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LARGE AND MEDIUM BANDS FINALS 2018

When the bell for the National Panorama Medium and Large Bands Finals rings, Arima Angel Harps and bp Renegades will be first off the block in their respective categories on Saturday 10 February, 2018 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, aka The Mecca of Pan, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Showtime is 7:00 pm

Themed “Steel Crescendo…..Musical Explosion and Rivalry”, the Pan Trinbago produced flagship event has been described as the “Super Bowl of Pan” featuring ten (10) Medium and ten (10 ) Large Conventional Bands. Both Pan Elders and Massy Trinidad All Stars will be defending their titles.

Come Saturday, the bands will perform in this order starting with the Medium Bands:-

Order

Band

Selection

Performer

Arranger

Semi Pts

1

Arima Angel Harps

Pan In A Minor

Lord Kitchener

Aviel Scanterbury

259

2

Sangre Grande Cordettes

Meet Superblue

FayAnn Lyons

Ken 'Professor' Philmore

261

3

Pan Elders

Limbo Break

Brigo

Duvone Stewart

279

4

Petrotrin Siparia Deltones

Leave Me Alone

Calypso Rose & Machel Montano

Carlton 'Zanda' Alexander

267

5

Courts Sound Specialists Of Laventille

Swing

Superblue

Akiba Joseph

265

6

Potential Symphony

Government Boots

Mighty Gabby

Akua Leith

259

7

NLCB Valley Harps

Sweet Soca Man

Baron

Michelle Huggins-Watts

260

8

NLCB Buccooneers

I Love Being Me

Sugar Aloes

Seion Gomez

271

9

Curepe Scherzando

Buss Head

Machel & Bunji Garlin

Yohan Popwell

266

10

Petrotrin Katzenjammers

Lorraine

Explainer

Terrence Marcelle

265

LARGE CONVENTIONAL BANDS

Order

Band

Selection

Performer

Arranger

Semi Pts

1

BpTT Renegades

Year For Love

Voice

Duvone Stewart

282

2

MHTL Starlift

Full Of Vibes

Marge Blackman & Voice

Robert Greenidge

263

3

Phase 11 Pan Groove (In Partnership With HADCO)

Hello

Kes

Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe

274

4

Massy Trinidad All Stars

Lighting Flash

Ultimate Rejects ft. MxPrime

Leon 'Smooth' Edwards

272

5

Skiffle

Hello

Kes

K. Williams, O. Gonzales & M.Brooks

272

6

Nutrien Silver Stars

Lighting Flash

Ultimate Rejects ft. MxPrime

Liam Teague

269

7

FC Supernovas

Sweet For Days

Patrice Roberts

Amrit Samaroo

270

8

Republic Bank Exodus

Sweet For Days

Patrice Roberts

P. Goddard & T. Marcelle

268

9

Desperadoes

Year For Love

Voice

Carlton 'Zanda' Alexander

278

10

Shell Invaders

Inside The Festival

Ultimate Rejects ft. MxPrime

Arddin Herbert

267

Tickets priced at $700. (Grand Stand Special Reserved0, $500. (Grand Stand Reserved) are available at Pan Trinbago Head Office, 14-17 Park Street, Port of Spain, with a limited number at Pan Trinbago’s South/Central Office, Park Street, San Fernando.

The $400. (Grand Stand General Seating) and $450. (North Stand with complimentary food and drink) are sold at selective NLCB outlets throughout Trinidad & Tobago.

Two (2) lucky patrons can walk away with two (2) airline tickets to any Caribbean Airlines destination.

In addition to the competition aspect, awards will be presented to Ray Holman, Merle Albino-DeCoteau, His Excellency Orville London and Allan Gervais and  Earline Gervais (posthumous) for their sterling contribution to the artform. 


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