Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The bands in the Northern region of Pan Trinbago’s annual National Panorama Single Pan competition - Preliminaries - perform in competition in respective venues, most in their panyards.
From Sunday November 12 through Tuesday November 14, 2023, nineteen bands are scheduled to face judges over the three-night period.
See the appearance order for each respective night, below:
Order of Appearance - Single Pan Bands - PRELIMINARIES - Northern Region |
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Sunday November 12, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. |
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| Order | Single Pan Bands/ Venues |
Tune/ Performer |
Arranger |
| #1 |
Spree Simon Harmonics * LP #1, corner Picton & Eastern Main Roads, Laventille |
‘Fire In De Back Seat’ “Mighty Swallow” |
Naomi Frederick |
| #2 |
Uni Stars * corner Mc Allister Street & Old St. Joseph Road, Success Village, Laventille |
‘All Aboard’ Atlantik |
Kareem Brown |
| #3 |
Trinidad & Tobago Police Service Steel Orchestra * Besson Street, Riverside Plaza Annex Building, Port-of-Spain |
‘Bacchanal Time’ Austin “Superblue” Lyons |
Esan Smith & Kwame Rodriguez |
| #4 |
Harlem Syncopators * #63 Quarry Street, East Dry River, Port-of-Spain |
‘De Party Now Start’ Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung |
Adrian “Spider” O’Brady |
| #5 |
Nostrand Symphony * Trinidad All Stars panyard, #46-48 Duke Street, Port-of-Spain |
‘Doh Back Back’ “Mighty Sparrow” |
Sheldon Peters |
| #6 |
Trinidad & Tobago Fire Service Steel Orchestra * Fire Services Station Headquarters, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain |
‘Volcano’ “Red Plastic Bag” |
Kern Sumerville |
Monday November 13, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. |
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| Order | Single Pan Bands/ Venue |
Tune/ Performer |
Arranger |
| #1 |
Scrunter’s Pan Groove * LP #53, Fort George Road, St. James |
‘On De Road’ Machel Montano |
Christian Forde & Alexis “Lecky” Hope |
| #2 |
Stardust Steel Orchestra * Government School, Fitzallen Street, Point Cumana |
‘Bee’s Melody’ “Lord Kitchener” |
Simeon Superville |
| #3 |
Nayal Hill School of Music * Diego Martin South Community Centre, Senior Street, La Puerta Avenue, Four Roads, Diego Martin |
‘Picture On My Wall’ Emmanuel Oba Synette |
Daevon James |
| #4 |
Ice Water Pan Ensemble * Merrytones Pan Complex, #1 Bagatelle Road, Diego Martin |
‘Barbara’ Austin “Super Blue” Lyons |
Jamal Gibbs |
| #5 |
La Creole Pan Groove * #2 Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley (Valley Harps pan yard) |
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| #6 |
Nuttin’ Big Pan Groove * #1 Roots Lane, Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley |
‘Engine
Room’ Olatunji |
Lesedi Felix |
Tuesday November 14, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. |
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| Order | Single Pan Bands/ Venue |
Tune/ Performer |
Arranger |
| #1 |
D’Brimblers * Queen’s Park Oval West, Havelock Street & Tragarete Road, Port-of-Spain |
‘Shaking It’ Shandileer |
Keisha Codrington |
| #2 |
Woodbrook Playboyz Steel Orch. * #147 Tragarete Road, Port-of-Spain (Invaders’ pan yard) |
‘Fire Coming Down’ Austin “Superblue” Lyons |
Aquila Pereira & Elijah Beckles |
| #3 |
D’Original Woodbrook Modernaires * corner Tragarete Road & French Street, Woodbrook |
‘The Islands’ “Bunji Garlin” & Patrice Roberts |
Hanif Goodridge |
| #4 |
Newtown Playboys Steel Symphony * Kafé Blue’s (formerly Kaiso Blues Cafe) compound #1D Wrightson Road (next to Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union (SWWTU), Port-of-Spain |
‘Pan In ‘A’ Minor’ “Lord Kitchener” |
Carlon Harewood |
| #5 |
La Famille United * #2 Second Avenue, Cascade, St. Ann’s |
‘On De Road’ Machel Montano |
Arddin Herbert |
| #6 |
Belmont Hi-Larks * #3 Norfolk Street, Belmont (Pandemonium’s pan yard) |
‘Nah Leaving’ Denyse Plummer |
Tyreek Green |
| #7 |
Gonzales Sheikers * 29 Lange Street, Gonzales |
‘Doh Back Back’ “Mighty Sparrow” |
Mckeem Joseph & Nalo Elie |
