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Panorama 2024 Results - Renegades and Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestras Tie For First - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2024
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - After a season of competition in the 2024 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama, there are new Panorama champions. Yes, that’s right - there is a tie for first place in this year’s Panorama, so it is celebration time in two pan yards. The 2023 champions Renegades Steel Orchestra did what they set out to do: they retained the title, and became the band with the most national Panorama titles in the history of the competition - thirteen in all.
And at the same time, Trinidad All Stars, which was second coming out of both preliminaries and semi-finals, took it up a notch when it really mattered - on final night, notching their eleventh national Panorama championship. It has been seven years between wins, for the group known to many as ‘the final night band.’ The band’s last title was back in 2017. Playing Inventor envisioned by champion arranger Leon “Smooth” Edwards, it is indeed celebration time once again for the veteran music organization.
Fellow champions Renegades’ home base/pan yard is just a stone’s throw from that of Trinidad All Stars. The current soca ‘anthem’ Mical Teja’s DNA was the band’s tune of choice and arranged by their very own champion arranger Duvone Stewart.
This tie for first place in Panorama is not unprecedented. It has occurred twice before. In 1971, Harmonites and Starlift steel orchestras both triumphed, while Renegades themselves tied with Desperadoes in 1985, both playing the same tune, the legendary late Lord Kitchener’s Pan Night And Day.
Exodus Steel Orchestra, a favorite as far as their fans were concerned for the title, were judged third best overall.
Eleven out of the initial sixteen large steel orchestras made it to the February 10 finals on stage at the Queen’s Park Savannah for the competition, which got underway after 7:30 p.m. Phase II Pan Groove which itself has known the taste of victory seven times took the stage first, but unexpectedly placed last after results were tabulated.
Last notes in the competition sounded at 12:45 a.m. when Supernovas Steel Orchestra closed out the performances and their own season. The band performed leader and arranger Amrit Samaroo's arrangement of the Johnny King classic ‘Wet Me Down.’ Results were delivered just before 1:30 a.m.
Following are the results for the finals of the Large conventional steel orchestras.
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Large Steel Orchestras - Full 2024 Finals RESULTS |
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1st 285 |
Renegades  |
DNA |
 Duvone Stewart |
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1st 285 |
Trinidad All Stars  |
Inventor |
 Leon “Smooth” Edwards |
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3rd 283 |
Exodus  |
Long Time |
 Terrance “BJ” Marcelle |
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4th 280 |
Desperadoes  |
DNA |
 Carlton “Zanda” Alexander |
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4th 280 |
Starlift  |
Pan In “A” Minor - Remastered |
 Danté Pantin |
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6th 278.5 |
Invaders  |
Free Up |
 Arddin Herbert |
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7th 277.5 |
Silver Stars  |
Inventor |
 Ojay Richards &  Kersh Ramsey |
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8th 277 |
Tropical Angel Harps  |
DNA |
Clarence Morris |
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9th 276 |
Supernovas  |
Wet Me Down |
 Amrit Samaroo |
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10th 275 |
Fonclaire  |
This Party Is It |
 Darren Sheppard |
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11th 274 |
Phase II Pan Groove  |
Gimme Everyting |
 Dr. Len “Boogsie” Sharpe |
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Left to right: Renegades’ representative with Pan Trinbago president
Beverley Ramsey-Moore, Senator the Honourable Randall Mitchell,
Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, with Trinidad All Stars’
representative - holding championship trophies
(image via screengrab)
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