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The most recent CD from Ralph MacDonald is “Mixty
Motions.” It’s the masterful Ralph MacDonald
surrounded by fantastic musicians as well as
two new performances by the great duo, Ashford
and Simpson. As with previous Ralph MacDonald
releases, steelpan instruments played by Robert
Greenidge maintain a prominent role in defining
the attitude of the CD.
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Friday
October 31, 2008
Trinidad Newsday
Arnold: Who chose
symphony steel players?
Trinidad, W.I.
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Pan Trinbago president Patrick Arnold is happy the
panmen in the National Steelband Symphony Orchestra are
earning a reported $6,500 per month salary, but lamented
that his organisation has had no input in the selection
of players.
He was speaking to Newsday yesterday following the
Senate’s decision on Wednesday to refer the bill
establishing the new orchestra to a parliamentary select
committee after senators complained of a lack of
consultation with stakeholders such as Pan Trinbago.
Arnold, when asked if it was fair to the ordinary panmen
in Pan Trinbago for orchestra members to get a reputed
$6,500 per month, replied: “The problem is that we don’t
know how the members were chosen. We are very happy for
them but we weren’t part of the selection process and
don’t know much about what’s going on.” Arnold said he
understood the remuneration is already being paid
because the orchestra is already in existence. click for full story
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Thursday
October 30, 2008
The Business Gazette
Steel-pan orchestra
prepares for November performance
Maryland, USA
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Fifteen-year-olds Nuru Frenche of Brandywine and Renee
Stinson of Washington, D.C., each stand in the middle of
six large steel drums and, using mallets, begin striking
the tops of the drums in unison, their arms reaching to
their sides and back behind them to find the drums which
emit different notes.
"Don't rush it," musical director Adam Grise tells them
over the loud clamor of other students in the room
playing different steel-pan drums.
The students are members of Cultural Academy For
Excellence's youth steel-pan orchestra, and they spent
Friday evening practicing for their upcoming 12th
anniversary where they will play songs from a range of
genres. click for full story
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Thursday
October 30, 2008
Trinidad Newsday
Senate pan war
Trinidad,
W.I. -
Acting Opposition Senator Dr Daphne Phillips yesterday
accused Government of sidelining Pan Trinbago in its
setting up of the new National Steel Symphony Orchestra
– a claim denied by a Government senator but supported
by Pan Trinbago president Patrick Arnold.
The Senate yesterday debated the National Steel Symphony
Orchestra Corporation Bill, which was passed on April 11
by the House of Representatives, after speeches by just
two Government MPs, due to an Opposition walkout.
Phillips yesterday said the Bill did not include Pan
Trinbago members in the list of required persons to
comprise the Board. She declared: “Pan Trinbago was not
consulted.” click for full story
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Tuesday
October 28, 2008
When Steel Talks
The Thwaites and
Esperanza Spalding hook up via Steelpan
Maryland, USA
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The University of Maryland Black Honors Caucus & Pan
United Youth Movement (the latter led by Shawn
Thwaites), was proud to host composer, vocalist and
virtuoso bassist Esperanza Spalding at the Nyumburu
Cultural Center on the University’s campus recently.
Shawn and Sherwin Thwaites, accompanied by ten other
panists comprised of Pan Masters’ players and friends -
performed three of Spalding’s tunes from her
critically-acclaimed sophomore release, simply titled
“Esperanza.” click for full story
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Tuesday
October 28, 2008
When Steel Talks
Happy Birthday,
Boogsie
Steelpan Great turns 55
New York, USA
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When
Steel Talks
extends best wishes to steelpan music great Len
“Boogsie” Sharpe - unarguably one of the most important
influences in the history of the steelpan instrument.
Dubbed ‘The
Mozart of
Pan’ and considered by the vast majority to be the greatest
musician of the steelpan, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
celebrates his birthday today. When Steel Talks staff
have been fortunate to interact with Mr. Sharpe in many
different capacities, as interviewers, musicians,
engineers, producers and journalists. click for more on Boogsie
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Tuesday
October 28, 2008
When Steel Talks
Moving Up with Dereck “Chiney” Ayum
Trinidad,
W.I. -
Moving Up is not merely the name of his premiere CD but
also a reflection of the journey taken by ace pannist
Dereck “Chiney” Ayum on steel drums. The album cover
displays “Chiney” standing on the deck of the Costa
Fortuna Cruise Ship where he has been a featured pan
soloist for a number of years. Other cruise lines he has
traveled and performed on include the Costa Atlantica,
Cunard, Premier, Commodore as well as Showboat
Entertainment among others – which took him across five
continents. click for full story
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Monday
October 27, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
No decision on
Panorama finals
Trinidad, W.I.
