Pan History - Looking back at the year 2011 in Pan

[When Steel Talks]

2011

2011

Trinidad and Tobago government raises first prize in Panorama to TT $2,000,000.00 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2011 -  Trinidad All Stars wins playing the tune Show Time Pan in The 21st Century 2011 - cancelled - read more St. Vincent 2011 Junior Pan Fest - Starlift Juniors & Girls High School steel orchestras win in Community-based & School-based categories, respectively St. Vincent & Grenadines Panorama 2011 - Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra wins Sion Hill Steel Orchestra Montreal 2011 International Panorama - Salah's Steelpan Academy wins 2011 Panorama title Grenada National Panorama 2011 - Angel  Harps Steel Orchestra wins 2011 Panorama title St. Lucia National Panorama 2011 - Babonneau Steel Orchestra wins 2011 Panorama title Antigua & Barbuda Panorama 2011 - Hells Gate Wins 2011 Panorama title UK Panorama 2011 - Mangrove Steelband Wins 2011 Panorama title Toronto Panorama 2011 - Afro Pan wins 2011 Panorama title New York Panorama 2011 - ADLIB Steel Orchestra wins 2011 Panorama title   8-20-2011 - Cultural icon and Trinity Cross recipient Pat Bishop passed. She is best known for her work with Desperadoes Steel Orchestra of Trinidad & Tobago. Click for more on Pat Bishop 10-22-2011 - Dr. Geraldine Connor passed.  She wrote, composed, directed and produced the very successful Caribbean musical called Carnival Messiah. She arranged for Ebony in the UK and Invaders Steel Orchestra in Trinidad and Tobago. Click for more on Dr. Geraldine Connor 10-30-2011 - Pan pioneer Rudolph 'Fisheye' Ollivierre passed.  Born on October 28th 1927 to Richard Ollivierre and Matilda Goodridge... Click for more on Rudolph Fisheye Ollivierre 12-18-2011 Ralph MacDonald passed. Ralph’s music is world-renowned; he is the co-composer of such hits as Just The Two Of Us (Bill Withers), Where Is The Love (Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway) and Calypso Breakdown from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack - to name but a few. Together with ace steelpan artist Robert Greenidge, Ralph was a visual and dynamic driving percussive force with the iconic Jimmy Buffet band.  Click for more on Ralph MacDonald click for more 2011 Headlines See complete Pan History Timeline

[Ian Franklin]

Just some followup at panorama 2011. (1) All Stars/Leon Edwards defeated another arranger's composition for the 2nd time. In 2008, Edwin Pouchet's "Thunder" was defeated and now 2011 "Showtime" was defeated. (2) 2011 was the latest panorama in the month of March. (3) It was also the 5th time that panorama was held in a March month (4) All Stars had now place in the top-two for the 4th of the 5 times that panorama was in March. (5) All Stars took the lead away from Phase II for the most panorama monies earned from 2007 to 2011.