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Verse
1
Since the transition
from bamboo
To the birth of the steel pan
And no matter what some may do
Pan belong in a band
So from the time cock crow
To the final blow
As we move in the street
We can feel the beat, in we feet
So for those who don't agree
Best you check your history
I doh want no scandal
Pan is Carnival.
Chorus
For Carnival action,
steel pan is the plan
If you want jump in a band
It's the true authentic way,
if you
want to feel the sway
So this year is pan Carnival,
A true Trini bacchanal
So this year is pan Carnival,
A true Trini festival
So this year is pan jamming
Taking over
the Carnival
So this year is pan Carnival,
A true Trini bacchanal
For Carnival, pan take over
For Carnival, pan take over
This Carnival, pan take over
My Carnival, pan take over
Ping Pong Ping Pong Ping Pong Ping Pong
Ping Pong playing on the street
Feel the beat, in yuh feet
Pan the way to go for Carnival.
Verse
2
Some say that the
pan play too slow
And they want it uptempo
So we have to play with more zest
If we want to impress
So to keep with the flow
Is pan on the go
No need to push the pan
The entire band, on a stand
On a big truck we moving
Through the city we cruising
Jamming with Pan Royale
Pan is Carnival.
Chorus
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Verse
3
Yes we live in a modern
time
In a digital era
But to replace pan is a crime
With a synthesizer
We all want the real real thing
To give we the swing
So deejay take a side
To say pan has died, you have lied
Stronger now more than ever
Pan will play on forever
Key to the bacchanal
Pan is Carnival.
Chorus
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“Pan is Carnival”
“Chucky”
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“Chucky”
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Mr. Chucky -
Known in the calypso
world as “Mr. Chucky,”
his real name is Roderick
Gordon. He is
a product of the Junior
Monarch Calypso Competitions
in Trinidad & Tobago,
and has participated
in various National
Joint Action Committee
competitions as well
as Better Village productions.
In 2007 he won the
“Stars of Tomorrow”
Competition.
Recently he has been in
demand to vocalize songs
for the pan. He sang
Soca Is It and
the popular
Thunder Coming
- both composed by Edwin
Pouchet and
Alvin Daniell. He
has vocalized several
songs including 2011’s
Momentum and
2013’s
Champions.
He is back for the
2014 Panorama season
as vocalist on Pan is
Carnival.
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Alvin
C. Daniell - Engineer,
Cultural Researcher,
Television Presenter,
Composer and Music Producer
comprise the disciplines
of this individual.
In the pan world he
is best known for his
lyrical work with some
of the top pan arrangers
in Trinidad and Tobago.
These include Ray Holman
(Pan
on the Move, Pan on
the Run); Len
“Boogsie” Sharpe (Mind
Yuh Business, Misbehave);
Pelham Goddard (Parade,
Play My Music, Good
News, A Happy Song);
Brian “Bean” Griffith
(Trini
Know How, Pure Party,
How We Coming –
2011); Don Clarke (Can’t
Get Enough,
Momentum – 2011).
He has also worked with
Edwin Pouchet to produce
several hits such as
Thunder Coming, First
in de Line,
Battle Zone,
It’s Showtime!,
Gie Dem Tempo,
Keshorn – The Javelin
Champion and
Shock Attack.
among others.
Daniell is the lyricist
on the track featured
here,
Pan
Is Carnival.
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Veteran songwriter,
recording artist, composer
and performer
Pelham Goddard has
long been associated
with the steelpan instrument.
He is a championship
arranger in his own
right and resident arranger
with Exodus Steel Orchestra.
Pelham Goddard has penned
and/or arranged some
of the most memorable
Caribbean music pieces
ever.
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