Trinidad &
Tobago, W.I.
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Adjudication in the four
‘regions’ for 2010’s Pan in the
21st Century is
complete, with the
2009 winners
Skiffle Bunch making it back
among the finalists for another
year of competition. The
orchestra joins eleven others in
this year’s finals.
Coming out of the
preliminaries,
the orchestra scored a total of
260, twelve points behind the
leading band in this phase - Sforzata
- to take
fourth place. Capturing
second spot in this round is
Silver Stars
(above) with 265 points,
while Exodus amassed 263 for the
third spot. The
2008 champions, Katzenjammers
based in the sister isle of
Tobago, did not make it into the
final round, and were one of
only two Tobago bands who
entered this year's Pan in the
21st Century
competition. The other was
Our Boys steel orchestra.
There are four designated
‘regions’ into which the steel
orchestras of Trinidad & Tobago
fall: Tobago,
South/Central, Northern and
Eastern [Trinidad]. This
year, the representatives from
the ‘Tobago region’ were
unsuccessful in the preliminary
round. Two entrants fared
better from the
South/Central region, though
the other fourteen out of the
total of sixteen bands from the
combined South/Central region
did not qualify.
The
Eastern region saw four out
of their fifteen hopefuls reach
the final round. And the
Northern region has staked
out six of the twelve slots that
were available for the final
phase - this out of eleven who
performed in the preliminary
rounds staged at their
respective panyards.
Two orchestras are each
depending on arranger Ken
“Professor” Philmore to lead
them to winner’s row; Sound
Specialists of Laventille from
north Trinidad, and Fonclaire
from south Trinidad. For
the last couple of years,
Philmore has arranged for both
steel orchestras - in the medium
and large category, respectively
- for Trinidad & Tobago’s
annual national Panorama
competition.
Not all the ‘familiar faces’
from previous years opted to
throw their hats in the ring for
Pan in the 21st
Century this year. Among
those who did not enter the
competition are Phase II Pan
Groove and past champions
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra.
The twelve finalists for the
Saturday 29th May
2010 show at the Jean Pierre
Complex in Port-of-Spain are
below.
2010 Pan In The 21st Century Finalists |
Steel Orchestra |
Score / Position |
ARRANGER |
SELECTION / PERFORMER |
Sforzata |
272 (1) |
Jeannine Remy |
Bust Your Windows / Jazmine Sullivan |
Silver Stars |
265 (2) |
Edwin Pouchet |
I’m Alive / Celine Dion |
Exodus |
263 (3) |
Pelham Goddard |
Green Light / John Legend |
Skiffle Bunch |
260 (4) |
Keith Salcedo |
I Look To You / Whitney Houston |
Harmonites |
259 (5) |
Yohan Popwell |
Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart / Alicia Keys |
Renegades |
258 (6) |
Kenneth Guppy |
I Surrender / Celine Dion |
Sound Specialists of Laventille |
255 (7) |
Ken Philmore |
Empire State of Mind / Alicia Keys |
Codrington Pan Family |
255 (7) |
Cary Codrington
& Keisha Codrington |
If I Ain’t Got You / Alicia Keys |
Valley Harps |
253 (9) |
Michelle Huggins-Watts |
Beautiful / Akon |
Fonclaire |
251 (10) |
Ken Philmore |
P.D.A. We Just Don’t Care / John Legend |
Invaders |
250 (11 |
Arddin Herbert |
Dance With My Father / Luther Vandross |
Potential Symphony |
248 (12) |
Carlan Harewood |
Empire State of Mind / Alicia Keys |
Orchestras
are required to play a
tune from the 21st century world
beat repertoire from the year 2000 and
beyond, and not more than six minutes
in duration.
The music of Pop and R&B star Alicia Keys proved to be the
favourite choice for three of
the finalists, with John Legend
and Celine Dion in the running
with two bands each performing
their music.
In addition to
the steel orchestras, members of
the audience on finals night can
also leave with prizes.
Ticket holders for the event are eligible to
win two airline tickets to any
North American destination
courtesy Caribbean Airlines. Show time is 8:00 p.m.
A limited number of advance
tickets are on sale at
advertised outlets and at Pan
Trinbago’s Office, Park Street,
Port-of-Spain.
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