Trinidad
- Trinidad All Stars captures steelpan music's most prestigious title / Champions of the Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama Large band category
In a hotly contested contest, Trinidad All Stars bested defending champions
Phase II Pan Groove by two points - 288.5 to the latter's 286.5. The 2007
panorama champs played De Fosto's Pan
Lamentation as their tune of choice, while Phase II used their arranger Len
'Boogsie' Sharpe's original composition Sharing Licks. This event was historic on many
levels; it was the first panorama held outside of the traditional venue of Queen's
Park Savannah in Port-of -Spain - Skinner Park in San Fernando, south
Trinidad. Additionally, the first prize payout was one
million TT (USD 159K) to the winning band. Total prize monies for the 2007
Panorama season will be in the millions of dollars TT when all summed up.
In the medium category, Sound Specialists of Laventille came from behind to
secure that division's first place position with a score of 279. Favored
Tobago-based band Dixieland who led the pack going into the finals, had to be
satisfied with, what had to be for them, a disappointing fourth place. Defending champions
Sforzata were prevented from scoring a hat trick with a 2007 win, and finished
in third place overall.
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