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Whither goest National Panorama finals 2009—back to the
Queen’s Park Savannah or Skinner Park, San Fernando
where it has been held for the past two years?
Pan Trinbago believes 2009 will see a return of the
Savannah Pan Party.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Culture Junia
Regrello, said on October 18, “no decision has been
taken.”
“It is very likely that the semifinals would come off
there, but the Ministry has not made a decision in terms
of where the pan finals will be held, and we have not
seen any proposals otherwise,” he explained.
“But I am hearing that Pan Trinbago has put it out there
that the finals would return to the Savannah,” he added. click for full story
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Sunday
October 26, 2008
Jamaica Gleaner
NCU takes 'Feast of
Lights' to Florida
Jamaica, W.I.
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The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Concert Choir
and Steel Pan Orchestra, hosted by the university's
South Florida Alumni Chapter, will be performing in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, this December.
The university, which is owned and operated by the West
Indies Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, will
be hosting its annual musical feast, the - Feast of
Lights - at the Fort Lauderdale War Memorial Auditorium
on Saturday, December 13, at 6:30 p.m. This is the first
time that the NCU Feast of Lights is being taken outside
of Jamaica, where many more people will be able to share
in this delightful and inspiring experience.
The university's music ambassadors will then perform on
December 14 at the university's main campus, located
some 2,000 feet above sea level in Mandeville,
Manchester.
click for full story
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Saturday
October 25, 2008
Bismarck Tribune
A weekend in
paradise at U-Mary
North Dakota, USA
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The word paradise evokes thoughts of palm trees,
beaches, bright blue water, calypso music and the
tropical breezes of the Caribbean. The University of
Mary steel drum band refers to its annual performance as
Panorama VIII: Weekend in Paradise because of the
colorful calypso music that makes the audience feel as
though they are in the Caribbean, that is until they
walk outside into the North Dakota air.
“We don’t call it a concert,” University of Mary steel
drum band conductor Scott Prebys said. “We call it a
‘weekend in paradise.’” click for full story
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Thursday
October 22, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Let’s get on the
Pan/Jazz train
Trinidad, W.I.
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Today, the Buzz wants to pay tribute to the vision of
the tireless Mortimer Baptiste and his team of
organisers who produce the Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan
Jazz Festival annually.
The Festival has evolved out of the Queen’s Royal
College annual cultural fund-raisers which keep the
steelpan at the forefront of its programme.
The festival fills a void left when the Nicky Innis-led
Pan Jazz Festival folded after several years.
Departing from tradition, the Trinidad and Tobago
Steelpan Jazz Festival premieres this evening in the
southland, at TCL Group Skiffle Bunch Pan Theatre,
Coffee Street, San Fernando. The programme features the
Suite Chorale; TCL Group Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra;
Black Stalin; and, Mike Freeman’s Vibe Caliente w/Julio
Salgado (Salsa Jazz Octet). click for full story
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Wednesday
October 22, 2008
Wheaton Wire
Steel drum band
inspires campus, infuses culture
Massachusetts,
USA -
Seven natives of Trinidad took the stage last Thursday
to treat a crowd of students to some unique music. The
band, Pamberi Steel Orchestra performs worldwide, from
Asia and Europe, from the United States to the
Caribbean. Some of the band members have had extensive
musical education, while others have received no formal
training at all. They all share in their passion for
music, their talent, and their commitment to using that
passion and talent to serve their community.
In Cole Memorial Chapel, they performed a wide variety
of new and familiar tunes, adding their own distinctive
sound to each. The band played an assortment of Latin,
Jazz, Classical, Contemporary, and Calypso music,
including the hit Bob Marley song "I Shot the Sheriff." click for full story
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Wednesday
October 22, 2008
When Steel Talks
Pan Is Beautiful XI
Trinidad & Tobago
National Steelband Music Festival
Trinidad, W.I. -
November 2008 has been set aside for the staging
of “Pan Is Beautiful X1 – Trinidad & Tobago
National Steelband Music Festival.”
