2001
  • Exodus wins the Trinidad & Tobago Panorama playing the tune A Happy Song
  • Harmonites win Antigua Panorama
  • No Grenada Panorama
  • Toronto Panorama - New Dimension wins
  • Ebony wins the UK Panorama
  • No Panorama competition in St. Vincent
  • St. Lucia Panorama - Diamond Steel Orchestra win
  • The United States Steelband Association (USSA) is formed. A non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, also registered with the Charities Bureau of the Attorney General Office in New York State, was originally formed under the name United Steelband Association in 1998. In 2001 the name was changed so that membership could be sort, not only in the New York metropolitan area, but the whole of the United States of America.
  • Steel Bands Plan Boycott of Brooklyn’s West Indian Parade
  • USSA hosts its first New York Panorama; twelve bands participate
  • Pantonic wins the USSA New York Panorama competition - as one of the twelve competing bands
  • There are two New York Panoramas this year
    • CASYM wins the WIADCA (West Indian American Day Carnival Association) version of the Panorama - as one of the three competing bands

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  • My breakdown of things of note re. pan in 2001: (1) Laventille Sound Specialists which was formed as a Single Pans Band in 1975, then moved up to Conventional Bands in 1980, made its only Panorama Finals in 2001.(2) Exodus prevented Desperadoes of a three-peat (3) 2001 was the last year that all preliminaries for the conventional bands were held at the Savannah (4) Redemption Sound Setters which formed in 1988 made its first panorama finals in 2001 (5) 2001 was also the first and last time that the oldest North Bands were in the same finals. {They are Invaders, Tokyo, All Stars, Desperadoes, Renegades and Starlift} (6) Panorama was not aired on television.

    The above are 6 of the 12 things that stood out to me. Let me know if you all are interested in the other 6.(lol) Love Peace and Pan.

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