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Providence/QRC Junior Pan champs
« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2014, 06:42:00 PM »
Providence/QRC Junior Pan champs
Published: Monday, February 24, 2014
Bobie-lee Dixon (T&T Guardian)


It was a tough decision for the judges in the 2014 National Schools Panorama Finals at the Queen’s Park Savannah, yesterday. Bands in all categories played their hearts out to get the judges’ nod. However, there were the exceptional few.

St Paul’s Anglican School scored 264 points, beating 11 other schools in the primary schools category. Their selection was Soca Baptist sung by Austin “SuperBlue” Lyons and it was their first time in the competition. Principal Marlene White said she knew the school would do well as the students practised very hard, but admitted winning was an unexpected shock. “We are elated…lost for words but definitely happy,” she said.

St Mary’s Government Primary took second place with 257 points playing Magic Drum, composed by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, arranged by Aquill Arrindel and sung by Machel Montano. Defending champions, St Margaret Boys RC, who previously won the title nine times, had to settle for third place, scoring 256 points with Differentology by Ian “Bunji Garlin” Alvarez.

The excitement continued in the secondary schools category with high-quality performances from the Providence Girl/QRC steelband, Bishops Anstey East/Trinity East and Symphony Saints, a combined effort of St Joseph Convent Port-of-Spain and St Mary’s College and St Francois Girls College, the only all-female band to have won the competition three times previously. Providence/QRC won with 266 points and members celebrated by shouting “We beat Francois.” They played Pan In Danger by the late Merchant.

In second place was St Charles High School with Champions, composed by Carlon “Chucky” Harewood, while Symphony of Saints placed third with Trini by Rodney “Benji” Le Blanc.

In the non-school category BP Renegades won with Happiest Man Alive by Machel Montano, scoring 277 points. Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra were second with a 267 points playing Flag Party by Austin “Super Blue” Lyons. And St Margaret’s Boys Steel Orchestra took third position with a score of 262 points with their selection More Love, by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe.

This year’s competition was in honour of Salmon Cupid and the late Ian “Teddy” Belgrave. Cupid is the inventor of the E-pan, the world’s first electronic synthesised steel pan. Belgrave was instrumental in forming the Pan in Schools Co-ordinating Council (PSCC) in 1999. Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas said each year the competition proves that the nation’s national instrument is in good hands. He said the ministry would consider financial incentives to encourage young arrangers.

Three days ago, the minister said the same would be done for any young person who designs and makes their own costume for kiddies carnival.

Junior pan Results

Primary Schools

1. St Paul’s Anglican School- Soca Baptist- 264 points
2. St Mary’s Government Primary- Magic Drum- 257
3. St Margaret’s Boys RC- Differentology- 256
4. Febeau Government Primary- Play The Music- 248
5. Malabar RC Steel Orchestra- Spankin- 246
6. Fifth Company Baptist Rising Stars- The Hammer- 241
7. Presbyterian 2 All Stars- Curry Tabanca- 236
8. Point-Fortin Anglican- Play More Local- 235
9. Nelson Street Boys- Free Up-  230
10. Princes Town Methodist- Nah Leaving- 224
11. Diego Martin Boys RC- Play The Music- 222
12. Couva Anglican School- Symphony In G -221

Secondary Schools
1. Providence/QRC- Pan In Danger- 266
2. St Charles High School- Champions- 265
3. Symphony of Saints- Trini- 264
4. St Francois Girls High School- Big in the Dance- 259
5. Bishop Anstey High & Trinity East- Take Me With You- 258
6. Mt Hope Secondary- Fire Down Below- 246
7. Bon Air Beacons- Let Go- 237
8. Speyside High School- Toco Band- 236
9. Goodwill Industries- Carnival Tabanca- 234
10. St Madeleine Secondary- Iron Man- 229