Produced by Pan Trinbago Inc., T.C., Pan Is
Beautiful XI will be held in phases throughout
the coming month starting with the Minor
Categories (soloists, duets, quartets) on
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November 2008 at
Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards, Trincity
Industrial Estate, Macoya, while Ensembles and
Single Pan Bands will take place on Wednesday
26th and Thursday 27th November 2008
respectively at the St. James Amphitheatre,
Western Main Road, St. James.
Play off in the Orchestras category is scheduled
for Sunday 30th November 2008 at the
Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain, Trinidad. click for full story
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Monday
October 20, 2008
When Steel Talks
Boogsie Sharpe: The
Legend
Trinidad,
W.I. -
How many times has he heard the same review? He
overarranges. He plays too many notes. He’s too jazzy.
This is calypso—our music, they remind. And who are
“they” but a bunch of amateurs strutting in his panyard
a few nights before the 1987 North Zone steel band
finals, running off at the mouth about his musical
style. “Ay, Boogsie, you know what?,” they’d crow.
“Maybe you could take this part out, put this one in
and,... blah, blah, blah.” Such brass! Small wonder he
escapes the din by hanging out his pride in the shadows
of Phase II Pan Groove, his own big band of 100 players
now rehearsing on gleaming chrome pans with steely
tones. Here, amid the cacophony, he is secure. In the
belly of the beast, Boogsie Sharpe, the world’s best
panist-composer-arranger is home. t best appeals to the
panist’s basic instincts. click for full story
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Monday
October 20, 2008
When Steel Talks
Lord Kitchener and
Pan Music Have A Thing Going
Trinidad,
W.I. -
....In one fell swoop the aforementioned magazine
reviewer bared his neophyte’s status and called into
question all other commentary in a presumably
well-intentioned critique. Say that Lord Kitchener can’t
dance, say that his lyrics don’t grab you, say he’s too
tall, say anything except that his musical concoctions
custom-made for the pan feature an abundance of “simple
chord structures” and/or “recyclable melodies.” Such a
fundamental misstatement of musical fact is unpardonable
in anyone who would offer judgments for mass
consumption. click for full story
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Monday
October 20, 2008
TropicalFete.com
Bonaparte,
Ferreira, Swallow and Skipper nominated for SUNSHINE Awards Hall of
Fame
Trinidad, W.I.
- The SUNSHINE Awards organization announced the nominees
for the 20th Annual SUNSHINE Awards Hall of Fame
scheduled for Saturday, October 25 at the AXA Equitable
Center, 787 Seventh Avenue at 51st Street in New York
City. In making the announcement, the co-founder of the
SUNSHINE Awards Hall of Fame, Dr. Hollis “Chalkdust”
Liverpool said, “.... this year let us celebrate the
work of four stalwarts of pan and calypso music: Ernest
Ferreira, Belgrave Bonaparte, Rupert Philo (King
Swallow) and Robert Stafford (the Mighty Skipper).”
Belgrave Bonaparte of Trinidad and Tobago was born in La
Brea in 1932 and, because of his early links with the
Orisha religion, formed a small panside with his
brothers there. That small panside became the Southern
Symphony and was one of the best bands in Trinidad and
Tobago. It was Bonaparte who first introduced the idea
of playing chords in a steel band using the background
pans, and he demonstrated this to Ellie Mannette and the
northern-based steel bands of the territory....
John Ernesto Ferreira of Trinidad and Tobago is regarded
as a pioneer, inventor, organizer, arranger, pan-tuner
and promoter....In 1949, he founded the
“Melody Makers” steel orchestra. In 1950, he founded the
“Dixieland Steel Orchestra” ...The “Dixieland Steel
Orchestra” was the first steel orchestra to bring some
respect to the steel band movement because the members
reflected the white community. In 1952, Ferreira
observed a member of the TASPO steel orchestra (the
first steel band orchestra to leave Trinidad to tour
Europe) playing the “double second” pan with the pan on
his lap. He realized then that the panist was very
restricted as he played. This inspired him, in 1952, to
invent “double seconds” and “double tenor” pans that
would be less restrictive. click for full story
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Thursday
October 16, 2008
When Steel Talks
Court Rules
in
Favor
of J’Ouvert City International
New York -
J’Ouvert City International, Inc. (JCI) thanks all
Masquerade bands, Steelbands and revelers who partake in
our 2008 J’Ouvert Carnival on Labor Day in Brooklyn. As
usual it was a wonderful event. For the past 15 years
J’Ouvert City International, Inc. has been the organizer
of this awesome activity. It is estimated that over a ¼
million people from all over the world come to
experience this event. Our J’Ouvert is loved and
respected because of its uniqueness, “Steelband music
only, No amplification”.
