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DUVONE STEWART and RENEGADES win PANORAMA 2023 ... playing a CALYPSO in CALYPSO. WHAT A SHOCK!!! LISTEN AND ENJOY!!!

For years and years I have complained about PANORAMA ARRANGERS putting all that EUROPEAN MUSIC in their arrangements in the CALYPSO on a PANORAMA SATURDAY NIGHT at  the height of THE CARNIVAL BACCHANAL SEASON -- sucking the blood out of the culture w

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THA Pan Champs - 2023 Results

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South/Central Region Medium Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Seven bands representing the South/Central Region have registered and are expected to appear before judges in respective pan yards/ communities in the medium conventional steel orchestra category of the 2023 Trinidad & Toba

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Results - Medium Steel Orchestra 2023 Semi-Finals - Panorama - Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Elders Steel Orchestra was roaring out of the musical gates when they opened up at 1:16 p.m. on stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain on the sunny Sunday afternoon of February 5. It was the semi-finals of

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The corollary is the AMERICAN COMMERCIAL MUSIC MARKET ... they take snippets of CALYPSO MUSIC and wrap their genres around it and make HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS over the years.

I have spent over 50 years listening to how CALYPSO is hybridized into AMERICAN COMMERCIALS.

And we have all the PAN and MUSICAL GENIUSES down in TRINIDAD not making a dime in that industry. But we know how to integrate CLASSICAL MUSIC into our CALYP

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Results - Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra 2023 Preliminaries - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Twenty-three steel orchestras in the medium band category took part in preliminaries for Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023.

....As defending champion, the Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra is out front going into th

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St. Vincent Steelband Panorama 2023: Order of Appearance & Quick Chart

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Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators and Arranger Ojay Richards Capture Consecutive Title - Results - Small Steel Orchestra Finals - Panorama 2023

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Uptown Fascinators from sister isle Tobago got the job done. They set out to retain their title won in 2020 and did just that. Returning with arranger Ojay Richards, performing the classic soca “Dollar” (aka Dollar Wine),

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Tell Me Why - Deh na dey! Ent!

Tell Me Why - Deh na dey! Ent!

You’re not going to see these for the 2023 season again, which is a great pity; but I just love ‘em to bits.

It's not about the kids either, although I love them all the same as well, they just happen to be coincidental

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From 2011 to 2020, Four large bands have created a Monopoly on winning the Panorama. So what is stopping the other large bands from breaking that Monopoly and winning the Panorama and not being an

 ALSO RAN. Silver Stars  did it in 2009 and 2010 when they came up from medium category and since then till now it has been ALL Stars (4 WINS) Despers (2 WINS) Phase II (2 WINS) and Renegades (2 WINS)   Will this year 2023 be the year for another Lar

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Watch Live THA Pan Champs 2023

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Bands in the LARGE Conventional Steel Orchestra Competition 2023 - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Participating bands from the South/Central, Tobago, North and East regions in the Large category of conventional steel orchestras are in the spotlight from January 29 through February 1. Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is the

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Kirsten Michener lives her dream in Phase II panyard

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - When Kirsten Michen

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RENEGADES 2023 WINNING PERFORMANCE

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Panorama Final #2023 A Master Class.

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Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra Takes Title with Arranger Kersh Ramsey as Medium Band Champions

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra with winning arranger Kersh Ramsey led from the preliminaries, then made it clear coming out of the semi-finals, and finally cemented the title with a resounding performance on stage in th

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Semi-Finals 2023: Order of Appearance for LARGE Steel Orchestras - Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The line-up of large steel orchestras is set for the “Savannah Party” - the semi-finals competition of the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama, which comes off Sunday February 5 at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of

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Panorama by Vaps. Rules Change Day by Day.

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Results - Large Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fourteen out of seventeen large steel orchestras have advanced to the semi-finals of the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. The results were made public by event organizer Pan Trinbago on Thursday February 2. Eleven

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Semi-Finals: Order of Appearance for SMALL Steel Orchestras - Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama 2023

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirty small steel orchestras qualified for the semi-finals after panyard judging in December 2022, and they have now drawn their playing positions for that next stage of competition on Saturday January 7, 2023 beginning 4

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