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“The Bradley
Years”
 The
Bradley Years represent the definitive collection
of steelband music arrangements and performances
for a large steel orchestra. This collection
showcases seven classic arrangements from the
master arranger Clive Bradley. Bradley
is considered to be the best steelband music
arranger ever by many, including his peers.
In addition, the arrangements are performed
by one of the finest steelbands in the world,
New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Clive Bradley
had a very special relationship with Pantonic.
This orchestra clinched the title of panorama
champions five times in seven years - performing
Bradley’s musical works. The performances
were captured by Basement Recordings days before,
and in one instance, mere moments before they
took the stage for the prestigious annual steelband
music panorama competition.
The recordings
capture, reproduce and present an unrivalled
clarity with sonic realism, of a large steel
orchestra fielding between one hundred and one
hundred twenty musicians - unlike any other
steelband music recordings in its class.
This body
of musical work is a sterling addition for all
fans, educators, players, historians and fine
music collectors.
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Trinidad and Tobago
2015 Carnival Events
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Pan in New York CD and DVD
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“CD Samples”
Pan
in New York 2009
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 Global
- Experience the
beauty of the steelpan instrument through
the two latest CD releases from Basement
Recordings. Three-minute samples from
the Pan In New York 2009 CDs - of both regular
and slow tempo performances - are being
featured. Content is being added,
so keep checking regularly.
Both “Pan In New York 2009,” and “Pan In
New York 2009 - The Cooldown Versions” are
a continuation of the Pan-4-Life series
from Basement Recordings.
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Simply one
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Saturday February 28, 2015
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Smooth Sailing at 2015 Panorama Musical Game of Thrones - The Good, Bad and Ugly - A WST Review
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I.
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Once again the greatest steel orchestras in the world convened in fierce contest for their annual rumble on the 'Big Stage' in the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, the capital of 'The Home Of Pan.'
Hailing from sister isle Tobago, and the North, South, East, and West of Trinidad - the twin-island birthplace of the steelpan instrument - they came for a shot at musical supremacy for some - or an opportunity at fame and renown for others. And of course, the usually slim chance to enter the circle where only Titans and Giants roam - Panorama Champion, Large Steel Orchestra Category.
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Thursday February 26, 2015
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First time for a Steel Band at the SXSW Music Festival - Codrington Pan Family Steel Orchestra |
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Global
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The Codrington Pan Family Steel Orchestra from Trinidad and Tobago has been selected as the first act of its kind to participate in the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The event is scheduled to run from 17-22 March 2015.
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Thursday February 26, 2015
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Contemplating genius one panyard at a time
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I.
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How can one contemplate genius? How does one recognise that savant quality in gifted musicians? Here in the “Third World” of foreigners' fantasies, the reputations of communities have been placed on the shoulders of political giants, on the shoulders of criminals, on the shoulders of cricket captains and steelpan arrangers. For this Carnival 2015, I ventured to gather that magic of the urban panyard as a locus for creativity, for communality, for a congregation of the curious at the periphery looking in.
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Thursday February 26, 2015
CBC News
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Wilson family brings steel pan music into schools for Black History Month
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Canada
- The Wilson family has been bringing steel pan music to Montreal for more than 20 years. This month, members have been playing in schools across the city as part of Black History Month.
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Thursday February 24, 2015
Trinidad Newsday
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Pan Trinbago loses appeal
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- World governing body for the steelpan, Pan Trinbago, has lost its appeal against a decision of a High Court judge who, in 2013, ruled that two steelband members were eligible candidates for the organisation’s central executive committee elections.
In a decision handed down by Justices of Appeal Peter Jamadar, Nolan Bereaux and Mark Mohammed, the Appellate Court held that PanTrinbago failed to prove that the decisions of High Court judge, Justice Ricky Rahim were plainly wrong.
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Friday February 19, 2015
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Panorama Finals 2015 on CD and DVD
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I.
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This year’s mesmerizing steelbands’ performances at the National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Finals are captured “live” on both CD and DVD.
The two are collections of the finalists in the Medium and Large Conventional Band categories as they performed “live” at the National Panorama Finals at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
While the DVD is two discs, the CD is a three disc collection with six (6) bonus tracks featuring the first three placed bands in the Single Pan Band and the Small Band Conventional-disc categories.
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Schedule of Panorama and
Carnival
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Friday February 20, 2015
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Trinidad All Stars Wins Band of the Year - 2015
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I.
