See the article in its original context from September 6, 1999, Section B, Page 3 The winners of the annual Panorama competition for steel bands, which is part of the lead-in to the West Indian American Carnival parade today in Brooklyn, were announced yesterday. Twelve bands participated in the event, which took place on Saturday night on the grounds of the Brooklyn Museum. Four bands played arrangements of '' In My House ,'' a song by Oba, and two of them took the top prizes. The Pantonic Steel Orchestra won the $9,000 first prize with an arrangement of ''In My House'' by Clive Bradley, whose arrangement of the same song for Witco's Desperadoes was the winner at the 1999 carnival in Trinidad in February. Pan Rebels, with an arrangement of ''In My House'' by Len (Boogsie) Sharpe, won the second prize of $7,000. Despers USA, last year's first-prize winner, won the $5,000 third prize with ''Ganges Meets the ...
Interesting, however for me it is a wait and see!!! Trinidad Carnival 2022 will not be the same, Carnival is a free spirit human celebration. This 2022 Carnival will be controlled, like everything else these days. Sorry but I am not enthusiastic about having this so called 2020 Carnival celebration. I am a FREE SPIRIT and refuse to be controlled, by those pushing to have the celebration for material gain. I AM OUT. AA
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