Carnival 2011 Panorama Semi-Finals - Birdsong - Do Something For Pan
Band: Birdsong Steel Orchestra; Song: Do Something For Pan; Composed by: Len Boogsie Sharpe; Arranged by: Raf Robertson. Semi-Final performance, panorama 2011.
Media get bashing by Pan Trinbago By Peter Ray Blood - February 23, 2011 I don't know which was worse—the hurt or the shock—hearing Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz bash the media on national television. It was during last Sunday's National Panorama semifinals at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, that Diaz was being interviewed on NCC TV (Ch 4) by Judith Laird, when he launched his anti-media attack. Suggesting that local media practitioners were a bunch of freeloaders, Diaz said the media were just about "freeness." He proceeded to ask what tangible does the local media do for Pan Trinbago, adding that Pan Trinbago was in dire need of funding but the media were doing nothing to assist; instead just hitching a free ride at Pan Trinbago projects. I thought I'd heard wrong until my colleague, Bobie-Lee Dixon, exclaimed: "What is that he say? The media like freeness?"
Pan is dead! By Peter Ray Blood - September 04, 2009 I agree with Len "Boogsie" Sharpe—"pan is dead." I also agree with the views expressed by Pan Trinbago secretary Richard Forteau and Silver Stars captain Edwin Pouchet. Some progress has been made in pan over the past two decades, but much too little by the actual umbrella body organisation. Although, under the stewardship of incumbent Pan Trinbago president Patrick Arnold and successive executives, the national instrument has made...
Dr. Kim Johnson's Lecture on Pan TrinbagoPan.com Reporters - November 17, 2008 Local writer and journalist Dr. Kim Johnson held a lecture titled "An Oral and Pictorial History of Pan: Problems and Possibilities", on 16th October 2008 at the National Library in Port of Spain. Dr. Johnson is the author of several books such as "The Fragrance of Gold: Trinidad in the Age of Discovery", "If Yuh Iron Good Yuh is King" and "Descendants of the Dragon: The Chinese in Trinidad 1808 – 2006".
Anthony Williams - Steelpan Innovator Extraordinaire By Ian 'Teddy' Belgrave - September 11, 2008 When Anthony Williams entered the Steelband stage as a tuner in November 1945, the Steelband ensemble was an assortment of very crude percussion instruments brought together to fulfill the need for rhythm in the Canboulay masquerade, but with a capability of playing the most rudimentary melodies. The ensemble at that time consisted of (i) the Tenor Kettle with four notes made from a "sweet oil" drum and strapped around the neck...
Bertie Marshall - Pan Scientist By Ian 'Teddy' Belgrave - September 10, 2008 Bertie Marshall is the doyen of Pan makers worldwide. He is the most sought after expert in his field by Steelband academics and scientists. He was honored with the Chaconia Gold in 1992 and has received numerous awards and honours, locally and internationally. There is a book written on one of his inventions, the Double-Tenor Pan, and he is widely regarded as the person responsible for changing the art/craft of tuning into a science.
"Out of pain this culture was born" By Gerry Kangalee - August 21, 2008 The above quote from David Rudder's kaiso, "Dedication", a magnificent praise song to Pan, sets the scene for understanding how and why Pan arose and developed. The story of Pan is a narrative of pain and of triumph. It is a story of the fierce contestation taking place in the cultural gayelle between the Canboulay (Cannes Brûlées) and the Mardi Gras - a reflection of the class struggle that has raged from the post-Cédula genesis of modern Trinidad...
