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Read more…2026 Grenada Senior Panorama champions, New Dimension Steel Orchestra on stage St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - New Dimension Steel Orchestra clinched the 2026 national Senior Panorama title with its performance of Cordel Byam’s arrangement of ‘I Got Me’ by Sakinah. Band number eight on stage for the competition with final notes at midnight, New Dimension made a lasting impression, one good enough to chalk up its fifteenth title, and the fourth for Cordel. See results
Read more…Bands - Tunes - Arrangers St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - It is indeed going to be a ‘Pantastic Saturday’ for steelband music lovers who will be on hand to take in ‘live,’ the country’s annual steelband Panorama which unfolds at the National Stadium on Saturday 6 August. The musical action is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time). Eight steel orchestras are vying for the title of Panorama champions. Defending its title is Commancheros Steel Orchestra which drew the first…
Read more…Hells Gate Steel Orchestra delivers its championship performance at the Antigua & Barbuda 2026 Panorama Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The bands with their musicians showed up and showed out - the fruits of their weeks, even months, of musical labor in their respective panyards clearly visible, and certainly audible. At the end of the night, when results were announced shortly before 1:00 a.m. on August 2, Hells Gate Steel Orchestra had done it again - still champion, in the process racking up its…
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Read more…PanMasters Steel Orchestra celebrates with championship trophy for Toronto Panorama Pan Alive 2026 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - It was an upset; musical pandemonium reigned at Pan Alive 2026 for the Toronto Panorama, as the last competitor - PanMasters Steel Orchestra - took the title away from the band that triumphed in 2025, Pan Fantasy Steelband. The latter was aiming for its twelfth consecutive title; instead PanMasters clinched the championship when they executed arranger Rudo Forteau’s…
Read more…Bands - Tunes - Arrangers Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Seven steel orchestras are in pursuit of the title of Panorama champion in the annual ‘Pan Alive’ steelband music competition. Six are determined to dethrone title defenders Pan Fantasy Steelband which is going for its twelfth consecutive title, each one of those victories achieved with the band’s resident champion arranger, Al “Allos” Foster. Forest Creek Pathway Steel Orchestra is the first band up for the night. Showtime is scheduled to…
Read more…Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Steelband music lovers will have a showcase of their favorite steel orchestras in the twin-island country’s annual national Panorama on Saturday August 1, 2026. Eight bands take the stage and have a chance at becoming this year’s champion steel orchestra. To do so, seven of the eight will have to dethrone title defenders Hells Gate Steel Orchestra. Up first in the line-up is Harmonites International Steel Orchestra, while Hells Gate Steel Orchestra is slated to be the…
Read more…Grenada, W.I. - Grenada’s Republic Bank Angel Harps’ music organization is ready for the upcoming Junior Panorama on Saturday, July 25th at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in St. George’s, says executive member David Seales. ....Two weeks later on August 8th the annual National Panorama will see the senior Angel Harps Steel Orchestra performing Mr. Gold’N’s “Down in Greenz” arranged by Gerry Tamar and Orlando Thomas. see more
Read more…SocaNews Pantonic Steel Orchestra hoping to raise funds for their return to Notting Hill Carnival England, U.K. - Pantonic Steel Orchestra has launched an urgent campaign to secure a new permanent panyard, calling on supporters and the wider community to help find a suitable space for rehearsals, workshops and the storage of instruments. The Hackney-based steel orchestra, established in 1988, has been a cornerstone of the UK’s steelpan movement for nearly four decades. ....The band says…
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