In 2008 and 2015 NGC Steel Xplosion won the Tobago House of Assembly Pan Champs Competition, In 2015 they placed 12 th in the International Panorama competition held in Trinidad.

The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. It ...

On this day, 26 July, in 1951, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the Festival of Britain, and in doing so introduced the steelpan and a new music genre to the world.

In Canarsie, the Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra is preparing to perform at the West Indian Day Parade.

Just like the emergence of the tango in South America in the 1890s, or the explosion of rock and roll in the US in the 1950s, Trinidad and Tobago’s steelpan bands have a rich and compelling story, ...

According to the U.S. Embassy, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago declared a SOE on December 30, 2024. That warning was extended by three months on January 13th, 2025.

Mia Gormandy-Benjamin represented Trinidad and Tobago internationally in the US, Canada and Austria. She studied pan in Japan because, "I was fascinated by the number of Japanese pannists that we ...

The Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago offers express ferries for inter-island travel. The trip takes a little less than three hours with a one-way fare costing about $8 USD.

Trinidad and Tobago is known for its white sandy beaches, mountainous rainforests and steel pan drums. But its economy depends on oil and natural gas, not tourism.

Trinidad and Tobago national identity PAN POWER: Petrotrin Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra from Black Rock, Tobago performs during National Panorama Semi-Finals in the Queens Park Savannah as part ...

Trinidad and Tobago's PM has said the new Coat of Arms with the Steelpan shows that the pan had reached the country’s “highest heights." STEELPAN HISTORY: The iconic Steelpan on the Coat of Arms.