Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Twenty-five points
separated the winners in the recently-concluded
National Steelband Music Festival – Pan Is
Beautiful XI.
Exodus Steel Orchestra scored 548 points while
Renegades managed 523 points for its
performance.
Exodus, holder of the World Steelband Music
Festival title presented “Roaming” and test
piece “Document Pan” adapted by
Pelham Goddard
and
Dr. Pat Bishop. For their
performances, the band from the East scored 272
and 276 respectively. They also captured “Best
Test Piece” and “Best Tune of Choice.”
Second-placed Renegades presented for its Tune
of Choice, “Rienzi Overture” adapted by
Desmond Waithe with
Amrit Samaroo for the test piece.
Along with its test piece, Sound
Specialists of Laventille performed “Nabucco
Overture”, which gave them the third place. Best
Dressed Orchestra Title went to Sforzata.
Adjudicators in this leg of the competition were
Drs. Larry Snider, Eugene Novotney, Ann Marion
Osborne and Mr. Lambert Philip.
The complete list of results for Orchestra
category is as follows:-
1. Exodus - Roaming
- 548
2. Renegades - Rienzi Overture
- 523
3. Sound Specialists of Laventille
- Nabucco Overture
- 519
4. Sforzata - Festive Overture
- 510
5. Tropical Angel Harps - Rebirth
- 489
6. Pan Knights – Sound of
Music - 473
7. Siparia Deltones
- Caribbean Man - 419
8. Our Boys Steel Orchestra
- Poet & Peasant
Overture
- 333
Last week, competitions in the Minor categories
– Soloists, Duets, Quartets, Ensembles and Single
Pan Bands- were staged at the La Joya Complex in St. Joseph.
The National Steelband Music Festival-Pan Is
Beautiful series is held every two years under
the aegis of Pan Trinbago Inc.
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