Unfortunately, this year 2008 we were
faced with a situation that had to be resolved in Court
due to a conflict in 2007. On August 9, 2007, a quorum
of the Executive Board of JCI voted to remove the
then-President Earl King from his position due to his
detrimental conduct and to safeguard JCI’s main event,
“J’Ouvert in Brooklyn”. click for full story
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Thursday
October 16, 2008
When Steel Talks
Invaders
Steel Orchestra Celebrates the Steelpan Artform
with Trinidad All Stars and Exodus
Trinidad,
W.I. -
Partygoers experienced powerhouse performances of
Caribbean Airlines Invaders, Sagicor Exodus and Neal &
Massy Trinidad All Stars, Kees Dieffenthaller, Denyse
Plummer and Karen Eccles at Invaders’ “Celebrate!”
all-inclusive fundraiser last month.
The energy was high as Invaders players, decked in their
chic outfits, started the evening’s performance with a
melody of hip hop party selections such as “Celebrate,”
“Good Times,” “Let’s Groove,” “December 63,” “Don’t Stop
’till You Get Enough,” “Song In My Heart,” “A Little Bit
of Love” and “ Toco Band”. click for full story
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Thursday
October 16, 2008
Trinidad Newsday
Panland on high
note
Trinidad,
W.I. -
About three million dollars in exports last year is what
it took for Panland Trinidad and Tobago Limited to edge
out the competition and cop the Rookie of the Year award
at the 2007 edition of the Prime Minister’s Exporter of
the Year Award.
Although this figure suggests that the company is a bit
green on the business scene, Panland has been in the
steel pan manufacturing business since 1993. Back then
though, it was known as the Trinidad and Tobago
Instruments Limited until the company went under a
restructuring process in 2006.
One man, Michael Cooper, has been at the helm of the
company since its inception.
“It is a company I founded as a Neal and Massy
subsidiary and then I acquired majority ownership of the
company in 1994. I decided to take it and run with it,”
he said in a recent interview.
Even before becoming Panland, the company has won
several accolades. click for full story
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Thursday
October 16, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Pan parang alive
and well
Trinidad,
W.I. - With
the fate of the 2008 parang competition still in limbo,
the Culture Minister’s intervention and release of
funds, the true spirit of this seasonal music has been
resurrected. On October 4, Mt Hope Connection and Malick
Folk Performers hosted a pan parang night at 3 Gerbera
Avenue, Phase III, Macoya Gardens.
The two groups also launched their C2K9
sections—Carnival People: The theme, Maintaining
Tradition, and D Spirit of Canboulay.
From the start of the evening I was transported to the
mood of the Christmas season as the welcoming aroma of
cooked meat, especially ham, greeted me as I alighted my
vehicle. Held at a private residence, the feeling of the
house to house parang vibe was evident. The popular
Codrington Steel Pan Family, the Cary Codrington-led
ensemble which started its trade on the pavements of
Port-of -Spain, was first up on the billing. click for full story
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Wednesday
October 15, 2008
The News Journal
Concert series
kicks off
with steel sounds
Florida, USA
- The days are getting shorter, the temperature
is a little cooler and there is a hint of fall in the
air. But along with that aroma of the change of seasons,
there is something else lilting through the city. Music.
Sweet, soft music from classical to jazz and almost
everything in between.
And it's coming from Palm Coast United Methodist Church.
The church is kicking off the 18th season of its concert
series Saturday with a performance by the Positive
Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra.
