1) Members of USSA Steel Bands, particularly the youths, are invited to actively participate in this event. Pictures will be taken in band uniforms and street...
I am very impressed with how USSA has conducted itself thus far... A Media Day for steelband people... Excellent!!! Who thought of that???? I have also hear...
One more week before The C.A.S.Y.M Steel Orchestra and The Caribbean American Chamber Of Commerce and Industry, Inc. will be having a Pan Concert for the World...
Panreason,<br><br>I'm sure if you come down to the Media Launch, you should get all the information you need regarding the release and sale of the CD, DVD and...
Allstarsman, you're so right!! Especially now, no one should believe any of the talk....wait to see what (if anything) happens. Expect much less than is ...
I've felt for years that pan need to be standardized. In my first experience with pan, I thought the tenor was standardized but then I found out about the ...
When I checked, the 6-bass pans were not rearranged differently. The notes were laid differently. For the most part, most bands play the same tenor (4th,5th)....
Yes, Al, I think note layouts ought to be standardized. I don't know when it will happen, but I believe it will happen gradually over time, just like it ...
Reading music has its advantages and disadvantage, in my opinion. If you read well, you can pick up an unfamiliar music score and perform well, but you are...
I also think standardization will happen, although perhaps not for many years. To me, this is a necessary development for pan to progress from where it is now....
Lotus, I agree with you 100%! I have been reading music since I was 6 years old and played the cello in symphony orchestras for years. I enjoyed that, but the ...
Panjones, I feel exactly the same about playing my low C single tenor as you do with your low E double second. That low C and low C# really come in handy,...
Believe it or not, the Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards does have a standard for the six-bass, at least according to the people at UWI. However, the...
Hello Mr. or Miss Jaizone<br><br>I took your advice and went to the Media Launch out of curiosity. It was much more than I ever expected... I was so ...
To anyone with the info, please grace those of us far away from NYC with ordering and price information for the CD and VHS videocassette. Thank you....
I must agree with you. When soloing I hate, and actually dread, rehearsing patterns even though I will inadvertenly throw in a "blue scale" every now and...
Trini kangaroos and All Stars <br>By Cherry-Ann Chapman<br><br>WHEN I heard that Trinidad and Tobago's All Stars were here in Brisbane I had to go and hear...
I also agree on many points. I first learned pan in a university setting, with sheet music. And I'll admit that when I first came here to Trinidad to play, ...
I miust agree 110% Panreason...That tape was so professional...The best part is that, they didn't even focus soley on the front line, in fact, they taped...
Was the first band you played with Panmasters? I ask that because I used to live in DC and before I found Trini Pan America I went to Panmasters and I saw that...
Girls set pace at pan festival <br><br>THE GIRLS shone at yesterday's North Zone preliminaries of the ensemble category of the 2001 Schools Steelband Music ...
Exodus, Despers in Caribbean Panorama final<br><br>THE FINAL of the first Caribbean Panorama Championships is scheduled to take place on December 1 at the Pan...
Schools pan fest continues<br><br>THE 2001 Schools Steelband Festival continued yesterday with the preliminaries of the East Zone ensembles at the Centre of ...
"Judges are Lorna Conyette and Junior Howell from Trinidad".<br><br>Talk bout old tief! Conyette is the famous lady who placed All Stars 10th out of 14 bands...
Now allstarsman, don't you know I listened mehself, and ah could have sworn 9 other bands that night came better than we. Surely you are not suggesting ...
You couldn't explain it better. One thing I didn't consider is the wind blowing your score away since we play outdoors most of the time.<br><br>Ah gone!...
"But pannists who only play by ear shouldn't feel like they're not "real" musicians unless they can read music. They have a tremendous advantage of ...
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