Web Posted - Saturday
September 7, 2024
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Meet Rondell Pompey, founder of Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra
Rondell Pompey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA -
Rondell Pompey was born and bred in John John, Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago on September 7th 1971. Most of the older
folk in his family were members of Carib Tokyo Steel Orchestra,
so it was no surprise when Pompey (as he is fondly called),
became interested in steelpan. As a matter of fact, Pompey would
cut school to be involved with steelpan music.
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Web Posted - Monday
September 2, 2024
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Brooklyn, New York J’Ouvert 2024 - Live Stream
J’Ouvert in Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
New York J’Ouvert on Labor Day morning, Monday September 2.
Steelbands, rhythm sections, Ole Mas, Jab Jab and much more can
be experienced along Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn, starting at
Flatbush Avenue.
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Web Posted - Sunday
September 1, 2024
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New York 2024 Panorama Results - Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra and André White Take Championship
Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra and André White on
stage for New York Panorama 2024
New York, USA - ....Pan
Evolution Steel Orchestra founded by Wayne Bernard finally took
home the championship title, trophy and prize purse. And for the
band’s champion arranger André White, winning is certainly in
his ‘DNA’ (the tune he arranged for Pan Evolution) - having been
a champion arranger multiple times in the years past, including
just one week ago at the 2024 UK Panorama with Mangrove
Steelband.
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full results
Web Posted - Saturday August
31, 2024
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New York Panorama 2024 - Live Stream
New York, USA - Eight steel
orchestras compete for the 2024 New York Panorama championship. The
grounds of the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway is the venue
for this annual competition, where start time is advertised as
7:00 p.m. on Saturday August 31.
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Web Posted - Wednesday August 28, 2024
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The Anatomy of New York Panorama 2024 - Quick Chart & Order of
Appearance
Bands, Tunes, Arrangers
New York, USA - These are
bands participating in the 2024 New York Panorama, tunes being
played, arrangers, captains and more.
The order in which the bands will compete is shown below, as all
contenders go up against title defender Metro Steel Orchestra
which is returning with champion arranger Terrance “BJ”
Marcelle.
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order of appearance
Web Posted -
Monday August 26, 2024
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Notting Hill Carnival 2024 - Monday Live Stream
Metronomes Steel Orchestra on the road for UK Carnival Monday 2024
London, England, U.K. -
Notting Hill Carnival (NHC) live stream for Carnival Monday,
August 26. Costumed mas bands filled with revelers take to the
streets. Steelbands such as Nostalgia, Metronomes, Glissando,
Panectar, Real Steel and more are part of the celebration in
this annual showcase organized by NHC.
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live stream
Web Posted -
Saturday August 24, 2024
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UK 2024 Panorama Results - Mangrove Steelband emerges as 2024 Panorama
champs after Notting Hill Carnival correction
Fifth Championship for Arranger André White in UK
Panorama Arena
London, England, U.K. -
....And - now for the REWRITE. For more than ninety minutes -
results of Ebony Steelband taking Panorama title twenty-five,
and Duvone Stewart having his sixth success in the UK Panorama
stood. After all, results were announced ‘live’ just around
11:38 p.m....People had left the venue, were on their way home.
Ebony supporters, their hearts full with fierce pride for yet
another victory. Stories published.
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results
Web Posted -
Saturday August 24, 2024
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UK National Steelband Panorama 2024 - Live Stream
London, England, U.K. - Five
steel orchestras compete for the 2024 UK National Steelband
championship. Croydon, Ebony, Mangrove, Metronomes and Real
Steel. Title defenders are Ebony Steelband.
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live stream
Web Posted - Friday August 23, 2024
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New York Steelband Pan Yard Locations - 2024
New York, USA - This is a
listing of addresses of active Pan Yard locations for the
Panorama season - of public-facing steel orchestras in
New York, and one in Philadelphia - along with contact
information where available, for the summer of 2024.
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more
Web Posted -
Wednesday August 21, 2024
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Pan & Powder Parade - Radicle Tube Live Stream
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - A Radicle Tube-live stream of steelpan
performances and more, via the ‘Pan & Powder Parade’ from City
Hall to the Grand Stand at the Savannah, on Wednesday August 21,
2024.
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live stream
Web Posted -
Tuesday August 20, 2024
When Steel Talks
The Anatomy of UK Panorama 2024 - Quick Chart & Order of Appearance
Bands, Tunes, Arrangers
London, England, U.K. - To
keep its title as UK National Panorama champs in 2024, Ebony
Steelband will take the stage on Saturday August 24 and square
off musically with four other competing steel orchestras. It
will be the final group on stage in the competition.
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details
Web Posted -
Friday August 16, 2024
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
RBC sponsors Redemption Sound Setters pan camp
Participants and executives of the RBC
Redemption Sound Setters Steel Orchestra pan
camp.