The group, from the Cultural Academy for Excellence in
Hyattsville, Md., is the featured group for the church's
opening gala. click for full story
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Wednesday
October 15, 2008
When Steel Talks
Scipio Sargeant, well
known Steelpan Arranger &
Guitarist,
ill
New
York
- Frankie McIntosh, Tony ‘Bugs’ Niles and other
musicians are involved in an effort to rally musicians
and other interested parties to assist Scipio ‘Sarge’
Sargeant, well known guitarist and steelband arranger in
these parts, who is very seriously ill. A special fund
raiser is being held on Thursday October 16, between
7:30 and 10:00 pm at the Sesame Flyers cultural center
at 3510 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. click for full story
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Wednesday
October 15, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Silver Stars
celebrates
Trinidad, W.I.
- As Silver Stars steel orchestra
continues to celebrate its 60th anniversary, the
Tragarete Road, Newtown band has announced even more
activities running into next month.
A past Pan in the 21st Century and National Panorama
champion, Silver Stars in recent years has become
renowned for its very successful annual Parang & Steel
weekend concerts. Because of the anniversary, this
year’s series is expected to be something extra special,
according to band manager Keith Byer.
The activities include symposia, workshops, school
tours, concerts and the premiere night of Parang &
Steel. click for full story
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Wednesday
October 15, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Professor back with
Fonclaire
for Panorama 2009
Trinidad, W.I.
- Celebrated pan arranger Ken “Professor”
Philmore has once again teamed up with NLCB Fonclaire
for Panorama 2009.
After a nine-year relationship, the two parted ways when
the San Fernando band was disqualified for reaching late
to play in the number one slot in the 1999 Panorama
finals.
“I got vex and took a break, but I am elated to be back
with the band,” Philmore said yesterday, during a news
conference at the San Fernando City Auditorium.
An equally excited Milton “Wire” Austin, Fonclaire’s
manager/treasurer, said he was hoping that this team
would break the dry spell the South bands had
experienced since Hatters won the Panorama title in
1975. click for full story
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Wednesday
October 15, 2008
When Steel Talks
Steelband Music Video
of the Week
Pantonic & Clive Bradley -
Stranger
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Wednesday
October 15, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Hiawatha thrills
south
Trinidad, W.I. -
The Coffee Street pan theatre of TCL Group Skiffle Bunch
steel orchestra was transformed into an Amerindian
Village last weekend as it played host to the Lydian
Singers and its opera Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha.
Conducted by Dr Pat Bishop, the opera enjoyed two
successful runs on Saturday and Sunday.
Dancing masqueraders, from Lionel Jaggessar’s Carnival
band, costumed in full tribal wear, chanting songs of
their ancestors, stopped traffic, as the procession left
Coffee Street and entered the makeshift Amerindian
Village, as a prelude to the show.
Accompanied by the Lydian’s Steel ensemble, infused with
the sound of tassa, Bishop’s rich voice resonated inside
the Village, with a description and explanation of the
three-scene adaptation of the Opera.
“It is a tale of oppressed people and is for us, a
cautionary tale,” she said.
click for full story
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Monday
October 13, 2008
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Pupils drum up
enthusiasm
Huddersfield,
England
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Pupils of King James’s School, Almondbury, enjoyed a music workshop
with North Stars Steel Orchestra.
The event, for 30 Year 9 pupils, was of
one the school’s three events to
commemorate Black History Month.
The school was to hold a dance workshop,
run by Suga Brown today, while ten King
James’s School pupils will practice
steel drumming at Fartown High School on
Tuesday. click
for more
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Monday
October 13, 2008
Trinidad Newsday
Pan Festival set
for November
Trinidad, W.I.
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November has been set
aside for the staging of Pan Is
Beautiful X1, the Trinidad and Tobago
National Steelband Music Festival
Produced by Pan Trinbago, Pan Is
Beautiful XI will be held in phases
throughout the coming month starting
with the Minor Categories (soloists,
duets, quartets) on November 22 and 23
at the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of
Standards, Trincity Industrial Estate,
Macoya. The Ensembles and Single Pan
Bands will take place on November 26 and
27 at The St James Amphitheatre, Western
Main Road, St James. click
for more
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Friday
October 10, 2008
When Steel Talks
‘Pan Wisdom’ sung by “Crazy”
2009 Panorama Tune
composed by Phil Hawkins
Composer/musician Phil
Hawkins has teamed up with performing
artist “Crazy” to produce one of the
first panorama musical offerings for the
2009 season. click to hear
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Friday
October 10, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Northern region
shows the way forward
Trinidad,
W.I. -
Today I want to salute the work of the Northern Region
of Pan Trinbago, the ruling body’s most vibrant arm. Led
by the controversial and innovative Keith “Bald Head”
Diaz, the Northern Region has been pointing the way
forward with an amazing team.
