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The people want pan
Posted: Friday, March 15, 2002
By Peter Ray Blood
One of the success stories of Carnival 2002 was the preliminary judging of the Panorama competition in panyards.
After the success of last year's "panyard concerts" and this year's exercise, Pan Trinbago has decided to return to the panyard for the elimination round of competition for the 2002 edition of Pan in the 21st Century.
Over 40 conventional steel orchestras are registered and ready for six nights of fierce competition and a chance to be selected for the April 6 final, at the Queen's Park Savannah.
First prize in this competition, which has been sponsored by TSTT from its inception, is $50,000, and all participants are eager to get their hands on it and claim the glory.
Participants are required to play any piece of music, not a calypso, in calypso tempo.
Yesterday, an excited Patrick Arnold, Pan Trinbago's president, disclosed that the Savannah final will be held under the "Brian Kuei Tung Plan", which was scuttled by the "new" NCC this year.
Describing the event as "a true true family outing", Arnold said the area on which the North Stand stood for Carnival will be transformed into a "music park", with the finalists playing their repertoires until they are called to perform for the judges.
The schedule of Panyard Judging for Pan in the 21st Century is as follows:
TOMORROW:
Sangre Grande Cordettes 6.30 pm
Simple Song 7.30 pm
Nutones 8 pm
Melodians 8.30 pm
Five Rivers Modern Symphony 9.15 pm
Parry's Pan School 10 pm
SUNDAY:
Fascinators Pan Symphony 6.30 pm
Tunapuna All Stars 7.15 pm
Birdsong 7.45 pm
Flamingoes 8.15 pm
Sforzata 8.45 pm
Moods 9.15 pm
InnCogen Pamberi 10 pm
MARCH 18:
Potential Symphony 7 pm
Solo Pan Knights 7.30 pm
Harmonites 8 pm
Courts Laventille Sounds Specialists 8.30 pm
Carib Tokyo 9 pm
Witco Desperadoes 9.30 pm
Blue Diamonds 10 pm
Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars 10.30 pm
BP Renegades 11 pm
MARCH 19:
Belmont Fifth Dimension 7 pm
Silver Stars 7.30 pm
BWIA Invaders 8 pm
Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove 8.30 pm
PCS Starlift 9 pm
T&TEC Power Stars 9.30 pm
Diego Martin Merrytones 10 pm
Panatics 10.30 pm
Valley Harps 11 pm
MARCH 20:
Longdenville Claytones 6 pm
Couva Joylanders 6.45 pm
Southern Marines 7.15 pm
TCL Group Skiffle Bunch 7.45 pm
Fonclaire 8.15 pm
Trinmar Hatters 8.45 pm
Panasonic Connection 9.15 pm
Pleasantville Kalomo Kings 9.45 pm
MARCH 21:
Tornadoes 7 pm
Petrotrin Deltones 9 pm
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