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Global - A total of twenty Small Steel Orchestras made it to the next round of the 2013 National Panorama Semi Finals – Small Band category - being staged at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Saturday 26 January from 12 noon.

The regional breakdown is as follows: seven from the Northern region, six from the Eastern region, five South/Central participants, and two representing the Tobago region.  Fifty-two bands competed in this category over a four-day period.

In the top spot is Laventille Serenaders with 271 points. The band played an Arddin Herbert-arrangement of “Hammer Time” composed by Kenneth Charles with lyrics Alvin Daniell and sung by Nicole Greaves.  They are followed by Supernovas and Tamana Pioneers in second and third places with 270 and 268 points respectively. Both bands played Cecil Hume’s “Gold.”

The semi finalists in this category will perform together with the 33 semi finalists in the Single Pan bands on January 26.

	SMALL STEEL ORCHESTRAS
Placing	Band	Score	Selection	Arranger
1.	Laventille Serenaders	271	Hammer Time	Arddin Herbert
2.	Supernovas	270	Gold	Amrit Samaroo
3.	Tamana Pioneers	268	Gold	Andre White
4.	Arima Golden Symphony	265	We Come Out to Play	Terrance “BJ” Marcelle
4.	Cocorite West Wind	265	I Music	E. Raymond
6.	Codrington Pan Family	263	She Ready	Cary Codrington Khari Codrington Keisha Codrington
7.	Golden Hands	256	Gold	Vanessa Headley
8.	Merrytones	255	Champions	Richard Gittens
9.	Fascinators Pan Symphony	254	Tell Dem	Daryl Reid
10.	New East Side Dimension	250	Lorraine	Marlon White
11.	Tornadoes	249	Not a Pan Tune	Shervon “Shev” Edwards
12.	Pandemonium	248	Melosian Rhapsody	Kwesi Paul
13.	San City Steel Symphony	247	Iron Man	Damian St. Clair
14.	Old Tech	246	Shock Attack	Sean Ramsey
15.	Simple Song	245	Mash Up de Stage	Curtis Marcelle
16.	West Stars	243	Gold	Lincoln “Fats” Waldron
17.	New Generation	241	Steel On Wheels	Cheo Cato
18.	Musical Gems	240	Pan In Danger	Renwick Lewis
18.	Southern Marines Steelband Foundation	240	Is the Pan in Me	Malomo Joseph; Akinola Sennon
20.	Tobago Pan-thers	238	Iron Man	Gerard Balfour

 

Following are the remaining steel orchestras in this “Small” category which did not make the cut to move on.

	SMALL STEEL ORCHESTRAS
Placing	Band	Score	Selection	Arranger
21.	Bon Air Rhythm Rockers	236	Breakdown	Curtis Betaudier
22.	Moods	235	She Ready	Brent Holder
22.	Crown Cordaans	235	We Come Out to Play	Belbert Henry
24.	Panatics	233	Splinters	Reynold “Pro” Huggins
24.	Antillean All Stars	233	Shock Attack	Atiba Sherwood
26.	St. Margaret’s Superstars	232	Dus’ in Dey Face	Shenelle Abraham
27.	Steel Sensations	229	Keeping The Dream Alive	Rawle Titus
27.	Morvant Ebonites	229	Champions	Carlon Harewood
29.	Longdenville Claytones	228	We Come Out to Play	Terry K. Guischard
30.	Mt. Moriah Pan Movement	227	Wettin’	Darren Sheppard
31.	Western Stars Philhamonics	224	The Changing Wind	Carlton “Zanda” Alexander
32.	Tunapuna All Stars	223	Ah Feelin’ It	Andre Monroe
33.	Dem Boys	220	Pan In ‘A’ Minor	Ryan John; Donald Edwards
34.	Five Rivers Modern Symphony	219	Sailing	Mark Hosten
34.	Kalomo Kings	219	Bahia Girl	Nichaeus Richards
34.	Casablanca	219	Champions	Gillian Tobias
37.	Uptown Fascinators	216	All Over	Leeandro Noray
38.	Xpress 21	206	Mas In South	Sydney Joseph
39.	LH Pan Groove	205	Pan and Soca	Kion Robinson
39.	Central Symphony	205	Champions	Horace Arnold
41.	Jay Notes	203	Pan In Danger	Imhotep Nicholas
42.	Panosonic Connection	202	Minglin	Kyle Noel
43.	Tremolandos	201	We Come Out To Play	Cherise Benoit; Committee
44.	Blue Diamonds	200	Get Up And Party	Ronald Alleyne
45.	Flamingoes	197	Action	Salah Wilson
45.	T&T Music Stars	197	Shock Attack	Rodney Stowe
47.	Trinidad Pan Connoisseurs	188	I Music	George Kallicharan
47.	El Dorado New World Symphony	188	Woman On The Bass	Nicholas Jones
49.	Flabej Ensemble	185	We Come Out To Play	Kenneth “Mikey” Frederick
50.	Morne Diablo Funk-a-Delic	181	Not A Pan Tune	Roland “Moose” Joseph
51.	Caribbean Paradise	176	More Love	Dale McDonald
52.	Music Makers	152	She Ready	Rodney Wilkes

From the News Desk of Pan Trinbago
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