featuring Jonathan Scales on double second, performs, bringing a night of jazz fusion on Pan.  Time: 8:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue: The Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard (between 133^rd & 134^th Streets), Harlem, New York, USA.   Event is free.
   

• Mosaic Chamber Ensemble performs for ‘Entertainment on the Plaza.’  Time:  6:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Fountain Plaza - Town Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
   
• The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra featuring Jonathan Scales on double second, performs, bringing a night of jazz fusion on Pan.  Time: 7:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue: Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street, New York, New York, USA.   Event is free.
   

• Sweet Steel Pan Live with Andy Martin Sheafe, Michael “Manish” Robinson and Sonics Tokyo Steel Orchestra; features special guest performance by Ken “Professor” Philmore.  Two performances.  Showtimes:  3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Music Live House ASOB - Yamato City, Kanagawa, JAPAN.   Info
   
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant.  Time: 4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• Panyard Party with Calypsociation.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:   62, avenue de Metz, 93230 Romainville, FRANCE.  info@calypsociation.com
   
• Panist Mikhail Salcedo’s Birthday Celebration features collaboration with ‘Mikhail Salcedo & The Salcedo Quintet’ and ‘Dayo Bejide Jazz Project.’  Time:  8:00 p.m.   Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• SteelFesTT presents:  Trinidad & Tobago All Stars Steel Orchestra in concert with The Chinese Shenzhen Music Group.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Tickets & info:  1 (868) 625-4424; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   
• 10^th Annual PANorama Caribbean Music Fest - Day 2.
  Steel Band competition -
  The Steel Band PANorama Competition will feature various steel bands.   Time:  TBA.  Venue:  24^th Street Oceanfront Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.   More info
   
• Sir John Cass Steel Orchestra performs on the opening morning of ‘musiclearninglive!2012.’  Time:  10:30 a.m.  Venue:  Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, ENGLAND, UK.
   
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant.  Time: 4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• Sweet Steel Pan Live with Andy Martin Sheafe, Michael “Manish” Robinson and Sonics Tokyo Steel Orchestra; features special guest performance by Ken “Professor” Philmore.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Chiba Mihama Bunka Hall, Chiba City, Chiba, JAPAN.   Info
   
• Liam Teague is guest soloist with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.  Also appearing in concert the Greenville High School Steel Drum Band.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Passavant Center on the Thiel College campus, Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA.  Info
   
• SteelFesTT presents:  The National Steel Orchestra of Trinidad & Tobago in concert with Drums of India.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  Naparima Bowl, 19 Paradise Pasture (adjacent to the San Fernando General Hospital), San-Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.  Tickets & info:  1 (868) 625-4424; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   
• 10^th Annual PANorama Caribbean Music Fest - Day 1.
  Workshops -
  Tom Miller (high pans), Maureen Clement (middle pans), and Dr. Lennard Moses (low pans) will present sectional workshops concurrently, followed by an interactive Engine Room clinic and Mass Steelband performance. These workshops are open to anyone with their own instruments and desire to learn, including bands participating in the festival.  Time:   10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Virginia Beach Convention Center, Meeting Suite 1, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
  
  Share ideas for the development of the art form in the steelpan forum: 12:45–1:30 p.m.
  • Music Fest headline performance by trumpet player Etienne Charles.  Time:  8:00–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  24^th Street Pavilion, Oceanfront Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.   More info
     
• BT Melodians Steel Orchestra performs at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant.  Time: 4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Day #4 - Conference programme.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• The 29^th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival features a Steel Pan concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Shanghai Concert Hall, No. 523 Yan'an Road (E), Shanghai, CHINA.   Info
   
• The New Music Group, the Foundry Steel Pan Ensemble appear in a program featuring the world premiere of the LA Phil-commissioned Percussion Concerto with soloist Colin Currie - part of the 2011/12 Green Umbrella series.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA.
   
• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Day #3 - Conference programme.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Day #2 - Conference programme.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Organized by Orféo Musiques du monde: Workshop & performances - Stage de Steel Drum with panist Duvone Stewart.  Time:  10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  L’école de Musique des Trembles, 1 Impasse des Érables, 38100 Grenoble, FRANCE.   Info    choraleorfeo@free.fr
   
• It’s First Sunday Island Jam with the Gratitude Steel Band.  Time:  3:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lakeside Grill, 2440 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, Michigan, USA.   Info
   
• Concert performance with panist Duvone Stewart.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  L'Ampérage, 163 Cours Berriat, 38000 Grenoble, FRANCE.   contact@amperage.fr
   
• As Patron of Jazz in the South 2012, steel panist Andy Narell performs with Sakésho.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Coconut Bay Resort and Spa, Vieux Fort, ST. LUCIA, W.I.   Info
   
• SteelFesTT presents: The Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago International Conference on the Steelpan - May 6–9.  PAN Globalization:  Progress and Possibilities.
  Opening Ceremony, Keynote Address, Cocktail reception.  Time:  5:00–8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Conference programme
   
• The fundraising 10^th Anniversary Spring Concert Of Steelbands in Boston will be “A Tribute To The Queen Of Pop.”  Performances by St. Mary’s Heavenly Fire Steelband, St. Cyprian’s Celestial Infernos Youth Steelband, Crystal Pan Jammers Youth Steel Orchestra, Pan Xpressions Steel Band, Boston Metro Steelband and Branches Pan Groove Steel Orchestra will feature the music of Whitney Houston.  Time:  2:30 p.m.  Venue:  William E. Reed Auditorium, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, 24 Washington Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.  Info/tickets:  1 (617) 233-3578
   
• The 22^nd annual Pan NE Steelband Festival features performances by the Western Mountain Trash Can Band and other New England steel bands.  Time:  10:00 a.m.  Venue:  The Sugarloaf Inn, 5092 Sugarloaf Access Road, Carrabassett Valley, Maine, USA.   Info
   

• Sweet Steel Pan Live with Andy Martin Sheafe, Michael “Manish” Robinson and Sonics Tokyo Steel Orchestra; features special guest performance by Ken “Professor” Philmore.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Theatre 1010, Kita-Senju, Tokyo, JAPAN.   Info
   
• Organized by Orféo Musiques du monde:  Workshop & performances - Stage de Steel Drum with panist Duvone Stewart.  Time:  10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  L’école de Musique des Trembles, 1 Impasse des Érables, 38100 Grenoble, FRANCE.   Info   choraleorfeo@free.fr 
   
• Despers USA Steel Orchestra presents Champions Of Steel, featuring ADLIB, Despers USA, Pan Sonatas, Pantonic and CASYM.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m.  Showtime: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Wingate High School, 600 Kingston Ave., Brooklyn, New York, USA.   Info & tickets - Kamau: 1 (347) 444-9964; Kern: 1 (718) 926-6578; JoJo: 1 (347) 526-9886.
   
• SteelFesTT presents:  Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra in concert with Obini Bata - Cuban Female Drum Ensemble.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  Katzenjammers Pan Theatre, Courland, Black Rock, TOBAGO, W.I.   Tickets & info:  1 (868) 639-8992; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   
• The sixth annual Ohio Valley Festival of Steel features a day of performances by various bands.  Registration and fee deadline: April 9.  Venue:  Steubenville High School, 420 North 4^th Street, Steubenville, Ohio, USA.  Info:  1 (740) 381-3613; irvine787@comcast.net.
   

• 11^th Annual Panorama showcases The Parkville High School Steel Drum Band, and Baltimore County Public Schools with steel drum programs: Stoneleigh Elementary, General John Stricker Middle, Hereford Middle, Catonsville High, Parkville High, Perry Hall High, and Sparrows Point High.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Parkville High School – Gymnasium, 2600 Putty Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.    Info
   

• The Trion High School Steel Drum Band performs.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Little River Canyon Center, 472 Alabama Hwy. 35, Fort Payne, Alabama, USA.   Info
   

• SteelFesTT presents:  The Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra in concert with PATUBATE from Brazil.  Time:  8:30–10:30 p.m.  Venue:  National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Princess Building Grounds, Queen’s Park South, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Tickets & info:  1 (868) 625-4424; 1 (868) 627-1104; 1 (868) 627-4987.   Info
   

