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THESE ARE THE GROSSED EARNINGS IN MILLIONS FROM 2007 THROUGH 2017 FOR THE LEADING 6 STEEL ORCHESTRAS AT PANORAMA FINALS.

ALL STARS          9.9

PHASE II              8.I

SILVER STARS    6.9

RENEGADES       5.9

DESPERADOES  5.8

EXODUS              5.3

WHO DO YOU THINK IS #7?

DO YOU ALL KNOW THAT FROM 1963 THROUGH 2017, LESS THAN 100 STEEL ORCHESTRAS ENTERED THE PRELIMS AT PANORAMA AND 69 HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS?

{1} OUT OF THE 69 FINALISTS, 12 HAVE WON AND PLACED, 14 HAVE PLACED EITHER SECOND OR THIRD AND 43 RAN OUT OF THE TOP-THREE.

{2} TUNES WITH "PAN" AS PART OF THE NAME HAVE BEEN PERFORMED 66 TIMES BY PANORAMA FINALISTS FROM 1972 TO 2015. 44 OF THOSE TUNES BEGIN WITH "PAN"
EXCLUDED TUNES ARE "Panman" - "Panyard Vibration" - "Panic"
"Panama" - "Pandora" - "Play Mr. Panist Play" and
"Disappearing Panyards"

{3} MOST LARGE PANORAMA FINALIST HAVE WON PERFORMING AT POSITION #8.

{4} With a 5-judge panel,THE MOST POINTS AWARDED TO A PANORAMA WINNER IS 487, AND THE LEAST IS 462.
{5} With a 3-judge panel, THE MOST POINTS AWARDED TO A PANORAMA WINNER IS 293, AND THE LEAST IS 278.

Peace and Pan!