Non-Schools
1. BP Renegades- Happiest Man Alive- 277
2. Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra- 267
3. St Margaret’s Boys Steel Orchestra- More Love- 262
4. Tropical Angel Harps- Happiest Man Alive
    Revelation Institute for Performing Education- 261
6. Success Stars Pan Sounds- Carnival Nostalgia- 253
7. Trinity All Generation Steel- Pan is Carnival- 245
8. St Benedicts Steel- Fire Coming Down- 229
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Re: T&T 2014 Panorama Thread!!
« Reply #31 on: March 01, 2014, 05:35:16 PM »
Panorama 2014

The NATIONAL PAN FINALS is LIVE FREE and in HD tonight from the Queens Park Savannah. Please be ready at 6.30 PM local time...21 Bands from across Trinidad and Tobago are gearing up to take the Champs titles in Medium and Large bands tonight...

Live on http://carnivaltv.net/featured/live/

Order of Appearance:

Medium Bands:

PositionBandNameSelectionArranger
1MelodiansThe HammerAmrit Samaroo
2Carib DixielandDis Is ItLeon 'Smooth' Edwards
3NGC Steel XplosionDust In Dey FaceArddin Herbert
4Pan EldersAll Ah We Is One FamilyDuvonne Stewart
5Valley HarpsHappiest Man AliveMichelle Huggins-Watts
6Petrotrin KatzenjammersSpankinLen 'Boogsie' Sharpe
7NGC Couva JoylandersFree UpKareem Brown
8Courts Sound Specialists Of LaventillePoisonKen 'Professor' Philmore
9NLCB BuccooneersMadnessSeion Gomez
10Arima Angel HarpsIn De MinorShelton Besson

Large Bands

PositionBandNameSelectionArranger
1CAL InvadersJam ItArddin Herbert
2NLCB FonclaireBig In The DanceKen 'Professor' Philmore
3NGC La Brea NightingalesPan In The AtmosphereTerrance 'BJ' Marcelle
4WITCO DesperadoesSpankinRobert Greenidge
5T&TEC Tropical Angel HarpsIn De MinorClarence Morris
6Republic Bank ExodusPan Is CarnivalPelham Goddard
7PCS Nitrogen Silver StarsThe ReasonLiam Teague
8SkiffleThe Wedding - "Shaadi"Ray Holman
9Neal & Massy Trinidad All StarsExcitementLeon 'Smooth' Edwards
10Petrotrin Phase 11 Pan GrooveJump HighLen 'Boogsie' Sharpe
11BP RenegadesIn De MinorDuvonne Stewart
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Re: T&T 2014 Panorama Thread!!
« Reply #32 on: March 01, 2014, 06:42:46 PM »
Thanks Bitter  :beermug:

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« Reply #33 on: March 01, 2014, 07:00:22 PM »
Cheers!
But remind me, are they allowed to play older tunes now? Someone playing The Hammer...
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« Reply #34 on: March 01, 2014, 07:18:30 PM »
Cheers!
But remind me, are they allowed to play older tunes now? Someone playing The Hammer...

Yes, for a while now bands are allowed to play older tunes. I think this started in 2005.

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« Reply #35 on: March 01, 2014, 10:41:29 PM »
Listening to some pan  :beermug:

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« Reply #36 on: March 02, 2014, 12:21:47 AM »
Thanks Bitter  :beermug:

I second that!  Bitter,  thanks, Thanks, THANKS for all your posts and hard work.

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« Reply #37 on: March 02, 2014, 02:45:14 AM »
Results!

