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Verse
1
Only
de Scrunter
De man who really ever
give Pan Woman
Some recognition
But so much ah Pan-Woman
Across dis land
Does add de honey to steelpan
Chorus
When
you hear Miss Ursula
Ramajay inside Despers
And also Candace Andrews
Renegades she choose
In All Stars
In Invaders
Belfon in Fonclaire, girl power
When Invaders Desiree
Sampson from All Stars ge’ way
Harmonites have Brittany
Starlift, Natalie
* Phase II, Glenda
* Exodus, Lisa
Codrington’s Keisha; girl power
Verse 2
Panorama
Check out “Smiley” Analisa
Wid three big bands
and one single-pan
Fire Services come fus’
Phase II, Exodus
And Desperadoes is a must
Chorus
Bridge
Most of some steelband
Is sweet pan-woman
Shining like chrome pan
Up on dey stand
Jammin’ all night
Until daylight
Without dem tings ent tight
Dey look slick
Is just so dey brain quick
Just hand dem a pan stick
And let dem run
School girl to big woman
Dey playing all pan
Up-front like any man
Verse 3
Another Pan Queen
Is we girl Daisy James McLean
Syncopators
A champion player
She brothers who was de founders
of Casablanca
Give pan-woman full full honours
Chorus
Verse 4
In early era
We had Girl Pat Steel Orchestra
An all-girls outfit
Glorious tunesmiths
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
An all-man clan
But today is woman like sand
Chorus
Bridge
Most of some steelband
Is sweet pan-woman
Shining like chrome pan
Up on dey stand
Jammin’ all night
Until daylight
Without dem tings ent tight
Chorus
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“Pan Woman Jammin”
Joanne Foster
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2012
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No stranger to the Big
Stage of competition
and performance,
Joanne Foster
is a past winner of
the National Song Festival
in Trinidad & Tobago.
She made her debut into
the Calypso arena in
1995 singing at the
Spectacular Forum in
Port of Spain. Since
her initial splash into
the Kaiso Pool, Joanne
has made it to the Skinner
Park Calypso Semi-Finals
on six occasions.
A dynamic performer
with powerful vocal
ability, Joanne has
sung on numerous calypso
music tracks as a background
vocalist attached to
the Junior “Ibo” Joseph’s
Dancing Dread Studios
in San Fernando. For
2012 Carnival, she takes
the lead microphone
and steps into the spotlight
to deliver a strong,
authoritative, melodic
song in tribute to the
hundreds of Trinbago’s
Pan Women who all come
down “the track" of
the “Big Yard” - (Queen’s
Park Savannah in Port
of Spain), to grace
the Panorama Stage with
their skill, style,
and beauty. Attached
to the Kaiso Showcase,
Joanne is one to watch
in 2012 - and beyond.
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DON CLARKE entered
the world of composing
music for the steelpan
in 2004 with “The Bomb,”
vocalised by Edwin Ayoung
aka “Crazy.” Celebrated
pan arranger, Robert
Greenidge arranged it
for the then-Solo Pan
Knights as their Panorama
selection. Don has since
composed a number of
pieces for the steelpan,
including “Pan Mamaguy,”
“She Hot For So,” “Delgado”
– in tribute to the
deceased iconic pan
maker Lincoln ‘Delgado’
Noel; “River Lime” and
“Can’t Get Enough.”
For 2011, Don released
Momentum, played
by Harmonites Steel
Orchestra in Trinidad’s
Panorama and London
All Stars in the 2011
Notting Hill Panorama.
Don,
who currently resides
in Atlanta, Georgia,
makes the annual pilgrimage
to his homeland. For
2012, he teamed up with
lyricist Gregory “GB”
Ballantyne for a tribute
to Pan Women everywhere,
resulting in
Pan
Woman Jammin’,
a hot, and steady, out-of-the-box
vibe arranged and engineered
by Junior “Ibo” Joseph
and vocalised by the
talented Joanne Foster.
Don is also dedicating
this year’s composition
to the deceased artistic
and musical icon
Dr.
Pat Bishop.
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GREGORY BALLANTYNE
began composing professionally
in 1986, when he collaborated
with Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
to pen “Pan Rising”
and “Dis Feeling Nice”
sung by Denise Plummer.
In the ensuing years
he would co-write winning
Panorama selections
for Desperadoes and
PHASE II (again).
In Trinidad, GB’s compositions
have won the National
Calypso Monarch (Senior
and Junior) Young King,
International Humour,
National Queen, Unattached
Monarch, South Calypso
King, East Zone Monarch
and have placed artistes
like Rikki Jai, Devon
Seale, The Mystic Prowler,
Aaron Duncan, to name
a few, into Winners’
Row. His credits also
include National and
Regional Calypso Monarch
titles in Antigua and
Anguilla, as well as
Chutney hits such as
‘Tassa-Man’ sung by Rooplal Gidharie and
the perennial favourite
‘Ribbons’ sung by Marilyn
Williams.
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