Tobago, National Single Pan Band Preliminaries

National Single Pan Band Preliminaries kicks off the pan competition in Tobago.

Five (5) bands have registered to compete in the friendly pan music rivalry on Friday 04 February 2010, at the Roxborough Complex, Roxborough, Tobago, from 7:00 pm.

Leading the charge is Pan Fanatics with the Gerard Balfour arrangement of Winsford Devine's "This Melody Sweet" sung by Baron (Timothy Watkins)

Selections include two from the 2011 music catalogue while the remaining three are perennial favourites.

The order of appearance of the bands and their Panorama tunes are listed below.

Band Selection Composer Arranger

1. Pan Fanatics This Melody Sweet Winsford Devine Gerard Belfour

2. Get Down On It Trini Rodney Le Blanc Atiba Sherwood

3. Metro Stars Doh Back Back Slinger Francisco Steve Jack

4. Dem Boys Fiery Cecil Hume Roger Sardinha

5. Hope Pan Groovers Showtime Edwin Pouchet/ Tony "Pan Jumbie"

Alvin Daniell Williams

Conventional Bands (Small & Medium) will have their play off at the Garden Side Car Park, Scarborough, Tobago, on Friday 11^th February 2011. Competition starts at 7:00 pm. Admission to this event is $50.

Large Bands like their Trinidad counterparts will be subjected to a count and adjudicators' comments while they perform. The date for the Preliminaries visit is Tuesday 15 February 2010 from 7:00 pm.

Single Pan Bands, National Panorama Northern Region Preliminaries

Order of appearance

Thirty (30) Single Pan Bands will participate in the National Panorama Northern Region Preliminaries produced by Pan Trinbago.

The event takes place at Victoria Square, Park Street, Port of Spain on Saturday 05^th February 2011 from 7:00 pm. Admission is $40.

Based on the draw for playing positions which took place earlier at CNMG studios, D' Uuntouchables Pan Groove will start the program.

The following is the order of appearance and tune of choice:-

No. Steelband Selection Arranger

1. D'Untouchables Pan Groove Percy Michael Jaggernauth

2. Trinidad & Tobago Fire Service Band I Don't Mind B.J.Marcelle

3. Uni Stars Pan Orchestra Pantrix Kareem Brown/Avis Bruce

4. La Creole Pan Groove The Hammer Yohan Popwell

5. Nutting Big Pan Groove Bamboo Man Alston Jack

6. All Aces Steel Orchestra Fire Down Below Nigel Diaz

7. Spree Simon Harmonic Trini Earl Brooks

8. Harlem Syncopators Trini Eddie Quarles

9. La Famille UTD Steel Orchestra Fire In The Back Seat Arddin Herbert

10. World Wide Steel Orchestra Trini Noel Skair

11. T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra Battle Zone Robert Tobitt

12. Belmont City Kids Wave and Wine Roderick Toussaint

13. D'Original Modernaires Jam Me Douglas Redon

14. Gonzales Sheikers Somebody Clive Telemaque

15. Free Lancers Pan Groove Fire Down Below Bertram Bob Thomas

16. Ice Water Pan Ensemble Percy Anthony Eric McAlister

17. Nayal Hill SOM Steel Orchestra Ole Time Something/Dorothy Andrew Paul

18. City Sun Valley Pan Groove Unknown Band Steve Jemmott/Dane Gulston

19. Caribbean Paradise And Iz That Kernel Roberts/Dale McDonald

20. Carib Woodbrook Playboyz Comin Again Pelham Goddard/Keron Valentine

21. Brimblers Don't Stop This Party Sydney Joseph

22. Nostrand Symphony Steel Orch. The Bees'Melody Augustine Doorbal

23. St. James Tripolians How We Coming Tricia Richardson

24. Music Makers Steel Orchestra Rebecca Kenneth Charles

25. Freedom Steel Rukshun Reynald Huggins

26. We Ting Get Up & Dance Akoma Bobby Paul

27. Power Boats Scorpion Pan Reflection Showtime Kelvin Holder

28. Scrunters Pan Groove I Don't Mind Aaron Clarke

29. Bar 22 De Will Akiba Joseph

30. Belmont Hi Larks Percy Brian Bean Griffith

Eastern Region, National Panorama Single Pan Band Preliminaries

The Graduates will be the first band on stage on Friday evening when the Eastern Region of Pan Trinbago kicks of the National Panorama Single Pan Band Preliminaries at the Larry Gomes Stadium Car Park, Malabar, Arima, at 7:00pm.

