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Results - Medium Steel Orchestra Finals - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2026 - Pan Elders with Ojay Richards Cop Title

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The third time was the charm for the music collaboration of Pan Elders Steel Orchestra and arranger Ojay Richards; they claimed the 2026 championship in the medium category of the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. Richards was been arranging for the music group since 2024. While Pan Elders has won this category six times, 2014–2019, consecutively, this is the first championship for Richards in this category. He is also the 2026 arranger for Silver Stars Steel…

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National Calypso Monarch Competition Finalist 2026

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Finals: Order of Appearance - MEDIUM Steel Orchestras - Panorama 2026

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Initially sixteen steel orchestras competed in the preliminary rounds of this medium category in the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. They hailed from the East, South/Central, Tobago and North regions. Making it to final night is one from the North, two each from Tobago and South/Central, and five from the East. see order of appearance  

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Results - Large Steel Orchestra Semi-finals - Panorama 2026

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Renegades Steel Orchestra playing champion arranger Duvone Stewart’s interpretation of the Mighty Sparrow’s cheeky ‘The Lizard,’ continued to titillate (musically) and retained its lead in scoring, ahead of title defender Exodus Steel Orchestra. The latter tied for second with Silver Stars Steel Orchestra. It was a musical blast, literally, filled with the sounds of steel. The occasion was the annual Savannah Party at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain. see…

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Results - Medium Steel Orchestra Semi-finals - Panorama 2026

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Elders performing Ojay Richard’s arrangement of Magician (I Command You) garnered top points in the medium category semi-finals of the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. Sound Specialists of Laventille which led coming out of the preliminaries came in second, while Pamberi rose from seventh to third. After the playing field had been leveled, that is, all the steel orchestras meeting in the same musical arena for competition, ten of the sixteen medium…

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RECAP - Large steel orchestras Preliminaries - Results - 2026 Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Large and in charge, musically speaking, for about ten minutes at the Big Yard, on stage. That is the case when seventeen large steel orchestras compete in the semi-finals, as part of the music battle at the Savannah Party unfolding at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain on February 1, a feature of the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama season. see results

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2026 Semi-Finals: Order of Appearance - LARGE Steel Orchestras

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Part of the ‘Savannah Party’ they are, but seventeen large steel orchestras will get down to serious business, the task of making the cut for the finals, even as steelband music lovers enjoy hours of performances to the max. Harmonites Steel Orchestra has returned to competition and is first on stage for the evening. see order of appearance  

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RECAP - Medium steel orchestras Preliminaries - Results - 2026 Panorama

RECAP - See how the sixteen Medium steel orchestras ranked out of Preliminaries, going into the Semi-finals today. Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - All roads, quite literally, lead to the Queen’s Park Savannah this coming Sunday, February 1. From their panyards, to the stage at the Savannah to take part in the semi-finals - this is true for all sixteen steel orchestras that competed in the preliminary rounds of the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. Seven bands from the East, five from…

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2026 - Semi-Finals: Order of Appearance - MEDIUM Steel Orchestras

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelband music lovers take in the competitive performances of sixteen medium steel orchestras as they perform on Sunday February 1 at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain. It is the semi-finals phase for the category in the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. see order of appearance  

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Judging of Medium and Large Semi-finals

Judging of Medium and Large Semi-finals and Results.Okay, so I know that the judging of steelpan performances is highly subjective. The competencies of individual judges is never published beforehand. We are all very suspicious when the results are not to our wishes and/or expectations.Especially these days when “fake news”, “trolling” and “WOKE” (in a cultural sense) seem to affect the average man’s thinking, we always jump to quick conclusions. That said, there has always been a degree of…

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