• SteelFesTT (the Steelpan Festival of Trinidad and Tobago).   Info

• Laborie Steel Pan Project performs in a free beach concert as part of Jazz in The South 2012.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Rudy John Beach Park, Laborie, ST. LUCIA, W.I.   Info
   
• Festival de la Guitare et du Steel Pan features panist Andy Narell, Alex Jabot, Raymond Mardayé and other artists.  Time:  2:00 p.m.  Venue:  Hôtel Club le Marouba au Carbet, Quartier Choisy 97221 Le Carbet, MARTINIQUE, W.I.    Info
   

• The Steel Pandemic steel drum band joins several other artists taking part in the Benefit Chamber Concert for the Judith Lloyd Famous Scholarship Fund.  Time:  3:00 p.m. Sunday.  Venue:  St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 1200 Churchville Road, Bel Air, Maryland, USA.   Info
   
• Festival de la Guitare et du Steel Pan features panist Andy Narell, Eddy Palermo, Victor O, Nicolas Lossen and other artists.  Time:  11:00 a.m.  Venue:  La K’za des Artistes, 97232 Le Lamentin, Fort-de-France, MARTINIQUE, W.I.    Info
   

• Fourth annual University of Delaware Steel Band Festival.  Time:  Noon–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  On the Green between the Amy E. DuPont Music Building and the Roselle Center for the Arts, University of Delaware campus, Newark, Delaware, USA.   Info
   
• CAISO Steel Band performs during the Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Teas and the Arts.  Time:  Noon–3:00 p.m.   Venue:  Montpelier Mansion and Arts Center, 9650/9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, Maryland, USA.
   
• The University of Delaware (UD) presents its Steel Band Festival Concert featuring Liam Teague with the UD Faculty Jazz, Arima Angel Harps Steel Orchestra from Trinidad & Tobago, and Delaware Steel.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. DuPont Music Building and the Roselle Center for the Arts, University of Delaware campus, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark, Delaware, USA.   Info
   
• Pazzaz - Pan Jazz Escapade 2012 - features Redemption Sound Setters, Buccooneers, Kaizen Fuzun Steel, Annise Hadeed, Alston Jack, Roger Sardinha, along with Caribbean Jazz ensemble Chantal Esdelle & Moyenne, and Ella Andall & Band.  Time:  7:30 p.m.   Venue:  Pigeon Point Heritage Park, TOBAGO, W.I.   Info
   

• The Clemson University (CU) Percussion Ensemble and the CU Steel Band performs in concert.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, 141 Jersey Lane, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
   
• Western Illinois University's Steel Band performs in concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall, School of Music, 1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois, USA.   Info
   
• The Fifth Annual Field of Steel features steel bands from Tucson and Phoenix schools.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the Catalina Foothills High School Gymnasium, 4300 East Sunrise Drive, Catalina Foothills, Arizona, USA.   Info
   
• Fourth annual University of Delaware Steel Band Festival features Liam Teague with the UD Faculty Jazz and Delaware Steel.  Time:  8:00–11:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Grand Opera House, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.   Info
   

• NYU (New York University) Steelband presents the world premiere of Kids by Payton MacDonald, written for NYU Steel, along with the works of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Liam Teague, Josh Quillen and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  NYU’s Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4^th Street, New York, New York, USA.
   
• The Jazz Knights’ annual Spring Concert features performances by the Jazz Knights and the Knight Steel Drum Band.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  the Tyler Consolidated High School auditorium, 1993 Silver Knight Drive, Sistersville, West Virginia,  USA.
   

