Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The sounds of steel will resonate at the Basketball Court, Arima, on Sunday November 17, 2019, as thirty-one Single Pan Bands vie for positions in the finals carded for one week later at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain. Admission is TT $100.00 on entry.

With the theme “Celebrate De Pan,” this Single Pan Semi-final is one of the innovations by the new Pan Trinbago Central Executive led by President Beverley Ramsey-Moore.

As Mrs. Ramsey-Moore explained: “The most far-reaching effort of the new Executive so far has been the reorganization of the Panorama competitions with each category given its space.”

The Single Pan Prelims saw a total of forty-six bands facing an adjudication panel of Damion Phillip, Jeanette Johnson, Kenrick J. Noel and Michele Dowrich at their respective panyards.



Defending champions, San Juan East Side Symphony, emerged with the highest score of 266 points for their rendition of the Aldwyn Roberts’ composition “Guitar Pan” arranged by Carlon Harewood. They will perform at position number 16. First off the starting block is Stardust with Errol Ballantyne’s “Party Time.”  Two Tobago-based bands, Metro Stars and Royal Pan Illusion made the cut and will play at numbers 5 and 24, respectively.

After several intense days of steelpan music, the qualifiers were announced at Murchison Brown Auditorium, Port-of-Spain City Hall, on the morning of Wednesday November 13, in the presence of bands’ representatives.

The draw for playing positions took place the following day, Thursday, at Pan Trinbago’s Head Office, corner of Melbourne & Duke Streets, Port-of-Spain.

Interestingly, there is a father-daughter duo challenging each other in this Single Pan semi-final arena.  Veteran arranger Cary Codrington is taking Metro Stars in front the judges at position five, immediately after Gonzales Sheikers with his daughter Keisha Codrington having arranged “Fantastic Friday” for the band, would have taken the stage. Definitely back-to-back performances to look out for.

The order of appearance is as follows:-

Order Band Selection Arranger
1 Stardust Party Time Simeon Superville
2

Nostrand Symphony

Fiery

Curtis Edwards
3

Shades In Steel

Golo

Dante Pantin
4

Gonzales Sheikers

Fantastic Friday

Keisha Codrington
5

Metro Stars

Um Ba Yao

Cary Codrington
6

Platinum

Johnny

 Brandon “Shoes” Johnson
7

La Famille United

Fiery

 Arddin Herbert            
8

San Juan All Stars

Mystery Band

 Roenaldo De Peiza
9

Pan Elites

No, No, We Ent Going Home

 Sheldon Peters
10

All Aces Symphony

Bounce

 Chuma Watson
11

New Age Trendsetters

Poison

 Nicholas Joseph/Myles Phillips
12

La Creole Pan Groove

Say Say

 Jamal Gibbs
13

Pan Angels

So Long

 Ricardo Dennis
14

Chord Masters

Jump and Wave

 Kyshon Frith
15

Marsicans

Johnny

 Marlon White
16

San Juan East Side Symphony

Guitar Pan

 Carlon Harewood
17

Pan Stereonettes

Love In The Cemetery

 Akil Brown
18

Nu Pioneers Pan Groove

Unknown Band

 Shaun Marcano
19

Brazil RX4

Party Time

 Anselm Campbell
20

World Wide

Music (Dingolay)

Noel “Mico” Skair
21

Arima All Stars

All Dem Tobago Gal

 Mikhail M.A.X. Neils
22 T&T Prison Services Big Belly Man Terrence Sealey
23

T&T Fire Service

Pan In A Minor

Terrance “BJ” Marcelle
24

Royal Pan Illusion

This Melody Sweet

 Tony “Pan Jumbie” Williams
25

Uni Stars

Suck Meh Soucouyant

 Kareem Brown
26

Trinidad Nostalgic

Tribute To Spree Simon

 Amrit Samaroo
27

Brimblers

Me Ent Fighting For No Man

 Aaron Clarke
28

Woodbrook Playboyz

Fiery

 Michelle Huggins-Watts
29

T&T Police Service

Mystery Band

 Kern Summerville
30

Pan Jammers

Ah Want It

 Robert Tobitt
31

Edinburgh 500 Steel Ensemble

Madness

 Andre Boldan

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  • Meh band get ah BAD  DRAW -- dey playing in LAST PLACE. By that time everybody hear enough PAN or DRINK TOO MUCH or GONE HOME.

    So making THE FINALS will be REAL HARD.

    31 BANDS in the SEMI-FINALS. OVERKILL!!!

    THIS PARTY could find so many creative ways to SHELL OUT MONEY to their CONSTITUENTS!!!

    • Why is Pan Trinbago holding two single pan Panoramas in the same year?  

      How did Merrytones pull this off?

      bugs

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