Watch Large Band 2020 Panorama Prelim - Skiffle Steel Orchestra - Forum

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Martin Maitland February 6, 2020 at 8:16am

Something is not quite right with this song. I can't put my finger on it, but I am comparing it to the Renegades version and it is really a shadow of the song. We have to also remember it, 3 arrangers, for this band... If this is the best they all can come up with Lord help us all.
- merrytonestothebone > Martin Maitland February 6, 2020 at 8:54am
  
  Martin...this malaise runs much much deeper than we think or can see on the surface...After experiencing the first two nights of prelims on the internet, then hearing Birdsong then Exodus...My Lorddd...Exodus!!!...in person!!...It is plain to see that one of...hear me again...ONE of the problems affecting the modern Panorama is preparation. Certain bands simply do not have the players necessary to execute certain arrangers' ideas. Listening to Birdsong then Exodus in that order told me that loud and clear. Same thing with the North bands. Starlift were big on numbers (crackshots included)...preety loud and powerful too...but their quality in playing was a far cry from the other North bands. One thing my years of experience has taught me is how to sus out pretenders. And due to the heave dependence on crackshots, many many pretenders abound, and it is evident in the Large category. I doubt many South band supporters would be very flattered by what they hear last night and from ALL the bands. None were of the quality I expected and ah waiting on allyuh South people to cry teeef when the dust has settled...
Claude Gonzales February 5, 2020 at 8:48pm

Some comments from the PAN TRINBAGO FACEBOOK PAGE

Zahra Mawusi Lake: 12:10 Wow these comments are savage lol #toughcrowd

Michael C. Smith 5:50 Conductor is overjoyed

Michael C. Smith 11:55 Nice classic twist to the opening

Christin Edoo 10:15 Be Nice Viewers

Petrina Roberts 9:55 It is too slow but usually in prelims the pace is

Ingrid Johnson 7:30 Not impressed

Irma McMillan10:59 Not sounding like skiffle at all

Larry Marsden 6:34 De conductor kinda glad...lol

Mikah Hyper 7:16 I find da count kind of slow

Beverley Eartha L. Alleyne 8:28 Dem judges should be sleeping by now hmmm

Shaun Norville 10:26 Sound like a school band
- Claude Gonzales > Claude Gonzales February 5, 2020 at 9:10pm
  
  I have to add one more from ANOTHER SITE --
  
  PAN TASTIC:
  
  What happened with SKIFFLE??
  
  Why was the count SO SLOW??
  
  The arrangement was SWEET
  
  BUT THE BAND PLAYED TOO SLOW.
  
  ... Now how could a STEELBAND PRACTICE for ALL DEM HOURS and then PLAY TOO SLOW (at a crucial moment) with THREE HIGHLY EDUCATED MUSICIANS arranging THE SONG?
Claude Gonzales February 5, 2020 at 8:04pm

WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!

What PATRICK say about running like what in front the band?

Like somebody on the PAN TRINBAGO FACEBOOK page said: They sound like a HIGH SCHOOL STEELBAND!
- merrytonestothebone > Claude Gonzales February 6, 2020 at 8:40am
  
  But Claude...Wha kinda t'ing is that?...De 3 amigos is yuh U.S. educated, highly trained musicians at work...lol...Could they be as bad...or worse than the very Trini arrangers yuh warn them not to emulate?...
- Bugs > Claude Gonzales February 5, 2020 at 8:25pm
  
  Claude
  
  By the time we get to Finals everything will be in place.
  
  bugs
  - Claude Gonzales > Bugs February 5, 2020 at 8:50pm
    
    bugs: That is EXACTLY what they did LAST YEAR!!! They were SO BAD in the PRELIMS that the JUDGES just dismissed them after that and they NEVER HAD A CHANCE!!!
    - Bugs > Claude Gonzales February 6, 2020 at 12:35am
      
      They just have to be in the top ten after Sunday night.
      
      They were just filling out the entry application for the judges.
      
      bugs