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Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra has won the Large Band of the Year title for 2015.
This was confirmed by the National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA) on Thursday afternoon.
All Stars scored 2,392 points to take the title with their presentation of 'Ships Ahoy At A French Festival.'
In second place was Trini Revellers with 'The Jamette Carnival' which scored 2,299 points.
Downtown Band of the Year winner, Ronnie and Caro, scored 2,230 points to place third with 'Ah Come Back Home.'
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Friday February 20, 2015
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Various steelpan competitions organized by Pan Trinbago
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Trinidad & Tobago,
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Results have also been announced for the Groovy Soca Steelband Competitions which were held in all Pan Trinbago Regions on Carnival Monday night. The competition was open to all young arrangers under the age of 40. Bands were required to play any popular ninety (90) beat per minute groovy soca tune while on the move for approximately four to six minutes.
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Thursday February 19, 2015
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Champs of Steel Plus Brings Closure to 2015 Panorama Season
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Trinidad and Tobago,
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The Carnival may be officially over but come Saturday 21st February 2015, Carnival come again as Pan Trinbago Inc. presents “Champs of Steel Plus”.
The post-Carnival event which features in part most of the winners and champions of the major competitions gives the public another chance to savor all that was Carnival.
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Thursday February 19, 2015
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Antigua's Hells Gate Steel Orchestra Celebrates 70 years in Existence |
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Antigua and Barbuda,
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Under the theme "Pan - Then - Now - Forever", Antigua's oldest steel orchestra, Hell's Gate, will continue the celebration of their 70th year in existence with a Launch this Saturday 21st February 2015. The launch will take place in the panyard of the famed orchestra. The orchestra's celebratory activities commenced in January 2015, and will be followed with monthly happenings that will culminate with an awards banquet and concert in October 2015.
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Wednesday February 18, 2015
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Panorama 2015 Notes - Raw Talk
by Dalton Narine
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Trinidad and Tobago,
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Raw thoughts, notes and candid reflections captured and shared by steelpan musician, award-winning film maker, journalist, television presenter, historian, editor and writer Dalton Narine - Trinidad and Tobago Steelband Panorama 2015.
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Monday February 16, 2015
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An Interview with Raf Robertson
Musician, Former Panorama Judge and birdsong Arranger
by Dalton Narine
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Trinidad and Tobago,
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The science of steelband arranging is being able to take a song, arrange it in such a way that musicians could like it, play it and make you feel good. The emotion must vibrate in the music. Music is a language. You have to speak to people in a language that they speak.
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Sunday February 15, 2015
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The Spilling of Blood - Phase II vs. Trinidad All Stars - A Saga for The Ages
by Dalton Narine
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Trinidad and Tobago,
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True, there is a bitter irony of circumstance that the arrangers of the two best steelbands in Panorama have been longtime friends. Yet it is the blood of Phase II Pan Groove that made Trinidad All Stars blood boil, erupting an out-of-character behavior In the large band finals at the Queen’s Park Savannah. Shucks, the Stars’ old Hell Yard instincts kicked in with vengeance the way the tussle came off back in 1986 when the Phase all but had their first victory locked in with Pan Rising as the drama in the Rama pushed to a head.
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Sunday February 15, 2015
Stabroek News
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Steelband making waves
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Guyana, SA
- Guyana is awash, virtually
daily, with an array of ‘bad news’ stories. The
‘good news’ items are around, but they don’t
always make the headlines; they remain
invisible. This one I’m about to tell you goes
back some years to around 2007 when steelband
music had declined in Guyana. One or two bands
were still around, but the art form generally
was in the doldrums. However, with Carifesta
looming here, the Minister of Culture, Frank
Anthony, wanted to look at reviving steelband.
He
suggested the formation of a national steelband
to debut at
Carifesta, and appointed Andrew Tyndall,
himself a panman, as Coordinator for the move.
“We put out a call for former players to help
reignite the thing,” said Tyndall, “and that
also brought responses from a number of
youngsters playing pan in school.” In the
beginning, some of the senior players were
dubious about a band with these young school
children, but instructors (Andrew Tyndall, Cecil
Bovell, Cary Gillis and Charles Gillis) were
attached to the schools to start teaching.
