Article: Drumming up carnival spirit.(News)

Article: School's steel pan band plays at ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  December 16, 2006 ;     444 words ... ... Schoolchildren helped shoppers get into the festive spirit when they played at a local supermarket. Rawthorpe Junior School's Steel Pan Band played carols to customers at the Waterloo branch of Morrisons. They are pictured giving their performance. Children ...

Article: The birth of the steel-pan band PARIS JAZZ
International Herald Tribune;  May 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... on traditional drums. During Carnival time, however, a relaxation of rules gave birth to steel-pan bands.Along with the synthesizer, the steel pan is the most noteworthy musical instrument invented in the 20th century. The second biannual ...

Article: Steel pan band beat a rhythm and path to ...
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  October 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: JOANNE BUTCHER IT may be Abba and Guns 'n' Roses but it is certainly not as you know it. For young musicians are bringing the sounds of the Caribbean to a Gateshead school, but with a twist. The Steel Band at Kingsmeadow Community School in Dunston have wowed audiences with their skills on

Article: Steel Pan Man Caribbean drum music helps Normal man ...
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  April 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... an exciting turn with steel pan music when he ran smack ... found therapy in music. Steel pan music. "It's what ... Delaney teaches two steel pan classes - one is for children ... Delaney's original Steely Pan band have moved on and Delaney ...

Article: Florida Memorial College Annual 'Soulful Noel' & Steel ...
PR Newswire;  December 3, 2001 ;     597 words ... ... Mustafa, will perform on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 10:30 to noon in the Mathew Gilbert Auditorium. The world-famous Steel Pan Band, under the direction of Dr. Dawn Batson will be performing on Friday, December 7th from noon to 1:30 p.m. in ...

Article: Steel Pan Orchestra Adds Festive Air
Los Angeles Sentinel;  April 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Los Angeles Sentinel 04-07-1999 Steel Pan Orchestra Adds Festive Air On certain ... back to Degnan and 43rd Street. The steel pan rhythms aren't just producing sounds ... Though it deviates from traditional steel pan music, it still is harmonizing to the ...

Article: Steel pan King holds key patent
New York Amsterdam News;  January 18, 2006 ;     647 words ... ... hears the melodious tones of the soprano steel pan, the Trinidadian musician hears more ... old said he spent years rearranging steel pan notes into a clockwise order called a ... maintains that his pattern makes the steel pan easier to learn to play anywhere in the ...