Hells Gate confident of holding on to pan title
St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. - St. John’s Antigua Representative of LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra Stafford Joseph expects the band to hold onto the 2011 Panorama championship title after, he said, internal investigation showed that the method used to select this year’s winner has been utilised by judges for the past four years.
It is not clear whether the Steel Band Association has concluded its own probe, which was prompted by objection from Victor “Babu” Samuel, the arranger of the Hadeed Group of Companies AMP Halcyon.
Samuel threatened legal action if an “adequate explanation” was not given for the band’s second place finish despite scoring the highest overall points.
However, Joseph told The Daily OBSERVER his investigations indicate that the ranking system, which was used to choose this year’s winner, has been in place since 2007.
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