Medium Bands

   Position      Points      Band   
   9      266      Carib Dixieland   
   9      266      NGC Steel Xplosion   
   8      271      Melodians   
   5      272      Arima Angel Harps   
   5      272      NGC Couva Joylanders   
   5      272      Valley Harps   
   4      276      Petrotrin Katzenjammers   
   3      277      Courts Sound Specialists Of Laventille   
   2      281      NLCB Buccooneers   
   1      284      Pan Elders   


Large Bands:

   Position      Points      Band   
   10      262      NGC La Brea Nightingales   
   10      262      T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps   
   9      267      NLCB Fonclaire   
   7      271      CAL Invaders   
   7      271      Skiffle   
   6      274      PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars   
   5      279      Republic Bank Exodus   
   4      281      WITCO Desperadoes   
   3      283      BP Renegades   
   2      286      Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars   
   1      287      Petrotrin Phase 11 Pan Groove   
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Re: T&T 2014 Panorama Thread!!
« Reply #38 on: March 02, 2014, 11:00:39 AM »
Cheers!
But remind me, are they allowed to play older tunes now? Someone playing The Hammer...

Yes, for a while now bands are allowed to play older tunes. I think this started in 2005.

What was the rationale for this?

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« Reply #39 on: March 02, 2014, 11:01:38 AM »
Thanks Bitter  :beermug:

I second that!  Bitter,  thanks, Thanks, THANKS for all your posts and hard work.


Ditto that. De man on top ah it every year.

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« Reply #40 on: March 02, 2014, 01:30:26 PM »
Cheers!
But remind me, are they allowed to play older tunes now? Someone playing The Hammer...

Yes, for a while now bands are allowed to play older tunes. I think this started in 2005.

What was the rationale for this?

the same one or two pan tunes were being played sometimes by three or four bands in the finals for a few years. So Pantrinbago decided to allow older tunes to be played to add some variety to the songs available for bands to choose from.

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« Reply #41 on: March 02, 2014, 01:34:36 PM »
I missed the finals so I can't comment on the placings. Congrats too the winners. And better luck next year to my Med. band Courts and my Large band All Stars.

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Re: T&T 2014 Panorama Thread!!
« Reply #42 on: March 02, 2014, 03:09:08 PM »
Panorama replaying right now on Carnival TV at this link: http://carnivaltv.net/featured/live/

All Stars just about to play!!  :beermug:
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« Reply #43 on: March 03, 2014, 01:43:08 PM »
Just listened to Phase II ... m-e-s-m-e-r- &^&%#-i-z-i-n-g. Literally stopped me in my tracks. Bitter yuh killing meh productivity. Whole day ah @#*@$# offset.  :notlistening:

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« Reply #44 on: March 03, 2014, 04:16:54 PM »
If I killing productivity, allyuh better hope I don't find a link for this:


Carnival Monday Pan Events
Monday, 24 February 2014 20:49
http://www.pantrinbago.co.tt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=978:carnival-monday-pan-events-&catid=102:panorama-2014&Itemid=305

Steelbands will have two (2) events in which to display their musical skills come Carnival Monday evening.

One, is the second edition of the Groovy Soca Steelband Competition in all Pan Trinbago Regions and the other, Health & Fitness Chip in Port of Spain.

The Groovy Soca Steelband Competition is open to all financial members of Pan Trinbago and will see participating steelbands perform any groovy soca composition. Bands are required to play the tune on the move for approximately four (4) to six (6) minutes.

There are several judging points. In the North at Victoria Square, Park Street, Port of Spain, East  Hollis Avenue, Arima, South on the Coffee, San Fernando, and Tobago along the Esplanade, Scarborough, Tobago. Adjudicators will be selected by the respective regions.

Cash prizes (approximately $200,000. per region) are sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister, The Ministry of The Arts &Multiculturalism and the National Carnival Commission.  Registration is at the venues on the day of the competition.

The “Health & Fitness Chip” is an initiative under the aegis of The Ministry of Health, through its Fight the Fat Campaign for Carnival 2014. The non-competitive event will take the form of a steelband parade from Tragerate Road to Adam Smith Square, Ariapita Avenue, Port of Spain.

Scheduled to begin at 6:30pm and end at 1:00 am, the bands will proceed from Colville Street heading west on Tragerate Road. At Adam Smith Square, bands will stop and play a tune of choice before moving along.  A total of 35 bands are expected to participate. Each band will receive an appearance fee.

“Chippers” will include the general public and other Health & Fitness “buffs” who will be encouraged to align themselves with their favorite steelband and chip the night away.

Carnival Monday Night Fitness Chippin is supported by the Woodbrook/St.James Community Association, National Carnival Commission and Pan Trinbago Inc.
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Re: T&T 2014 Panorama Thread!!
« Reply #45 on: March 03, 2014, 05:47:23 PM »
Just listened to Phase II ... m-e-s-m-e-r- &^&%#-i-z-i-n-g. Literally stopped me in my tracks. Bitter yuh killing meh productivity. Whole day ah @#*@$# offset.  :notlistening:
Especially down in de end.  De man drop a chromatic scale wit a phrasing and off beat timing that jes set it off.....PRESSHA!
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« Reply #46 on: March 03, 2014, 05:49:24 PM »
I missed the finals so I can't comment on the placings. Congrats too the winners. And better luck next year to my Med. band Courts and my Large band All Stars.

You miss one a de best panoramas in years.  ALL de bands BRUNG IT!  And den to crown it of.....9 All Stars, 10 Phase II and 11 Renegades.  De carnivaltv.net commentator call it MURDERERS ROW.  Who didn't dead...badly wounded.  And All 3 lived up to de hype.
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Re: T&T 2014 Panorama Thread!!
« Reply #47 on: March 04, 2014, 02:51:06 AM »
I missed the finals so I can't comment on the placings. Congrats too the winners. And better luck next year to my Med. band Courts and my Large band All Stars.

You miss one a de best panoramas in years.  ALL de bands BRUNG IT!  And den to crown it of.....9 All Stars, 10 Phase II and 11 Renegades.  De carnivaltv.net commentator call it MURDERERS ROW.  Who didn't dead...badly wounded.  And All 3 lived up to de hype.
Yeah best Panorama in years for real. Only slight glitch with the results is that I would have placed Renegades 2nd rather than 3rd.
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« Reply #48 on: March 04, 2014, 10:53:12 AM »
Just listened to Phase II ... m-e-s-m-e-r- &^&%#-i-z-i-n-g. Literally stopped me in my tracks. Bitter yuh killing meh productivity. Whole day ah @#*@$# offset.  :notlistening:
Especially down in de end.  De man drop a chromatic scale wit a phrasing and off beat timing that jes set it off.....PRESSHA!
we was rob as usual.....

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« Reply #49 on: March 05, 2014, 11:29:07 PM »
Just listened to Phase II ... m-e-s-m-e-r- &^&%#-i-z-i-n-g. Literally stopped me in my tracks. Bitter yuh killing meh productivity. Whole day ah @#*@$# offset.  :notlistening:
Especially down in de end.  De man drop a chromatic scale wit a phrasing and off beat timing that jes set it off.....PRESSHA!
we was rob as usual.....

Maybe if smooth could bring heself to stop constantly remixing he old arrangements & do something original allyuh might win something  :devil:
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« Reply #50 on: March 06, 2014, 08:49:25 PM »
Just listened to Phase II ... m-e-s-m-e-r- &^&%#-i-z-i-n-g. Literally stopped me in my tracks. Bitter yuh killing meh productivity. Whole day ah @#*@$# offset.  :notlistening:
Especially down in de end.  De man drop a chromatic scale wit a phrasing and off beat timing that jes set it off.....PRESSHA!
we was rob as usual.....

Maybe if smooth could bring heself to stop constantly remixing he old arrangements & do something original allyuh might win something  :devil:

Palos, for me all the arrangers have a sameness about their arrangement I can say the same of Phase II , Despers , Fonclaire etc...

I would have placed All Stars 1. Phase II 2. Renegades 3. Skiffle 4. and Despers 5. The first three could have gone anyways thou.

