Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It is a big evening for steelpan in the Eastern region of Trinidad as steel orchestras compete in panyard judging for the preliminaries. On Wednesday February 5 Sangre Grande Cordettes Steel Orchestra is scheduled to kick of performances in the medium category. In all, seven bands are on the competition card, with an expected start time of 7:00 p.m. AST (Atlantic Standard Time).
Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra from sister isle Tobago, working with champion arranger Kersh Ramsey is gearing up for its third consecutive championship, having copped the coveted trophy and prize purse in 2023 and 2024.
Venue addresses as provided are listed below. All data—especially venues—subject to
change.
Source:
Pan Trinbago.
Times are AST (Atlantic Standard Time)
| EAST REGION - MEDIUM | |
| Wednesday February 5 at 7:00 p.m. | |
| 1 - Sangre Grande Cordettes | #38 Foster Road, Sangre Grande |
| 2 - Arima Angel Harps | Corner Eastern Main Road & Olton Road, Arima |
| 3 - Sforzata Steel Orchestra | Corner Evans & Harris Streets, Curepe |
| 4 - Curepe Scherzando Steel Orchestra | #1 Evans Street, Curepe |
| 5 - Moods Steel Orchestra | Evans Street, Curepe |
| 6 - Pamberi Steel Orchestra | #11A Santa Cruz Old Road, San Juan |
| 7 - Potential Symphony Steel Orchestra | LP #67, Upper Sixth Avenue, Malick, Barataria |
Steel orchestras from four regions—North, East, South/Central and Tobago—are competing in these preliminaries, all aiming to make it to the National Semi-finals on Saturday February 16.
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