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Sunday February 15, 2015
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Trinidad All Stars Again
Deny Phase II Pan Groove Hat-trick -
Pan Elders Retain Medium Champion Title for
Second Year
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And shortly
after 4:00 a.m. local time on Carnival Sunday,
pan music lovers all over the world knew just
where their favorite bands in medium and/or
large conventional steel orchestra categories
stood - like it or not. With a start sometime
after 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, the final stage for
both the medium and large conventional steel
orchestras had come alive as first eleven
medium, then ten large bands gave the titles
their best musical shots.
For Trinidad All Stars and
arranger Leon “Smooth” Edwards, it was sweet
triumph as the band that calls Duke Street,
Port-of-Spain home fulfilled their 2015 mandate,
that is, to put the brakes on the 2014 champs
Phase II Pan Groove as the latter tried in vain
for a third consecutive Panorama title. And it
is not the first time...
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Friday February 13, 2015
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A Look at the Single Pan and Small Steel Orchestras Finals Winners
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Trinidad & Tobago
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San Juan East Side Symphony has retained its title as the Petrotrin National Single Pan Band Champion for the fifth consecutive year.
The small
orchestra category saw the current champions, Supernovas, being dethroned by Arima Golden Symphony.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday February 10, 2015
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Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Panorama Winners
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Trinidad & Tobago
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There is a new THA Pan Champ in NGC Steel Xplosion.
NGC Couva Joylanders and bp Renegades will play first in their respective categories on Saturday (14th February 2015) as the National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Bands Finals take centre stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, from 7:00 p.m.
The band from Carnbee scored 283 points to top the Large Band category with the Arddin Herbert arrangement of Slinger Francisco’s “Du Du Yemi”. Last year’s winner, Petrotrin Katzenjammers came in second with 282 points with the Winsford Devine composition, ”Say Say”.
Also in winner’s row is Our Boys with 268 points. The Small
Conventional Band performed Lead Pipe & Saddis’ “Ah Feeling” arranged by Anslem Campbell.
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Tuesday February 10, 2015
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Large and Medium Panorama
2015 411
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Trinidad & Tobago
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Couva Joylanders and Renegades will play first in their respective categories on Saturday (14th February 2015) as the National Panorama Medium
and Large Conventional Bands Finals take centre stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, from 7:00 p.m.
Twenty one steel orchestras will know their musical fate as they face two panels of adjudicators in what has been deemed “the battle royale for steelpan supremacy” . First prize winner in the Large Band category will receive
TT$1,000.000. while that in the Medium Band will receive
TT$600,000. and the bp Challenge trophies.
Making the cut are three bands from Tobago. Each of the competing bands will perform its Panorama calypso selection not exceeding eight (8) minutes and will be judged on the basis of 100 points in the categories Arrangement (40), General Performance (40), Tone (10) and Rhythm (10).
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Thursday February 12, 2015
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Large Bands Finals Order
of Appearance Panorama 2015
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Trinidad & Tobago
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The Order of Appearance, tunes, and arrangers for
Large Steel Orchestras, competing in the Saturday February 14 finals in the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain for the Trinidad & Tobago National #Steelband Panorama 2015.
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Thursday February 12, 2015
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Medium Bands Finals Order
of Appearance Panorama 2015
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Trinidad & Tobago
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The Order of Appearance, tunes, and arrangers for Medium Steel Orchestras, competing in the Saturday February 14 finals in the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain for the Trinidad & Tobago National #Steelband Panorama 2015.
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Wednesday February 11, 2015
Guyana Times
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Buxton Pride wins Mash Panorama Steel Pan Competition
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Guyana, SA
- The Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra has done it again, taking top honours for the second year in a row and in its second showing at the Republic Bank Mashramani Panorama Steel Pan Competition on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Its supporters erupted with joy when the Chairperson, Russell Lancaster made the announcement of the win in the Large School Band Category at the seventh edition of the annual Steel Pan Competition.
Second place went to North Ruimveldt Secondary while the Bishops’ High came in third. Lancaster stated that the competition was quite close for these performers.
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Tuesday February 10, 2015
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Panorama 2015 Audio
Performances
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Trinidad & Tobago
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Listen to Panorama Audio - On the Drag, On Stage and In the Yard - Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama 2015.
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Tuesday February 10, 2015
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Arima Panorama 2015
Results
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Trinidad & Tobago
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The competition
hosted by the
Arima Carnival
Committee in
conjunction with
Pan Trinbago
Eastern Region
was held at the
Arima Basketball
Court, Arima,
last evening.
At
the end of the
competition, new
winners were
crowned i.e.
Marsicans and
Supernovas &
Arima Angel
Harps (tied).
