San City Steel Symphony will be the first band on stage when Pan Trinbago South/Central Region stages its National Preliminaries (Conventional) at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Friday 22 January 2010, from 8:00 pm.

Nineteen (19) bands comprising Small and Medium Conventional Steel Orchestras will face the adjudication panel in an event that is being billed "Friday Nite Pan Sizzle". Admission is $60.

In the Small Band category (no more than 50 players in the preliminary stage but with 60 players in the semi-final and final stages), fourteen (14) bands will perform calypsoes ranging from Maestro's (Cecil Hume) "Fiery" to Mark Loquan/Ken Professor Philmore's "Surrender" and "Smooth Sailing" by Winston Scarborough aka De Original Defosto Himself.

"Savannah Party" on Sunday 20^th February 2011

St. Margaret's Superstars and Katzenjammers Steel Orchestras scored the most points in their respective categories in the blink/bmobile National Panorama Small and Medium Conventional Bands Preliminaries.

Four (4) steel bands in the South/Central region have advanced to the National Single Pan Bands Semi Finals.

The bands are Self Help Marines, Rio Claro Koskeros, Shades In Steel and Fyzabad 4^th Dimension.

Self Help Marines of Point Fortin performing at position ten (10) played a Jason Baptiste arrangement of Denyse Plummer's "Nah Leaving".

Ten (10) bands faced the adjudicators on Sunday evening in an event billed Pleasantville Scrimmage at the Pleasantville Community Centre, San Fernando.

At the end of the exercise, the results were:-

The South bands join their other regional counterparts in a playoff on Saturday 26 February 2011 at Victoria Square, Port of Spain from 6:00 pm. Admission is $60.

Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra and Scrunters Pan Groove tied for top spot at last Saturday's North Single Pan Preliminaries at Victoria Square, Port of Spain.

Playing at positions 11 and 27 respectively, both bands emerged with 267 points each to secure a place in the National Semi Finals at the same venue on Saturday 26^th February 2011.

Also making the cut was the Trinidad & Tobago Fire Services Steel Orchestra. The Morvant based band secured 257 points.

Twenty eight (28) steel bands were judged on Arrangement (40), General Performance (40), Tone (40) and Rhythm (10) making a total of 100 points.

From the above, fourteen (14) steelbands will advance to semi final stage.

The North bands proceeding to the Semi Final round are:-

All in all, 32 bands will proceed to the National Semi Finals on Saturday February 26, 2011 at Victoria Square, Port of Spain. Competition starts at 6:00pm. Admission is $60.