Web Posted - Monday October
31, 2023
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
New home soon for Highlanders
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - In the heart of Port of Spain, a new chapter will
unfold for the
Highlanders Steel Orchestra.
After years of searching for a permanent home, the beloved steel
orchestra will finally have a place to call its own. The East Port of Spain
Development Company will hand over the keys to the band's new facility in a
few weeks.
....The news about highlanders having a new home is excellent and a great
honour to the late
Bertie Marshall, recipient of the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago in the sphere of innovation of the steelpan as a pioneer.
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Web Posted - Saturday
October 28, 2023
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Parade of the Bands: Tobago Carnival 2023 - Radicle Tube
Live Stream
Scarborough, Tobago, W.I. -
Tobago Carnival presents: Parade of the Bands on Sunday October
29. Live stream by Radicle Tube.
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live stream
Web Posted - Saturday
October 28, 2023
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De Masquerade (Night Mas): Tobago Carnival - Radicle Tube
Live Stream
Scarborough, Tobago, W.I. -
Tobago Carnival Presents:
De Masquerade (Night Mas). Live stream by Radicle Tube.
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live stream
Web Posted - Friday
October 27, 2023
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Rhythm, Steel and Powder - presented by Tobago Carnival - Radicle Tube Live Stream
October 27 - 5:00 p.m.
Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra at “֨Rhythm, Steel and Powder”
Scarborough, Tobago, W.I. -
Tobago Carnival Presents: RHYTHM, STEEL AND POWDER - Redemption
Sound Setters,
Couva
Joylanders, and many more included in the expected twelve
steel orchestras.
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live stream
Web Posted - Thursday
October 26, 2023
University Communications -wiu.edu
WIU Steel Band to Perform Nov. 3
Illinois, USA - The Western Illinois University School of Music will
present a Steel Band Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 in the
College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.
The WIU Steel Band is under the direction of Rick Kurasz,
Professor of Percussion and Associate Dean of the College of
Fine Arts and Communication.
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Web Posted - Monday
October 23, 2023
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Khan Cordice named 2024 Panorama arranger of Arima Angel Harps -
Medium band category
Khan Cordice
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Antigua & Barbuda’s Khan Cordice is the 2024 Panorama arranger
of Arima Angel Harps - Medium band category.
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Web Posted - Sunday
October 22, 2023
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Josiah Green named 2024 Panorama arranger of Southern Marines Steelband
Foundation -
Medium band category
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Josiah Green is the 2024 Panorama arranger of Southern Marines
Steelband Foundation - Medium band category.
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Web Posted - Saturday
October 21, 2023
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Clarence Morris named 2024 Panorama arranger of Sangre Grande Cordettes -
Medium band category
Clarence Morris
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Clarence Morris is the 2024 Panorama arranger of Sangre Grande
Cordettes - Medium band category.
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Web Posted - Friday
October 20, 2023
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Stefon West named 2024 Panorama arranger of La Horquetta (LH) Pan Groove
- Small band category
Stefon West
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Stefon West is the 2024 Panorama arranger of La Horquetta (LH)
Pan Groove - Small band category. Their 2024 Tune of choice:
“Spring Garden on Fire.”
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Web Posted - Thursday
October 19, 2023
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Pan Masters Steel Orchestra brings the vibe to Caribbean Cultural
Showcase in Washington, DC
Pan Masters Steel Orchestra at 2023 World Culture Festival
Washington, D.C., USA - It
was indeed a memorable occasion on Sunday October 1, 2023 for
all participants in the Caribbean Cultural Showcase, including
the Pan Masters Steel Orchestra of Washington, DC - which in May
2023 celebrated 38 years of embracing and showcasing “PAN”, the
national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.
With support of the Mayor’s Office on Caribbean Community Affairs, the
creative direction of the Organizers of DC Caribbean Carnival, Inc., and a
collaborative engagement by cultural enthusiasts in the DMV, Pan Masters
successfully delivered a five-minute showcase of “Caribbean Dance” at the
showcase as its contribution to the 4th World Cultural Festival held
on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
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more
Web Posted - Saturday
October 14, 2023
Lost Coast Communications
Cal Poly Humboldt Wind Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra at Fulkerson Recital
Hall
California,
USA - The Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre at Cal
Poly Humboldt presents “Wind Ensemble & Jazz Orchestra.”
Students under the direction of Dan Aldag, Jazz Orchestra, and
Paul Cummings, Wind Ensemble, perform and evening of music at
Cal Poly Humboldt.
....The evening concludes with a performance of Summer Song,
composed for steelband by steelpan legend
Cliff Alexis. A Cal Poly Humboldt alumnus, Dan Fair,
arranged it for the Jazz Orchestra about 10 years ago, and the
orchestra is reviving that arrangement for this concert.
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more
Web Posted - Sunday
October 8, 2023
wired868.com
Daly Bread: The Invaders’ fish broth tale
The Invaders Steel Orchestra practices under the breadfruit
tree in an image from yesteryear.
Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - ....The fish broth story is connected to
Invaders,
which had a legendary musical rivalry with
All Stars in the
1950s and 1960s.
Invaders have been present at their Tragarete Road location since 1941.
There were disputes between the owner of the land and Invaders, which
focused on Vernon Mannette—a member the famous Mannette family who occupied
an apartment on the land. Francis Wickham and Kelvin Dove, also lived with
their parents in apartments on the land.
....The precise address of Invaders yard is 147 Tragarete Road. It was
declared a heritage site but their occupation only finally settled down when
Invaders were able to obtain a lease of that land last month.
It was also reported that Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Shell) has
been instrumental in assisting with obtaining the land next door to number
147, (numbers 149-151), for Invaders’ use and expansion.
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more
Web Posted - Saturday
September 30, 2023
When Steel Talks
The passing of Gary “Soup” Harrigin
Gary “Soup” Harrigin
Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - Condolences on the passing of Master Tuner Roland
Harrigin’s brother Gary Harrigin aka “Soup.”
He was one of the brothers who took all of Roland’s pans to
Rudolph Charles to hear once completed.
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more
Web Posted -
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Trinidad and Tobago 2024 Panorama and Carnival
Schedule of Events
Global
- Trinidad and Tobago
Panorama and Carnival Schedule of Events. Info on
the activities for the 2024 steelband music season:
dates, times, judging schedules, preliminaries,
semi-finals and finals competitions, event venues, and
more, as available.
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Web Posted - Monday
September 25, 2023
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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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index
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Complete Summary of Results of all Conventional Steel
Orchestras - 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
At a glance and on a single page, access the comprehensive
summary of results for the Small, Medium and Large conventional
steel orchestras that participated in their respective
categories in the 2023 Panorama.
Follow the musical journey of respective bands through all three phases -
compare side-by-side preliminaries, semi-finals and finals through data on
band info, scores, tunes of choice and arrangers - on one page.
access full summary
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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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