Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The final two nights of preliminary performances in the small conventional steel orchestra category begin Sunday January 12 in the sister isle of Tobago. Four bands are scheduled to perform each night, with reigning Small steel orchestra champion New East Side Dimension being the final band on Monday January 13.
Tobago Pan-Thers, Plymouth/ Bethesda Steel Sensations, Crown Cordaans and West Side Symphony are all slated to perform on the penultimate night of competition in the preliminary round on Sunday. The final four - Uptown Fascinators, Our Boys, Alpha Pan Pioneers and New East Side Dimension steel orchestras will close off the prelims.
The Tobago leg in the preliminary phase of competition is the fourth and final region of participants in this category—small—of the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. Steel orchestras from the Northern region started the musical ball rolling on January 4, with their Eastern and South/Central counterparts following on respective consecutive nights.
Venue addresses as provided are listed below. All data—especially venues—subject to
change.
Source:
Pan Trinbago.
Times are AST (Atlantic Standard Time)
TOBAGO REGION - SMALL |
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Sunday January 12 at 7:00 p.m. | |
1 - Tobago Pan-Thers | Golden Lane Government Primary School, Golden Lane, Tobago |
2 - Plymouth/ Bethesda Steel Sensations | Adventure Mini Mall, Plymouth, Tobago |
3 - Crown Cordaans | Bon Accord Government Primary School Grounds, Bon Accord, Tobago |
4 - West Side Symphony | Pan Theatre, Patience Hill, Tobago |
Monday January 13 at 7:00 p.m. | |
5 - Uptown Fascinators | Shaw Park Food Hub, Shaw Park, Tobago |
6 - Our Boys | Our Boys Pan Theatre, Fort Street, Scarborough, Tobago |
7 - Alpha Pan Pioneers | Scarborough RC Church Grounds, Bacolet, Tobago |
8 - New East Side Dimension | Pan Theatre, Belle Garden Main Road, Tobago |
Steel orchestras from four regions—Northern, Eastern, South/Central and Tobago—are competing in these preliminaries to move on to the National Semi-finals on Saturday January 18.
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