Who is Ralph Ramsey?

Who is Ralph Ramsey? And why is this entrepreneur so important to Steelpan and Caribbean music?

New York - Who is Ralph Ramsey? And why is he one of the most important young figures in today's entertainment world - as it relates in particular to the promotion of live steelpan music performances? This young entrepreneur, in a relatively short time has found a niche within the entertainment industry and is intellectually and brilliantly strategizing and fueling his own engine. He is simultaneously creating the highway or route for that vehicle, by tapping into the global rising phenomenon/interest in the steelpan music and instrument.

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BP Renegades Awards Ceremony and Dinner

Address by Michael Joseph, PRO, Pan Trinbago

Trinidad - Mr. Chairman, honored guests, leaders and members of the BP Renegades Steel Orchestra, other members of the Steelpan fraternity, friends and supporters. The pleasure is mine this evening, to bring fraternal greetings to each and every one gathered here on behalf of the President of Pan Trinbago Mr. Patrick Arnold, who had asked that I express his regrets at not being here with you, matters beyond his control.

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The Caribbean Steel International Orchestra performs at EMMAS Festival in Olbia, Sardinia

The Caribbean Steel International Orchestra performs at EMMAS Festival in Olbia, Sardinia

Sardinia, Italy - The Caribbean Steel International Orchestra was invited to perform at the Ethnic Meeting of Music and Arts (EMMAS) in Olbia, Sardinia during the weekend of the 29th- 31st December 2006. Olbia is situated in northeastern Sardinia and means a "happy town" (città felice). In the 60's, Olbia underwent a real demographical boom and extensive tourism development of the area. Nowadays, the city's population is over 50,000 and extends over a surface bigger than the city of Sassari - the capital of province. This expansion has been achieved thanks partially to Olbia's harbour, which has become the most important port for passengers in Italy, and partially because of its international airport. Olbia is not only a destination for vacationers passing through the Costa Smeralda (Emerald Coast); it has become a true tourist location able to satisfy even the needs of the most demanding.

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2007 Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Finals To Be Held In Southern Trinidad

~ Destination San Fernando ~ 2007 Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Finals To Be Held In Southern Trinidad

Michael Leroi Joseph of Pan Trinbago Speaks

Trinidad - The positions being stated by certain steelband leaders about the Panorama Finals being held in Skinner’s park in San Fernando do not surprise me one bit. Being around the movement as long as I have and listening to some of the leaders talk in public and in private, I knew that steelbandsmen were still in a dogfight and it will take us some time to rise to the occasion. What is this occasion? Steelbands have become big business all over the world except in T&T. Today people are leaving universities and joining the steel pan industry, making it their career. But here in the land of its birth we fighting year after year over a competition that is taking us nowhere. It’s a dead end situation.

It is time we look rationally at the real position in which we find ourselves. How many bands really benefit from Panorama? After six to eight weeks of sacrifice the majority of steelbands end up down-spirited and dejected in their panyards long before Ash Wednesday.

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