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Chanler Bailey, Duvonne Stewart, Ellie Manette, Emily Lemmerman, Joseph Peck, Morgantown, Tracy ThorntonReflecting on Ellie Mannette with those who loved him dearly.
I first heard it 19 years ago. And I heard it again a few weeks ago. And it was more amazing now, than then. Yes, it was in Summer 2000 at the workshop in Morgantown, West Virginia where I first heard a full steel orchestra of Ellie Mannette’s steel pans. Over the years, this sound…
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Discontinuing a few items.
The Pan Hoops line was the second collection launched in 2007, some ten years ago. After several production runs, I’ve decided to discontinue the hoop pendant and a few other designs. So all the featured items on the home page are 50% off price until the end of September 2017. The price in the…
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Friends don’t let friends use ordinary emojis
We’ve created the first ever steelpan emojis. This is all part of our digital entertainment focus for this first half of 2017. Share and use with your friends (and with your enemies too…they might become your friends after this !). Our first steelpan emoji app has 50 unique characters, and it’s free in the App…
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Introducing our first digital design product – Tess, the Tenor
As we move into 2017, I’m very excited to share with you some of the new things I will be doing this year. For starters, there’s Tess, the Tenor and the Island Band, an animated cartoon series and games about a fiesty tenorpan. Read more about Tess and play some of her games on her…
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What is your challenge or greatest need?
I started the Liz Mannette jewelry because I could not find jewelry in sterling silver or 14K gold that accurately and stylishly represented the steelpan. Now, so many others enjoy wearing the collection. I wonder what other products/services are out there, waiting for someone to move forward to provide a solution to a need. So I’ve…