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- Sixteen steel orchestras have chosen “Vibes” as
their tune of choice in the Conventional category in the
2012 Panorama competition. “Vibes” is composed by Mark
Loquan, Ken “Professor” Philmore and Destra Garcia with
vocals by Destra.
Bands
performing this piece are Laventille
Serenaders, Simple Song, Fascinators
Pan Symphony, Tipica, Belmont Fifth
Dimension, Valley Harps, bp
Renegades, Starlift, CLICO Sforzata,
Potential Symphony, Sangre Grande
Cordettes, Old Tech Steel Orchestra,
NLCB Fonclaire, Longdenville
Claytones, NLCB Buccooneers and
T&TEC New East Side Dimension.
Other selections finding favor with
more than one band include
“Archbishop of Pan” composed by Len
“Boogsie” Sharpe and Gregory
Ballantyne (3), “Boogsie Sharpe” by
Winston Scarborough (4), “Prophet of
Pan” by Tellison “Tello” Forde (4),
“Play Yuhself” by Clive Telemaque
(5) and “Gie Dem Tempo” by Edwin
Pouchet and Alvin Daniell (4).
The National Panorama Preliminaries
– Small and Medium Conventional
Steel Orchestras category will
commence with:
-
South/Central
Bands on Thursday 26th January at
Skinner Park, San Fernando, south Trinidad at
7:00 pm.;
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East Bands on
Friday 27th January at the Larry
Gomes Stadium Car Park, Malabar, Arima, at 7:00
p.m.;
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Tobago on Saturday
28th January at the band’s respective
pan yards from 6:00 p.m.
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North Bands on
Sunday 29th January at The Paddock,
Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, from 3:00
p.m.
Admission to each of the above—with
the exception of Tobago—is TT
$60.00.
Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama
2012 is in tribute to cultural icons
Dr.
Pat Bishop TC, HBM, and
percussionist
Ralph MacDonald -
Grammy Award-winning songwriter;
both passed in 2011.
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