The Northern Region, which oversees some 86 bands, has
just issued a newsletter, which I understand will be
quarterly.
Quite informative, although just one page (for now), it
shows that creativity is gradually stepping into the pan
fraternity. click for full story
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Friday
October 10, 2008
Trinidad Guardian
Pan lovers sail
away
Trinidad, W.I.
- It was a
holiday to remember as the members of
Pan Trinbago and supporters took a
cruise to Chacachacare on the mv
Treasure Queen on Republic Day.
All Aboard to La Tinta III underscored
the meteoric rise of the national
umbrella organisation for the national
instrument, in terms of its organising
acumen and marketing machinery. The
third such fund-raiser of its kind, the
holiday sail was the best to date.
There is a saying that “if you throw a
tin pan down a staircase that a true
Trini could discern some form of rhythm
and a party would start.”
So, this being a Pan Trinbago cruise,
the one thing it wasn’t short on was
sweet, infectious pan music, supplied on
the day by pride of Carenage, Power
Boats Scorpions Pan Reflections steel
orchestra. click for full story
Web Posted
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Wednesday October
8,
2008
Trinidad Guardian
Pan Trinbago hosts
AGM
on October 26
Trinidad, W.I.
- Pan
Trinbago convened an Extra-ordinary
General Meeting at the Communications
Workers Union Hall, Henry Street,
Port-of-Spain on Monday, and has given
notice of its Annual General Meeting (AGM)
on October 26, at the San Fernando Room,
Level 1, Crowne Plaza, Wrightson Road,
Port-of-Spain, from 10 am.
Monday’s meeting was called to update
members on matters affecting the
movement as well as Pan Trinbago’s plans
for the rest of the year.
Web Posted
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Monday October
6,
2008
When Steel Talks
Southern Marines
Steelband Foundation Hosts Auditions for Eighth Annual ‘Talent
Expression’
Trinidad, W.I.
- The
auditions for the eighth edition of
Talent Expression, organised by the
Southern Marines Steelband Foundation,
began on Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th
October 2008 at the Southern Marines Pan
Palais, Southern Main Road, Marabella.
The auditions continue on Saturday and
Sunday 11th and 12th October 2008. The
auditions run between 1:00 pm to 6:00
pm. The registration fee to enter the
Talent Expression competition is $40.00.
The competition continues on Saturday
October 25th when the preliminaries
begin. The semi final takes place on
Saturday 8th November and the GRAND
FINAL takes place on November 22nd. All
performances take place at the Southern
Marines Pan Palais. click for
full story
Web Posted
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Monday October
6,
2008
Trinidad Guardian
Nine bands for
gospel pan
Trinidad, W.I.
- The
Gospel Steelband Organisation of T&T
will stage the 2008 Gospel Steelband
Festival on Friday, at Jean Pierre
Complex, Port-of-Spain.
This unique forum for the national
instrument is designed to bring together
church steel bands for the seventh year.
It is expected that nine bands will take
the stage this year and they are
required to perform a Tune of Choice,
together with a “Blestsp Piece” selected
by the organisation’s arrangers. The
organisers stated that the competitive
spirit is not encouraged as it sometimes
is responsible for generating negative
attitudes.
Among the bands committed to the
festival are Nazarene Worship Centre,
Bethel Gospel Tones, Daybreak Celestials
and One-a-Chord. click for
full story
Web Posted
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Monday October
6,
2008
Northwest Valley Newspapers
Steel drum band
brings island sounds to Beardsley
Arizona,
USA
- If you're
ready to enjoy the great outdoors, the
Recreation Centers of Sun City West is
offering a free concert featuring the
Hawaiian-shirt-clad Desert Winds Steel
Drum Band, who will bring the mystical
sounds of the islands to Beardsley Park
Oct. 26.
The concert begins 7 p.m. at the outdoor
venue, 12755 W. Beardsley Road.
