Web Posted - Saturday
September 30, 2023
When Steel Talks
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 - Tuesday September 26, 2023
When Steel Talks
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
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was supposed to be a one-off event, but from as early as 4 am people gathered for the ninth edition of the Shell Invaders Steel Orchestra Republic Day J'Ouvert celebrations at the Invaders pan yard, Tragarete Road, Port of Spain on Sunday.
The event began in 2015 and even during the covid19 pandemic it
did not stop, as it was held virtually in 2020 and 2021. This
year's theme was the Apache Invasion, following the 2022 theme
of Sailor Invasion.
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more
Web Posted - Monday
September 25, 2023
When Steel Talks
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!
see complete information
index
Web Posted - Saturday September 23, 2023
When Steel Talks
September 24 - 4:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Sunday September 24, 2023, features a J‘Ouvert celebration of ‘Steelbands on the Road’ for Republic Day in Trinidad & Tobago. Bands expected to perform include: Invaders Steel Orchestra, Starlift Steel Orchestra, Phase II Pan Groove and more.
....In addition to sweet pan, expect ole mas and traditional characters, just as in the traditional J’Ouvert celebrations at Carnival time.
Event is organized annually by Invaders, this year with an
advertised run time of 4:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. A.S.T.
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live stream
Web Posted --
Friday September 22, 2023
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In a move to bring pan into the Kafe, soca icon and businessman Carl Jacobs has come up with a series of events titled Steel Plus.
Jacobs said the intention is to make the national instrument a mainstay at Kafe Blue on Wrightson Road, Port of Spain.
The series will feature top musicians performing with panists
and other entertainers. It begins September 27 at 8 p.m. with the
first in the series, Steel and Brass, featuring Panorama-winning
arranger
Duvone Stewart along with saxophonist Jamie Ghany. They will
be backed by Wayne Guerra (keys), Dean Williams (guitar),
Russell Durity (bass), Richard Joseph (drums) and
Kenneth Clarke
(percussion).
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more
Web Posted -
Tuesday
September 19, 2023
7News Belize
Belize, S.A. - Pan Yaad ‘23 which was held at the Government House on Regent Street, Belize City.
The crowd was bigger than in recent memory - where a mature
audience danced until after midnight to the shimmering sounds of
steel drum..
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video
Web Posted -
Tuesday
September 19, 2023
Forward
The Beach-Nuts — Out In The Sun (Hey-O)
New York, USA - When songwriter and record producer Bob Feldman passed away Aug. 23 at the age of 83, we lost another giant of 1960s Brill Building pop.
Born in Brooklyn to Orthodox Jewish parents, Feldman initially considered becoming a cantor before he channeled his vocal talents into singing doo-wop on the street corners of Brighton Beach. He began writing songs of his own with the help of neighborhood pal Jerry Goldstein....
....A deeply underrated summer pop gem, 1965’s “Out in the Sun (Hey-O)”
took the island vibe of Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song” and dropped it
firmly into the Coney Island sand. Essentially a one-off collaboration
between the Angels and the Strangeloves, the song was also one of the first
pop-rock tracks to feature backing from a steel band, and definitely
deserved better than its lowly “bubbling under” placement on the Billboard
charts.
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Web Posted - Thursday
September 14, 2023
Key West Citizen
Florida, USA - The Florida Keys have rich, feel-good, island-inspired musical roots, from Coffee Butler and Howard Livingston to Key West’s adopted son, Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1 at the age of 76.
Marathon Middle/High School Director of Bands Chuck Brooker may well be a literal “one-man band” through his vision to keep that musical legacy alive and growing. And by doing so, while remaining true to the island origins that have shaped the sounds of the Keys, he’s building a strong student emphasis on steel drums.
....Brooker is organizing the new Marathon Community Steel Drum
Band adult program, set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 19, in
preparation for the fall 2023 season. The band in this community
program is open to anyone older than age 18 and can accommodate
12 to 15 students. This program intentionally excludes high
schoolers who are already enrolled in his school classes.
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more
Web Posted - Thursday
September 14, 2023
The Boston Sun
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - The Mass. Ave. Coalition’s second annual festival will make its return on Sunday, Sept. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m., rain or shine, to Chester Square on both sides of Massachusetts Avenue between Tremont Street and Shawmut Avenue.
....This year’s musical entertainment will be provided by
Ron
Reid, a
Berklee College of Music professor, leading a group of
his students in a steel-drum ensemble, while two carriage ways
will be open for “street play” for the event this year (as
opposed to only one last year).
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more
Web Posted -
Wednesday
September 13, 2023
The Trinidad Express
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - There are exciting times ahead for pan but the road won’t be easy.
This is according to Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore, who said she was pleased the authorities are showing interest and commitment towards the future of pan.
Ramsey-Moore was responding to President Christine Kangaloo’s
statement at Monday’s opening of the Fourth Session of the 12th
Parliament, when she called for an urgent parliamentary
intervention for pan being firmly and irrevocably declared the
country’s national instrument.
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more
Web Posted - Wednesday
September 13, 2023
When Steel Talks
Global ....The award will
provide three (3) individual grants of USD$5000 to the first
prize winner, USD$3000 to the second prize winner, and USD$2000
to the third prize winner. These amounts are to assist in
covering the cost of tuition, travel, accommodation and course
material.
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more
Web Posted - Tuesday
September 12, 2023
When Steel Talks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
W.I. - The
Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra (SHESO) started its
July/ August pan training programme back in 1995.
And, to date, over 1500 young persons have benefited from the
annual programme.
The latest cohort of persons who got their first opportunity to
play the steelpan graduated last Sunday, August 3, at a ceremony
held at the Sion Hill Village hard court.
The six weeks of training was conducted by Mikalla Knights,
Tillal Webb and
Septimus Cain, and netted 41 youngsters between
the ages of 8 and 17 years.
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more
Web Posted - Sunday
September 10, 2023
When Steel Talks
Cultural musical experience showcases pan music’s rhythms and sweet sounds during Miami Carnival Weekend
Lauderhill, Florida, USA - Miami Carnival will hold its annual Steelband Panorama competition presented by Carib Beer on Friday October 6, at Central Broward Park (3700 NW 11th Pl, Lauderhill, FL 33311), from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
....Steelbands in competition include Lauderhill Steel Ensemble,
Sticks ‘n Tones Steel Orchestra, Metro Steel Orchestra, New
Generation Branches Steel Orchestra, Melo Groove Steel
Orchestra, and Junior St Thomas Steel Orchestra. The Antigua &
Barbuda Ministry of Education, Sports, and The Creative
Industries will sponsor a special performance by Hells Gate
Steel Orchestra.
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more
Web Posted - Sunday
September 3, 2023
When Steel Talks
New York, USA - Dancing with
small steps of delight, Metro Steel Orchestra’s Anthony “Big
Tony” Joseph came on stage to embrace the trophy which
represented the work of his players, champion arranger Terrance
“BJ” Marcelle, and the raw determination of “Big Tony”
himself....His exuberant players were beside themselves on
stage.
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more, get results
Web Posted
When Steel Talks
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
When Steel Talks
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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Web Posted
When Steel Talks
Celebrating Steelpan - Illustration by artist Nicholas Huggins
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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