Web Posted - March
2024
When Steel Talks
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Sisters in Steel - A Tribute To Women In Pan
Global - “Their Story, Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, Their
Passion - PAN”
It’s March and that means this is Women’s Month. It is the
month when we celebrate the contributions of women to the world.
Normally - as is the When Steel Talks tradition - we highlight
the month through a series of articles and interviews with the
female movers, shakers, and up-and-coming stars.
Meet these
Sisters In Steel!
Web Posted -
Tuesday March 19, 2024
When Steel Talks
Meet Amenti Quashie Francis - United Kingdom
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Amenti Quashie Francis
England, UK - “Music
is literally in my blood… in fact, it’s in my soul… my soul
sings through music. Music has been an important part of my life
because of my relationship with healing through sound. We are
born through sound and when we die music is played to walk us
home, so a life without music can never be......” -- Amenti
Francis
Known as “The Priestess of Pan,” she successfully juggles every
aspect of Pan - spiritually, mentally and physically. In an
exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - panist, performing
artist, teacher, speaker Amenti Quashie Francis shares her
experiences, views, reflections, expectations and dreams on Pan,
and the steelpan art form overall.
See more
Web Posted - Tuesday
March 5, 2024
When Steel Talks
The French 2024 Panorama - Results
Calypsociation Sunday Steelband tops the 2024 French
Panorama
France - Calypsociation
Sunday Steelband tops the 2024 French Panorama. Winning arranger
Mathieu Borgne arranged for the bands placing first and third
(Calypsociation Steelpan Killers & Steel Vibration), while
Clément Bazin brought Calypsociation ClemBazBand into second
place.
See
results
Web Posted - Saturday
March 2, 2024
BNN Breaking
Saint Lucia Amplifies Youth Engagement in Culture with UNESCO-Funded
Steel Pan Project
Saint Lucia embarks on a UNESCO-backed initiative to
infuse schools with steel pan music, aiming to preserve cultural heritage
and empower youth.
St. Lucia, W.I. - With an
innovative stride towards enhancing cultural appreciation among
the youth, the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development,
Innovation, Science, Technology in Saint Lucia has successfully
obtained funding from UNESCO for a pivotal project aimed at
fostering the development and expansion of steel pan music in
schools. This initiative, titled "Developing and Expanding Steel
Pan in schools in Saint Lucia," falls under the UNESCO
Participation Programme 2022/2023 and marks a significant step
in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through youth
engagement.
See
more
Web Posted - Friday
March 1, 2024
Mesquite News
Mesquite Band director carries on tradition of Tobago with steel drum
band
Mesquite ISD launched Poteet’s steel drum band
in January.
Mesquite, Texas, USA - For
the last six weeks, Steve Kath has directed Poteet High School’s
new steel drum band.
Starting at the beginning of the semester, Kath has held
multiple rehearsals with percussion students from first and
fourth periods.
“It’s something that I've wanted to do for several years, and
the opportunity just kind of presented itself,” said Kath, who
serves as the assistant band director focused on percussion at
Poteet High School. “In December, I picked up a set of steel
drums from a pan maker in Austin, and I brought them back to
Mesquite.”
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more
Web Posted - Friday
February 23, 2024
When Steel Talks
Panorama – The Real Carnival All-Inclusive
An Opinion
by Garvin Blake
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Panorama is never short on drama. This year (2024) was no
exception. A first-place tie and a last-place judgment have
generated endless debate. But despite the annual tension,
frustration and hints of conspiracy, the competition continues
to resonate with the people, regardless of their socioeconomic
status.
See
more
Web Posted - Sunday
February 11, 2024
When Steel Talks
Panorama 2024 Results - Renegades and Trinidad All Stars
Steel Orchestras Tie For First - Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
After a season of competition in the 2024 Trinidad & Tobago
National Panorama, there are new Panorama champions. Yes, that’s
right - there is a tie for first place in this year’s Panorama,
so it is celebration time in two pan yards. The 2023 champions
Renegades Steel Orchestra did what they set out to do: they
retained the title, and became the band with the most national
Panorama titles in the history of the competition - thirteen in
all.
See full results
Web Posted
When Steel Talks
2024 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Panorama Info - Complete
Global
- PanOnTheNet/ WhenSteelTalks is Panorama
Central! Complete information on the 2024 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
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When Steel Talks
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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Web Posted
When Steel Talks
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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