Pan in the 21st Century

Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century 2010 Steelband Competitions

Global - All Single Pan Bands and Conventional Steel Orchestras participating in Pan Trinbago’s Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century competitions are reminded that registration closes on Friday March 12, 2010 at 4:00 pm.

Qualifying round for Single Pan Bands will commence on Thursday March 25 for Tobago Bands, on Friday March 26 for bands in the Northern region, on Saturday March 27 for those in the South/Central region and on Sunday March 28, for those in the Eastern region.  These Preliminaries will be held at the various panyards or suitable venue within the band’s communities.

Competing bands must play a non calypso tune (not from the 21st Century) in calypso tempo of not more than six (6) minutes duration.  

Qualifying round for Conventional Steel Orchestras will commence on Monday March 29 in Tobago, on Tuesday March 30 for bands in the East, on Wednesday March 31 for bands in the Northern Region and ending on April 01st for South/Central bands.

Bands of not more than 50 and less than 30 performing members in this category must play tunes selected from the 21st Century world beat repertoire from 2000 onward.

At the end of the National Preliminaries, twelve (12) bands from each category will be selected to go forward to the Finals in order of merit based on points awarded during the qualifying round.

The date, time and venue will be announced at a later date.

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