In just under eight hours, twenty steel orchestras took the stage - ten each in medium and large categories - and delivered scintillating sounds on steel before thousands of fervent pan music lovers gathered. It would be nearing 3:00 a.m. local time before the final notes were played.
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Hatters and Fonclaire in '75.......Since then its like those Southern bands are blighted....Steel Xplosion from Tobago is very
good....I said so last year,I told a friend on mine,"watch out for that band"....Their rendition of "Radica",a chutney tune is
very nice......reminds me of the Old Days,a nice "Chipping" tune.............Now I am orginally from Woodbrook,Trinidad,so I
am an avid supporter of Phase 2 Pan Groove,before I was with Starlift......"Boogsie" Sharpe is way ahead of those other
arrangers..Phase 2 Pan Groove cannot seem to get that "Hat Trick" (3 Wins In A Row).....The Only Band to have a "Hat Trick" is Renegades......Will Silver Stars have a "Hat Trick" in 2011?.......Or will they be treated like my Band?....I will
continue to love up the Pan and hope that Pan Trinbago will allow a cd of this year's Panorama and not like no cd for 2009....
firstly despers in no way shouldve placed 7th. i would love to see their score sheet.....secondly i was saddened when i read some of the previous comments. the judging criteria for panorama is.....originality 20 points, performance 20 points, interpretation 20 points, rhythm 10 points, tone 10 points, and well i cant remember d rest. but this is d most important here......now....i salute silver stars on their effort to take panorama to a different level by introducing theatrics. it does sound dam good. but, d judging criteria doesnt include points for theatrics, however, it includes points for originality. i believe having an introduction from a movie is NOT being original. therefore d 20 points for originality, half of it shouldve been deducted because d intro was from a movie theme....u can be theatrical in a different way......
next thing is....what was up with all da chromatics silver stars played?? most of d arrangement was chromatics. one thing is for sure, phase 2 placed 2nd but silver stars didnt beat them with music. d next thing is, and as someone mentioned earlier, d players had real energy. yes, that what makes it fun, but it plays with d judges minds when we carry on. that is another thing that had d advantage over phase 2. my overall take is, using the judging criteria, phase 2 won the competition. again, the main points go for arrangement/music/orginality/interpretation/creativity of which phase 2 executed well. silver stars certaily did NOT beat phase 2 on music. i mean kudos to pouchet and his excellent vision and arrangement but im sorry the musical dynamics and such were lacking.
turning to phase 2's arrangement, boogsie is a boss i must say. last year phase 2 attempted to, just as pouchet, change d face of panorama by introducing magic drum. d tune was sweet, it wasnt played fast and to all who keep saying phase 2 comes with d same thing every year, last year and this year was certainly different. this year again, phase came with a slow, sweet tune. d arrangement was par excellence. most folks who visited d pan yards including myself can hum phase 2's arrangement after d night. d players as well im sure can do it. how much of d winner's song can we hum? and this is what i mean by arrangement/creativity. boogsie certainly had MUSIC in his arrangement this year. d band executed well. d introduction was on point and d ending MY GOODNESS! but again, hats off to silver stars i dont blame u, but i blame d judges. they are at loss as to what they should be looking to for, which is above all MUSIC. Phase 2 and Desperadoes certainly delievered that on Saturday night.
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