The Graduates hailing from Aleong Street, Arima, has chosen Eddie Ayoung's "Nani Wine" as its selection.

Defending champions, La Horquetta Pan Groove, will perform at position eight (8). Their tune of choice is "Dead or Alive" composed and sung by Shurwayne Winchester.

Pan Down Memory Lane 2010 winner Marsicans has pulled number 15. They will be playing "Call Meh" composed by Mark Loquan/Ken Professor Philmore and sung by Destra.

Twenty (20) bands will be vying for places in the National Semi Finals which comes off later in the month.

The order of appearance is as follows:-

Band	Selection	Composer	Arranger_
1. The Graduates	Nani Wine	Edwin Ayoung	Cristial Sandy
2. Pan Stereonettes	Umba Ya	Dennis Williams	Devon ET Phillips
3. Chord Masters	Poom Poom	Austin Lyons	Kern Summerville/Cheo Cato
4. T'dad East Side Symphony	Birthday Party	Len Boogsie Sharpe	Carlan Harewood
5. Brazil RX 4	Ah Going And Party Tonight	Clive Bradley	Auburn Wilshire
6. North Eastern All Stars	Wake Up	Edwin Pouchet	Paul Campbell
7. NLCB San Juan	The Magican	Burning Flames	Duvone Stewart
East SideSymphony	(I Command You)
8. L. H. Pan Groove	Dead Or Alive	Shurwayne Winchester	Kion Robinson
9. Cocorite Road Pan Groovers	Say Say	Winsford Devine	Ulric Harper
10. Curepe Polyphonics	Jump	Russell Cadogan	Darryl Reid
11. Magic Notes Rebirth	Free Up	Christopher Tambu Herbert	Rishi Depoosingh/Jerome Jones
12. Pan Jammers	Gimme More	Dennis Franklyn Williams	Ricardo Dennis
13. Arima All Stars	Sailing	Winsford Devine	Gillian Tobias
14. Star Sapphire	Tell Them	Ricardo Jones/Arddin Herbert	Ricardo Jones
15, Marsicans	Call Meh	Mark Loquan/Ken Philmore	Marlon White
16 United Sounds	Jump & Wave	Barnett Henry	Akua Leith
17. Trindad Nostalgic	Jump & Wave	Barnett Henry	Amrit Samaroo
18. Pan on the Move	Wake Up	Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell	Curtis Betaudier
19. San Juan All Stars	Bacchanal Time	Austin Lyons	Anslem Campbell
20. Nu Pioneers Pan Groove	Misbehave	Len Boogsie Sharpe	Sean & Simon Marcano

Entrance fee to this event is $40. Gates open at 5:00 pm

Panorama Finals Order of Appearance

Panorama Finals Order of Appearance Saturday 13 February 2010

Saturday's event will showcase 10 Medium and 10 Large Conventional Bands. Winner in this group will take home $1m. Patrons too will not come away empty-handed as three persons can each win an airline ticket to any North American destination courtesy Caribbean Airlines.

Showtime is 6:00 pm

The line up in the Large Band category is:-

National Panorama Semi finals

Seven (7) steel orchestras from Tobago are among the 45 bands in the bmobile National Panorama Semi finals carded for the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Sunday 21 January 2010, from 9:00 am.

They are Steel Xplosion, NLCB Buccooneers, Katzenjammers, West Side Symphony, Carib Dixieland, Our Boys and rbtt Redemption Sound Setters.

Steel Xplosion of Montgomery, Tobago, amassed the highest score in the Medium Conventional category with 270 points for their rendition of "Radica" arranged by Carlton "Zanda" Alexander.

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