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‘Fire Down Below’ sung by “Ann Marie Inniss” 2024: Tune of choice  | Cocorite West Wind Steel Orchestra  -  Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2024

Gary “Soup”  Harrigin Condolences on the passing of Master Tuner Roland Harrigin’s brother Gary Harrigin  aka  “Soup.” He was one of the brothers who took all of Roland’s pans to Rudolph Charles to hear once completed. Gary Harrigin was also very good in the making of the steelpan instrument as well. May Gary Rest in peace. Submitted by Lyndon Spencer

7News Belize   Monday September 18, 2023  ....the weekend's other big event - Pan Yaad '23 which was held at the Government House on Regent Street.  The crowd was bigger than in recent memory - where a mature audience danced until after midnight to the shimmering sounds of steel drum.   Original post: 7newsbelize.com/printstory.php?func=print&nid=67595

The Artistic Bursary 2023 award is designed to assist aspiring panists across the Caribbean and beyond in pursuing studies leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Performing Arts (BFA) with specialisation in Music (Steelpan) or the Advanced Pan Fellowship Program Certificate at The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT).  The Award  The award will provide three (3) individual grants of USD$5000 to the first prize winner, USD$3000 to the second prize winner, and USD$2000 to the third prize winner. These amounts are to assist in covering the cost of tuition, travel, accommodation and course material for their first year of study.

  London, England, U.K. - Notting Hill Carnival live stream for Carnival Monday Related content 2023 UK Panorama Results

 Watch -- Notting Hill Carnival 2023 - Monday Live Stream London, England, U.K. - Notting Hill Carnival live stream for Carnival Monday, August 28. UK National Steelband Panorama 2023 - Live Stream https://www.panonthenet.com/live-stream/2023/carnival/notting-hill-carnival-2023-monday-live-stream.htm #nottinghillcarnival

  Pan On D Avenue IX in 2023 - Live Stream Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  On Saturday August 26, 2023, pan-lovers can enjoy Pan music to the fullest from multiple steel orchestras, via Pan On D Avenue IX.  Start time is 6:00 p.m. in Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain, and the route is along Ariapita Avenue. Performances are being live streamed by Radicle Tube. see live stream

Party Caribbean  - We visit the production site of Colours Masband as they rig their floats for Notting Hill Carnival 2023  

.....The humble beginning, Hueloy started as a ''road man'' in Ebonites, Co- founded Wonderland in ''62, changed name to Harmonites '64, became Solo Harmonites in '65......#4TimesPanoChamps......#RoadRunners#1......

  Pan and Powder Parade 2023 - Live Stream WATCH LIVE STREAM WATCH LIVE STREAM

This is a listing of addresses of active Pan Yard locations for the overall Panorama season - of public-facing steel orchestras in New York, and one in Philadelphia - along with contact information where available, for the summer of 2023. The list will be revised as data becomes available. See complete list

St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - New Dimension Steel Orchestra racked up its thirteenth Panorama title with its success in the 2023 competition. Champion arranger Cordel Byam has now notched his second win in the national Panorama arena, with the popular Finally by (“V’ghn”) as performed by New Dimension. See complete results

  Pan in Motion Steelband from New York performs at the United Nations Headquarters. PHOTO:UN Photo / Loey Felipe The steelpan The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. It is played using a pair of straight sticks tipped with rubber; the size and type of rubber tip varies according to the class of pan being played. Some musicians use four pansticks, holding two in each hand. This grew out of Trinidad and Tobago's early 20th-century Carnival percussion groups. Steelpan and sustainable development Cultural diversity and the pursuit of cultural development by all peoples and nations are a source of mutual enrichment for the cultural life of humankind. The importance of promoting and preserving cultural diversity is set out in the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda . The steelpan possesses cultural and historical significanc...

  Jul 24, 2023  It’s official - August 11th has been declared as “World Steelpan Day.”  This, as the United Nations adopted a Draft Resolution today at the 92nd Plenary Meeting for it to be annually observed on the UN's calendar.  Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Randall Mitchell, spoke at a UN sitting in New York on Monday where he shared key details about the national instrument.

  Antigua Carnival 2023 - Tuesday Mas - Live Stream

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Emmanuel "Oba” Sinnette Composer, musician and panist has passed - August 4th 2023 Related content “In My House” | Emmanuel “Oba” Synette | 1999  

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 When Steel Talks extends to Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra as they capture their eight consecutive Pan Alive Panorama with Al Foster arrangement of   Engine Room

  Related content Steelband Panorama Champions of Antigua and Barbuda Total Career Panorama Wins - Antigua & Barbuda

  When Steel Talks Flashback On this day the 3rd August 2022 the steelpan music community unexpectedly lost one of its young irreplaceable voices... Remembering the late panist Aliandre C. Maraj. We miss you. https://www.panonthenet.com/news/2022/aug/panist-aliandre-c-maraj-of-despers-usa-has-passed-8-3.htm #SteelpanMusicExcellence Aliandre C. Maraj

Emancipation Day Kambulé: The Great Commemoration The culmination of Emancipation celebration, August 1, begins in the early morning, when people are called to assemble to begin the commemoration of that historic event that would forever transform the lives and destinies of Africans in the Caribbean. The Kambulé, as it is called, begins at the Treasury Building with a libation (prayer) and the reading of the Emancipation proclamation, after which the procession wends its way through the streets of Port-of-Spain stopping at historically significant sites along the way; at Piccadilly Street, the site of the Yoruba village, to Hell Yard, site of the Kambule riots of 1881 then onto the centre of festival activities, the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village for a full day of live entertainment, food and other activities. At day’s end, mirroring the ancestors who would hold a similar procession in observance of the end of slavery, a flambeaux procession leaves the Emancipation Village a...

