Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The twenty-five Single Pan band finalists in the annual National Panorama competition now know the order in which they will take the stage come Saturday November 29, 2025, as twenty-four of them vie to dethrone the category’s defending champions, San Juan East Side Symphony and Duvone Stewart, arranger.
One of those is certainly Chord Masters, which copped both the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 titles, as they mount a challenge to get back on top. The band returns to competition led once more by arranger André White. All bands with their players are equally set on the path to claim the championship themselves after their season of diligent practice; expect everyone to go all out.
The draw for positions was held on November 21 by event organizer Pan Trinbago where representatives from final-night bands were present to ‘pull numbers.’ A Pan Trinbago staffer did so when they were not on hand.
The venue for the November 29 finals is the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain. Showtime time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. AST (Atlantic Standard Time).
The Order of Appearance for the finalists follows:
(E) -
Eastern bands
(S/C) -
South/Central bands
(T) -
Tobago
bands
(N) -
Northern bands
Order of Appearance - Single Pan Bands 2026 - FINALS |
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| Order | Single Pan Band | Tune | Arranger |
| #1 | Pan Jammers Steel Orchestra (E) | ‘Government Boots’ |
 Elijah “Patchy” Beckles |
| #2 | Trinidad & Tobago Fire Services Steel Orchestra (N) | ‘Doh Back Back’ |
 Terrance “BJ” Marcelle |
| #3 | La Romaine Super Vibes (S/C) | ‘Ah Feeling To Rock’ |
 Darren Sheppard |
| #4 | Trinidad & Tobago Prison Service Steel Orchestra (E) | ‘Moving (To The Left)’ |
 Amrit Samaroo |
| #5 | Hope Pan Groovers (T) | ‘Like Ah Boss’ |
 Ojay Richards |
| #6 | Arima All Stars Steel Orchestra (E) | ‘Caribbean Connection’ |
 Gillian “Toby” Tobias |
| #7 | LA 47 Steel Orchestra (S/C) |
‘Showdown (Band Meet Band)’ |
 Shaquille “Flogo” Forbes |
| #8 | New Age Trendsetters (S/C) | ‘Mystery Band’ |
Nicholas Joseph & Myles Phillips |
| #9 | San Juan All Stars Steel Orchestra (E) | ‘Park It’ |
 Shaquille Vincent |
| #10 | Scrunter’s Pan Groove (N) | ‘Dead or Alive’ |
Janine Jones &  Alexis Hope |
| #11 | Epic Koskeros (S/C) | ‘Toco Band’ |
 Kion Robinson |
| #12 | Chord Masters (E) | ‘Showdown (Band Meet Band)’ |
 André White |
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| #13 | D’Original Woodbrook Modernaires (N) | ‘Ah Cyah Wait’ |
 Hanif Goodridge |
| #14 |
East Phonics Steel Orchestra (E) |
‘Swing’ | Kendell Bowen |
| #15 | Nayal Hill School of Music (S.O.M.) (N) | This Melody Sweet |
 Nathanael Flemming |
| #16 | La Famille United (N) | ‘Suck Meh Soucouyant’ |
 Arddin Herbert |
| #17 | Nu Pioneers Pan Groove (E) | ‘Feeling It’ |
 Triston Marcano |
| #18 | Metro Stars Steel Orchestra (T) | ‘Kettle Pot’ |
 Kersh Ramsey |
| #19 | Harlem Syncopators (N) |
‘Carnival Time Again’ |
Tisham Kevin Williams |
| #20 | La Creole Pan Groove (N) | ‘Pan By Storm’ |
 Dejean Cain |
| #21 | San Juan East Side Symphony (E) | ‘Jumbie’ |
 Duvone Stewart |
| #22 | Uni Stars (N) | ‘Marajhin’ |
 Kareem Brown |
| #23 | Pan Stereonettes (E) | ‘Four Lara Four’ |
Dreason “Dre” McPherson |
| #24 | Trinidad East Side Symphony (E) | ‘Bahia Girl’ |
 Damyon Alexander |
| #25 |
Trinidad & Tobago Police Steel Orchestra (N) |
‘Toro Toro’ | Esan Smith |
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