Twelve (12)
bands competed
in what has been
described as a
“dry run to
Panorama”.
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Tuesday February 10, 2015
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It’s FINALS Time for
Single Pan Bands and Small Steel Orchestras -
Panorama 2015
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Global
- Defending Single Pan Band Champion San Juan East Side Symphony will play at position 12 while their joint counterparts in the Small Band category, Super Novas, will perform first with Pan Jammers going in at number six.
The three (3) are part of the twenty nine (29) band line-up at the Petrotrin National Single Pan & Small Band Finals at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Thursday 12th February 2015. Competition starts at 6:00 pm.
Super Novas, the Lopinot based band led by Anthony Samaroo will play Amrit Samaroo’s arrangement of “Dr. Samaroo”. The song was composed by Mark Loquan and sung by Anslem Douglas. Trinidad East Side Symphony under the baton of Duvone Stewart will perform “Shaking It” composed and sung by Ronnie McIntosh while Pan Jammers have opted for Chris Garcia’s “Chutney Bacchanal” arranged by Robert Tobitt.
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Tuesday February 10, 2015
Guyana Times
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Culture Ministry wins Panorama steel pan competition
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Guyana, SA
- The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s steel pan band was named the winner of this year’s Mashramani Panorama Steel Pan Competition on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.
This is the seventh year the Culture Ministry has been hosting the competition. It collaborates annually with Republic Bank, which plugged some $2.8 million into this year’s competition, to host the event as part of the list of activities planned for Mashramani.
On Thursday, the first leg of the competition was held at the Theatre Guild, Kingston, with performances in the categories of junior soloist, pan duet, senior soloist and pan jazz.
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Tuesday February 10, 2015
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Finals Order of Appearance for
Small Steel Orchestras
Panorama 2015
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Global
- As in 2014, the top prize in 2015 for the small steel orchestras is TT $400,000 along with Pan Trinbago and bp
Challenge
Trophies, while
the 1st and 2nd
runners-up
receiving TT
$350,000 and TT
$300,000
respectively.
Fourth-, fifth-
and
sixth-placing
bands take away
TT $250,000, TT
$200,000 and TT
$150,000 in that
order, while
those in
positions seven
through ten will
be awarded TT
$100,000 each.
The action
starts at 6:00
p.m. at Skinner
Park.
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Wednesday February 9, 2015
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Results for Trinidad &
Tobago Junior National Panorama 2015
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I.
- Congratulations to the winners in the three categories for the 2015 Junior National Steelband Panorama competition:
Primary School Category - 1st place - St. Paul’s Boys’ Anglican School
Secondary School Category - 1st place - St. Francois Girls College Steel Orchestra
Under-21 Non-School Category - 1st place - Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra
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Saturday February 7, 2015
Kaieteur News
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Panorama Steel Pan
competition kicks off first leg
…finals to continue
tomorrow
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Guyana, SA
- The first leg of the
Panorama Steel Pan competition kicked off at the
Theatre Guild, Thursday night with performances
in the junior soloist, pan duet, senior soloist
and pan jazz categories. Tomorrow (February 8),
will mark the second and final day of the
competition with the school and large bands
categories at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall.
Winners
from Thursday night’s round of the competition
included Akeem Pompey, Hanani Lewi and Vjay
Sharma who placed first, second and third
respectively, in Junior Solo category. While in
the Senior Solo category Jovanka Williams took
first place, with Detroy Dey and Michael Smith
Jr. tying for second.
In the Pan
Duet category Jovanka Williams once again copped
first together with her partner Kellisha
Edwards. The pairs Jamal Johnson and Javier
Marks placed second with Ray Sparman and Ryan
Lewis taking third position.
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Friday February 6, 2015
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Horace L. Morancie
remembered by EVERYBODY’S “Caribbean” Magazine
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New York, USA - EVERYBODY’S “Caribbean” Magazine – H. Hall.
Horace L. Morancie,
one of the most powerful Black technocrats of
the 1960s and 1970s in Brooklyn, NY, died on
Tuesday, February 4 after succumbing to the
aging process. He was 85 years old and lived in
East New York, Brooklyn. He was a naturalized
American, patriotic Trinidadian and active
Caribbean-American.
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Thursday February 5, 2015
WBTW.com -
News13
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Ocean Bay Middle School
offers steel drum and taiko class
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
- Students at Ocean Bay
Middle School can now take a class on steel drum
and taiko. The class was previously only offered
at Carolina Forest Elementary, but Dr. Tim
Peterman wanted to give students the chance to
keep playing as they grow older.
