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
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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
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
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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
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Steel Sensation - “How Ah Livin’” - (‘Cool Down’ version - VIDEO)

Tristan Japsi - Arranger

Steel Sensation at its panyard recording session
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
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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
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
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
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
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Metro Steel Orchestra - “Lorraine’” - (‘Tempo’ version - VIDEO)

Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - Arranger

Metro Steel Orchestra at its panyard recording session
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



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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
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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