Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
San Juan East Side Symphony
continued its winning streak with
277 points at the end of the
National Single Pan Semi Finals last
Saturday evening.
The San Juan band under the
baton of Duvone Stewart
playing Burning Flames’
composition “The Magician”
maintained its lead by five
points over its nearest
rival Trinidad & Tobago
Defence Force Steel
Orchestra.
The “Army” band went with
Robert Tobitt’s arrangement
of “Battle Zone” to gain the
judges’ nod and a place in
the finals.
Third place was captured by
the Trinidad & Tobago Fire
Service Band with 270
points. Their tune of choice
was Winston Soso’s “I Don’t
Mind”.
Sixteen
Single-pan steel bands
qualified for inclusion in
the National Panorama Finals
along with ten Small
Conventional Bands which
comes off on Thursday 3rd
March, 2011 at the Larry
Gomes Stadium Car Park,
Malabar, Arima, east
Trinidad. Competition gets
under way at 7:00 p.m.
Among the 16 finalists were
five bands which tied for
eighth place, and a two two-way
ties in sixth and fifteenth positions
respectively.
The Single-Pan Band
finalists are: