Panorama Single Pan Semi Finalists 2016

Defending Champions, San Juan East Side Symphony, has once again topped the National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries with 265 points.

The San Juan East Side based steelband under the baton of Duvone Stewart played the Christopher Tambu Herbert’s composition, “No No We Eh Going Home”.

Coming in second with 262 points is Trinidad East Side Symphony with their rendition of Kelvin Pope’s “Total Disorder”. They tied with T&T Defence Force whose tune of choice was “Don’t Stop This Party” composed and sung by Antiguan Rupert Philo known in the calypso world as Swallow.

There was a three-way tie for the fourth place between Arima All Stars, Woodbrook Playboyz and Gonzales Sheikers. They amassed a total of 258 for their arrangement of “Kaka Roach”, “Free Up”, and “Like Ah Boss” respectively.

Platinum, the all -female competitor came in at position seven along with Pan Jammers.

There were several two, three, four and five-way ties among the qualifiers. At the end of the exercise, thirty two (32) bands made it to the Semi Finals which will take place in front of Pan Trinbago’s Head Office, Park Street, Port of Spain, opposite Victoria Square. Admission is free.
A total of sixty two (62) Single Pan Bands performed their tune of choice before the panel of judges over a period of four (4) days at zonal venues in Trinidad & Tobago.  

Two (2) Tobago based bands are in the running ie Hope Pan Groovers and Metro Stars.
Representatives of each of the participating bands were invited to witness the opening of the score sheets earlier today Tuesday at City Hall Auditorium, Port of Spain.

The following is the list of the semi-finalists:-