Trinidad - Seventy One (71) Conventional Bands and 60 Single Pan Bands have registered for this year’s National Panorama competitions.

However, 55 Conventional Bands will face the separate panels of judges in the Preliminary Round beginning Thursday 25th January in the East and South/Central Regions and continuing in all four regions until Tuesday 30th January. The remaining 16 bands (Large Band category) will advance along with 14 each in the Medium and Small categories to the Semi Finals aka “Savannah Party” carded for Sunday 04th February at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

However, fans and pan aficionados will have the opportunity to hear the bands (Large) at their panyards although they will not be judged.

The National Preliminaries will continue with the judging of the Single Pan Bands on Thursday 25th January with bands in the Northern Region. This category continues in all zones until Wednesday 31st January with bands in South/Central.

Performances start at 7:00 pm (Click to see schedule).

Bands in all categories will be able to perform any Calypso from the current year, or any previous year, as long as the band has not played the composition in a Panorama competition and arrangers are being allowed to work with one band in each of the categories.

Songs by De Fosto, Crazy, Colleen Ella & Taxi, Sparrow, Destra, Patrice Roberts, Eunice Peters are among the popular selections.
 

From The News Desk of

A. Fox

Media Pan Trinbago