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Semi Finals Results for Large Conventional Steel Orchestras - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2018

Update:  Full RESULTS Summary

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It might be down to the wire for title defenders Trinidad All Stars as they are currently in fourth place, tied with Skiffle, going into the February 10, 2018 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama finals - but do not count these “All Stars” out. However challenger to the throne Renegades Steel Orchestra led by champion arranger Duvone Stewart is intent on holding its lead going into final night competition.  The last time Renegades were Panorama champions was 1997- twenty-one years ago. Playing ‘Year For Love’ - could 2018 be the ‘Year For Renegades and Duvone Stewart?’ Time will tell.  And Stewart is also leading - at this point - in the medium steel orchestra category...

The panyards of four large steel orchestras would now be more or less ‘shuttered’ after being shut out of the final ten:  they are Fonclaire, Redemption Sound Setters, La Brea Nightingales and Tropical Angel Harps. Those moving forward are sure to spend the next fourteen day upping their musical game in their efforts to become 2018 champs.

Around 6:09 p.m. local time, the first of fourteen large conventional steel orchestras, South/Central’s Fonclaire, laid down the first musical salvo in the semi finals in this category of the National Panorama competition on Sunday January 28.  The large bands took the Queen’s Park Savannah stage following their medium counterparts earlier in the evening.  

With rousing support from band supporters, and pan lovers in the North and Grand Stands alike, once again the bands flowed on and off the stage with impressive efficiency. Several patrons expressed pleasure with this occurrence, a welcome change from the generally long time span between the bands.

Music artists Ultimate Rejects’ popular “(ITF) Inside The Festival” and “Lightning Flash” gave them the most ‘presence’ in the fourteen-band semi finals, with five steel orchestras in total going with their tracks.  What was interesting is, merely by how the other bands “pulled” for order of appearance, other selections ended up being played back-to-back, thereby giving the judges what must have been an interesting comparative perspective. 

Skiffle and Phase II both played “Hello” by Kes from positions four and five. Two other powerhouse steel orchestras Renegades and Desperadoes went with Voice’s “Year For Love” - from the tenth and eleventh berths.  And finally - a threesome:  Exodus, Tropical Angel Harps and Supernovas all served up their arrangement of Patrice Roberts’ “Sweet Fuh Days” playing in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth spots. Totally cool.

With Supernovas closing off the semi finals competition at 11:23 p.m., results for both the medium and large categories were not long in coming.

Following are the full results for the semi-finals phase of competition for large conventional steel orchestras.


Region  Color Key East Zone Region North Zone Region South/Central
Zone Region
Tobago Region    

Tunes

Large Conventional Steel Orchestras

  RESULTS TUNE BAND SONG ARRANGER

1st
282

Renegades
Renegades Steel Orchestra logo
Year For Love Duvone Stewart
Duvone Stewart
 

2nd
278
Desperadoes
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra logo
Year For Love Carlton “Zanda” Alexander
Carlton “Zanda” Alexander
 

3rd
274
Phase II Pan Groove
Phase II logo
Hello Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
 

4th
272
Skiffle
Skiffle Steel Orchestra
Hello Kendall Williams, Marc Brooks, Odie Franklin
Marc Brooks
Kendall Williams
Odie Franklin

4th
272
Trinidad All Stars
Lightning Flash Leon “Smooth” Edwards
Leon “Smooth” Edwards

6th
270
Supernovas
Supernovas Steel Orchestra band logo - When Steel Talks
Sweet Fuh Days Amrit Samaroo
Amrit Samaroo

7th
269
Silver Stars
Silver Stars Steel Orchestra band logo - When Steel Talks
Lightning Flash Liam Teague
Liam Teague

8th
268
Exodus
Exodus Steel Orchestra logo
Sweet Fuh Days Pelham Goddard
Pelham Goddard

&

Terrance “BJ” Marcelle
Terrance “BJ” Marcelle


9th
267
Invaders
Invaders Steel Orchestra logo
(ITF) Inside The Festival Arddin Herbert
Arddin Herbert

10th
263
Starlift
Starlift Steel Orchestra band logo - When Steel Talks
Full Of Vibe Robert Greenidge
Robert Greenidge
           

11th
262
Tropical Angel Harps
Tropical Angel Harps logo
Sweet Fuh Days Clarence Morris
Clarence Morris

12th
261
Fonclaire
Fonclaire Steel Orchestra logo
(ITF) Inside The Festival Leon Foster Thomas
Leon “Foster” Thomas
 
13th
259
Redemption Sound Setters

Long Time Micheal Toby
Micheal Toby

14th
253
La Brea Nightingales
La Brea Nightingales
(ITF) Inside The Festival Richard Gittens
Richard Gittens

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