SOUTH BANDS PLAY FIRST IN TSTT PAN DOWN MEMORY LANE/PAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY ON FRIDAY

 

Reigning Pan in the 21st Century champion Desperadoes will play at position six (6) in the grand finals at the Jean Pierre Complex, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, on Friday evening.

Desperadoes, who is going after the hat-trick will perform Robin Thicke’s “Lost Without You” arranged by Eddie Quarless. The Laventille-based steel orchestra is one of 12 bands that will compete in the Conventional Band category.  Exodus which topped the Preliminary round will perform in fifth spot. Their tune of choice is “Dreadlocks” composed by Mungal Patassar.   The full list of Pan in the 21st Century competitors is as follows:-

PAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ORDER OF APPEARANCE
 

NO.

 

BAND

SELECTION

ARRANGER/S

PRELIMINARY  SCORES
1   Pan Elders Unfaithful

Richard Gittens

233
2   Our Boys Where's The Love Roger Sardinha 243
3   Invaders Irreplaceable

Arddin Herbert

232
4   Pan Knights For Your Love

Carl Caton

231
5   Exodus Dreadlocks Pelham Goddard 254
6   Desperadoes Lost Without You Eddie Quarless 242
7   Pamberi Unfaithful

Brian Villafana

235
8   Harmonites Time To Say Goodbye Earl La Pierre 231
9   Sforzata Sexy Love Yohan Popwell 234
10   Silver Stars Phantom of the Opera Edwin Pouchet 246
11   Skiffle Bunch How Do I Live

Keith Salcedo

243
12   Tropical Angel Harps Celebration

Clarence Morris

235

click here for full preliminary results

For this competition, bands are required to perform songs from the contemporary world beat repertoire. The arrangements were to be innovative, creative and not done in the usual Panorama format. Thirty (30) steel orchestras faced the adjudication panel comprising Lennox London, Louis Nurse, Jeanette Johnson and Junior “Ibo” Joseph

 

In the Pan Down Memory Lane category, Shades In Steel will open with “Unfaithful” sung by Rihanna. The Single Pan band will be followed by newcomer Woodbrook Brimlers, with St. James Tripolians closing off that session.  Judges are Brian “Bean” Griffith, Richard Pierre, Darren Sheppard, Curtis Edwards. The 12 finalists in this category and their order of appearance are as follows:-

 

PAN DOWN MEMORY LANE

ORDER OF APPEARANCE

NO.

 

BAND

SELECTION

PRELIMINARY  SCORES
1   Shades In Steel It's Impossible 259
2   Woodbrook Brimblers I Wish You Love 246
3   Trinidad East Side Symphony Dancing Queen 250
4   Pan Family Yesterday 261
5   Metro Stars Dont Leave Me This Way 240
6   Scrunters Pan Groove Summer Time 258
7   New Age Trendsetters The Rose Of Tralee 236
8   Harlem Syncopators I Want You Back 247
9   Woodbrook Playboyz Dancing Queen 253
10   Self Help Marines Africa 243
11   Uni Stars Some Where My Love 249
12   St. James Tripolians You Will Never Find 240

click here for full preliminary results

Pan in the 21st Century/Down Memory Lane is produced by Pan Trinbago in collaboration with the National Lotteries Control Board. Tickets are available at the regular outlets and at the Jean Pierre Complex from 4:00 pm. Showtime is 7:00 pm.

From the news desk of Pan Trinbago


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