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To the next ten years of steelband advance

On the 60th an­niver­sary of Panora­ma, it’s a time for cel­e­bra­tion and re­flec­tion on the steel­pan, the play­ers and their bands, the arrangers, ca­lyp­so­ni­ans and those com­posers from the steel­band move­ment who have cre­at­ed mu­sic in this the great­est steel­band com­pe­ti­tion.

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 Calypso Queen Lynette Steele " Lady Gypsy" perform her song Moment of Glory, during the Kaiso Showkase Tent at Palms Club in San Fernando, on Saturday. 1/27/23

Calypso Queen Lynette Steele " Lady Gypsy" perform her song Moment of Glory, during the Kaiso Showkase Tent at Palms Club in San Fernando, on Saturday. 1/27/23

RISHI RAGOONATH

Lady Gypsy claims political censorship

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Bunji Garlin and Faye Ann- Lyons perform at St Mary’s College’s all-inclusive Feting with the Saints - Journey Within on Saturday. 1/28/23

Bunji Garlin and Faye Ann- Lyons perform at St Mary’s College’s all-inclusive Feting with the Saints - Journey Within on Saturday. 1/28/23

DARREN RAMPERSAD

Machel hints at sneak peeks before Carnival Friday show

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Author Mary Cuffy dressed as a Pierrot Grenade.

Author Mary Cuffy dressed as a Pierrot Grenade.

Kids Time...The Pierrot Grenade

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3canal and The Brothers perform at the Backyard Jam.

3canal and The Brothers perform at the Backyard Jam.

ABIGAIL HADEED/SPLICE STUDIOS

3canal kicks off 2023 Carnival campaign

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Dr Keith Rowley at News Conference. Image by Rishard Khan

Dr Keith Rowley at News Conference. Image by Rishard Khan

PM: No restrictions necessary, Carnival goes on

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Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

TUCO reveals Dimanche Gras performers

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Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

TUCO reveals Dimanche Gras performers

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Education Tower on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain.

Education Tower on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain.

School as normal on Carnival Monday & Tuesday, says Education Ministry

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Signal Hill Government Primary School students leave the school compound after writing the SEA exam in Tobago in 2021.

Signal Hill Government Primary School students leave the school compound after writing the SEA exam in Tobago in 2021.

Tobago schools remain open for Carnival

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SHASTRI BOODAN
20220221
Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

COVID theme dominates traditional mas

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SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
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Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

COVID theme dominates traditional mas

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SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
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Single Pan Band Pan Elites performed 'Dingolay' in the Single and Small Pan category during the Pan In De Sancoche, Carnival City, Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Saturday.

Single Pan Band Pan Elites performed 'Dingolay' in the Single and Small Pan category during the Pan In De Sancoche, Carnival City, Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Saturday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Pan players ramajay at concert without subvention

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Charles Kong Soo
20220219
Naparima Bowl in San Fernando is the venue for the Calypso Fiesta Concert Showdown on Sunday 20th February 2022.  (Image courtesy Naparima Bowl Facebook)

Naparima Bowl in San Fernando is the venue for the Calypso Fiesta Concert Showdown on Sunday 20th February 2022. (Image courtesy Naparima Bowl Facebook)

Extempo and Calypso Monarch competitions cancelled

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RISHARD KHAN
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Extempo artistes Joseph ‘Lingo’ Vautor-La Placelier and Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters in extempo.

Extempo artistes Joseph ‘Lingo’ Vautor-La Placelier and Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters in extempo.

Word on Calypso and Extempo expected today

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Reigning Chutney Soca Monarch, GI Beharry, will defend his title at SAPA in San Fernando on Saturday 26th February 2022.

Reigning Chutney Soca Monarch, GI Beharry, will defend his title at SAPA in San Fernando on Saturday 26th February 2022.

GI Beharry to defend his title against 14 in Chutney Soca Monarch final

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NCC Chairman, Winston “Gypsy” Peters (second from right) and NCC Commissioner of the Board, Darian Marcelle (second from left) met with Commissioner of Police (Ag.) McDonald Jacob (far right) and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Administration, Joanne Archie at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah on Friday, February 4.

NCC Chairman, Winston “Gypsy” Peters (second from right) and NCC Commissioner of the Board, Darian Marcelle (second from left) met with Commissioner of Police (Ag.) McDonald Jacob (far right) and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Administration, Joanne Archie at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah on Friday, February 4.

NCC, TTPS tour carnival city in preparation for “A Taste of Carnival 2022”

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NCC Chairman, Winston “Gypsy” Peters (second from right) and NCC Commissioner of the Board, Darian Marcelle (second from left) met with Commissioner of Police (Ag.) McDonald Jacob (far right) and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Administration, Joanne Archie at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah on Friday, February 4.

