Despers were by far the best playing big band on the day. They did the Hill proud in a dark time. It was a finals type performance in sophistication and intensity. Mesmeric on a night when the small and medium size bands on the whole played better than the big bands who were mostly formulaic and dull. The band that for me sounded better than the rest- Angel Harps- did not even make it into the finals. That massive distance between myself and the culture judges and between our culture judges and the artistic truth seems to be widening….
Back to de Savannah.
Ah yes- The Greens… 2 years ago I wrote this article criticising Pantrinbago on its conception of the Greens: The article went viral across the world with thousands of likes and comments from far and wide mostly agreeing with my analysis. Pantrinbago’s board got vex with me, walked out on meetings when I was present, refused to attend Sector meetings if I was there, etc etc. In my article I simply warned Pan Trinbago of a simple fact: that if you create an entity for the under 35 demographic in the Panorama whose sole purpose was to saturate them in carnal All-Inclusive behaviour with NO modern multi-media and programmatic ways to initiate them into Pan- that plan will backfire. Why? Because you would have brought an entire demographic to the greatest Festival party in the Carnival and then made Pan irrelevant to them. You would effectively have spiritually excommunicated the under 35 generation from Pan. By making The Greens simply another All Inclusive all it would take was for somebody to programme a ‘better’ All-Inclusive and you would have lost the entire future of Panorama’s next generation.
So said so done.
I warned them it would happen within 5 years. It took 2. With Julius Caesar’s ‘Bacchanal Road’ we have now witnessed the end of the Panorama. Thousands of youths abandoned The Greens for this party held at the stadium in its first year. It will only grow. Soon The Greens will be abandoned by youths and sponsors and most of the treasured under 35 demographic for ‘Bacchanal Road’ and a slew of other competitors which are sure to arise. And Pan Trinbago did it to themselves! I hate to say ‘I told you so!’ But Dread, I did…
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pan trinbago are filled with people with no vision...it has been like that for many years.their plans and ideas or (lack of ideas) have hurt pan and carnival.i hope when those at the helm are replaced,we will be able to move forward
Many intelligent people tried to warn Pan Trinbago but they would not listen. So now that they have killed the goose who laid the golden egg, what are they going to do? boo hoo, boo hoo, boo hoo
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