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  2023 Tune of choice:   “ Come With It ”   |  arranger:  Mickiel Gabriel Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

  2023 Tune of choice:  “ We Come Out To Party ”   | arranger:   Len “Boogsie” Sharpe Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

  2023 Tune of choice:   “ Engine Room ”  | arrangers:   Ojay Richards  &  Kersh Ramsey Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

2023 Tune of choice:  “ Witch Doctor ”  | arranger:   Danté Pantin Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

2023 Tune of choice:   “ Black Man Feeling To Party ”    |  arranger:    Duvone Stewart Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

2023 Tune of choice:   “ Burn Dem ”   | arranger:   Arddin Herbert Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

Performances - North Region Large Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panyard Judging - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023     1 - Phase II Pan Groove 2023 Tune of choice:  “ We Come Out To Party ”   | arranger:   Len “Boogsie” Sharpe   2 - Starlift Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:  “ Witch Doctor ”  | arranger:   Danté Pantin 3 - Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Stage On Fire ”   | arranger:   Leon “Smooth” Edwards 4 - Renegades Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Black Man Feeling To Party ”    |  arranger:    Duvone Stewart 5 - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:  “ Long Live Soca ” | arranger:   Carlton “Zanda” Alexander   6 - Silver Stars Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Engine Room ”  | arrangers:   Ojay Richards  &  Kersh Ramsey   7 - Invaders Steel

  Steel Orchestra Panyard Performances 1 - La Brea Nightingales Steel Orchestra    2023 Tune of choice:   “ A Touch of Class ”   | arrangers:   Adan Hagley  &  David Goddard 2 - Fonclaire Steel Orchestra    2023 Tune of choice:   “ Long Live Soca ”    |  arranger:    Darren Sheppard    3 - Skiffle Steel Orchestra    2023 Tune of choice:   “ Burn Dem ”   |  arrangers:   Kendall Williams, Marc Brooks  &  Odie Franklin 4 - Antillean All Stars Steel Orchestra   2023 Tune of choice:   “ Long Live Soca ”  | arranger:   Keisha Codrington    5 - Tropical Angel Harps Steel Orchestra    2023 Tune of choice:  “ Hall of Fame ”   | arranger:   Clarence Morris Relevant content Large Conventional Steel Orchestras - 2023 Participants

  2023 Tune of choice:  “ Hall of Fame ”   | arranger:   Clarence Morris Related content The Panorama artwork of 2023

  1 - Buccooneers Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:  “ Burn Dem ”  |  arranger:   Seion Gomez   2 - Redemption Sound Setters 2023 Tune of choice:  “ Long Live Soca ”   |  arranger:   Seion Gomez Relevant content Participants for LARGE Conventional Steel Orchestra Competition - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023

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1 - Sangre Grande Cordettes 2023 Tune of choice:   “ It’s Carnival ”   |  arranger:   Kion Robinson     2 - Melodians Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Ah Feeling to Rock ”   | arranger:   Raechard Bernard 3 - Arima Angel Harps 2023 Tune of choice:  “ Carnival Tabanca ”   |  arranger:   Aviel Scanterbury 4 - Tunapuna Tipica Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Down Dey ”   | arranger:   Denzel Headley 5 - Sforzata Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Johnny ”   |  arranger:    Arddin Herbert 6 - Curepe Scherzando Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Mash Up ”   |  arranger:   Yohan Popwell 7 - Moods Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Captain ”   |  arranger:   Adrian Jaikaran 8 - Pamberi Steel Orchestra 2023 Tune of choice:   “ The People’s Champion ”   |  arranger:   André White

  Sound Specialists of Laventille Tune of Choice: Barbara Arranger:  Seion Gomez Pan-Demonium Tune of Choice: Long Live Soca Arranger:  Jamal Gibbs Valley Harps Tune of Choice: We Come Out To Party Arranger:  Michelle Huggins-Watts Power Stars Tune of Choice: Shaking It Arranger:  Aaron Clarke

Band:  San City Steel Symphony Tune of Choice: Mash Up Arranger:  Aquil Arrindell

Carnival will come early in St. James as Traditional Carnival characters take over St. James. Characters like Baby Dolls, Perriot Gerenades, Bats, Devil Mas, Fancy Indians, Fancy Sailors. Jab Jabs, Dame Lorraines, Minstrels, Clowns, Moko Jumbies and many more will converge at the St. James Amphitheatre & Park, Western Main Road, St. James, as the St. James   Social And Cultural Committee in collaboration with the National Carnival Commission Regional Carnival stages its Traditional Ole Time Competition. In addition to the above, there will be more than fifteen (15) categories open to both junior and senior masqueraders. The event, almost twenty five (25) years since its inception, is carded for Wednesday February 08, starting time 7:00 pm. Admission is free. Open to school children, individuals and groups, the Carnival staple brings the historical element of the Festival to the fore. Registration for both adults and children is free and can be done at either at Crosby’s S

‘ Barbara ’ sung by  “ Superblue ”   2023: Tune of choice  |   Sound Specialists of Laventille  -  Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2023

‘ Captain ’ sung by  “ Hey Choppi”   2023: Tune of choice  |   Moods Steel Orchestra  -  Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2023

  Related content 2023 Tune of choice:  “ Out and Bad ” arranger:   Vanessa Headley Steel Xplosion Steel Orchestra The Art Work of Panorama 2023

  TOBAGO REGION Band: KATZENJAMMERS Tune of Choice: TELL ME WHY Arranger: KERSH RAMSEY NGC STEEL XPLOSION Tune of Choice: OUT AND BAD Arranger: VANESSA HEADLEY Band: DIXIELAND Tune of Choice: LORRAINE Arranger: OJAY RICHARDS Steel orchestras from four regions— North , East , South/Central and Tobago—are competing in these preliminaries to move on to the National Semi-finals on Sunday February 5 at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain.

  The St. James Children’s Carnival Parade is on. Come Sunday February 12, the 33rd edition will be staged under the banner of the St. James Community Improvement Committee (CIC) and existing members of the St. James Working Council with assistance from the N.C.C. Regional Carnival Committee. The event, the brainchild 0f Ken Valley (des.) and subsequently run by Ms Yvonne Mungal (des.) of the St. James Working Council, has been a Carnival staple for many years. After a near cancellation in 2020 much to the disappointment of many, the National Carnival Commission and a couple of interested persons stepped in to ensure that “the children of the nation have an extra day to jump, exhibit, palance and ramajay.” In a couple of weeks, junior masqueraders will once again take to the streets in all their splendor and glory rivaling their adult counterparts from Long Circular Road (Courts) to George Cabral Street, St. James.   Starting time is 1:00pm and continues until 6:00pm. Judging

  Related content 2023 Tune of choice:   “ Meeting Place ”   arranger:   Akinola Sennon Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra The Art Work of Panorama 2023

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday SUCCESSFUL: Parents of students of St Mary’s Government Primary School in Moruga, outside the Ministry of Education in Port of Spain on Monday where they queried the results of the Junior Panorama Finals which had their children’s school placing tenth and last. Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  Thanks to the determination of parents of students of St Mary’s Government Primary School in Moruga, who went to the Education Ministry on Monday to query the results of the  Junior Panorama finals , their children’s school has been moved from tenth and last place, to second place. See more