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Classical Jewels XI sparkle
Perfection. That’s the most apt description one could affix to Classical Jewels XI, staged at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (Napa) in Port-of-Spain on November 18-19.Though not packed to...
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Parang, pan and Mac Farlane this weekend
Last weekend, it was Holistic Foundation’s Dingolay...Big People Party at Club Zen that took the cake but this weekend consider the entertainment bar being raised even higher with a plethora of fun...
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Sokah, parang and steel heats up wet weekend
With a full moon approaching there was water everywhere but people drank sumptuously from the flood of entertainment taking place nationwide. On Saturday, Yorke Inc held yet another bumper happening at...
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Pan returning to the carnival fete scene
In addition to being “a nice way to highlight the steelpan at a different level,” Paninclusive—Pan Lime in D City, presented by Epic Events & Marketing Solutions, is offering a scholarship for a...
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Looking forward to a successful new year
Today we commence the 18th year of the new millennium and, after a tumultuous 2017 we face even more challenging times. We can only pray that this year we will be spared the wrath of destructive...
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New year opens with sizzling pan vibes, hot soca
It’s the first weekend of a new year and if the last weekend of 2017 is any indication of what to expect entertainment wise, we are in for an exciting and busy year. Despite wet weather, 2018 opened...
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Spectacular calypsoes through the years
I have several memories of Spektakula Forum, once located at Upper Henry Street, Port-of-Spain, most good and just a few different.The home of Calypso Spektakula calypso tent, the Forum, was actually...
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Pulse
Cocktails, denim and diamonds in MaravalFetes for Carnival 2018 go to a higher level this weekend with a few popular all-inclusives scheduled nationwide.For starters, the annual Old Hilarian party—...
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Panorama of arrangers
Yes, the annual National Panorama competition is served by the best pannists on the planet performing on the best tuned instruments. After 55 years of the competition, globally acclaimed as the most...
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Klassic Ruso opens tonight
It’s that time again. When the executive members of the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (Tuco), led by Lutalo Masimba (Bro Resistance) unveiling the latest calypso compositions to a...
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Party til you drop
The weekend past was just a taste, a tiny morsel actually, of what’s to come for the rest of C2K18. Served on Saturday by Old Hilarians’ Association’s Cocktails, Denim & Diamonds, held at a new...
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High temperatures for Panorama Sunday
Well, it’s finally here; another allday steelband explosion in De Big Yard Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain. Thousands are expected to throng the venue from as early as 7 am on Sunday morning for...
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Divas reign
Critically affected by the constricting economy, calypso tents are the endangered species of Carnival. With this year’s festival a mere 13 days off, a number of tents remained unopened while some have...
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Calypso Fiesta to draw thousands to Skinner Park
Music, especially pan music, continues to be the balm to curb crime and violence. Last weekend’s National Panorama semi-finals, held at Victoria Square (Small Bands) and at the Queen’s Park Savannah...
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It’s Carnival weekend
Everybody is a star at Fatima........more fete this weekendIt is finally here, the final weekend of the reign of the Merry Monarch for 2018.Thus far, though short and hectic, it has been a clean and...
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Let there be peace
Time to change the changeI borrowed this article’s headline from 2018 National Calypso Monarch Helon Francis’ winning composition Change as Pulse extends congratulations to all the champions of...
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Talk Tent was no laughing matter
Late comedian John Agitation must have smiled from beyond last weekend when Keensdee Productions staged the 35th anniversary of Talk Tent at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Friday to Sunday, and the...
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Everybody loves Raymond
Tomorrow is special day for lovers of chutney, soca and crossover music when the 2018 edition of Everybody Loves Raymond (ELR) take places at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, at 8.30 pm. This...
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Desperadoes looks ahead with new energy
There is a new burst of energy in the panyard of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra as the band relishes its successes of Carnival 2018. The band placed third in this year’s National Panorama (Large)...
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A weekend of music, colour
Everybody Loves Raymond tomorrow nightLast Friday, I made a monumental error by stating that Everybody Loves Raymond (ELR) would have been held last Saturday at the Centre of Excellence. So wrong was I...
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