Web Posted - Friday November 14, 2025
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, Northern Region - 2026 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Single pan bands in the fourth and final region complete their preliminaries over the course of three nights in Pan Trinbago’s annual National Panorama Single Pan competition. Judges travel to venues in the North region to take in the performances of eighteen competitors from Tuesday November 18 through Thursday November 20, 2025.
see schedule

Web Posted - Friday November 14, 2025
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, Tobago Region - 2026 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama

Tobago, W.I. - Three single pan bands in the sister isle of Tobago have their turn in the preliminary round of Pan Trinbago’s annual National Panorama Single Pan competition, on Monday November 17, 2025.
see schedule

Web Posted - Thursday November 13, 2025
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, South/Central Region - 2026 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eight South/Central bands region bands are scheduled to perform for judges on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16, 2025 in respective communities/panyards.
see schedule

Web Posted - Tuesday November 11, 2025
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Single Pan Bands - Preliminaries, Eastern Region - 2026 - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Nineteen bands in the Eastern region of Pan Trinbago’s annual National Panorama Single Pan competition, are scheduled to participate in the Preliminaries in respective venues, from Wednesday November 12 through Friday November 14, 2025.
see schedule

Web Posted - Sunday November 9, 2025
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Launch of Panorama 2026 - Radicle Tube Live Stream

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Event organizer Pan Trinbago launches Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama 2026 under the theme: “Legacy: Ours to Love | Ours to Cherish.” Featured performers: Royal Stars Pan Symphony, Uni Stars, San Juan East Side, Exodus, Renegades and Trinidad All Stars steel orchestras, Tamboo Bamboo, Laventille Rhythm Section. Performances can be seen via Radicle Tube Live Stream.
see live stream

Web Posted - Friday November 7, 2025
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Trinidad and Tobago 2026 Panorama and Carnival Schedule of Events

Global - Trinidad and Tobago Panorama and Carnival Schedule of Events.  Info on the activities for the 2026 steelband music season: dates, times, judging schedules, preliminaries, semi-finals and finals competitions, event venues, and more, as available; data will be updated.
see schedule

Web Posted - Friday October 24, 2025
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Steelpan & Powder Parade 2025 in Tobago - Radicle Tube Live Stream

Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago’s Tobago region presents Steelpan & Powder Parade 2025. It unfolds on Saturday October 25. Live stream is by Radicle Tube.  Starting point: Coast Guard Base, Scarborough, Tobago. The event is advertised to start at 6:00 p.m. AST (Atlantic Standard Time).
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Web Posted - Friday October 24, 2025
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Tobago Dutty J’Ouvert 2025 - Radicle Tube Live Stream

October 25 - 4:00 a.m.

Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - This J’Ouvert is part of the 2025 Carnival in Tobago, sister isle of Trinidad. The Dutty J’Ouvert parade goes through the streets of Tobago’s capital, Scarborough, in the early morning hours of Saturday October 25.
see live stream

Web Posted - Sunday October 12, 2025
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Metro Steel Orchestra - “The Greatest Bend Over” - (‘Cool Down’ version)

Vanessa Headley-Brewster - Arranger

Metro Steel Orchestra during their recording session

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Basement Recordings captured Metro Steel Orchestra on Thursday August 28 as they prepared in their Brooklyn, New York panyard before going to Panorama on Saturday August 30, 2025. Vanessa Headley-Brewster is the arranger, and the first woman arranging for the New York steelband music competition. The band’s tune of choice was Yung Bredda’s The Greatest Bend Over. This is the ‘Cool Down’ version.
see video

Web Posted - Friday October 10, 2025
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Philadelphia Pan Stars - “Bet Meh” - 2025 - (‘Cool Down’ version)

Roger Greenidge - Arranger

Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra after their recording session

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra led by veteran arranger Roger Greenidge, embraced the concept of musical storytelling to the max with their 2025 New York Panorama tune of choice, “Bet Meh.” This is the ‘Cool Down’ version.
see video

Web Posted - Wednesday October 8, 2025
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Steel Sensation - “Too Own Way” - 2025 - (‘Cool Down’ version)

Tristan Japsi - Arranger

Steel Sensation after their recording session

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Steel Sensation performed a Tristan Japsi (aka Tristan Brewington-Japsi)-arrangement of Voice’s “Too Own Way’” as its tune of choice for the 2025 New York steelband Panorama. This is the ‘Cool Down’ version.
see video

Web Posted - Monday October 6, 2025
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PanAlley Steel Orchestra - “Too Own Way” - 2025 - (‘Cool Down’ version)

Marc Brooks - Arranger

PanAlley Steel Orchestra during their recording session

Brooklyn, New York, USA - This is the ‘Cool Down’ version of PanAlley Steel Orchestra’s performance of their 2025 New York Panorama tune of choice, “Too Own Way.” It was arranged by Marc Brooks.

The ‘Cool Down‘ version allows for deeper listening and insights into the arrangement, and clearly hearing the rhythmic complexities and harmonic layering. There is also the opportunity for an appreciation of the orchestra’s execution of the piece.
see video

Web Posted - Sunday October 5, 2025
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Pan Trinbago celebrates clean audit, $6m surplus

Beverley Ramsey-Moore, president of Pan Trinbago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore says the organisation is in its strongest financial position in years, with a $6 million surplus and a fully repaid loan, and she does not expect any cuts in prizes, assistance to bands, or players' remittances, as the steelpan fraternity awaits the national budget.

Speaking after the organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the VIP Lounge, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on October 5, Ramsey-Moore said Pan Trinbago continues to demonstrate strong financial accountability and national relevance.
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Web Posted - Thursday October 2, 2025
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Despers USA Steel Orchestra - “The Greatest Bend Over” - 2025 - (‘Tempo’ version - VIDEO)

Odie Franklin - Arranger

Despers USA Steel Orchestra after their recording session

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Basement Recordings captures Despers USA Steel Orchestra as they prepare for the 2025 New York steelband Panorama competition. Despers USA performed an Odie Franklin-arrangement of Yung Bredda’s “The Greatest Bend Over.” This is the ‘Tempo’ VIDEO version.
see video

Web Posted - August 2025
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New York 2025 Panorama Results - It’s Title #2 for Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra with Champion Arranger André White

New York, USA - Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra ably defended its 2024 championship by taking a consecutive title in the 2025 New York Panorama. Playing in the penultimate position of the eight competing steel orchestras - the band affectionately known as ‘PESO’ delivered a strong and decisive performance of André White’s champion arrangement of Too Own Way by “Voice.”
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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

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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

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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