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Young pannists delight at Panorama semis...
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
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Despers on a mission
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
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NCC head denies over-selling tickets
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
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Conventional Steel Orchestras Preliminaries - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2017
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
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Finals - ORDER OF APPEARANCE – SMALL CONVENTIONAL BANDS - Panorama 2017
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” |
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So when last did FIVE BANDS play the same song in the PANORAMA FINALS?
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
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Ticket shortage at pan semis
Scalpers profit from confusion...
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
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Exodus: No need for pan canopies
Trinidad Guadian
Four-time national Panorama champion Republic Bank Exodus Steel Orchestra is holding firm to its decision not to reattach canopies to its pan racks for its appearances at this year’s national Panorama competition, says general manage
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Young pannists delight at Panorama semis
Trinidad Newsday -
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 Queen’s Park Savannah, Port
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Cockroach have no business in fowl business - however should the movement of player between bands be regulated or stopped?
Veteran WST forum member Merrytones (my buddy and pal) says player movement must stop. One man, one band.
What do you think? And will this really have an adverse effect on the big 5?
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Semi Finals Order of Appearance - Panorama 2017 - Trinidad & Tobago
Large Steel Orchestras
- Exodus
- Invaders
- Renegades
- Skiffle
- Phase II
- La Brea Nightingales
- Birdsong
- Desperadoes
- Silver Stars
- Supernovas
- Starlift
- Fonclaire
- Tropical Angel Harps
- Trinidad All Stars
Medium Steel Orchestras
- Sforzata
- Couva Joylan
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Finals - ORDER OF APPEARANCE – Large & Medium CONVENTIONAL BANDS - Panorama 2017
| Large Conventional | ||
| Place | Band | Tune of Choice |
| 1 | Desperadoes | “Good Morning” |
| 2 | Silver Stars | “We Are Conquerors” |
| 3 | Starlift | “Good Morning” |
| 4 | Skiffle | “Good Morning” |
| 5 | Invaders | “Full Extreme” |
| 6 | Phase II Pan Groove | “Red, White & Black” |
| 7 | Reneg |
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Semi Finals 2017 Panorama Results
Large Conventional Steel Orchestras
| TUNE | BAND | SONG | ARRANGER | ||
| 1st | 282 pts | Desperadoes  |
“Good Morning” |  Carlton “Zanda” Alexander |
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| 2nd | 281 pts | Trinidad All Stars  |
“Full Extreme” |  Leon “Smooth” Edwards |
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| 3rd | 276.5 pts | Renegades  |
“Good Morning” | ||
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A very long ‘Savannah Party’
IF PAN lovers attending the annual Carnival Savannah Party on Sunday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, decide to stay till the very last of the 58 bands to play in the semi-final round of competition for conventional steelbands categories
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A Fascinating interview on taking SOCA global!!! I would love to hear an equivalent GAME PLAN for PAN!!!
The discussion from 6:35 to 10:28 was riveting to me and I could only dream and imagine an equivalent projection/mission for PAN. Dr. deLight could transcribe Spanish and French and Portuguese to English. It would be nice if he could come on here and
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South Central Prelim Performances
Skiffle - 2017 South Central Prelim Performances
Fonclaire - 2017 South Central Prelim Performances
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Panorama competition and the Carnival spirit
IT IS the Monday, the day after the Panorama semi-finals, the names of the steelbands for the finals have been announced in the conventional small, medium, and large categories.
For the following two weeks, these bands will embark on a programme of r
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