Gary Cardinez - Newsday
The Flag-Girl from Tobago Pan-Thers wows onlookers at the NLCB Panorama small band semi-finals on Saturday at Victoria Square, Port of Spain. - ROGER JACOB
La Horquetta Pan Groove, plays Trouble in the morning in the NLCB Panorama small band semi-finals on Saturday at Victoria Square, Port of Spain. - ROGER JACOB
The first Panorama competition for the new decade proved to be a challenge for organisers.
The show ran for over ten hours starting at 4.20 pm on Saturday afternoon until the last note was played at 2.45 am on Sunday. Thirty-one bands faced the judges and the atmosphere on Park Street was great as people came out to hear and celebrate the national instrument, many meeting for the first time for the year greeting and hugging each other.
When it came to the competition things were different. The winners of the single pan category received their cheques before the actual start of the small band semifinals.
The flow of bands was stunted throughout the evening with a problem as early as band number two, Motown. They took a very long time before they started playing Trouble in the Morning, a song which seemed to be a test piece for the evening. Nine bands played the Jevaugh "V’ghn" John 2019 composition.
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