Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Topping the preliminary round, the Codrington Pan Family scored eight points more than their nearest rival Tropical Angel Harps, to emerge with the highest score at the weekend’s Orchestra Class in the National Steelband Music Festival ‘Pan is Beautiful XII’ series at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Interestingly, the Codrington Pan Family triumphed in the Single Pan Band category in the previous festival, and made the move to the Orchestra category this time around.
The “family” band which hails from East Dry River, Port-of-Spain, also had the top scores in both the Test Piece (255) and Tune of Choice (267) to place first with a grand total of 522 points. Their Tune of Choice, “The Pan With Love: Our Gift to the World” was composed by Keisha Codrington, who, incidentally topped the Soloist Category.
Of the fourteen participating orchestras, eight will proceed on merit to the Grand Finals on Saturday November 16, 2013.
Full results for the preliminaries in the Orchestra Category are:
Placing
|
Orchestra
|
Selections
|
Scores | Cumulative Points |
1. | Codrington Pan Family |
Mr. Pan Maker The Pan With Love: Our Gift to the World |
255 267 |
522 |
2. | Tropical Angel Harps | Mr.
Pan Maker The Voices In My Head |
252 262 |
514 |
3. | Invaders | Mr.
Pan Maker Zampa Overture |
253 260 |
513 |
4. | Exodus |
Mr. Pan Maker Moods of The Maestro... (dedicated to Pat Bishop) |
252 260 |
512 |
5. | Renegades |
Mr. Pan Maker Academic Festival Overture |
249 262 |
511 |
6. | Couva Joylanders |
Mr. Pan Maker Symphonic Suite from ‘The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Rings’ |
251 256 |
507 |
7. | Diatonic |
Mr. Pan Maker Symphony No. 4 |
246 250 |
496 |
8. | Pan Elders |
Mr. Pan Maker The Barber of Seville Overture |
243 251 |
494 |
9. | UWI Festival |
Mr. Pan Maker Die Fledermaus (The Bat) |
243 247 |
490 |
10. | Sangre Grande Cordettes |
Mr. Pan Maker Egmont Overture |
232 255 |
487 |
10. | San City Symphony | Mr. Pan Maker Skyfall |
229 258 |
487 |
12. | Sforzata |
Mr. Pan Maker Jupiter |
233 244 |
477 |
13. | La Brea Nightingales |
Mr. Pan Maker L’Hymne a L’Amour |
236 239 |
475 |
14. | Sound Specialists of Laventille |
Mr. Pan Maker The Force of Destiny |
225 238 |
463 |
Bands were required to perform the Test Piece, “Mr. Pan Maker,” composed by Dr. Leroy Calliste aka “The Black Stalin” and a Tune of Choice. Adjudicators in this category were Dr. Anne Marion Osbourne, Merle Albino-De Coteau, Lambert Phillip and Joslynne Sealey.
Pan is Beautiful XII enters the respective Finals with the Soloists/Ensembles on Friday November 9 at NAPA (National Academy for the Performing Arts), Port-of-Spain, Single Pans on Sunday November 10, and Orchestras on Saturday November 16, 2013.
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