  The Anatomy of Panorama 2023 -  Grenada National Panorama Steelband Music Competition - Quick Chart Bands - Tunes - Arrangers See complete quick chart

 

‘Middle Finger’ sung by “Boyzie” 2023: Tune of choice  | Rainbow City All Stars Steel Orchestra -  Grenada Panorama 2023

‘On Yuh’ sung by “Boyzie” 2023: Tune of choice  | Pan Lovers Symphony -  Grenada Panorama 2023

‘Greater’ by “Dash” 2023: Tune of choice  | Grand Roy Pan Angels -  Grenada Panorama 2023

‘Warrior’ sung by “Black Wizard” 2023: Tune of choice  | Florida All Stars Steel Orchestra -  Grenada Panorama 2023

‘The Spirit Of Shadow’ sung by “Mr. Killa” 2023: Tune of choice  | Commancheros Steel Orchestra  -  Grenada Panorama 2023

‘Bouncing Low’ sung by “Tanglar” 2023: Tune of choice  | Angel Harps Steel Orchestra  -  Grenada Panorama 2023

Anthony Abdul Reid Let us tell them his story, how proud he was of them, and how inspired he was that after fifty (50) years the community steelband model is alive and still bearing new fruit. Know too Bub, that although we never followed through on our promise to parang with our brother for one last time, the times and love we shared were both real and appreciated. Farewell Abdul!!! Love and empathy to all your loved ones and friends. Read complete story

The bands have spoken. Take a listen... New York Panorama 2023's Tune of Choice ‘Engine Room’ sung by Olatunji

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  New York, USA -  Steel orchestras are getting ready for Panorama 2023 in New York on Saturday September 2. It has been four years since the premiere steelband music competition had its showing, and many are chomping at the musical bit, anxious to be out of the gate... ....As usual, the omnipresent frustrating side of the New York Panorama season is the sourcing of affordable locations to call ‘home’ and pan yard for the few weeks of necessary practice for the competition. See more

Nicole Gibbons In Pictures - Pantonic Steel Orchestra - Ben Lion - Clive Bradley - NY Panorama 2002

  Steelband Sets All-Time Audience Record Related content Caribbean Youth Panoramics Rock Philadelphia US Youth Steelband Set All-Time Audience Record

Happy Birthday -  July 19th Ryan Osborne  Ryan Osborne is both an outstanding drummer and panist. Ryan on drums with CrossFire

2023 Tune of choice: “Festival Day” | arranger: Johnny Gonsalves Related content Gemonites bio history

  Rachel Annetta Isum Robinson was portrayed by Ruby Dee in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story and by Nicole Beharie in the 2013 film 42

Happy Birthday -  July 18th Aisha Joseph For Aisha, the most rewarding feeling from playing the steelpan is experiencing the unity and bond formed with team members. Additionally, seeing the younger generation also developing a curiosity and love for this marvelous instrument makes her want to continue in any way possible to touch the lives of others and showcase to the world the beauty of the steelpan. Related content Biography - Aisha Joseph Meet Earle Wong - Tuner, Recording Artist, Educator, Panist and Engineer

Global - “Opus Pocus” by Jaco Pastorius, featuring Othello Molineaux and Leroy Williams on steelpan - from the album “JACO PASTORIUS” released in 1976 by Epic/Legacy... Listen performance

  Watch --- St. Lucia Carnival 2023 - Parade of the Bands: Tuesday Mas - Live Stream https://www.panonthenet.com/live-stream/2023/carnival/st-lucia-carnival-parade-of-the-bands-day-2-live-steam-7-18.htm  

Award-winning Exodus Steel Orchestra from Trinidad and Tobago thrilled thousands at the annual Republic Bank Pandemonium as a featured guest. Exodus Steel Orchestra   The one hundred and fifty-strong Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra was also showcased as it wowed the crowd with its wide and varied musical set loaded with hits. Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra The seven-hour-plus concert provided a day filled with activities for family, friends and steelpan music lovers. Huge crowd on site taking in the sweet Sounds of Steel Julie Williams (captain of Exodus) The massive outpouring of support displayed a continued and ongoing positive love between Barbados and Pan....

Saint Lucia, W.I. - The 2023 St. Lucia Parade of the Bands for Monday Mas is July 17. This is a live stream of the event. Watch stream

Jared McCallister When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to NY Daily News veteran journalist Jared McCallister.