NAPA Fest showcases premier Steel Orchestras as POP meets STEEL

An Explosion of Culture!

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Since 1999 Pan Trinbago, in its efforts to stabilize and solidify the steel pan movement, has promoted the competition Pan in the 21^st Century.  Now, the inclusion of steel orchestras from Pan in the 21^st Century events in the “NAPA (National Academy for the Performing Arts) Festival” project, gives the steelpan community the opportunity to showcase the versatility of the national instrument in the acoustically designed NAPA space.

Steel orchestras which participated in Pan in the 21^st Century competitions from 1999-2009 were selected to be part of the NAPA Festival project.  The stage sides featured will be from the following participating conventional steel orchestras:

Trinidad All Stars, Renegades, Desperadoes, Katzenjammers, Skiffle Bunch, Exodus, Invaders, Phase II Pan Groove, Laventille Sound Specialists, Fonclaire and Silver Stars.

They will each perform for 25 minutes, in almost evenly divided segments over the two-night steel extravaganza.  

Appearance of Orchestras:

Saturday 26 June, 7:30 p.m.

 – Opening:  Traditional ‘Pan Round de Neck’ - St. James Tripolians

• Desperadoes

• Katzenjammers

• Invaders

• Fonclaire  

• Exodus

• Trinidad All Stars

Sunday 27 June, 6:30 p.m.

– Opening:  Traditional ‘Pan Round de Neck’ – LH Pan Groove

• Phase II Pan Groove

• Sound Specialists of Laventille

• Renegades

• Skiffle Bunch

• Silver Stars

The traditional ‘Pan Round de Neck’ bands will appear for ten minutes as the opening acts. Before they perform, a history of the Steel Pan’s evolution will be presented.  The “POP Meets STEEL” event is another production within the NAPA Fest, produced by the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism.

Programme of Events and Band bios