While the
instruments are unique, Dr. Peterman said
they're well received by students.
"You get
to hit something, that's the main thing," said
Dr. Peterman.
Eighth
grader Tony Mastroberti started playing at the
elementary school and picked it back up this
year.
"You could
play tropical music, classical music, jazz
music, anything," said Mastroberti.
According
to Dr. Peterman, the class currently has 73
students enrolled.
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Thursday February 5, 2015
Edmonds Beacon
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Magic of a steel pan band
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Mukilteo, Washington, USA
- An Edmonds man fell in love
with the melodic music of steel pan bands at the
age of 10, and now he’s set his sights on
bringing a world-class steel band to Edmonds.
As a boy,
Gary Gibson stood in the crowds at a
Thanksgiving Day parade and watched as a corps
of Navy men passed in dress blues drumming on
steel pans strapped to their chests.
Gibson –
inspired by the US Navy Steel Band – rushed
home, grabbed an old bowl-shaped metal sled and
created his own “pan.”
At 54, he
continues to play, and his passion for steel pan
music has led him not only to teaching, but also
to the founding of a non-profit called Steel
Magic Northwest.
Gibson
said the goal of Steel Magic Northwest is to
teach music, teamwork, discipline and
leadership, and to build community in the
context of a modern steel orchestra.
“It’s not
an intimidating musical instrument,” he said,
“not a lot of buttons and keys and little
strings and little things.
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Thursday February 5, 2015
New York Daily
News
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New York City activist
Horace Morancie dead at 85
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New York, USA -
Horace Morancie, one of the city's most
powerful activists in the 1960s, died Wednesday
of natural causes, his family said. He was 85.
Morancie,
born in Trinidad and Tobago, came to New York in
1954 when he was 25.
An
outspoken community activist, he helped lead the
Great Society and War on Poverty program that
created hundreds of jobs in Brooklyn.
Morancie
was appointed by Mayor John Lindsay to run
Brooklyn's Model Cities Program and brought
millions of dollars to the borough.
He helped
develop and manage a comprehensive plan for
housing, sanitation, crime prevention, police
protection, economic development, education,
social services, union organization and
transportation.
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Wednesday February 4 2015
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Finalists for Panorama 2015
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Global
- The finalists in all categories of Pan Trinbago National Panorama 2015 have been announced.
After a weekend of pan night and day literally, it was indeed pan in ecstasy at the “Mecca of Pan” from 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday.
A total of eighty-two steel
bands in Single Pan, Small, Medium and Large Conventional Bands categories faced separate panels of adjudicators, each vying for the coveted places in the Grand Finals.
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Wednesday February 4 2015
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Film Director and Journalist Dalton Narine -
Wins Best Short Film
2014
The Creative Arts Film Festival
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Sunday February 1, 2015
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Single Pan Semi Finals Panorama Results 2015
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Trinidad
- T&T Fire Services and San Juan East Side Symphony topped the
National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries with 269 points.
The latter is the defending champion.
T&T Fire Services played the Aldwyn Roberts’ composition “Fever” arranged by Terrance BJ Marcelle with San Juan East Side Symphony under the baton of Duvone Stewart played Ronnie Mc Intosh’s “Shaking It”.
In third spot was Marsicans with Alphonus Cassell’s (Arrow) Long
Time. They scored 268 points.
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Results - Panorama
Competition
2015
Trinidad and Tobago
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Web Posted -
Sunday February 1, 2015
Guyana Times
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Additional bands to
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Guyana, S.A. - The
Mashramani 2015 Steelband competitors are well
‘tuned’ with the vibes for the much awaited
Steelband competition. This year’s competition
comprises two categories; the school bands will
add to the customary category; the large and
regular ones.
At
present, 11 school bands and five large bands
have registered to participate in the
competition, which will be held on February 8,
at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
These
school bands include Panwave Steelpan Academy,
Bishops’ High, Christiansburg Wismar Secondary,
North Ruimveldt Secondary, Lodge Secondary,
Dolphin Secondary, Buxton Youth Band, Bartica
Youth Band, Queen’s College, West Demerara
Secondary and St. Rose’s High.
Meanwhile, in the large band category, five
bands have registered, including the Guyana
Police Force Band, Park Side Steel Orchestra,
Guyana Defence Force Band, Buxton Pride and the
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Band.
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