National Junior Panorama
Thirty eight (38) steelbands will compete in the National Junior Panorama at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Sunday 3rd February 2013 from 9:00 am.
The competition is staged by The Ministry of Education Pan in the Classroom Unit, Pan in Schools Coordinating Unit, and Pan Trinbago.
The bands will be judged according to categories ie Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Non-schools. The break-down is as follows:- Primary School (12), Secondary School (13) and Non-school (13).
Junior bands like their senior counterparts may select any tune of choice once that composition has not been played by the band in a Panorama competition. Each participant shall perform for a maximum of six (6) minutes.
However, unlike their senior counterparts, most of the competitors have opted to music of the current year such as “Differentology”, “Champions”, “She Ready”, “Bubble”, ”Tell Them”, “Gal Bend Over”, “We Come Out To Play”, “Stages” among others.
Admission is free.
The following is a list of participants and their selections. Up to press time, the panel of adjudicators was visiting the bands in the Primary Schools category. Thirty eight (38) are vying for twelve (12) places in Sunday’s Finals.
NON – SCHOOL
Band Selection Arranger
1.T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps Youth Bahia Girl Curtis Jones
2. Starlift Junior Steel Orchestra Tell Dem Roy Edwards
3.Trinidad and Tobago Music Stars Gal Bend Over Mugabe Pierre
4.Demerara Sport and Youth Club Stages Kendell Bowen
5.St. Margaret’s Boys’ We Come Out to Play Andrew Charles
6.San Fernando West Old Tech Youth Toco Band Diop Daldosa
7.City Angels Differentology Kygel Benjamin
8. Success Stars Pan Sound Something To Celebrate Mickiel Gabriel
9.St. Benedict’s Steel Band From Space Dike Samai
10. Caribbean Airlines Invaders Youth Champions Jamal Gibbs
11. Republic Bank Exocubs 50 Years of Steel Dante Pantin
12. bp Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra Gold (Remix) Sheldon Peters
13. Harmonites Junior Steel Orchestra She Ready Cyllan Franklin
SECONDARY SCHOOL
1. Mt. Hope Secondary Steel Symphony Woman the Bass Gary Raymond
2. El Dorado West Fascinators She Ready Andre Wilson/Mervyn Taitt
3. Barrackpore West Secondary Savannah Fever David Goddard
4. Goodwill Industries Black Man Feeling To Party Aaron Clarke
5. Speyside High Calypso Music Rawle Titus
6. Bon Air Becons Gold (Remix) Koreece Graham
7. St. Charles Pan Stars Vibes Christopher Coward
8. Pleasantville Secondary Bubble Carolyn Callendar/Ronnie Mohammed
9. Goodwood High School Tribute to Spree Simon Franklin Stanislaus/Students
10. St. Francois Girls’ Steel Orchestra Tell Them Peter Rorry Aleong
11. Guayaguayare Star Sounds Love To Hear Steel..Play Mr.Bramble & Ms. Blackman
12. St. Joseph Secondary Blazers of Steel Nah Leaving Brandon Valley
13. El Dorado East She Ready Kimberly St. Clair