2018 Panorama Info Complete

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It is victory for the second year running for Newtown Playboys Steel Symphony, which successfully defended its title in the Single Pan Band category of the 2018 Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama.

Performing a David Rudder classic - ‘The Hammer’ - arranged by Carlon Harewood, it was a close competition, with the winners a single point ahead of the second-place band, Pan Jammers, which came in with 285 points. A tie for third between Marsicans and the T&T Fire Service single pan bands rounded out the top positions.

Fifty-three bands started the musical journey just a few days ago, with the first bands being judged in their pan yards on January 4. With no semi-final phase, the top twenty were chosen for the final competition earlier this evening, Sunday January 14. The venue was the Basketball Court, Princess Royal Park, Arima, in east Trinidad.

And so the first championship title has been conferred, and the first competition in the 2018 National Panorama season is in the history books, with the focus now turning to the conventional steel orchestra categories, small, medium and large respectively.

RESULTS - Single Pan Bands - Finals

Placing/ Score Band Selection/
Performer
Arranger
1st 

286 pts
Newtown Playboys Steel Symphony The Hammer

(David Rudder)

Carlon Harewood
Carlon Harewood
 
2nd

285 pts
Pan Jammers Signal Lara

(Superblue)

thumbnail of Robert Tobitt
Robert Tobitt
 
3rd

282 pts
Marsicans Party Time Again

(Bally)

Marlon White
Marlon White
 
3rd

282 pts
T&T Fire Service Du Du Yemi ( Natasha)

(Mighty Sparrow)

Terrance “BJ” Marcelle
Terrance “BJ” Marcelle

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  • congratulations are in order

     there will never  be  total satisfaction

     its  about the $$  also

     

    • ..$$............and who yuh know, and what yuh know about who yuh know. Me eh know.

      • Mercer: If some BIG NAME ARRANGERS cannot win SINGLE PAN -- how on earth are they going to win LARGE BAND?

  • An upgrade is needed here, play new music, the arrangement to these old songs can easily be interchanged with past years. Whats the difference?

  • Congratulations are in order for the "Newtown Playboys" for winning Panorama 2018. BTW Did the "qualification for participation" rules change a few years ago?

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