35th BAS Notting Hill Steelband Panorama 2012
England, U.K. - Real Steel led by young, innovative and talented Leroy Clarke has toppled the London steelbands which have dominated the winning podium for more than a decade.
Leroy and Real Steel have been in the winners’ shadows for some time. In fact, the first year that they entered the competition, they attained 2nd place, a massive feat for an orchestra new to this level of competition. They did not compete in last year’s competition. In this iconic year for the UK, they finally achieved their goal of being the UK’s ‘Champions of Steel’. Leroy’s rendition of Tellison 'Tello' Forde’s Prophet of Pan sung by Keith 'Designer' Prescott, saw them amass 270 points, eight points clear of last year’s champions Mangrove Steelband, led by Andre White.
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