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« Reply #51 on: March 18, 2014, 04:48:50 PM »
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Pan in the atmosphere
Published: Friday, March 14, 2014 (T&T Guardian)
Peter Ray Blood


George Goddard remembered With Carnival now completed, dusted off and put away, De Fosto’s calypso Pan in the Atmosphere came to life last weekend with much activity by the national instrument. Pan Trinbago staged another successful Champs in Steel Plus (Champs in Concert) last Saturday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of- Spain. From very early the venue was filled with visitors from overseas, many eager to see and hear the season’s champions of pan, calypso and mas. They were not to be disappointed.
 
This is the 33rd year that Pan Trinbago is staging this production, one which has the distinction of one of the very few cultural events staged locally to begin at its advertised scheduled time of starting.
 
This year was no different as promptly on the stroke of 8 pm, with flagman HP Diaz, HBM standing rigidly holding the national flag aloft, young pan players from Junior Panorama (Primary Schools) champion band St Paul’s Anglican School played the national anthem on tenors. After an innovocation by Urslin Blackette, radio personalities Ken Simmons and Sharon Pitt got proceedings on the way by introducing St Paul’s Anglican School, the night’s first act, to play Blue Boy’s Soca Baptist.
 
Apart from St Paul’s, eight 2014 champion steelbands performed on the night, including Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove, Pan Elders, Super Novas, San Juan East Side Symphony, Pan Jammers, Juniors bp Renegades and Providence/QRC. Winners of the Text to Win People’s Choice competition—Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille and Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars—also made guest appearances. This year’s production featured some of the finest exponents of mas, calypso and chutney soca on one stage providing a fitting end to this year’s festival.
 
These included senior and junior King and Queen of Carnival, inclusive of Quars Al Sahara Desert Sting (Wade Madray); Zamara Mirage of the Oasis (Peola Marchan); Promise of the Rainbow (Gyasi Philbert); and, Angel of the Buccoo (Cyan Lue Shue), as well as the “most outstanding mas presentation of 2014,” including presentations by Red Cross/Downtown Carnival Junior Band of the Year Rosalind Gabriel’s Colour My Culture and Junior Carnival Band of the Year Carnival Babies’ Colour Me Carnival.
 
Also making the playbill were some of the season’s hottest champs and contenders including the National Calypso Monarch Roderick “Chucky” Gordon; Political Commentary winner Mr Shak; Young King Monarch Bevon St Clair; Calypso Queen Candace Robinson; Junior Calypso Monarch Ronaldo London; Junior Soca Monarch Sasha-Ann Moses; Extempore Monarch Brian London and runner-up Lingo; Chutney Soca Monarch Kris “KI ”Persad; and, International Soca Monarch runners-up Farmer Nappy and Iwer.
 
Kelly Green & Harmony provided musical accompaniment.
 
Pan action actually commenced from as early as Friday when Panicle Company hosted the inaugural edition of the George Sonny Goddard Town Hall Meetings, at Starlift Complex, off Mucurapo Road, Woodbrook. The late Goddard was the president of the National Association of T&T Steelbandsmen (NATTS) and Pan Trinbago.
 
Facilitators of the discussions included George David Goddard, his brother George Gerard and Emile Borde. Among the experts and intellectuals moderating proceedings were Hugh Borde, Royce Russell, Dr Brian Copeland, Dr Kim Johnson, Diane Duprey, Keith Maynard and Vanessa Headley.
 
The event was attended by a number of pan players and afficionados, including Martin Daly, Ray Funk, Bertel Gittens, Roderick Toussaint, Tommy Critchlow, Steve Taylor, Douglas Williams, Gerard Clarke and Emmon Berkeley.
 
Throughout the day, discussions were intense and poignant. Some of the topics addressed included Defining the Steelband Movement and the Politics of Pan and How we balance steelband tradition with innovation in the 21st Century.
 
Supposedly a five-panel event just three were completed, causing the organisers to make this exercise and ongoing, year-round forum.
 
 
When an article by Trinidad born Indra Dwarka-Koch in November, 2013 about the launching of Carnival in the town of Niedernhausen in Germany was published, no one realised what a wave of sensation it would create.
 
