(June 27 update: Pan Ramajay 2020 Finals Results)
Following is a listing, by category, of the steelband musicians participating in the 2020 Pan Ramajay Competition, organized by Exodus Steel Orchestra. The panists, who are representing multiple countries, have opportunities to display their skills in three categories: Soloists - Duos - Quartets. The event runs from June 13th—27th.
SOLOISTS |
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| 1 | Judah Goddard - Barbados |
| 2 | Shaquille Gaskin – Trinidad & Tobago |
| 3 | Andre Munroe - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 4 | Vivian Williams - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 5 | Isidore York - St. Maarten |
| 6 | Darren David - St. Maarten |
| 7 | Natalie Bristol - St. Maarten |
| 8 | Charlton Alfonso - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 9 | Emmanuel Joseph – Trinidad & Tobago |
| 10 | Kailyn Gibbs - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 11 | Nathaniel Guerra – Trinidad & Tobago |
| 12 | Kobie Alleyne- USA |
| 13 | Keishaun Julien - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 14 | Kwesi Paul - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 15 | Wayne Smith - Bahamas |
| 16 | Jamel Cadette - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 17 | Tristan Japsi – USA |
| 18 | Obe Quarless - USA |
| 19 | Sheldon Peters - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 20 | Chuma Watson - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 21 | Rashunda Dorset-Headley - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 22 | Keon Cupid - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 23 | Domenic Lewis - USA |
| 24 | Xavier Williams- Trinidad & Tobago |
| 25 | André White - USA |
| 26 | Kareem Thompson - USA |
| 27 | Tyeesha Alexander - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 28 | Terrique Granger - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 29 | Iman Pascall - USA |
| 30 | Eljhaie (LJ) Brathwaite – St. Thomas |
| 31 | Darius Austin - Guyana |
| 32 | Leeandro Noray - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 33 | Khuent Rose - USA |
| 34 | Mikhail Salcedo - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 35 | Arthur Peters - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 36 | Hanif Goodridge - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 37 | Akeil George - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 38 | Patrick Fitzgibbon – USA |
| 39 | Roland Lyons - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 40 | José Fabián Rosa Santos – Puerto Rico |
| 41 | Kadesh Johnathan Clouden - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 42 | Maico Miyamoto - Japan |
| 43 | Gregory Boyd - Denmark |
| 44 | Zahra Lake – Antigua & Barbuda |
| 45 | Khan Cordice – Antigua & Barbuda |
| 46 | Cherise Thorne - Barbados |
DUOS |
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| 1 | Isidore York, Natalie Bristol - St. Maarten |
| 2 | Darren David, Terry Guishard - St. Maarten |
| 3 | Nathaniel Guerra, Emmanuel Joseph - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 4 | Sheldon Peters, Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 5 | Cary Codrington, Keisha Codrington - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 6 | Dejean Cain, Deja Cain - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 7 | Nalo Elie, Mckeem Joseph - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 8 | Chuma Watson, Sean El Rodriguez - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 9 | Rashunda Dorset-Headley, Jalen Charles - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 10 | Kievyn Williams, Xavier Williams - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 11 | Celestia Augustine, Brianna Morris - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 12 | André White, Tristan Japsi - USA |
| 13 | Kareem Thompson, DoMoJOAT - USA |
| 14 | Hammond Mitchell, Triston Marcano - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 15 | Hakim Goodridge, Tyeesha Alexander - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 16 | Khuent Rose, Jahlani Roberts - USA |
| 17 | Hanif Goodridge, Obadele Allick - Trinidad & Tobago |
QUARTETS |
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| 1 | Isidore York, Natalie Bristol, Darren David, Terry Guishard - St. Maarten |
| 2 | Sheldon Peters, Terrance “BJ” Marcelle, Marlon White, Shivon Bourne - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 3 | Renaldo De Pieza, Triston Marcano, Chuma Watson, Tyeesha Alexander - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 4 | Cary Codrington, Keisha Codrington, Khari Codrington, Kaijah Codrington - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 5 | Hanif Goodridge, Obadele Allick, Aakeem Larrier, Akeil George - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 6 | Tristan Japsi, Kendall Williams, Marc Brooks, Edward Clarke - USA |
| 7 | Dejean Cain, Deja Cain, Martin Cain, Shovon Brown - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 8 | Kharysa Gabriel, Nathaniel Flemming, Shannon Henry, Hammond Mitchell - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 9 | Rashunda Dorset-Headley, Deyonte Samuel, Jalen Charles, Luke Walker - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 10 | Brianna Morris, Xavier Williams Celestia Augustine, Kievyn Williams - Trinidad & Tobago |
| 11 | André White, Kareem Thompson, Khuent Rose, Iman Pascall - USA |
| 12 | Nalo Elie, Angelo Huggins, Mckeem Joseph, Akeil George - Trinidad & Tobago |
Replies
This event has the potential to attract many players globally if they make it annual I hope they do..