NCC Chairman, Winston “Gypsy” Peters (second from right) and NCC Commissioner of the Board, Darian Marcelle (second from left) met with Commissioner of Police (Ag.) McDonald Jacob (far right) and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Administration, Joanne Archie at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah on Friday, February 4.

NCC, TTPS tour carnival city in preparation for “A Taste of Carnival 2022”

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Carnival

To the next ten years of steelband advance

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20230130105848

On the 60th an­niver­sary of Panora­ma, it’s a time for cel­e­bra­tion and re­flec­tion on the steel­pan, the play­ers and their bands, the arrangers, ca­lyp­so­ni­ans and those com­posers from the steel­band move­ment who have cre­at­ed mu­sic in this the great­est steel­band com­pe­ti­tion.

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 Calypso Queen Lynette Steele " Lady Gypsy" perform her song Moment of Glory, during the Kaiso Showkase Tent at Palms Club in San Fernando, on Saturday. 1/27/23

Calypso Queen Lynette Steele " Lady Gypsy" perform her song Moment of Glory, during the Kaiso Showkase Tent at Palms Club in San Fernando, on Saturday. 1/27/23

RISHI RAGOONATH

Lady Gypsy claims political censorship

by

Bunji Garlin and Faye Ann- Lyons perform at St Mary’s College’s all-inclusive Feting with the Saints - Journey Within on Saturday. 1/28/23

Bunji Garlin and Faye Ann- Lyons perform at St Mary’s College’s all-inclusive Feting with the Saints - Journey Within on Saturday. 1/28/23

DARREN RAMPERSAD

Machel hints at sneak peeks before Carnival Friday show

by

Author Mary Cuffy dressed as a Pierrot Grenade.

Author Mary Cuffy dressed as a Pierrot Grenade.

Kids Time...The Pierrot Grenade

by

Mary Cuffy
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FLASHBACK – The re-enactment of the Canboulay Riots at Piccadilly Greens in February 2020.

FLASHBACK – The re-enactment of the Canboulay Riots at Piccadilly Greens in February 2020.

Canboulay Riots Re-Enactment to be held at NAPA

The an­nu­al re-en­act­ment of the Can­boulay Ri­ots of 1881, which forms part of the NCC’s an­nu­al Car­ni­val of­fer­ings, will not be put on this year by the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), and will be held at NA­PA, Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts.

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FLASHBACK – The re-enactment of the Canboulay Riots at Piccadilly Greens in February 2020.

FLASHBACK – The re-enactment of the Canboulay Riots at Piccadilly Greens in February 2020.

Canboulay Riots Re-Enactment to be held at NAPA

The an­nu­al re-en­act­ment of the Can­boulay Ri­ots of 1881, which forms part of the NCC’s an­nu­al Car­ni­val of­fer­ings, will not be put on this year by the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), and will be held at NA­PA, Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts.

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Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

TUCO reveals Dimanche Gras performers

The Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) has an­nounced the line-up of artistes slat­ed to per­form in the Di­manche Gras show at 7:00 pm on Sun­day 27th Feb­ru­ary 2022, at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain.

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Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

Winston "Gypsy" Peters as he performed his song ‘Respect the Calypsonian’ at the Clash of the Tents Showdown, at Naparima Bowl, San Fernando. (Image by KRISTIAN DE SILVA)

TUCO reveals Dimanche Gras performers

The Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) has an­nounced the line-up of artistes slat­ed to per­form in the Di­manche Gras show at 7:00 pm on Sun­day 27th Feb­ru­ary 2022, at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain.

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Education Tower on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain.

Education Tower on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain.

School as normal on Carnival Monday & Tuesday, says Education Ministry

The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has con­firmed that there will be nor­mal school op­er­a­tions on Mon­day 28 Feb­ru­ary and Tues­day 1 March 2022.

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Signal Hill Government Primary School students leave the school compound after writing the SEA exam in Tobago in 2021.

Signal Hill Government Primary School students leave the school compound after writing the SEA exam in Tobago in 2021.

Tobago schools remain open for Carnival

To­ba­go schools will re­main in op­er­a­tion on Mon­day 28 Feb­ru­ary and Tues­day 1st March 2022, be­cause of the de­fer­ral of car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions in To­ba­go to Oc­to­ber 2022. That's ac­cord­ing to a re­lease is­sued on Sun­day night by the Di­vi­sion of Ed­u­ca­tion, Re­search and Tech­nol­o­gy in the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA).

