Merrytones Steel Orchestra

Defending champions Merrytones Steel Orchestra, topped all challengers with a score of 277 in today's Trinidad and Tobago 2007 semi-final panorama music competition.  Fifteen bands competed in this category.  Merrytones, playing Eunice Peter's Can't Get Enough (which was composed by Trinidadian Don Clarke who lives in Atlanta, Georgia), is one of eight bands who are continuing on to the finals being held on Wednesday February 14th at the south-western end of the Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

Merrytones will be going for their fourth consecutive title.  If they are successful, it would be the beaver trick for the band and hat trick for arranger Seion Gomez; Gomez is based in the USA where he has been pursuing his Masters at DeKalb's Northern Illinois University.  The seven other bands moving on to the finals are Pan Elders, Tamana Pioneers, Siparia Deltones, Crescendoes Musical, Tunapuna All Stars, Southern Marines Steelband Foundation and Casablanca.

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