The Carnival Council of Eleven was so impressed that they invited Koch to be guest of honour at its Carnival Gala at the town Entertainment Centre, held on February 1. At this Carnival Gala the T&T Guardian was praised by the committee’s president, Martin Kunst, for putting Niedernhausen on the other side of the world. The committee president himself has fond memories of being in Trinidad with his parents as a child.
 
The Carnival Council usually consists of a group of 11 men from the town, mainly professionals ranging from doctors, lawyers, businessmen and trades people. This institution started in the 19th century with its roots going back to France. In this mainly male-dictating world, the council plans events and social functions for carnival and the local charities.
 
At the Entertainment Centre, artists of various genres brought the festival of over 500 masqueraders to a hilarious peak. The later the evening the higher the spirits soared, and the more excited the crowd became. Whether it was the ventriloquist with his dinosaur, a play back Elvis Presley, local sports group performing their acrobatic skills, Brazilian rhythm dancers or even the bitter satire of both local and international politics, the audience got the best of Niedernhausen showbiz.
 
Even the new young and dynamic Mayor of the town of Niedernhausen, Joachim Reimann, took time off to accept an original clipping of the T&T Guardian’s article “Launching of German Carnival Season” from Koch. This shows the appreciation of conveying the German culture to the people of T&T.
 
The Council of Eleven and the Mayor of the Town of Niedernhausen profusely thanked the T&T Guardian for the publication and exposure, with some of them hoping to be in Trinidad to actually experience Carnival 2015.
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« Reply #52 on: March 19, 2014, 02:39:18 PM »
Just listened to Phase II ... m-e-s-m-e-r- &^&%#-i-z-i-n-g. Literally stopped me in my tracks. Bitter yuh killing meh productivity. Whole day ah @#*@$# offset.  :notlistening:
Especially down in de end.  De man drop a chromatic scale wit a phrasing and off beat timing that jes set it off.....PRESSHA!
we was rob as usual.....

Maybe if smooth could bring heself to stop constantly remixing he old arrangements & do something original allyuh might win something  :devil:
yuh know ah owe yuh ah buss head....yuh play dis year?

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Panorama goes global!
« Reply #53 on: March 28, 2014, 11:28:36 AM »
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Panorama goes global
Published: Friday, March 28, 2014
Peter Ray Blood (T&T Guardian)


It is a month since this year’s Carnival weekend yet still excitement continues in the steelband world. Pan Trinbago has a lot of events planned for the remainder of this year and 2015, with the most ambitious being the staging of the first-ever international Panorama contest next year.
 
Pan Trinbago launched the logo for the International Conference and Panorama (ICP) last Wednesday at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (Napa), Port-of-Spain. Heading the list of dignitaries at the formal function were President Anthony Carmona; Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas; Speaker Wade Mark; Caricom Ambassador Sir Edwin Carrington; and, UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor/principal Prof Clement Sankat.

It is a month since this year’s Carnival weekend yet still excitement continues in the steelband world. Pan Trinbago has a lot of events planned for the remainder of this year and 2015, with the most ambitious being the staging of the first-ever international Panorama contest next year.
 
Pan Trinbago launched the logo for the International Conference and Panorama (ICP) last Wednesday at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (Napa), Port-of-Spain. Heading the list of dignitaries at the formal function were President Anthony Carmona; Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas; Speaker Wade Mark; Caricom Ambassador Sir Edwin Carrington; and, UWI Pro-Vice Chancellor/principal Prof Clement Sankat.
 
The ICP logo is designed by 28-year-old Chevon Le Gendre, assisted by Kalesh Forde.
 
The intent of the ICP, tentatively scheduled for August 15, is to establish T&T as the mecca of pan and Panorama.
 
The central image of the logo is a steelpan, surrounded by the flags of countries to be invited. Among the expected invitees are bands from the USA, UK, Canada, Nigeria, Israel, Australia and every pan-playing nation of the Caribbean.
 
