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 Trinidad &
Tobago, W.I.
- At the
‘live’ drawing for playing
positions, facilitated by Pan
Trinbago Secretary Richard
Forteau
(pictured at right,
in red), for the finals of the
2010 Pan in The 21st
Century competition - Invaders
Steel Orchestra pulled playing
position number one. They
will be first on stage to
present what is expected to be a
card of twelve extremely
competitive performances, from
some of the country's noted
steel orchestras, all vying for
the championship title and a
prize purse of TT $100,000.00 on final night.
The much-anticipated showdown
kicks off this Saturday 29 May at the Jean
Pierre Complex, Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
And, there
are two highly visible
differences in the finalists
as originally announced by
Pan Trinbago recently. The
previous official 2010 final
lineup
did not include a Tobago steel
orchestra, as apparently
neither Katzenjammers or Our
Boys - the two entrants from the
sister isle - made the cut.
Also, Potential Symphony
- which had scored 248 points,
just enough to take the last
available slot for the final
round - now is not listed in the
final line-up.
Additionally, according to
information on Pan Trinbago’s
preliminary phase results,
Katzenjammers and Curepe
Scherzando tied for thirteenth
position with 247 points.
If it was simply a matter of
moving up the ‘band’ in
thirteenth position to the
finals - in case band number
twelve (Potential Symphony) was
replaced for some reason - in
this particular scenario, Curepe
Scherzando tied with
Katzenjammers for that position.
When Steel Talks reached out to
Pan Trinbago for comment, but
has not received any official
response.
Forty-plus bands performed
in the preliminary round over a
five-day period before a panel
of adjudicators which
included Carl “Beaver”
Henderson, Chantal Esdelle,
Sherry Ann Saunders and Lambert
Phillip.
The order
of appearance of the bands and
their selections are as follows:-
2010 Pan In The 21st Century Finalists
|
|
Steel Orchestra |
Order of Appearance |
ARRANGER |
SELECTION / PERFORMER |
|
Invaders |
1 |
Arddin Herbert |
Dance With My Father / Luther Vandross |
|
Renegades |
2 |
Kenneth Guppy |
I Surrender / Celine Dion |
|
Katzenjammers |
3 |
Edwin Pouchet |
I Promise / CeCe Winans
|
|
Valley Harps |
4 |
Michelle Huggins-Watts |
Beautiful / Akon |
|
Fonclaire |
5 |
Ken Philmore |
P.D.A. We Just Don’t Care / John Legend |
|
Codrington Pan Family |
6 |
Cary Codrington
& Keisha Codrington |
If I Ain’t Got You / Alicia Keys |
|
Skiffle Bunch |
7 |
Keith Salcedo |
I Look To You / Whitney Houston |
|
Sound Specialists of Laventille |
8 |
Ken Philmore |
Empire State of Mind / Alicia Keys |
|
Silver Stars |
9 |
Edwin Pouchet |
I Gotta Feeling / The Black Eyed Peas |
|
Harmonites |
10 |
Yohan Popwell |
Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart / Alicia Keys |
|
Exodus |
11 |
Pelham Goddard |
Green Light / John Legend |
|
Sforzata |
12 |
Jeannine Remy |
Bust Your Windows / Jazmine Sullivan |
Patrons are eligible to win two
door prizes to any North
American destination courtesy
Caribbean Airlines.
Pan in the 21st Century
in its present format was
initiated by Pan Trinbago in
2004.
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