Concert-goers are encouraged to bring
blankets or chairs. The RCSCW will have
hot dogs, brats, chips, snacks and other
goodies for sale, along with a variety
of beverages beginning at 5. click for
more
Web Posted
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Sunday October
5,
2008
Trinidad Guardian
Pan ‘rains’ at UWI
Trinidad, W.I.
- The
Department of Creative and Festival
Arts, UWI, St. Augustine, hosts The
Rainmakers concert - Rain On D Greens - next
Sunday at its Gordon Street grounds, St
Augustine at 4 pm.
This semi-outdoor event showcases
performances from the UWI Percussion
Ensemble, individual pan soloists, the
Golden Hands Quartet, vocal soloists
from the UWI Festival Arts Chorale in
addition to renditions from Phase II Pan
Grove and the T&T Fire Services Band.
Guided by directors Dr. Jeannine Remy
and Franka Hills-Headley, Rain On D
Greens is a tropical journey in
percussion and steel. click for
full story
Web Posted
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Friday October
3,
2008
Trinidad Newsday
The Darren Sheppard
Project returns
Trinidad, W.I.
- The
Darren Sheppard project - The Repeat,
takes place at the Naparima Bowl in San
Fernando on October 12, from 7 pm.
The production was first run in June and
after a tremendous amount of positive
feedback Panstix Productions is once
again presenting the show, this time
under the patronage of Prime Minister
Patrick Manning.
The repeat production will feature a
musical ensemble that pulls together a
variety of artistes including pan
virtuoso Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, Louis
Nurse, saxophonist Francis Prime, Les
Jeunes Agapes choir, Ancil Valley, Steve
Jackson and The Ibis Trinidad and Tobago
Dancers.
The music to be showcased includes
gospel, rhythm and blues, jazz and
modern South African popular music from
Sheppard himself.
click for
full story
Web Posted
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Thursday October
2,
2008
Trinidad Newsday
Al Jarreau
returns to TT
Trinidad, W.I.
- American
singer and seven-time Grammy Award
winner, Al Jarreau will be returning to
Trinidad for the Trinidad and Tobago
Steelpan Jazz Festival to perform at the
Festival Finale November 1....
Jarreau last performed in Trinidad in
2004 at that year’s edition of the
Steelpan and Jazz Festival.
The upcoming show will also feature
pannist Robert Greenidge and the New
York All Stars, Vanessa Rubin, Ralph Mac
Donald, Tom Scott, David Rudder with
Cane Fire and special guest Christopher
“Tambu” Herbert. click for
full story
Web Posted
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Thursday October 2,
2008
When Steel Talks
Miami Carnival to be staged as a Tribute to Selman Lewis
New
York -
Organizers of the annual Caribbean Carnival in
Miami, FL., announced that the 2008 edition of
the event will go on as planned on October12 at
Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami. This is
despite the death of Selman Lewis, Chief
Executive Officer of Miami Carnival Inc. Lewis,
60, died on Monday 29 September at Aventura
Hospital in Florida after suffering a heart
attack one week prior. But even as they mourn
his death and make arrangements for his
internment, the Committee sought to allay the
public’s concerns about this year’s Carnival
activities. click for
full story
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Wednesday October 1,
2008
Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds pan band
steels the show
United Kingdom
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THE young members of a Leeds steel pan
band are celebrating their most
successful year of music making.
The New World Steel Orchestra, based in
Carnival Home in Sheepscar Street,
Chapeltown, has spent 2008 bringing the
house down at a string of high-profile
shows
On top of that, the orchestra, made up
of members aged from five up to 21, has
been booked to play at the National
Black Police Association's annual
meeting and gala in York later this
month. click for
full story
Web Posted
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Wednesday October 1,
2008
When Steel Talks
Terry Joseph Tribute At Merrytones ‘Panyard Sensation’ Concert
Trinidad -
On September 13th, steelband music lovers and
some foreign guests gathered for an advertised
Merrytones Steel Orchestra concert in Diego
Martin. Pan Trinbago, governing body of the
world steelband movement and Tourism Development
Company (TDC) had collaborated to stage the
event slated as one of a series of ‘Panyard
Sensation’ concerts which would feature “A
little bit ah dis ….. ah little bit ah dat”. click for
full story
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