‘The Magic’

Joanne Foster was the 2013 Calypso Queen of Trinidad and Tobago - a title won singing More Than An Oil Drum.  Joanne first stepped into the entertainment spotlight in 1988 as a vibrant young teenager, immediately announcing her potential by being awarded ‘Best Soloist & Dancer’ at the San Fernando Arts Festival for Schools. The following year she placed second in the National Teen Talent Show. 

In 1994 Joanne Foster emerged as one of COTT’s (Copyright Organisation of Trinidad & Tobago) National Song Festival Winners. She made her 1995 debut at the Spectacular Forum, copping the National Carnival Commission (NCC) award for the ‘Most Promising Female Calypsonian.’ Joanne was also a Calypso Fiesta semi finalist in her first appearance at that Skinner Park event.  She would make five subsequent appearances at the Semi Finals: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008.  Additionally, from  2003 she was in the South Monarch Competition finals for eight consecutive years.

A background vocalist attached to the Junior “Ibo” Joseph Dancing Dread Studio for many years, Joanne has sung background vocals for many of the top calypsonians in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2012 she made her debut in the ‘Pan Tune’ genre with an exciting tribute to Pan women everywhere called Pan Woman Jammin’. 

For 2014 Joanne was on point once more with On De Drag and Take Me With You, and so too in 2015 and 2016 with King Birdie and Dem Judges, respectively.

Joanne returns for the 2017 Panorama season with, The Magic, featured here.

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Panist/composer/ producer/ and recent songwriter Miguel “Mario” Camps – a BA in musical arts graduate began his musical career at age 9 when he started to play the steel pan with Free French Steel Orchestra from San Fernando, Trinidad. Some years later after a long lull in his involvement in playing pan, during his adolescent years, he hooked up with San City Steel where he broadened his musical scope particularly in improvisation and arranging for pans.

Over the years Miguel has judged and performed for several competitions, two of which were Shades in Steel’s 2002 winning panorama rendition of ‘Dulahin’ and the 2013 Calypso Queen Competition as soloist for Joanne Foster who stole the show with a victory. Miguel Camps is currently a music teacher at Marabella South Secondary School and manages a home studio.

The Magic is Miguel’s fourth outing in composing, writing and producing a “pan tune.” His previous works are 2016’s A Groovy Pan Song, 2015’s Take It Higher and 2014’s Jam De Pan. Since the steel pan is his ‘first love’ he looks forward to writing many more pan tunes designed for the Pan.

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