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Pan Explosion 2004 Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Notting Hill Carnival.
The fifth annual British
Association of Steel bands’ Pan Explosion was held on
The British Association of Steelbands (BAS) is proud to have initiated and developed this competition. Its concept is to encourage younger players under the age of twenty-five for the ensembles competition and thirty for the soloist’s competition. 2004 being the fourth year the soloist’s competition is in existence.
The objectives of the competition are to · Encourage younger players to develop their arranging and performing skills. · Encourage the composition and production of compositions written especially for pan. · Provide an environment in which the talents and dexterity of young players can be displayed.
Entry is open to all members and member bands of BAS. Each competing Ensemble comprising of no more than six players is required to perform two selections in any musical style. One piece must be an original (own composition written by individual(s) aged twenty five years or younger and the other being a tune of choice. Both selections must include a pan solo, to be clearly identifiable within the arrangements.
As the theme for all of
BAS’s 2004 events is the celebration of the 40th
The pan soloist competition followed and was fiercely contested by all six players. In the end the victory went to Samuel Dubois of Ebony with second place going to Carl Nash of Dallaway, third position was awarded to Justin ‘Redz’ Richardson of Metronomes with fourth place going to the first female competitor in this competition, Belinda Stevens of the Croydon Steel Orchestra. Fifth and six places were awarded to seventeen year old Ryan Eastmond and sixteen year old Dwayne Xavier of Mangrove Steelband respectively.
Robert Clarke and Friends entertained the crowd during the interval with some wonderful and enjoyable Pan Jazz music. Look out for them at the BAS Annual Awards on the 5th December 2004 at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury.
The ensemble competition saw Ebony Steelband retained its title under the musical directorship of Carline Etienne. In second place was the Ebony Millennium Volunteers steelband led by Samuel Dubois with Croydon Steel Orchestra under the guidance of Belinda Stevens attaining third place.
The MC on the night was none other than Martin Jay of Choice FM 96.9 with DJ Sugar K of Unique FM 102.2 pumping out sweet pan and soca music all night. Judges on the night were Gerald Forsyth, Princess Rollock and Kyron Akal.
BAS now looks forward to hosting and supporting yet another highly charged and competitive explosion of pan revealing the innovative skills and talents of the many young pan musicians aspiring to explore the vast avenues of musicianship available to them in 2005. By Pan Podium http://www.panpodium.com/default.asp
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Date: 05.06.04
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anniversary of Notting Hill Carnival it was only fitting for the show to
be opened by veteran pan player, Russell Henderson, his steelband, the
Russell Henderson Steelband, was the first to play at the 1964 Notting
Hill Neighbourhood Festival organised by Rhaune Lasette. This event has
progressed to become the Notting Hill Carnival as we know it today.
Russell opened the show with two catchy tunes played on his pan slung
around his neck as he had done forty years ago. He was proud to announce
that he was eighty years old and still going strong.
