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Pantime Representing Saint Lucia at International Panorama

International Conference and Panorama logo

International Panorama 2015

Pantime Steel Orchestra has been the most dominant force in Saint Lucia in recent times, as its three consecutive victories at the country’s annual Panorama competition would attest. Now, the pan troupe is taking its talents to Trinidad and Tobago.

Founded in 2000 by Cecile “Tortee” Philgence, the band’s goal has always been the development of young people through music, specifically the steel pan art form. Pantime has also won the Junior Panorama competition twice in a row.

Pantime Celebrating Panorama Victory
Pantime Celebrating Panorama a Third Consecutive Victory

The band’s Panorama victory during Saint Lucia Carnival 2014 qualified them to represent Saint Lucia at the 2015 International Conference and Panorama (ICP) in Trinidad and Tobago, starting on Wednesday, August 5th, and culminating in an International Panorama on Sunday, August 9th.

Sixty players and management personnel have travelled to participate in the ground-breaking event. The ICP is being attended by bands representing several regions of the globe including North America, Europe and the Caribbean.

Pantime’s test-piece, Aunty Pam, is a tribute to Phillipa Reynolds Philgence, the ‘mother’ of the band and wife of founder Cecile “Tortee” Philgence.  She was affectionately known by Pantime players as “Aunty Pam” and sadly passed away in November 2014. Pantime won the 2015 National Panorama with Amrit Samaroo’s arrangement of “Aunty Pam,” and will be competing in the ICP with the same arrangement.

Pantime hopes to represent Saint Lucia Steel Pan with excellence and to make the nation proud. The ICP competition will be held at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. More information on the ICP can be found at icptt.com .

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