When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra and Pan Elders Steel Orchestra, on their 2017 Panorama large and medium championships respectively.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In what has been a Panorama season which brought a complete change as to how the preliminaries were conducted, the Medium steel orchestra grouping maintained one constant from 2016; that being the number of bands moving on
Could someone advise if the decision/announcement to have 30 small bands preform along with 28 medium and large was made/announced prior to or after the known position of the medium and large.
Read more…In spite of the impasse between Pan Trinbago Inc and the National Carnival Commission (NCC), all lights are on green for the staging of the National Panorama semi-finals on Sunday for Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras.
The bands w
Read more…2017 Junior Panorama Preliminaries
BATCE Steel performs for the judges for the 2017 Junior Panorama Preliminaries
Guaico Presbyterian School - "Full Extreme" - 2017 National Junior Panorama Prelims
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Defending champs Desperadoes Steel Orchestra topped the preliminary round of the National Panorama competition.
The band playing the Carlton “Zanda” Alexander-arrangement of “Good Morning” accumulated 277 points, two (2) p
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Desperadoes
Trinidad All Stars
Silvers Stars
Phase II Pan Groove
Renegades Steel Orchestra
Supernovas Steel Orchestra
Skiffle Steel Orchestra
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Exodus Steel Orchestra
Birdsong Steel Orches
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Tobago Region of Pan Trinbago has released the winners in the recently-concluded Tobago Region/THA Pan Champs competition which was held at Parade Square, in Bacelot, Tobago, on Friday February 17.
In the Single Pan catego
Read more…| PLACE | PTS. | BAND | SONG | ARRANGER | |
| 1st | 282 pts | Pan Elders  |
“Roti” |  Duvone Stewart |
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| 2nd | 275 pts | Curepe Scherzando  |
“Stranger” |  Yohan Popwell |
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| 3rd | 2 | ||||
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Organizing Committee of Arima Panorama has announced this year’s winners.
The competition hosted by the Arima Carnival Committee in conjunction with Pan Trinbago Eastern Region was held at the Arima Basketball Court i
Read more…Come sober and come fair judges because we have been seeing a similar pattern in winners the past few years.Yes there are a bands called INVADERS,SKIFFLE(formally Skiffle Bunch) and TROPICAL ANGEL HARPS with great talent and history in there.
Read more…Big shout-out to Merrytonestothebone...
extreme fun: Frontline players of Merry Tones in action during their performance of “Full Extreme”, arranged by Eric McAllister, at yesterday’s National Panorama semi-finals (Small Band category) at the Que
Read more…DESPERADOES has definitely signalled its intention and is focussed on retaining the National Panorama title, and with a full complement of 120 players, the band is expected to up its game come Sunday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
Howev
Read more…Trinidad Newsday
CHAIRMAN of the National Carnival Commission (NCC) Kenny de Silva yesterday rubbished claims of over-selling of tickets for the North Stand of the Queen’s Park Savannah during the Panorama semi finals on Sunday.
Asked to respond to t
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - More than 100 steel orchestras in the Small, Medium and Large Conventional Bands categories will perform their Panorama “piece” before three separate panels of judges at their respective panyards/theatres throughout the len
Small Conventional Steel Orchestras |
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| Position | Band | Selection |
| 1 | Tobago Pan-Thers | “Cheers To Life” |
| 2 | Old Tech Steel Orchestra | “Ooh La La” |
| 3 | Our Boys | “Good Morning” |
| 4 | La Horquetta Pan Groove | “In De Minor” |
| 5 | Tornadoes | “Spankin’ - A Tribute” |
Now I am assuming that SKIFFLE will make it in, but I have my doubts -- the other four bands are a foregone conclusion. Since we have 25,000 WST members (-1) who are PAN AFICIONADOS, somebody is sure to have that answer.
As a CALYPSO LOVER, I find th
Read more…Pan lovers were at the mercy of scalpers at the Queen's Park Savannah yesterday after there was a temporary shortage of tickets at the venue.
In addition to tickets not being available, the semi-final judging of the
