South/Central Region stages its National Preliminaries (Conventional) at Skinner Park

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.

Five (5) Medium Bands (more than seventy (70) players in the preliminary round but with ninety (90) players maximum in the semi-final and final rounds) will also compete on the said night.

The order of appearance and tune of choice is as follows:-

Small BandSelection Composer

1. San City Steel Symphony Smooth Sailing Winston Scarborough- Defosto

2. Kalomo KingsSurrenderKen "Professor" Philmore/

Mark Loquan

3. Longdenville Claytons Battle ZoneEdwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell

4. Southern All Stars Smooth Sailing Winston Scarborough – Defosto

5. Dow Village Music Makers Fiery Cecil Hume –Maestro

6. Panosonic Connection Pan On FireWinston Scarborough – Defosto

7. Old Tech Steel Orchestra Battle ZoneEdwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell

8. Golden HandsDingolayWinston Bailey-Shadow

9. Southern Marines S/band Pan Round De Neck Aldwyn Roberts- Kitchener

Foundation

10. Mt. Moriah Pan Movement SurrenderKen Professor Philmore/

Mark Loquan

11. TornadoesBattle ZoneEdwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell

12. Motown

13. Antillean All Stars Musical FireAtiba Sherwood

14. Starland Pan WarCurtis Edwards

Medium Band

1.Trinidad Valley Harps Smooth Sailing Winston Scarborough-Defosto

2.Petrotrin HattersDoh Meddle With Me Earl Brooks/Alvin Daniell

3.La Brea Nightingales SurrenderKen Professor Philmore/

Mark Loquan

4.Couva JoylandersSmooth Sailing Winston Scarborough-Defosto

5 Pan Elders I Come Out To Play Winston Bailey- Shadow