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TAKING THE STEELPAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TO A HIGHER LEVEL

In education with PETE & PIE
In music with high Quality Steelpan instruments --- (Coming Soon)
In entertainment with high Quality HDCD® Recordings
'Steelpan Ensembles in concert' events --- (Coming soon)

Your one stop shop for Steelpan music in 2012

Panorama Finals 2012:

Enjoy the Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Finals in one complete double disc set, featuring medium and large steelbands.

Feel the rhythm and enjoy the arrangements of musical maestros played on the ultimate 20th century musical invention... the Steelpan.

International Soca Monarch 2012:

Experience the powerful and mind-blowing performances of the most dynamic soca artistes in the business, on the biggest night of soca in the World - double disc set.

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Post-Carnival Specials: Get a $3 on-line rebate when you order one of these DVDs (click above) or a $5 rebate if you add one of the 6 Sanch CDs below on the same order.

Buy both DVDs on the same order and you'll get a $7 rebate. Earn $3.00 more - get $10 in total if you add one of the 6 Sanch CDs below.

All rebates will be applied when your order is shipped - please include Promo Code "SCI2412" in the Comments section. All orders handled courtesy eCaroh Caribbean Emporium.

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Five-film DVD – Steelpan & Calypso featuring Andy Narell, Trinidad All Stars and Relator.

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Latest News:

Launch of ‘Pete the Panstick’ (PETE) Educational Software

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad: Sanch Electronix Ltd. is pleased announce the Launch of ‘Pete the Panstick’ (PETE) Educational Software, in conjunction with Republic Bank. This Event will be hosted at the new Digicel IMAX Cinema, One Woodbrook Place, on Tuesday 24th April, 2012, from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. This self-instructional animated software has the potential to impact directly on the Visual and Performing Arts curriculum in the areas of Music Literacy, Technical English, ICT and Social Studies. PETE will also be marketed through Community Centres, Educational Institutions and Online through a Cyber-platform. More content will be added systematically to extend the outreach from Trinidad and Tobago through the Caribbean Diaspora and eventually into the international marketplace. PETE has been formally endorsed by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, through the Ministry of Education.

SteelFestt 2012 Conference

Simeon Sandiford, Managing Director of Sanch Electronix Limited, will present PETE and PIE at SteelFestt 2012 in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. PanTrinbago will be hosting an International Conference on the Steelpan from May 6th - 8th, 2012. In the 50th year of Independence of the country in which the Steelpan was born, this Conference provides "a single forum for exposition and engagement with diverse lines of action and inquiry around our national instrument," says Mrs. Maureen Manchouk of Conference Planning Committee. "The theme of the Conference, Pan Globilization: Progress and Possibilities, provides a unique opportunity for musicians, academics, entrepreneurs, trade and tourism representatives and pan aficionados from across the globe to share experiences, perspectives and ideas on the steelpan."

OAS (Organization of American States)

Virtual Educa Caribbean Conference Simeon Sandiford, Managing Director of Sanch Electronix Limited will be participating, on the invitation of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), in the Organization of American States (OAS) First Virtual Educa Caribbean Forum, taking place in Paramaribo, in the Republic of Suriname, from February 29th to March 2nd.

The Conference “offers participants the opportunity to see concrete evidence of how ICT and innovation in education are applied in practice.”

SANCH will be showcasing PETE and PIE to 34 OAS member countries from the Caribbean and Latin America.

November 21, 2011 SANCH Canada Inc. - is pleased to announce its partnership with eCaroh Caribbean Emporium (www.ecaroh.com) just in time for the Christmas season. Orders for CDs and DVDs can be placed by mail-order through the Sanch Canada website. All orders will be shipped to the mailing address provided by customers - shipping information is available at http://www.ecaroh.com/shipping.htm.

Other items in the Sanch catalogue such as Steelpan art, posters, post-cards and knit-wear will also be available through this arrangement.

Details on special promotions and placing orders are available at www.sanch.ca

September 1, 2011 SANCH Canada Inc. would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all our new and existing customers who visited our booths during Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival and Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day Celebrations in Toronto in July and August. Please remember to keep visiting us at www.sanch.ca for the latest news, events and product announcements - you can also follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook. We will keep you posted on the beta releases of PETE the Panstick and Pan in Education - if you would like to participate in these trials please send us an email at contactus@sanch.ca

July 10, 2011 SCI Launch: SANCH Canada Inc. announces the launch of inaugural products and services geared towards its stated mission to establish a mainstream niche for Caribbean culture in the global economy.

SCI will develop, promote and market a diverse catalogue of related premium products with emphasis on the Steelpan musical instrument.

Pan In Education (PIE)

Research has shown that Music Appreciation and Music Instruction are aids to Reading, Language and overall academic achievements. The Pan In Education (PIE) Business Model is unique and pioneering in that it offers the Steelpan as the instrument of choice as an Education tool across multiple disciplines.

PIE encompasses the disciplines of Music, Technology, Business, Engineering, Social Studies and Technical English. The PIE curriculum is subdivided into two components, Music Literacy and Entrepreneurial Development. The Music Literacy component emphasizes composition, arrangement, orchestration techniques, scoring and digital archiving.

Although Pan In Education is geared towards the secondary and tertiary level education, it has appeal to musicians of various levels.

The product consists of a set of double CD's. The first has on-location recorded arrangements of thirteen (13) music selections ranging from 4 to 6 minutes, performed by various Steelpan Ensembles. The second includes the musical scores, computerized using Finale Music Program 2002 format, and showing individual parts to be played by various steelpan instruments, namely, tenor, double tenor, double second, etc.

With Finale, the score may be played on the computer, in parts or in its entirety, at any tempo. Students not having the Finale Music Program, may access scores in MIDI format. PDF files are available for those who simply wish to have a printout of each score. These may be easily read using Acrobat Reader (also downloadable free from the Internet). Short MP3 clips containing the original verses and choruses with vocals/lead lines are provided as an insight into how arrangers have embellished the melodies.

Digital files containing notes on Caribbean Rhythms have been included as an aid to those who are unfamiliar with them. Finally, a relationship between instruments of the conventional symphony orchestra and those of a steelpan orchestra has been suggested. This will assist music teachers and arrangers in transcribing music for the steelpan. Conversely, music written for steelpan instruments may be adapted for playing with traditional instruments.

PETE the Panstick (PETE)

PETE the Panstick (PETE) self-instructional software provides alternative avenues of introduction to Music, ICT and English Literacy. This is necessary for development and honing of appropriate skills required for the 21st century workplace. PETE also offers learner-centred, cross-curricular activities in anticipation of future exposure to the Pan in Education Business Model that embraces creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation.

You will be intrigued as PETE seamlessly transfers basic skills pertaining to note placement and scales from a virtual Steelpan instrument on the computer to your hands to play on your instrument in your personal learning environment. In time you will play simple Rhymes and Folk Songs and learn more sophisticated melodies as you progress.

By navigating through seven exciting chapters, you learn about the history and development of the Steelpan with short movies and illustrative posters, the genres of music that it plays and the virtuosos that compose and arrange its music. As a test, PETE provides a multiple choice Quiz at two levels with direct access to your instructor via email.

Upcoming Events: 2012 coming soon

Previous Articles & Press Releases:

Read Donna Benny's published CEDA article (.PDF)

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