• WKU (Western Kentucky University) Steelband performs in concert.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Music Rehearsal Hall, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.    Info
   
• Lara Family & Friends Steel Drum Ensemble performs for Twilight Tuesday.  Time:  7:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Veterans Plaza, Veterans Place, downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.    Info:  lisa@silverspringtowncenter.com
   
• UI (University of Illinois) Steel Band and I-Pan Steel Band appear in concert.  Time: 7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, USA.   Info 
   

• The NIU (Northern Illinois University) is in concert; directors - Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis - live webcast.  Featured:  Jonathan Scales and Dr. Jeannine Remy.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  CDT (Central Daylight Time).  Venue: the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   
• The Pan against Crime (PAC) concert features the New Dimensions Steel Orchestra of New Grounds and the Mustique Charitable Trust Georgetown Steel Orchestra.  Time:  4:30 p.m.  Venue:  the New Grounds Primary School Hard-court, Georgetown, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES.   Info
   
• St. Thomas Carnival’s Steelband Jamboree features steelbands from approximately 20 elementary, Jr. High and High schools.  Time:  5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lionel Roberts Stadium, Charlotte Amalie, ST. THOMAS, USVI.
   

• Pan Masters Steel Orchestra presents a Jazz Special featuring Peter Humphrey & The Oasis Band.  Doors open:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pan Masters’ panyard, 4559 Rhode Island Avenue, North Brentwood,​ Maryland, USA.
   
• Christina Guerrero, senior steel pan & flute recital.  7:00 p.m.  CDT (Central Daylight Time).  Venue:  Recital Hall, Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU (Northern Illinois University) campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   
• The Indiana Steel Pan Association (ISPA) presents its 2^nd annual Indiana Steel Pan Music Festival showcasing performances by Steel Panache, Praise Pandemic, and bands from Indiana University, Maple Creek Middle School, and Kekionga Middle School.  Time:  12:00–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Center for Inquiry IPS School 84, 440 East 57^th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
   
• Matanzas High School Steel Band performs.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Palm Coast United Methodist Church, 5200 Belle Terre Pkwy., Palm Coast, Florida, USA.   Info
   

• Pan Arts Networks presents Gospel Praise on Steel featuring performances by Gemini Pan Groove, Worship In Steel, Malvern Praise On Pan, Nativity Steel Angels, St. Paul’s Steel Orchestra and special guest performers.  Doors open:  7:00 p.m.  Showtime:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Rosewood Church of The Nazarene, 657 Milner Avenue (between Neilson Road & Morningside Avenue), Scarborough, Ontario, CANADA.   Info & tickets  -  Wendy:  1 (416) 286-7756; Earl:  1 (416) 953-0905.
   
• Prairie Breezes Mini Concerts for Kids presents I-Pan Steel Band.  Time:  4:15-5:00 p.m.  Venue:  Urbana Free Library, The Lewis Auditorium, 210 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois, USA.  Info
   

• The annual Richland College Carnival of Steel features steel bands, steel drum performers and percussion ensembles.   Also appearing Steel drum artist & tuner Shelly Irvine, and Drum set and World percussion guest artist Jose Aponte. 
  
  Overall festival time: 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. Festival schedule/Highlights:
  • Day-time Concerts (free):  10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  • Guest Artist Performance Demo Clinic -Tracy Thornton:  5:30 p.m.
  • Guest Artist Evening Concert - 8:00 p.m.

  Venue:  Fannin Performance Hall, Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, Texas, USA.   Info
   

• Southeast Steel Pan presents Southeast Steel Band Carnival ‘12 with performances by Dragons of Steel, JaxPan, Lions of Steel Northwest Mississippi Community College Steel Band, Jacksonville State University Steel Band, Tropical Breeze Steel Band, Trion High School Steel Band and Flowery Branch High School Steel Band, along with an on-site steel pan tuning & workshop by Alan Coyle from Coyle Steel Drums.  Time:  10:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.  Doors open:  10:00 a.m.  Venue:  the Monteith Amphitheatre, McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, USA.   Info
   
• NY Pan Stars presents its Fundraising Curry Q.  Time:  12:00 p.m.  Venue:  105 A Rogers Avenue (between Park & Prospect Places), Brooklyn, New York, USA.  Info & tickets:  Sparkle:  1 (646) 764-1480; Jalisa:  1 (347) 547-5911.
   

