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Finals: Order of Appearance - SMALL Steel Orchestras - Panorama 2025

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - And then there were fourteen; but first there were forty-four - small conventional steel orchestras, that is. All in quest of the musical grail - the small steel orchestra championship trophy and accompanying prize purse. And after the results of the preliminaries, and those of the semi-finals, the final fourteen come together for the last time in their category of the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. see order of appearance  

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Small Steel Orchestra Semi-Finals 2025 Results - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Saturday After more than ten hours of competitive performances, last of all from the defending champion New East Side Dimension, the competition wrapped musically at 2:13 a.m. Results came around 2:40 a.m. And the reigning champs remain the ones to beat going into the finals, having scored 275 in the semis. As in the preliminaries, there were multiple ties among the semi-finals results. Southern Stars Steel Orchestra and Tobago Pan-Thers rounded out the top three…

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Semi-Finals: Order of Appearance - SMALL Steel Orchestras - Panorama 2025

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Saturday January 18 is the big day for thirty-one small steel orchestras as they take to the semi-finals stage at Victoria Square in Port-of-Spain. All intend to make the final cut, having pushed through this far. Arima Golden Symphony is first in the line-up which is expected to start at 4:00 p.m. AST (Atlantic Standard Time). see order of appearance  

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Results - Small Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panorama 2025

Global - The preliminary phase for the Small steel orchestras featured forty-four bands performing before a panel of judges in respective venues/panyards. This is the first in the three conventional steel orchestra categories of the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. ....As is usually the case after ‘panyard judging’ with a large number of steel orchestras, there were multiple two- and three-way ties within the results, starting out with the top position - number one - which went to…

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2025 TOBAGO Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panyard Judging

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The final two nights of preliminary performances in the small conventional steel orchestra category begin Sunday January 12 in the sister isle of Tobago. Four bands are scheduled to perform each night, with reigning Small steel orchestra champion New East Side Dimension being the final band on Monday January 13. see judging schedule

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2025 SOUTH/CENTRAL Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panyard Judging

 Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - More steel orchestras in the small conventional category will grace the ‘stage’—that being their respective panyards—in the presence of judges, as they vie for a spot in the January 18 semi-finals coming off at Victoria Square in Port-of-Spain. ....On Thursday January 9 Panosonic Connection is scheduled to get things underway at 7:00 p.m. Swavic Steel Orchestra, Fusion Steel, Motown Pan Theatre, Kalomo Kings and Silver Harps are also advertised as being on the…

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2025 EASTERN Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panyard Judging

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The second leg of preliminary competition in the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama small conventional steel orchestra category, features bands from the Eastern region. Over the course of three nights—Monday January 6 through Wednesday January 8—steelband music lovers will have their fill of the sounds of steel. see judging schedule

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2025 NORTH Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panyard Judging

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Small steel orchestras begin their competition for the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama, with bands around the twin-island country performing in their respective preliminary phases. see judging schedule

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Single Pan 2025 - Finals Results - San Juan East Side Symphony snags Championship with arranger Duvone Stewart

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - And the last shall be “first.” That’s the way things apparently ‘played’ out for the finals of the 2025 season of the Single Pan band component of the annual Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. San Juan East Side Symphony from the Eastern region, led by champion arranger Duvone Stewart and playing last in the competition at position twenty-five - trounced twenty-four competitors, and dethroned title defenders Chord Masters Steel Orchestra in the process. see results  

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Tribute to Uric 'Ragga dat' Reid, Casablanca and City Syncopators player

 Tribute to Uric ‘Ragga dat’ Reid February 23, 1931-November 4, 2024Uric Reid aka Ragga dat travelled from sixth street Barataria with his friend Joe Roseman to rehearse with City Syncopators. Joe recalled playing second pan on Carnival days with Ragga and Kelvin Hart. That introduction to Steelband initiated by his childhood friend who he called ‘Batman’ led Joe to form his own band ‘Black Swan’ in Barataria. Ragga had already experienced Steelpan activity in Casablanca and was a member of…

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