Browsing by Author "John, Deborah"

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    The Killing of Las' Lap
    (Sunday Express, 10-Feb-80) John, Deborah; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    The author laments the deterioration of Las' Lap, the finale of carnival, as brass and steelband are not coming out to perform on Carnival Tuesday night. Mas lovers have expressed concern, outrage and sadness about the rapid decline of this aspect of Carnival.
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    Pan Crowd Moved By Melodians
    (Sunday Express, 22-Feb-81) John, Deborah; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    The author reviews the North/East Panorama semi-finals. John commented that Colgate Melodians was the only band to win the crowd with their rendition of Scrunter's "Crapaud Revolution". The crowd reaction was spontaneous approval of Melodian's expertise and the ability with which they captured the essence of the song. The results of the competition are mentioned.
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    Pan Dances to Greater Heights.
    (Daily Express, 13-May-88) John, Deborah; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    A review of the presentation of 'Music and the Dance' held at Queens Hall, featuring Phase II Pan Groove and the Noble Douglas Dance Company (NDDC). This was a unique experience of seeing a local dance company perform with a steelband as the orchestra.
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    Phase II, Nutones Tops in Finals
    (Sunday Express, 2-Feb-86) John, Deborah; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Phase II Pan Groove, playing Boogsie Sharpe's 'Pan Rising', took first place in the 1986 North Panorama champions at a crowded Queen's Park Savannah. WITCO Desperadoes, last year's joint National Panorama champions were beaten into second place. The full list of how the steelbands placed are mentioned.
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    Starlift Turns to Teague
    (Daily Express, 11-Jan-11) John, Deborah; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Starlift has chosen Liam Teague, Associate Professor of Steelpan and Co-director of Steelband at Northern Illinois University, Chicago, US, as their arranger for the band's 2011 Panorama piece, De Fosto's "In She Rainorama".
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    Trinidadians Culturally Confused: Only Pan is Ours
    (Daily Express, 5-Oct-87) John, Deborah; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    As part of Birdsong's 14th anniversary celebration, a panel discussion was organized on "Culture, Politics and People". Rawle Gibbon, Director of the Creative Arts Centre, UWI St. Augustine, argued that Trinidadians are confused about what their culture really is because they have been looking at India and Africa for cultural identity. The panelists saw "pan" as an indigenous cultural reference which has mass appeal and which the country should continue to develop.