National Panorama Medium Conventional Bands Preliminaries 2018
Preliminary judging for the National Panorama Medium Conventional Bands category commences on Friday 19 January in the Eastern Region with eight (8) participants.
Overall, twenty seven (27) bands have registered their participation in this year’s competition. For the purpose of the competition, bands in this grouping are permitted to play with a maximum of seventy (70) in the Prelims and Semi Finals and a complement of ninety (90) in the Finals
Starting the judging caravan in the East will be the Malick-based Potential Symphony ending with Sangre Grande Cordettes of Foster Road. Then it is North’s turn on Saturday 20 and Sunday January 21, 2018. Monday 22 January, the South/Central Bands will have their moment of glory with Tobago closing off this round on Tuesday 23 January, 2018.
Four judges will form the adjudication panel in this round. The order in which the judges will be visiting the bands is as follows:
| Friday 19 January - EAST - 7:00 pm | ||
| 1. | Potential Symphony | Upper Sixth Ave. Barataria |
| 2. | Pamberi | 11a Santa Cruz Old Road, San Juan |
| 3. | Curepe Scherzando | Evans Street, Curepe |
| 4. | Sforzata | Cor. Evans & Harris Sts. Curepe |
| 5. | Parry’s Pan School | 149 Eastern Main Riad, Tacarigua |
| 6. | Arima Angel Harps | Cor. Olton Trace and E.M.R. Arima |
| 7. | Melodians | Cocorite Rd. Bellamy St. Arima |
| 8. | Sangre Grande Cordettes | Foster Rd, Sangre Grande |
| Saturday 20 January - NORTH - 6:00 pm | ||
| 1. | NLCB Valley Harps | Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley |
| 2. | Panatics Steel Orchestra | Water Wheel Rd. River Estate, DGM |
| 3. | Power Stars | 114 Western Main Road, St. James |
| 4. | Western Stars Philharmonics | Church Street, Diego Martin |
| Sunday 21 January - Cont’d ... NORTH - 6:00 pm | ||
| 5. | St. Margaret’s Super Stars | St. Margaret’s Lane, Belmont |
| 6. | Pandemonium | Norfolk Street, Belmont |
| 7. | Flabej Now Ensemble | 15 Pembroke Street, POS |
| 8. | Court’s Sound Specialists of Laventille | Eastern Quarry, Laventille |
| Monday 22 January - SOUTH / CENTRAL - 7:00 pm | ||
| 1. | NGC Couva Joylanders | Railway Road, Couva |
| 2. | Southern Marines S/band Foundation | Southern Main Road, Marabella |
| 3. | San City Steel Symphony | Carib Street Complex, S’do |
| 4. | Pan Elders | 18a Carib Street, S’do |
| 5. | Patrotrin Hatters | 100 Lady Hailes Aved. S’do |
| 6. | Petrotrin Siparia Deltones | Railway Rd. Siparia |
| Tuesday 23 January - TOBAGO - 7:00 pm | ||
| 1. | NLCB Buccooneers | Chance Street, Buccoo |
| 2. | NGC Steel Xplosion | Bower Rd. Carnbee |
| 3. | Petrotrin Katzenjammers | Courland Estate, Black Rock |
| 4. | West Side Symphony | Patience Hill, |
| 5. | Carib Dixieland | Buccoo Road, Mt. Pleasant. |