Tobago, W.I. - The
Tobago-based RBC
Redemption Sound Setters Steel Orchestra hosted
a pan camp for 41 youngsters comprising children from Tobago and
the US in July.
A media release said the vacation pan camp 2024 was designed for novices.
Under the tutelage of Shaquille Broomes and Dachelle Morrison, the
students were exposed to both theory and practical elements of the pan,
including knowledge of scales and chords at the introductory level.
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Web Posted -
Friday August 16, 2024
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Steelpan is More Beautiful ensemble finals on August 17
Golden Hands Steel Orchestra
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The
‘Steelpan is More Beautiful – Canopeum Amoris’ competition
continues, with the ensemble finals taking place on August 17 at
Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s Road, Port of Spain.
It is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Six out of the 15 qualifying bands will vie for the title.
South band
Golden Hands,
whose bandleader,
the late Franka Patricia Gillian Hills-Headley, died recently, took the
lead during the qualifying round.
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Web Posted --
Sunday August 11, 2024
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World Steelpan Day Performances in Woodford Square - Radicle Tube Live
Stream
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A
Radicle Tube-live stream of performances in celebration of World
Steelpan Day in Woodford Square, Trinidad on Sunday August 11,
2024.
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live stream
Web Posted -
Sunday August 11, 2024
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New Dimension Steel Orchestra - “In Me Head” Championship Performance -
2024 Grenada Panorama
New Dimension Steel Orchestra - 2024 Grenada National Panorama
champions on stage
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - This is the 2024 Grenada National
Panorama championship presentation by New Dimension Steel Orchestra, performing
a
Cordel Byam-arrangement of In Me Head by “Mr.
Gold’N.”
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performance
Web Posted -
Sunday August 11, 2024
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Ancestral Walk! Duke Street to Woodford Square - (World Steelpan Day)
Radicle Tube Live Stream
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A Radicle Tube-live stream of Ancestral Walk! Duke
street to Woodford Square in Port-of-Spain - (World
Steelpan Day) - in Trinidad on Sunday August 11, 2024.
Scroll back in the stream to see bands that already played -
such as reigning Single Pan band champs, Chord Masters.
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live stream
Web Posted -
Sunday August 11, 2024
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Grenada Panorama 2024 Results - New Dimension Steel Orchestra Retains
Championship with Arranger Cordel Byam
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. -
Another win was racked up by the top steel orchestra in Grenada
at the annual steelband Panorama competition. Playing Mr.
Gold’N’s In Me Head arranged by Cordel Byam, this is the
fourteenth championship for New Dimension, and the third for
Byam in the country’s senior competition.
See results
Web Posted - Thursday August
8, 2024
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Antigua’s Hells Gate Steel Orchestra - “Ah Love It Here” - Championship performance
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - This is the
2024 Antigua & Barbuda National Panorama championship
performance by Hells Gate Steel Orchestra, performing a Khan
Cordice-arrangement of Ah Love It Here.
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video
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2024 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Panorama Info - Complete
Global
- PanOnTheNet/ WhenSteelTalks is Panorama
Central! Complete information on the 2024 season of the
Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama, and competitions:
Schedules, Orders of Appearance for preliminary,
semi-final and final phases for large, medium and small
conventional steel orchestras, and single pan bands;
arrangers’ bios, bios of steel orchestras; full results,
panyard addresses, history of previous Panoramas, and
much more!
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Facebook got it wrong - Meta World and WST & SteelPan Are
Friends Again
Facebook “Likes” sends PanOnTheNet Apology - “We got it
wrong”
Metaverse - Facebook got it
wrong. About three years ago without warning or reason all WST
(When Steel Talks) steelpan-related accounts fell out of favor
with the social media giant Facebook now known as Meta and its
aligned consortiums (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp). Because
WST has all of our material hosted on our own shared servers,
this ‘tag’ was not incurable or as problematic as it could have
been. However, it was annoying to have people seeking critical
steelpan music info diverted by Facebook AI (artificial
intelligence).
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Technology Giant “Google” Celebrates the steelpan instrument via Google
Doodle
Celebrating Steelpan - Illustration by artist Nicholas Huggins
Doodle of steelpan instrument ‘live’ on Google’s web site
Global - On Tuesday July 26, 2022 the
steelpan instrument of Trinidad and Tobago is featured and celebrated on the
site of technology giant “Google” via the famed Google ‘Doodle.’ The ‘Doodle’
is essentially an illustrative change made to the Google corporate logo “to
celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers,
and scientists” - and more. The doodle is then seen by users all around the
world who access Google’s homepage on that day, and is available thereafter
in the doodle archives.
....Trinidad and Tobago-based artist Nicholas Huggins is the creator of the
illustrative artwork featured in the doodle, while
Etienne Charles is the composer
of the accompanying music performed by the legendary steelpan icon
Len “Boogsie”
Sharpe.
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