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Pan In The 21st Century
Desperadoes Win
The Master
Does It Again...
Desperadoes Take Pan In The 21st Century
Trinidad: 17 Apr. 2005- Last night
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra won the Pan In The 21st Century competition
with their rendition of John Legend's Ordinary People arranged by master
musician Clive Bradley. It was just one of those performances. The
audience seemed to know within the first 30 seconds that it was going to
be special. When it was over the audience erupted with applause and a
partial standing ovation. They knew indeed that it was one of those
memorable, very special performances and Clive Bradley and Desperadoes
had done it again - with a classic performance and arrangement that will
be talked about for the ages. The love-hate romance that has endured for
over 30 years has again reproduced a gem. Desperadoes beat into second
place, this year's 2005 panorama champion Phase II Pan Groove, who did a
version of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean arranged by the great Len
"Boogsie" Sharpe.
In an exclusive follow-up, Bradley told
When Steel Talks
that "In all my
experience, I was never called upon to do that type of work, so many changing
tempos and stuff. The selection (the version I worked from) was made for
that type of thing."
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Pan In The 21st Century 2005 - Results
Sunday 17 April 2005 - 7:00 PM, Queen's Park Savannah
Position |
Band |
Tune of Choice |
Composer/Singer |
Arranger |
Score |
1 |
Desperadoes |
Ordinary People |
John
Legend |
Clive Bradley
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288 |
2 |
Phase II Pan Groove |
Billie Jean |
Michael Jackson |
Len "Boogsie" Sharpe |
285 |
3 |
Sound Specialists of
Laventille |
Morning Dance |
Spyro Gyra |
Cary Codrington |
278 |
4 |
Exodus |
Bridge Over Troubled Water |
Paul Simon/ Art Garfunkel |
Pelham Goddard |
275 |
4 |
Silver Stars |
Swing Medley (In the Mood) |
Glenn Miller |
Edwin Pouchet |
275 |
6 |
Trinidad All Stars |
Love Me Tender |
Elvis Presley |
Neville Jules |
273 |
7 |
Invaders |
Let's Stay Together |
Al Green |
Arddin Herbert |
267 |
8 |
Sforzata |
I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
The Beatles |
Yohan Popwell |
265 |
9 |
Humming Bird Pan Groove |
Misty |
Johnny Mathis |
Michael Cupidore |
262 |
10 |
Tamana Pioneers |
Lady In Red |
Chris De Burgh |
Paul Campbell |
261 |
10 |
Hatters |
That's The Way I Like It |
KC & The Sunshine band |
Jeannine Remy |
261 |
12 |
Katzenjammers |
Rhythm Of The Night |
De Barge |
Auburn Wiltshire |
258 |
13 |
Arima Angel Harps |
Volare |
Bobby Rydell |
Godwin Bowen |
256 |
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