NLCB National Panorama Small Band Finals
Five (5) of the fourteen (14) finalists in Friday’s NLCB National Panorama Small Band Final hail from Tobago.
They are: Uptown Fascinators, T&TEC New East Side Dimension, Fascinators Pan Symphony, West Side Symphony, Tobago Pan-Thers and C&B Crown Cordaans.
The Tobago five will join their Trinidad counterparts on Friday January 17 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, for the grand finals under the theme “Celebrate De Pan”. Tickets go on sale on the day of the event at the Ticket Booth, Queen’s Park Savanah, from 10:00 am. Prices are $100 (General) and Reserved ($200.)
The names of the finalists were announced in order of merit early Sunday morning after eleven (11 hours of scintillating pan music from thirty one (31) bands.
Ezra Joseph, Joanna Shortt, Kenrick Noel, Richard Pierre, Roger Sardinah and Vorbin Cordice had the unenviable task of adjudicating the bands.
The following is the order in which the bands will perform:-
1. La Horquetta Pan Groove Trouble In the Morning Kwesi Paul
2. T&TEC New East Side Dimension Savannah Grass Kersh Ramsey
3. Tobago Pan-Thers Trouble In the Morning Michael Toby
4. Arima Golden Symphony Madness Terrence BJ Marcelle
5. Fascinators Pan Symphony Trouble In The M Yohan Popwell
6. T&T Defence Force Boots Duvone Stewart
7. Golden Hands Oil And Music Vanessa Alexander Headley
8. Genesis Pan Groove Doh Back Back Arddin Herbert
9. Highlanders Surrender Kareem Brown
10. Uptown Fascinators I Don’t Mind Ojay Richards
11. C&B Crown Cordaans Thunder Koreece Graham
12. Roadblock Savannah Grass Dejean Cain
13. Harvard Harps Mystery Band Liam Teague
14. West Side Symphony Smile Mickiel Gabriel
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