• Newcastle All Stars Steel Orchestra celebrates 15 years and presents their Annual Showcase Concert.  Time:  7:30–9:30 p.m.  Venue:  Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, ENGLAND, U.K.    Info/tickets:  enquiries@newcastleallstars.org.uk
   

• The Florida Memorial University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents steel panist Sade Constantine: “Unbreakable” - the Senior Recital, in partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Arts in Music Degree.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts, 15800 N.W. 42^nd Avenue, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA.   Info
   

• The NIU (Northern Illinois University) All University Steel Band & Steel Pan Studio Recital, with Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis, directors - live webcast.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue: the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
   
• Andy Akiho on steelpan & The Foundry Ensemble with Vicky Chow, Ian Rosenbaum, Mariel Roberts, Kenneth Salters and Sam Adams perform.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC, USA.   Info
   

• Andy Akiho on steelpan & The Foundry Ensemble with Vicky Chow, Ian Rosenbaum, Mariel Roberts, Kenneth Salters and Sam Adams perform.  Time:  9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Infini-T Café, 4 Hulfish Street, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.   Admission: free.   Info:  1 (609) 454-3959
   

• The Florida Memorial University Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents steel panist Aeron Jones: “Trying to Teach You This Thing” - the Senior Recital, in partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Arts in Music Degree.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts, 15800 N.W. 42^nd Avenue, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA.   Info
   

• Percussion Spectacular - annual Iowa Percussion show with all the UI (University of Iowa) steel bands.   Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Riverside Recital Hall (formerly St. Thomas More Church), 405 N. Riverside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
   

• Roland Hayes School of Music presents the Boston Public Schools Steel Pan Festival featuring the Mission Hill School Steel Band, Boston Metro Steel Orchestra, Planet Pan Steel Band and Zach Field Drum Studios Steel Band, with special guests PJ Adamson and Dis-N-Dat Band.  Time:  1:00–3:00 p.m.  Doors open 12:30 p.m.  Venue:  Roland Hayes School of Music Auditorium, 55 Malcolm X Boulevard, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA.  Info
   
• David Aarons’ Graduate Steel Pan Recital:  Time:  5:00 p.m.  CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue:  Recital Hall, Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU (Northern Illinois University) campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   
• Pan Trinbago presents ‘Pan in De Countryside’ featuring performances by Phase II Pan Groove, La Brea Nightingales, Panosonic Connections, birdsong, Trinidad East Side Symphony and Jah Roots.  Time: 5:00—10:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Brighton Recreation Ground, Pt. D’or, La Brea, TRINIDAD & T0BAGO.   Info
   

• Sixth annual Lincoln Park Steel Drum Festival features various steel bands, and headliner Liam Teague.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  The theater, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, One Lincoln Park, Midland, Pennsylvania, USA.  Info
   

• Kemah’s 9^th annual 2-day Pan Jam festival features headliner Freddy Harris, III, along with Texas Caribbean, The Rhythm Project, Lone Star College Steel Drum Band, San Jacinto College Steel Drum Band, The University of Houston Steel Drum Band, The Outriggers and Hanna's Reef.  Time:  11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.  Venue:  603 Bradford Street, Kemah, Texas, USA.    Free admission.    Info
   

• Kemah’s 9^th annual 2-day Pan Jam festival features headliner Freddy Harris, III, along with Texas Caribbean, The Rhythm Project, Lone Star College Steel Drum Band, San Jacinto College Steel Drum Band, The University of Houston Steel Drum Band, The Outriggers and Hanna's Reef.  Time:  11:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.  Venue:  603 Bradford Street, Kemah, Texas, USA.    Free admission.    Info
   

• Greenville High School (GHS) Steel Drum Band in concert.  Time:  1:30–4:30 p.m.  Venue:  DeBence Antique Music World, 1261 Liberty Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.
   