Some of the rules of the competition are that just one arranger will be permitted per band, and no musician can play for two bands. Bands will also be limited to 60 players.
 
Performers at Napa on Wednesday night included 2014 National Panorama champion Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove, Schools Panorama winner QRC/Providence, Earl Brooks and calypsonian Eunice Peters singing Anthem for Pan.
 
In his feature address Douglas said: “Pan Trinbago has been handed a very serious responsibility...to nurture and develop a creation that came from the belly of the people. With this responsibility, though, comes a high expectation.
 
“To compete effectively, our brand of steelpan must be supported by the type of leadership that embraces the current realities and reads the market to predict changes.
 
“While the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism and, by extension, the Government, is in support of all the efforts of Pan Trinbago to increase the income derived from the steelpan industry, I must insist on the continued demonstration of higher goals and deliverables for the national instrument.”
 
He continued: “And so, this is my challenge to Pan Trinbago. Make this the important and ingenious initiative that you have created, this ICP the benchmark, the ultimate event for the international steelpan market.”
 
However, before finalising the groundwork for the international competition, Pan Trinbago resumes its Pan in De Countryside series of concerts tomorrow in Grande Riviere, at 3 pm.
 
Steelbands invited include Supernovas, Carib Woodbrook Playboyz, Sangre Grande Cordettes, Pan Stereonettes, Southern Marines Steelband Foundation and City Sun Valley, plus DJ KC Klass is Class. Pan Trinbago has organised a shuttle service from its Park Street headquarters, from 9 am. The shuttle fee is $200.

 
Eight of Hearts coming in May
 
The other blue riband steelband event taking place shortly is the Eight of Hearts concert in May.
 
This biennial event, held for the past eight years by Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation (LSFF), is being moved from its traditional Laventille base to Napa, Port-of-Spain this year, on May 16-17.
 
Eight of Hearts features the eight top large steel orchestras in the National Panorama final every two years.
 
This year’s top conventional orchestras includes champion Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove, Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars, bpTT Renegades, Witco Desperadoes, Republic Bank Exodus, PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars, Skiffle, CAL Invaders and NLCB Fonclaire.
 
LSFF director Julian Cudjoe said this week: “We’ve done a total evaluation of our product and decided to take it to the next level.
 
“The Eight of Hearts brand needs to evolve; to breathe and grow. I think we have the best steelband concert in the world, one which deserves nothing less than the best. After all, it has the best steelbands and the best patrons and sponsors.
 
The Laventille venue was devoid of the type of infrastructure to befit an event of this stature.
 
Napa is state-of-the-art, especially its backstage amenities, and the only venue in Trinidad to stage a production of this magnitude and importance.”
 

Pan Family concert in the works
 
Another exciting pan event is the inaugural Pan Family concert being planned by Pan Trinbago’s Northern Region.
 
This unique production will showcase the talents of pan musicians and their offspring.
 
Still in its planning stages, artistes to be approached for this unique event include The Codrington Pan Family, led by patriarch Cary Codrington and featuring his daughter, champion soloist Keisha; Dane Gulston and his sons (Denilson and Daniel); Martin Kane, Mighty Sparrow and Black Stalin, and their sons.
 
This week the region’s chairman Gerald Mendes said: “We are experiencing difficulty to secure a venue for this show as all the main concert halls are fully booked. Hopefully, we will get one before the end of the year?”
 
Tentatively scheduled for August 3, the LSFF will be holding the Laventille Steelband Festival for yet another year, along the Eastern Main Road, in Success Village.
 
Approximately four more editions of Pan in De Countryside are to be held nationwide at venues to be decided. Last year, these free, open-air concerts went to districts as remote as Siparia, Moruga and Biche, and Speyside, Tobago.
De higher a monkey climbs is de less his ass is on de line, if he works for FIFA that is! ;-)

 

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