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Antigua Panorama 2026 Results: Hells Gate Steel Orchestra Victorious - But What About Bands Four Through Eight?

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The bands with their musicians showed up and showed out - the fruits of their weeks, even months, of musical labor in

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Live Now - Antigua National Panorama 2026 - Live Stream

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Antigua & Barbuda 2026 Panorama Order of Appearance

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Steelband music lovers will have a showcase of their favorite steel orchestras in the twin-island country’s annual national Panorama on Saturday August 1, 2026. Eight bands take the stage and have a chance at becoming this

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Antigua & Barbuda Panorama 2024 Results - Hells Gate Steel Orchestra with Arranger Khan Cordice Triumph Again

 

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The ARG (Antigua Recreation Grounds) in the capital of St. John’s reverberated with the steelband Panorama once more on this August 3 evening, wher

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Live Streaming Now - Antigua & Barbuda National Panorama 2024

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The 2024 Antigua & Barbuda National Steelband Panorama competition is live now, Saturday August 3 at the Antigua Recreation Grounds in St. John’s.  Seven steel orchestras compete for the title of Panorama champions.

This is

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Condolences to Hells Gate Steel Orchestra on the passing of Reginald “Reggie” Henry

Reginald “Reggie” Henry of Antigua’s Hells Gate Steel Orchestra, Passes On
Prepared by: Stafford “Stove” Joseph
Submitted by: Jabari Edwards

On Tuesday 7th March 2017, Hells Gate Steel Orchestra member Reginald Henry, who made sterling contribution

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Antigua's Moods of Pan 25-a-side competition - 2011 results

 The results were as follows:

1^st     Hadeed Group of Companies AMP Halcyon

2^nd    Panache Steel Orchestra

3^rd     LIME Hells Gate Steel Orchestra

4^th     East Vibes Steel Orchestra

5^th     WIOC Gemonites Steel Orchestra

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Hells Gate confident of holding on to pan title

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, in

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Major Cash Injection for Panorama

Major Cash Injection for Panorama
 

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Sixty thousand dollars has been injected into the Panorama competition ahead of the 2011 Carnival celebrations. The Antigua Commercial Bank (ACB) made the donation to representatives of th

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Wedding Bells for Antiguan arranger Victor ‘Babu’ Samuel - Prime Minister is best man

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. 

Antiguan and Caribbean pan maestro and arranger, Victor “Babu” Samuel tied the knot with Charmin Francois during a wedding ceremony at the Multipurpose Cultural & Exhibition Centre, Perry Bay, on Thursday, before a gatherin

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REVISITED: Antiguan & Barbudan Cultural and Steelpan Icon Leroy “Jughead” Gordon remembered

Antigua & Barbuda, USA - There are few - if any - steelpan music greats that can claim that a sitting Prime Minister spoke at their funeral.

On November 13, 2008 Antigua and Barbuda national cultural icon and Harmonites pan player Leroy 'Jughead'

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Antigua's Hell's Gate in the Spotlight

courtesy of Everybody's Magazine - by Ivor B. Ford While the Steel Pan may have its roots in Trinidad, it is Antigua and Barbuda that has produced the oldest continuously operating steelband in the world Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra. Begun as Housec

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