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SHASTRI BOODAN
20220221
Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

COVID theme dominates traditional mas

From go­ril­las in full PPE to blue dev­ils with res­pi­ra­tors and a new vari­ant of the COVID-19 virus, the pan­dem­ic played a ma­jor role in this year's Tra­di­tion­al and Con­ven­tion­al Mas In­di­vid­u­als Com­pe­ti­tion on Sun­day morn­ing.

by

SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
20220220
Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

Traditional mas characters with a COVID-19 twist... Top left, a fire devil; top right, a gorilla in full PPE; bottom left, a midnight robber with the COVID vaccine cure; bottom right, a blue devil with a pitchfork. (Images by Edison Boodoosingh and Michael Ramsingh)

COVID theme dominates traditional mas

From go­ril­las in full PPE to blue dev­ils with res­pi­ra­tors and a new vari­ant of the COVID-19 virus, the pan­dem­ic played a ma­jor role in this year's Tra­di­tion­al and Con­ven­tion­al Mas In­di­vid­u­als Com­pe­ti­tion on Sun­day morn­ing.

by

SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
20220220
Single Pan Band Pan Elites performed 'Dingolay' in the Single and Small Pan category during the Pan In De Sancoche, Carnival City, Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Saturday.

Single Pan Band Pan Elites performed 'Dingolay' in the Single and Small Pan category during the Pan In De Sancoche, Carnival City, Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Saturday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Pan players ramajay at concert without subvention

Pan Trin­ba­go pres­i­dent Bev­er­ley Ram­sey-Moore says af­ter go­ing two years with­out Panora­ma, the first pan con­cert fol­low­ing the pan­dem­ic has brought a sense of re­lief in the steel­pan com­mu­ni­ty even though they had not re­ceived an al­lo­ca­tion as yet.

by

Charles Kong Soo
20220219
Naparima Bowl in San Fernando is the venue for the Calypso Fiesta Concert Showdown on Sunday 20th February 2022.  (Image courtesy Naparima Bowl Facebook)

Naparima Bowl in San Fernando is the venue for the Calypso Fiesta Concert Showdown on Sunday 20th February 2022. (Image courtesy Naparima Bowl Facebook)

Extempo and Calypso Monarch competitions cancelled

This year's Taste of Car­ni­val has no doubt gone sour for many as the Ca­lyp­so and Ex­tem­po com­pe­ti­tions will no longer be in the show­case.

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RISHARD KHAN
20220215
Extempo artistes Joseph ‘Lingo’ Vautor-La Placelier and Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters in extempo.

Extempo artistes Joseph ‘Lingo’ Vautor-La Placelier and Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters in extempo.

Word on Calypso and Extempo expected today

Dis­cus­sions con­tin­ue in­to the fate of the Ca­lyp­so and Ex­tem­po monarch com­pe­ti­tions to­day and the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) Chair­man, Win­ston "Gyp­sy" Pe­ters hopes a de­ter­mi­na­tion can come as ear­ly as Tues­day af­ter­noon.

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20220215
Reigning Chutney Soca Monarch, GI Beharry, will defend his title at SAPA in San Fernando on Saturday 26th February 2022.

Reigning Chutney Soca Monarch, GI Beharry, will defend his title at SAPA in San Fernando on Saturday 26th February 2022.

GI Beharry to defend his title against 14 in Chutney Soca Monarch final

14 artistes will go up against GI for the 2022 Chut­ney So­ca Monarch. GI Be­har­ry will be de­fend­ing his ti­tle in 2022.

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Carnival

To the next ten years of steelband advance

On the 60th an­niver­sary of Panora­ma, it’s a time for cel­e­bra­tion and re­flec­tion on the steel­pan, the play­ers and their bands, the arrangers, ca­lyp­so­ni­ans and those com­posers from the steel­band move­ment who have cre­at­ed mu­sic in this the great­est steel­band com­pe­ti­tion.

20230130105848

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To the next ten years of steelband advance

by

Lady Gypsy claims political censorship

by

Machel hints at sneak peeks before Carnival Friday show

by

Kids Time...The Pierrot Grenade

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Mary Cuffy
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Post-Carnival COVID-19 spike recorded

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Rishard Khan
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Panorama atmosphere at Musical Showdown in De Big Yard

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CHARLES KONG SOO
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Normal banking hours on Carnival Monday and Tuesday

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Canboulay Riots Re-Enactment to be held at NAPA

by

20220222

Canboulay Riots Re-Enactment to be held at NAPA

by

20220222

TUCO reveals Dimanche Gras performers

by

20220221

TUCO reveals Dimanche Gras performers

by

20220221

School as normal on Carnival Monday & Tuesday, says Education Ministry

by

20220221

Tobago schools remain open for Carnival

by

SHASTRI BOODAN
20220221

COVID theme dominates traditional mas

by

SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
20220220

COVID theme dominates traditional mas

by

SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
20220220

Pan players ramajay at concert without subvention

by

Charles Kong Soo
20220219
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State must pay $20m for failed Naipaul-Coolman case
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