Browsing by Author "Bowman, Wayne"

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    Boogsie' Takes Enchanting 'Stroll' in the Rain Forest
    (Trinidad Guardian, 4-Nov-00) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    This article discusses Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe’s performance at the 2000 World Steelband Music Festival. Sharpe’s two solo performances helped the TCL Skiffle Bunch to win the title of the World’s Best Playing Steel Orchestra, while Sharpe was declared the world’s best pan arranger and composer.
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    Despers Plays 'Band From Space'
    (Express, 27-Jan-07) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    The ten-time national Panorama champion Witco Desperadoes, is playing ‘Band from Space’ for the 2007 Panorama. The band’s captain declared that Desperadoes is in the Panorama competition, dispelling rumors that the band would not appear.
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    HCL: Phase II Sponsorship Limited
    (Express, 2-Feb-07) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Phase II Pan Groove manager Errol Skerritt confirms that the band has not entered into a title arrangement with the Home Construction Limited (HCL). HCL Corporate Communications Manager Lisa Ghany-Weekes also explained that the two parties have entered into a limited sponsorship arrangement.
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    Phase II Needs Help
    (Daily Express, 17-Jan-07) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Arranger and leader of the reigning National Panorama Champion, Phase II Pan Groove, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, is calling on the corporate sector for funding for the Panorama competition. "Boogsie" states that the band will need approximately $500,000 to prepare for competition. Phase II is the most successful unsponsored band winning Panorama on several occassions. The band is currently unsponsored, Petrotrin had signed on as sponsor but this ended in 2005 and Digicel in 2006.
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    Phase II Shares Licks.
    (Express, 6-Feb-07) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Phase II Pan Groove wins the Large band category with a score of 280 points, in the semi-final round of the National Panorama Championships. They performed ‘Sharing Licks’ which was composed and arranged by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. Trinidad All Stars came in second receiving 278.5 points performing De Fosto’s "Pan Lamentation" arranged by Leon "Smooth" Edwards. No bands from either Tobago or San Fernando were selected. A full list of the results is also stated in this article.
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    Smooth Start to Pan Prelims
    (Express, 27-Jan-07) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    The preliminary round of judging for the 2007 edition of Panorama kicked off with the adjudicators visiting the Medium and Single Pan steelbands in all of Pan Trinbago's regions. Keith Diaz, Chairman of Pan Trinbago's Northern Region, was responsible for supervising the adjudication process on the night. He said that everything went smoothly throughout the night, save for a couple of first night glitches. A list of all bands and their renditions are included in the article.
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    The Power of Women
    (Caribbean Communications Network) Bowman, Wayne
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    Trincity Home for Pan Trinbago
    (Trinidad Guardian, 30-Oct-01) Bowman, Wayne; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Prime Minister Basdeo Panday is set to give Pan Trinbago an eight-acre parcel of land to house the organisation’s headquarters. This gift comes after years of attempts by the Steelband organisation to get ownership of a parcel of land at Williams Bay, Chaguaramas.