• Calypsonic Steel Band headlines Dine & Lime, with Elizaneda Gerner, painter and cook from Haiti, offering a buffet of culinary treats in her restaurant.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Restaurant Zazie, Werner Str. 92, D-44791 Bochum-Werne, GERMANY.   Info:  +49 1515 888 4913;  mail@zazie-karibik.de
   

• Day of the Drum:  Illini Experience features percussionists from the UI (University of Illinois) Steel Band and the UI Percussion Ensemble in this extravaganza of steel drums, marimbas, and other world percussion instruments.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Lobby of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, USA.   Info
   

• Final official concert of percussionist and NIU (Northern Illinois University) faculty member Robert Chappell.  Also appearing for the evening:  current faculty members dean Rich Holly, music professor and steelpanist Liam Teague, Greg Beyer, Rodrigo Villanueva, Cheng-Hou Lee, former NIU faculty members Al O’Connor and Steve Squires, NIU Percussion Studio alumni and more.  Time: 8:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU Campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.  Info
   

• Steel pan artist Liam Teague joins the young percussionists of Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) as the featured artist of the 12^th Annual WYSO Percussion Extravaganza.  Time:  1:30 p.m.  Venue:  Mills Concert Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, UW (University of Wisconsin) Madison Campus, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
   
• Steelin’ Thunder performs at the Humane Society of Knox County’s Tropical Getaway.  Time:  5:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Tropical Getaway, Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln Street, Rockland, Maine, USA.
   

• Old Mill Steel Drum Band performs.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Millennium Stage, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC, USA.
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• The Junior Panorama features eight steel bands as part of the ongoing National Arts Festival.  Time:  1:00 p.m.   Venue:  the grounds of the National Cultural Centre, Barnard Hill, Castries, SAINT LUCIA, W.I.   Info
   
• 4^th anniversary celebration of Pan Against Crime (PAC) Programme features grand concert showcasing the North Stars and Potential Steel Orchestras, the Police Band and many more.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Chateaubelair playing field, Chateaubelair, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, W.I.   Info
   

• Steel Praizing, Pans On Fire, Jr. Mosaic, Mosaic Chamber Orchestra and Mosaic Steel Orchestra appear in concert.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Attucks Theatre, Crispus Attucks Cultural Center, Inc., 1010 Church Street (intersection of Church Street and Virginia Beach Boulevard), Norfolk, Virginia, USA.   Info:  1 (757) 625-0545.
   
• Composer, arranger, and steel pan performing artist Ray Holman, together with his band, presents Mama Dis Is Pan.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.   Info
    
• Annual Champz of Steel +Plus features performances from Steelband Panorama Champions in respective categories, soca stars and more.  Time:  8:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. W.I.
   

• Composer, arranger, and steel pan performing artist Ray Holman, together with his band, presents Mama Dis Is Pan.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.   Info
    
• KSU (Kent State University) Flash in the Pan Steel Band appears in concert.  Time:  7:00–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Middle Stage, Medina Performing Arts Center, 851 Weymouth Road, Medina, Ohio, USA.   Info/tickets:  1 (330) 636-3400.

• Composer, arranger, and steel pan performing artist Ray Holman, together with his band, presents Mama Dis Is Pan.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Little Carib Theatre, corner of White and Robert Streets, Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.   Info
   

• Steel Orchestras compete against reigning champions Parkside Steel Ensemble in Guyana’s 2012 National Panorama competition.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown, GUYANA, S.A.  More
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama FINALS Competition - featuring Large and Medium conventional steel orchestras.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.  Order of Appearance
   
• Higher Levin presents a fundraising dinner and show “Legends on Steel” highlighting some of the legendary Black musicians on Pan.  Dinner:  5:00–7:00 p.m.  Showtime:  7:30–9:00 p.m.  Venue:  Meyer Levin Intermediate School (I.S. 285), 5909 Beverly Road (corner Beverly Road & Ralph Avenue), Brooklyn, New York, USA. 
  Tickets must be purchased in advance - no ticket sales at the door.  Info/tickets - Kianne Guadeloupe: 1 (718) 810-1473; Tichard Chapman: 1 (718) 791-3216.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama Finals 2012 - Single-Pan Bands and Small Conventional Steel Orchestras.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Skinner Park, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Tobago House of Assembly (THA) 2012 Panorama finals - features Single-Pan bands and Small, Medium & Large Conventional steel orchestras.  Time: 7:00 p.m.  Garden Side Street Car Park, Scarborough, TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National 2012 ARIMA Panorama featuring ARIMA Steel Orchestras. Time: 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Junior Panorama 2012 - Finals:  features junior steel orchestras in the Primary Schools category, the Secondary Schools category and the Non-Schools category.  Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Venue:  the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   
• Join Percussive Arts Society (PAS) and KoSA for their 2012 NYC Weekend - with drums, percussion and performances. Among the multitude of appearances, there will be a Mass Steel Drum Showcase Concert featuring NYU Steel Band, Despers USA, Sonatas, Shawn Pelton, Francesco Beccaro, and Bob Quaranta.  Time:  4:00 p.m.  Venue:  Frederick Loewe Theatre, New York University, 35 West 4^th Street, New York, New York, USA.  Info
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National 2012 Panorama competition: Single Pan Semi-finals.  Time: 6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.  Order of Appearance
   

