Pan in the 21st Century

WST World News Division

Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille will kick off the Preliminary round of Conventional Band category in this year’s TSTT Pan in the 21st Century tomorrow Wednesday.

The current Panorama Medium Band winner hopes to add another title to their name with their rendition of Billy Ocean’s “Caribbean Queen” arranged by Ken “Professor” Philmore.

Seven (7) bands will face the four-member adjudication panel starting with the Eastern Quarry, Laventille–based steel orchestra at 7:00 pm.

Also in tomorrow’s line-up is defending champion Silver Stars. They will be the third band to be visited by the judges, For the competition, they will be playing Michael Jackson’s “Bad” as arranged by leader Edwin Pouchet.

Order of appearance for Northern Region bands is presented below, followed by Band Selection; Composer; Arranger; Sung By (Artist)

Band	Selection	Composer	Arranger	Sung By
1. Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille	Caribbean Queen	Billy Ocean	Ken “Pro” Philmore	Billy Ocean
2. bp Renegades	Never Too Much	Luther Vandross	Amrit Samaroo	Luther Vandross
3. Silver Stars	Bad	Michael Jackson	Edwin Pouchet	Michael Jackson
4. Caribbean Airlines Invaders	My, My, My		Arddin Herbert	Johnny Gill
5. PCS Starlift	At Last	Harry Warren	Eastlyn Hinds	Ella James
6. Humming Birds Pan Groove	La Isla Bonita		Michael Cupidore	Madonna
7. Casablanca	The World’s Greatest	R. Kelly	Shenelle Abraham/ Kendal Williams	R. Kelly

The competition continues on Friday 11th April 2008 in the South/Central region. Nine (9) bands starting with Tropical Angel Harps in Chaguanas and ending at the Antillean All Stars’ panyard, Carib Street, San Fernando, will go through their paces.

On Saturday 12th, the action shifts to the East. Here eight (8) bands will face the judges beginning at Harmonites in Barataria and culminating at Simple Song in Arima. Starting time in both regions is 7:00 pm. The exercise will end on Sunday in Tobago where Katzenjammers and Our Boys will perform.

Twenty four (24) bands – twelve each from the two categories will proceed to the final round at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Friday 18th April 2008. Show time is 8:00 pm. Pan in the 21st Century/Pan Down Memory Lane is sponsored by the Telecommunication Services of Trinidad & Tobago (TSTT) and supported by the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB).

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