Cecil: This event found a lot of PAN PLAYERS locked down at home with PLENTY TIME on their hands and it attracted almost ZERO PLAYERS GLOBALLY. Next year when people are busy at work again -- you think that they will have time for all this private recording.
And I am willing to bet that this is a ONE AND DONE -- especially if PNM LOSE THE ELECTION. Because this was a PNM FUNDED PROJECT.
Trinidad and Tobago -- 45
USA -- 14
ST MAARTEN -- 6
BARBADOS -- 2
ANTIGUA -- 2
BAHAMAS --1
GUYANA -- 1
ST THOMAS --1
PUERTO RICO --1
JAPAN -- 1
DENMARK --1
Actually, there are only 2 "INTERNATIONAL ENTRANTS": JAPAN and DENMARK.
Everything else is CARIBBEAN and the USA LABEL is TECHNICALLY a TRINIDAD LABEL!!!
NO CANADA!!! NO ENGLAND!!! And them COUNTRIES work so hard to PROMOTE PAN -- ESPECIALLY ENGLAND!!!
EXODUS drop the ball there; they should have done some OUTREACH!!!
And TRINIDAD cannot beat out #6 and #11 in the QUARTETS -- so they will have to give a FIRST PRIZE to a YANKEE GROUP which is not going to sit well with the LOCALS. That scenario will be FUN to FOLLOW.
I know that THE EXODUS response will be that ENGLAND and CANADA were free to enter but they never did -- but life is more complex than that. I recommend that they make some last minute arrangements and scout down a couple entries from those two countries.
When the entries were coming in THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY AT EXODUS should have mad this observation and moved to invite a couple players from ENGLAND and CANADA. I still say that it is not too late!!!
Call up TERRANCE NOEL MBE JP and call up SALMON CUPID -- dem two men have access to THOUSANDS of WORLD CLASS PAN PLAYERS!!!
Thank you for your continued support to steelpan, and supporting all things pan it is appreciated. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept any additional registrations, as that aspect of the competition is closed. Surely, it would have been great to have representation from England, Canada and other countries. This competition was promoted globally, and we personally reached out to pannists in the countries that you mentioned and others.
Ramajay is here to stay and we are confident that pannists from around the world will enter on the next occasion.
Thanks again for your suggestion and we look forward to your support in the future.
Yours In Pan
Will there be a live broadcast of Pan Ramajay?
The semi-final performances will be aired on the following dates:
Results will be announced at the end of each category.
The rationale for the airing dates as mentioned above is to give each category the opportunity to be highlighted.
Final
The ten songs used in the semi-final stage will be used in the final stage of the competition. The final performances for all categories will be aired on Saturday 27th June @ 8pm AST. Results will be announced at the end of the competition.
I know that the show was promoted GLOBALLY -- I even made my very minuscule contribution on THIS FORUM trying to keep THE TOPIC ALIVE (as I will continue to do). But I think that an EXTRA EFFORT should have been made to include those TWO COUNTRIES -- for OBVIOUS REASONS ... if the LOCALS could ever understand how PAN BECAME GLOBALIZED.
I know that you CANNOT CHANGE the rules now (which is not quite true since it is YOUR COMPETITION) ... but when the entries started coming in ... somebody in your organization should have seen the GAPING HOLE and corrected it ON THE SPOT.
And, by the way -- ah just realize that allyuh even LEAVE OUT GRENADA!!!
Dear Mr. Gonzales,
my admiration for the organizers of this competition, and the overwhelming response that Pan Ramajay™ has received from pannists globally, compounded by my respect for you, are the primary factors that motivated me to share with you a story which suitably describes my understanding of the root cause of your concern.
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
Matthew 25:1-13...
1.Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
I hope that it is clearer now to you why there may be no entrants from the jurisdictions you pointed out.
Respect,
yuh bredrin from up in de bush.
I am very surprised that no one from the UK took up the challenge.
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