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EVENT |
2016 UK National Panorama competition |
DATE |
Saturday 27 August 2016 |
VENUE |
Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, London W10 |
TIME |
From 7.00 p.m. |
JUDGES |
Roger Saldina, Kenrick Noel and Audley Timothy (two further judges to be |
Moving to a different drum - A different beat - Demanding a different outcome
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - A slate of nine steel orchestras vied for the title of Grenada’s national Panorama champion for 2016. Commancheros Steel Orchestra turned the musical tables on Angel Harps (who beat them into second place last year) and
St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Currently celebrating forty-five years in existence, Halcyon Steel Orchestra added to that milestone with another glorious one - that of 2016 Panorama champions, clinching the title for the thirteenth time in its
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - For the 2016 St. Vincent and The Grenadines Panorama competition, the number of participating steel orchestras declined another year; only five bands – Starlift, South East, Symphonix, Sion Hill and Elite (i
New York, USA - Vēnērunt, vīdērunt, vīcērunt - They came, they saw, they conquered. Looking back a little over one year ago, it was indeed by the fifth thunderous standing ovation any doubt the organizers of this historic event may have had about th
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