Panweekend 2006

2nd Steelpan-Festival in Dortmund is scheduled.

Tickets available.

 

 

PAN-KULTUR e.V., the reknown Dortmund steelpan Association, has successfully managed to put together the 2nd Steelpan-Festival, called “Panweekend 2006”. It will take place on March, 24th and 25th, at the hip-beach-location SOLENDO, Hafenstrasse 2a .

Tickets are available on site, at pan-kultur (www.pan-kultur.de) and the Kultur-Infoshop within the Karstadt-Shopping Centre, Kampstrasse. 

                    

Top act of the Saturday evening Caribbean night event will be EBONY steelband, the big time winners of several steelpan competitions in Europe and abroad. Dortmund based steelorchestra BAENG BAENG as well as the London NOSTALGIA STEELBAND (one of the audience favourites of last year’s Caribbean night) will complete the Saturday playlist. NOSTALGIA STEELBAND and pan-kultur Marchingband BAENG BAENG will also lead on a street parade in the pedestrian zone of downtown Dortmund at noontime on Saturday to warm up the audience for the evening show.

 

Friday features a Guiness Book of Record attempt to bring together the biggest kids’ steelband in Europe, when steelband-courses run by pan-kultur e.V. in 8 Dortmund schools will join for a concert

(March, 24th, 1 – 5 pm, SOLENDO). PANGANG, the 18-piece youth band of pan-kultur e.V. , as well as PANFAMILY-project will complete the afternoon show.

Visitors can check out Eckhard C. Schulz, globally reknown steelpan manufacturer, at work.

Evening show presents BIMA QUINTETT (Dortmund) and SAMUEL DUBOIS & EBONY QUINTETT (London). Steelpan music at its best !

 

 

 

PROGRAMME in detail

 

 

Friday, March 24th                1 – 5 pm    Pankids from Dortmund

Kids from 8 Dortmund schools will unite for the biggest kids’ steelband

 

Pan-Kultur-kids present their programme: “PanGanG”

(18 kids and teens) as well as “Pan-Family-project”  (kids/parents-band).

 

ECS steelpan manufacturing: check out the skills of master pan tuner Eckhard          C. Schulz.

                                                Info booth on steelpan,  music and classes.

 

                                                8 pm Steelpan in Concert & PlayaLatino-Disco 

                                                Live music featuring “BIMA-Quintett” (Dortmund) and