• The Tropics Steel Band performs.  Time:  6:30 p.m.  Venue:  Savage Library, 13090 Alabama Avenue, Minnesota, USA.
   
• Meridian Community College’s Arts & Letters Series features SoMiSPO (Southern Miss Steel Pan Orchestra) in concert.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  the McCain Theater, Meridian Community College campus, 910 Hwy 19 North, Meridian, Mississippi, USA.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama Semi-Finals:  featuring Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras.  Time:  9:00 a.m.  Venue:  Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.   Click for list of bands & order of appearance.
   

• The Tinpanic Steel Band performs.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.   Showtime:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  49 Franklin Reception Hall, Rumford, Maine, USA.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Large Conventional Steel Orchestras:  Preliminaries Visit/Players Check - All Regions:  East, North, South/Central and Tobago.  Venues:  respective panyards across TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Northern Region steel orchestras.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Paddock, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Tobago Region steel orchestras.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venues:  respective band’s panyards, beginning with C&B Crown Cordaans in Bon Accord, TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Eastern Region steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - South/Central Region steel orchestras.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Skinner Park, San Fernando. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I. 
   

• Mangrove Steelband performs in Glastonbury in the City 2.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Brew Wharf, London, SE1 9AD, ENGLAND, U.K.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries -Northern Region steelbands.  Time:  3:00 p.m.  Venue:  The Paddock, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Snowflakes on Steel 2012 features Afropan, Toronto All Stars, Souls of Steel, Pan Fantasy, and the premier of a new steel orchestra.  Special awards presentations for Pan Pioneer and Woman in Pan.  Doors open:  6:00 p.m.  Showtime: 7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Chinese Cultural Centre - P.C. Ho Theatre - 5183 Sheppard Ave. E. (just East of Markham Road on Sheppard), Toronto, Ontario, CANADA.  More info - Wendy: 1 (416) 286-7756;  Earl: 1 (416) 245-6411. 
   
• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries -Tobago Region steelbands.  First of four bands - time:  7:00 p.m.  Venues:  Respective Band panyards, TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries - Eastern Region steelbands.  Time:  7:00 p.m.  Venue:  Carpark, Larry Gomes Stadium, Nutones Boulevard, Malabar, Arima, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition:  Single Pan Preliminaries - South/Central Region steelbands.  Time:  6:00 p.m.  Venue:  Pleasantville Community Grounds, Pleasantville, San Fernando, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.
   

• Andy Akiho on steelpan and Friends - Paul Hofreiter on bass and Sean Dixon.  Time:  7:30 p.m.  Venue:  Infini-T Cafe, 4 Hulfish Street, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
   

• Cassie Bradley’s Graduate Steel Pan Recital.  Details:
  Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005, Allegro Assai/J. S. Bach; A Visit to Hell/Liam Teague; Omnipresent/Andy Akiho; Hanba Iro/Andy Akiho; Trying Ah Ting/Liam Teague; Für Elise/Ludwig Van Beethoven/arr. Cassie Bradley
  Time:  3:00 p.m.  CST (Central Standard Time).  Venue:  Recital Hall, Music Building, 550 Lucinda Avenue, NIU (Northern Illinois University) campus, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

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