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Steel Orchestras Take The Stage In Junior Panorama Finals
Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2014

Global - Nelson Street Boys R.C. will be the first of thirty steel orchestras to be judged as the 2014 edition of the National Junior Panorama kicks off in Trinidad & Tobago. The band will perform Chris “Tambu” Herbert’s “Free Up” in the Primary Schools category.  Ten junior steel orchestras in the Secondary Schools arena and eight in that of the Non-Schools follow the Primary School category.

In each arena the title holders are going for consecutive wins; St. Francois Girls’ Steel Orchestra, St. Margaret’s Boys, as well as Success Stars Pan Sounds with their resident ace arranger and composer Mickiel Gabriel.  The bands have clinched titles in their respective groupings in 2013, 2012, 2011 and possibly further back.

Both St. Francois Girls’ Steel Orchestra and St. Margaret’s Boys are first at this point in the competition in their categories, while Success Stars Pan Sounds is running a close second in its own.  Click to see all the orchestras’ standings going into the finals.

Adjudicators are Maureen Clement, Avis Bruce, Dexter Assoon and Vanessa Headley (Primary), with Cuthbert Matthew, Malcolm Boyce, Kareem Brown and Victor Prescod (Secondary), and Barry Mannette and Nigel Diaz (Non-School).

The show gets underway on Sunday February 23rd at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad.  Starting time is 9:00 a.m.

Order of appearance, selections and respective arrangers follow:-

Primary Schools

 

Plays at

 

School Band

Selection
singer/ writer

Arranger

 
#1 Nelson Street Boys R.C. Free Up
Chris “Tambu” Herbert
Christopher Herbert

Kurt Edwards

#2 Point Fortin A.C. Play More Local
 “Mr. Famous”
Junior Noel; Prestan Andries

Damyon Alexander

#3

Couva Anglican Steel Orchestra

Symphony In G
 “Lord Kitchener”
Aldwyn Roberts

David Sylvester

#4 Fifth Company Baptist Rising Stars The Hammer
 David Rudder
Pelham Goddard; David Rudder

Aquil Arrindell, steelpan arranger
Aquil Arrindell

&
Al Bunting

#5 Princess Town Methodist All Starz Nah Leaving
Denyse Plummer
 

Pete Braxton

#6  

St. Paul’s Boys A.C. School

Soca Baptiste
“Blue Boy”
Austin Lyons

 Curtis Jones

 
#7   Pres2 All Stars Curry Tabanca
“Mighty Trini”
Winsford Devine

Aquil Arrindell, steelpan arranger
Aquil Arrindell

#8   Diego Martin Boys R.C. Play The Music
KES The Band

Alexis Hope

#9 St. Mary’s Government Magic Drum
Kernel Roberts
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe

Aquil Arrindell, steelpan arranger
Aquil Arrindell

 
#10   Febeau Gov’t. Primary Pan Giants Steel Orchestra Play The Music
KES The Band

Quacy Ward; Devon James

 
#11 St. Margaret’s Boys A.C. Differentology
Bunji Garlin
Ian Alvarez

Le’Roi Simmonds
Le’Roi Simmonds

 
#12 Malabar R.C. Steel Orchestra Spankin’ - A Tribute
Austin “Super Blue” Lyons
Austin Lyons

Gillian Tobias
Gillian Tobias

 

Secondary Schools

 

Plays at

 

School Band

Selection
singer/ writer

Arranger

 
#1   QRC/Providence Pan In Danger
“Merchant”
Dennis Williams

Koreece Graham

#2   St. Madeline Secondary Iron Man
“Lord Kitchener”
Aldwyn Roberts

Dionne Kerr

#3 Symphony of Saints (St. Mary’s College & St. Joseph’s Convent) Trini
“Benjai”
“Benjai”

Mia Gormandy

#4 Bon Air Beacons Leh Go
“Blaxx”

Koreece Graham

#5 Bishop Anstey & Trinity College East (BATCE) Take Me With You
Joanne Foster
Don Clarke; Gregory “GB” Ballantyne

Denzel Headley; Sean Lewis

#6 St. Charles High School Champions
“Chucky” 
 Carlon Harewood; Gerelle Forbes

Christopher Coward

#7 St. Francois Girls’ Steel Orchestra Big In De Dance
Anslem Douglas
Brian “Bean” Griffith

Peter Aleong

#8 Goodwill Industries Carnival Tabanca
“Bunji Garlin”
Ian Alvarez

Vivian Williams

#9 Speyside High School Toco Band
“Lord Kitchener”
Aldwyn Roberts

Rawle Titus; Joshua Jerry

#10   Mt. Hope Secondary Steel Symphony Fire Down Below
Ann Marie Innis
Len Sharpe

Gary Raymond

Non-Schools

 

Plays at

 

School Band

Selection
singer/ writer

Arranger

 

#1

Trinity All Generations Steel (T.A.G.S.) Pan Is Carnival
“Chucky”
Pelham Goddard; Alvin Daniell

Malaina Moffett

 

#2

Tropical Angel Harps Youth Happiest Man Alive
Machel Montano
Gamal “Skinny Fabulous” Doyle; Machel Montano; Alex Barnwell

Curtis Jones

#3

  Success Stars Pan Sounds Carnival Nostalgia
Mickiel Gabriel Mickiel Gabriel

Mickiel Gabriel
Mickiel Gabriel

#4

Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra Happiest Man Alive
Machel Montano
Gamal “Skinny Fabulous” Doyle; Machel Montano; Alex Barnwell

Andrew Charles

#5

Revelation Institute for Performing Education (R.I.P.E.) Magic Drum
Kernel Roberts
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe

Dante Pantin

#6

St. Margaret’s Boys’ More Love
Black Stalin
Len Sharpe; Dr. Leroy Calliste

Sheldon Peters

#7

  St. Benedict’s Steel Fire Coming Down

Dike Samai

#8

  Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra Flag Party

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Jamal “Meck Meck” Gibbs

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Pan Trinbago Inc. TC and the Pan In Schools Coordinating Council will host the competition which has attracted record entries. Hon. Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, Minister of Education, is the patron. Ian “Teddy” Belgrave (posthumous) and Salmon Cupid are this year’s honorees.


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