Global - Thirty-eight steel orchestras will compete in the Junior National Panorama at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Sunday 3 February 2013 from 9:00 a.m. The competition is staged by The Ministry of Education’s Multicultural Music Program Unit (formerly Pan in the Classroom Unit), Pan in Schools Coordinating Unit, and Pan Trinbago.
The bands will be judged according to categories i.e. Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Non-schools. The participants’ break-down is as follows:- Primary School (12), Secondary School (13) and Non-school (13).
Junior bands like their senior counterparts may select any tune of choice once that composition has not been played by the band in a Panorama competition. Each participant shall perform for a maximum of six minutes.
However, unlike their senior counterparts, most of the junior steel orchestras opted for music of the current year such as “Differentology,” “Champions,” “She Ready,” “Bubble,” “Tell Dem,” “We Come Out To Play” and “Stages” among others. Having won the title in 2011 and 2012 in the Non-Schools category, Success Stars Pan Sounds from Laventille is back once again with arranger Mickiel Gabriel as they try to take three consecutive championships in a row.
Over a period of four days, a panel of adjudicators visited twenty individual bands in the Primary Schools category. They performed their respective tunes of choice as all vied for just twelve places in Sunday’s national finals.
Admission to Sunday’s Junior National Panorama is free.
Following is a list of the participating steel orchestras and their selections.
Non-Schools |
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Plays at |
School Band |
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Arranger |
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| #1 |
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Tropical Angel Harps Youth |
Bahia Girl David Rudder David Rudder |
Curtis Jones |
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| #2 |
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Starlift Junior Steel Orchestra |
Tell Dem “Black Stalin”; Steve Sealy Brian “Bean” Griffith |
Roy Edwards |
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| #3 | Trinidad & Tobago Music Stars |
Gal Bend Over Machel Montano |
Mugabe Pierre |
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| #4 | Demerara Sport & Youth Club | Stages |
Kendell Bowen |
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| #5 |
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St. Margaret’s Boys’ |
We Come Out to Play The Original DeFosto Himself Winston Scarborough; Mighty Jamma |
Andrew Charles |
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| #6 |
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San Fernando West Old Tech Youths |
Toco Band Lord Kitchener Aldwyn Roberts |
Diop Balbosa |
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| #7 | City Angels |
Differentology Bunji Garlin Ian Alvarez |
Kygel Benjamin |
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| #8 | Success Stars Pan Sounds |
Something to Celebrate Marilyn Hunte |
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| #9 |
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St. Benedict’s Steel |
Band From Space “Crazy” Amrit Samaroo |
Dike Samai |
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| #10 |
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Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra |
Champions “Chucky” Carlon Harewood; Gerelle Forbes |
Jamal Gibbs |
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| #11 | Exocubs | 50 Years of Steel |
Dante Pantin |
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| #12 |
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Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra |
Gold (Remix) M. Montano; “Rikki Jai”; K. Asche; D. O’Connor Cecil Hume; M. Montano; “Rikki Jai”; K. Asche; D. O’Connor |
Sheldon Peters |
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Harmonites Junior Steel Orchestra |
She Ready Machel Montano J. St. Lewis-Noray, M. Montano & K. Phillips |
Cyllan Franklin |
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Secondary Schools |
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School Band |
Selection |
Arranger |
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| #1 | Mt. Hope Secondary Steel Symphony |
Woman On The Bass Scrunter Irwin “Reyes” Johnson |
Gary Raymond |
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El Dorado West Fascinators |
She Ready Machel Montano J. St. Lewis-Noray, M. Montano & K. Phillips |
Andre Wilson; Mervyn Taitt |
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| #3 | Barrackpore West Secondary | Savannah Fever |
David Goddard |
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| #4 |
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Goodwill Industries |
Black Man Feeling To Party “Black Stalin” Dr. Leroy Calliste |
Aaron Clarke |
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| #5 | Speyside High School |
Calypso Music David Rudder |
Rawle Titus |
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Bon Air Becons |
Gold (Remix) M. Montano; “Rikki Jai”; K. Asche; D. O’Connor Cecil Hume; M. Montano; “Rikki Jai”; K. Asche; D. O’Connor |
Koreece Graham |
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St. Charles Pan Stars | Vibes Destra M. Loquan; K. Philmore; D. Garcia |
Christopher Coward |
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| #8 |
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Pleasantville Secondary |
Bubble “Iwer” George Neil “Iwer” George |
Carolyn Callendar; Ronnie Mohammed |
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| #9 | Goodwood High School | Tribute to Spree Simon |
Franklin Stanislaus; Students |
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| #10 |
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St. Francois Girls’ Steel Orchestra |
Tell Dem “Black Stalin”; Steve Sealy Brian “Bean” Griffith |
Peter Lorry Aleong |
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| #11 | Guayaguayare Star Sounds | Love To Hear Steel... Play |
Mr. Bramble; |
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| #12 |
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St. Joseph Secondary Blazers of Steel |
Nah Leaving “Blaxx” |
Brandon Valley |
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El Dorado East |
She Ready Machel Montano J. St. Lewis-Noray, M. Montano & K. Phillips |
Kimberly St. Clair |
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Primary Schools |
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Plays at |
School Band |
Selection |
Arranger |
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| #1 |
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Nelson Street Boys R.C. |
Magic Drum Kernel Roberts Len “Boogsie” Sharpe |
Damyon Alexander |
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| #2 | 5th Company Baptist Rising Stars | Pan
by Storm “Designer” Ken “Professor” Philmore |
Aquil Arrindell; |
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| #3 | Santa Maria R.C. School | Santa Maria |
Aquil Arrindell |
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| #4 | Princess
Town Methodist Steel Orchestra |
The Fog |
Pete Braxton |
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| #5 | Point Fortin A.C. | We Doin’ it or Wha’ |
Damyon Alexander |
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| #6 | St. Mary’s Government |
Sailing
“The Mighty Trini” |
Aquil Arrindell |
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| #7 | Diego Martin Boys R.C. |
Sugar Bum Bum Lord Kitchener Aldwyn Roberts |
Alexis Hope |
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| #8 | Grant Memorial Presbyterian |
Birthday Party Len “Boogsie” Sharpe |
Hudson Henry |
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St. Margaret’s Boys R.C. | Vibes Destra M. Loquan; K. Philmore; D. Garcia |
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| #10 | Febeau Gov’t. Pan Giants | Get
Something & Wave Superblue Austin Lyons |
Quacy Ward; Devon James |
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| #11 | Malabar R.C. | Ah Feeling Nice |
Alric Harper |
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| #12 | Mafeking Gov’t. Primary Music Giants |
Woman On The Bass Scrunter Irwin “Reyes” Johnson |
Kharisha Watson; Diana Lopez |
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The National Junior Panorama is sponsored in part by Petrotrin and The Ministry of Education.
* click for 2012 Junior National Panorama Results
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