Global - A total of twenty Small Steel Orchestras made it to the next round of the 2013 National Panorama Semi Finals – Small Band category - being staged at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Saturday 26 January from 12 noon.
The regional breakdown is as follows: seven from the Northern region, six from the Eastern region, five South/Central participants, and two representing the Tobago region. Fifty-two bands competed in this category over a four-day period.
In the top spot is Laventille Serenaders with 271 points. The band played an Arddin Herbert-arrangement of “Hammer Time” composed by Kenneth Charles with lyrics Alvin Daniell and sung by Nicole Greaves. They are followed by Supernovas and Tamana Pioneers in second and third places with 270 and 268 points respectively. Both bands played Cecil Hume’s “Gold.”
The semi finalists in this category will perform together with the 33 semi finalists in the Single Pan bands on January 26.
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Placing
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Band
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Selection
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Arranger |
| 1. | Laventille Serenaders | 271 | Hammer Time | Arddin Herbert |
| 2. | Supernovas | 270 | Gold | Amrit Samaroo |
| 3. | Tamana Pioneers | 268 | Gold | Andre White |
| 4. | Arima Golden Symphony | 265 | We Come Out to Play | Terrance “BJ” Marcelle |
| 4. | Cocorite West Wind | 265 | I Music | E. Raymond |
| 6. | Codrington Pan Family | 263 | She Ready | Cary Codrington Khari Codrington Keisha Codrington |
| 7. | Golden Hands | 256 | Gold | Vanessa Headley |
| 8. | Merrytones | 255 | Champions | Richard Gittens |
| 9. | Fascinators Pan Symphony | 254 | Tell Dem | Daryl Reid |
| 10. | New East Side Dimension | 250 | Lorraine | Marlon White |
| 11. | Tornadoes | 249 | Not a Pan Tune | Shervon “Shev” Edwards |
| 12. | Pandemonium | 248 | Melosian Rhapsody | Kwesi Paul |
| 13. | San City Steel Symphony | 247 | Iron Man | Damian St. Clair |
| 14. | Old Tech | 246 | Shock Attack | Sean Ramsey |
| 15. | Simple Song | 245 | Mash Up de Stage | Curtis Marcelle |
| 16. | West Stars | 243 | Gold | Lincoln “Fats” Waldron |
| 17. | New Generation | 241 | Steel On Wheels | Cheo Cato |
| 18. | Musical Gems | 240 | Pan In Danger | Renwick Lewis |
| 18. | Southern Marines | 240 | Is the Pan in Me | Malomo Joseph; Akinola Sennon |
| 20. | Tobago Pan-thers | 238 | Iron Man | Gerard Balfour |
From the News Desk of Pan Trinbago
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Comments
Somebody please explain how Kalomo Kings not in that line up?
They were awsome. Everybody expected them to qualify very high up.
There was a constant buzz of excitment during their performance.
Congrats to Supernovas and good luck in Semis.. Keep the flag flyinh high guys!!