Web Posted - Tuesday
December 3, 2024
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Single Pan Bands - Complete 2025 Preliminaries Results -
Trinidad and Tobago Steelband Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
The 2025 season of the Single Pan preliminaries played out
across the country from November 22 through 30, 2024.
Participants from the Northern, Eastern, South/Central and
Tobago regions performed before the panel of judges in their
respective zones over an eight-night period.
....Chord Masters Steel Orchestra is facing twenty-four
challengers to its throne, as the band defends its title while
going for the hat trick, led once again by champion arranger
André White.
see
full results
Web Posted - Monday
November 25, 2024
When Steel Talks
Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, Tobago Region - 2025 -
Trinidad & Tobago Panorama
Tobago, W.I. -
It is the turn of sister isle Tobago on Saturday November 30,
where three bands will represent in the preliminary round of Pan
Trinbago’s annual National Panorama Single Pan competition.
see schedule
Web Posted - Sunday November
24, 2024
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Metro Steel Orchestra - “Lorraine’” - (‘Cool Down’ version -
VIDEO)
Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - Arranger
Metro Steel Orchestra at its panyard recording session
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Basement Recordings captures Metro Steel Orchestra on Thursday,
August 29 as they prepare in their Brooklyn panyard for the 2024
New York steelband Panorama competition on Saturday August 31.
This is the ‘Cool Down’ version.
see video
Web Posted - Sunday November
24, 2024
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, South/Central Region -
2025 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
There are five bands in the South/Central region scheduled to
perform for judges on Thursday November 28, all vying for a
place in the December 14, 2024 finals.
see
schedule
Web Posted - Saturday
November 23, 2024
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, Eastern Region - 2025 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
The second of four legs of preliminary Single Pan competition
gets underway on Monday November 25 featuring seventeen bands in the
Eastern region, in Pan
Trinbago’s annual National Panorama Single Pan competition.
There are three nights of competition.
see
schedule
Web Posted - Friday
November 22, 2024
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, Northern Region - 2025 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Eighteen bands in the Northern region of Pan Trinbago’s annual
National Panorama Single Pan competition, are scheduled to
participate in the Preliminaries in respective venues, from
Friday November 22 through Sunday November 24, 2024.
see
schedule
Web Posted - Wednesday November
20, 2024
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11th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference: Call for
Papers extended
United Kingdom - The ‘Call
for Papers’ for the 11th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference has been
extended to 6th December 2024.
....The 11th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference...will
be held at the elegant theatres of the National Academy for the Performing Arts
(NAPA) between 6-8th March 2025.
see more
Web Posted - Saturday November
16, 2024
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Steelpan & Powder Parade in San Fernando - Radicle Tube
Live Stream
November 16, 2024
San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
The first Steelpan and Powder Parade in San Fernando unfolds on
Saturday November 16, 2024. Live stream is by Radicle Tube.
....Bands
scheduled to participate in the event are: Skiffle, Pan Elders,
Southern Stars, et al....
see
live stream
Web Posted - Friday November 15, 2024
When Steel Talks
Trinidad and Tobago 2025 Panorama and Carnival
Schedule of Events
Global
- Trinidad and Tobago
Panorama and Carnival Schedule of Events. Info on
the activities for the 2025 steelband music season:
dates, times, judging schedules, preliminaries,
semi-finals and finals competitions, event venues, and
more, as available.
see schedule
Web Posted - Thursday November 14, 2024
When Steel Talks
Steel Sensation - “How Ah Livin’” - (‘Cool Down’ version -
VIDEO)
Tristan Japsi - Arranger
Steel Sensation at its panyard recording session
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Basement Recordings captures Steel Sensation on Friday, August
30 as they prepare in their Brooklyn panyard for the 2024 New
York steelband Panorama competition on Saturday August 31. This
is the ‘Cool Down’ VIDEO version of their selection.
see video
Web Posted - Wednesday November
13, 2024
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2025 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Panorama Info - Complete
Global
- PanOnTheNet/ WhenSteelTalks is Panorama
Central! Complete information on the 2025 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 - Tuesday November
12, 2024
When Steel Talks
Despers USA Steel Orchestra - “DNA” - (‘Cool Down’ version -
VIDEO)
Odie Franklin - Arranger
Despers USA Steel Orchestra at its panyard
recording session on August 30, 2024
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Basement Recordings captures Despers USA Steel Orchestra as they
prepare for the 2024 New York steelband Panorama competition,
just one day before the event. Despers USA Steel Orchestra
performed an Odie Franklin-arrangement of “DNA.” This is the
‘Cool Down’ version. .
see video
Web Posted - Sunday
November 10, 2024
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D’Radoes Steel Orchestra - “Inventor” - (‘Cool Down’ version -
VIDEO)
Carlton “Zanda” Alexander - Arranger
D’Radoes Steel Orchestra during their recording
session, August 29, 2024
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Basement Recordings captured D’Radoes on August 29 as they
prepared in their Brooklyn, New York panyard before going to
Panorama on Saturday August 31, 2024. This is the ‘Cool
Down’ version of their selection, Inventor.
see video
Web Posted - Friday
November 8, 2024
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Pan in Motion - “DNA” - (‘Cool Down’ version -
VIDEO)
Dr. Kendall K. Williams - Arranger
Pan in Motion at its panyard recording session
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Basement Recordings captures Pan in Motion on Wednesday August
28 as they prepare in their Brooklyn panyard for the 2024 New
York steelband Panorama competition on Saturday August 31. This
is the Cool Down video version.
see video
Web Posted - Sunday
November 3, 2024
When Steel Talks
Metro Steel Orchestra - “Lorraine’” - (‘Tempo’ version -
VIDEO)
Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - Arranger
Metro Steel Orchestra at its panyard recording session
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Basement Recordings captures Metro Steel Orchestra on Thursday,
August 29 as they prepare in their Brooklyn panyard for the 2024
New York steelband Panorama competition on Saturday August 31.
see video
When Steel Talks
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).
see more
Web Posted
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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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