The Northern Region of Pan Trinbago has announced the winners in their NLCB sponsored Bomb Competition held on J’Ouvert morning at Victoria Square, Park Street, Port of Spain.
Taking first spot with 264 points was Trinidad All Stars for their rendition of “What A Wonderful World”. They were followed by WITCO Desperadoes playing “Mac Arthur’s Park” and Musical Gems’ “You Know It’s Over” with 261 and 252 points
respectively.
In the Single Pan category, Belmont Hi Larks amassed 207 points for their selection “One Moment in Time”. Second and third places went to Uni Stars and Harlem Syncopators for their offerings “The Sound of Silence” and “Yesterday” with 207 and 198 respectively.
Republic Bank Exodus gained top marks (258) in the Outside of the Region class. They played “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.”
Overall eleven (11) Conventional Bands, four (4) Single Pan Bands and two (2) Bands outside of the Region participated. Reynold “Pro” Huggins, Jocelynne Sealy and Merle Albino-de Coteau served as adjudicators.
The complete list of results is as follows:-
CONVENTIONAL
| Position | Band | Score |
| 1 | Trinidad All Stars | 264 |
| 2 | Desperadoes | 261 |
| 3 | Musical Gems | 252 |
| 4 | Renegades | 249 |
| 5 | Sound Specialists | 244 |
| 5 | Harvard Harps | 244 |
| 7 | Invaders | 231 |
| 8 | Starlift | 218 |
| 9 | Blue Diamonds | 214 |
| 10 | St. James North Stars | 210 |
| 11 | Trinidad Pan Connoisseurs |
196 |
OUTSIDE of the REGION
| Position | Band | Score |
| 1 | Exodus |
258 |
| 2 | Curepe Scherzando |
234 |
SINGLE PAN
| Position | Band | Score |
| 1 | Belmont Hi-Larks |
207 |
| 2 | Uni-Stars |
198 |
| 3 | Harlem Syncopators |
188 |
| 4 | City Sun Valley | 180 |
Comments
We need more Bomb competitions. It really brings out the wide range of our musical instrument and talents. All Stars, is the Bomb specialist. Well done.
While the rules stated play a non calypso tune in calypso tempo which the bands did, I still feel as was suggested by the NCC chairman that the bomb tunes should be a classic in calypso tempo as played by many bands years ago too numerous to mention as I will fill an entire page with the amount of classical bombs dropped by many bands in Port of Spain.For me and many the pop tune thing is not really cutting it.