Pan, sweet pan, was the high­light on the evening of April 15 in the cul­tur­al cap­i­tal of T&T-Point Fortin. Glo­ri­ous Steel marked the launch of the Pan On The Move pro­gramme for the up­com­ing an­nu­al Bor­ough Day cel­e­bra­tions. From as ear­ly as 6 pm po­lice blocked off the South­ern Main Road, as a large con­tin­gent of pan fa­nat­ics from across the na­tion gath­ered. The event fea­tured five siz­zling stage sides ren­der­ing a com­pi­la­tion of so­ca, ca­lyp­so, R&B and clas­si­cal mu­sic. The bands in­clud­ed Point Fortin Tor­na­does, NL­CB Fon­claire, San City Steel Or­ches­tra, Carib Wood­brook Play­boyz and Trinidad Val­ley Harps.

The crew from San City kicked off the night with a won­der­ful ren­di­tion of Ex­plain­er's Lor­raine, which had mem­bers of oth­er bands jump­ing to the mu­sic. Their next per­for­mance was most im­pres­sive as they switched the mood with Just The Two of Us. Play­ing at a medi­um tem­po, the band had pa­trons singing along to the soft melod­ic in­stru­men­tal mu­sic. Trinidad Val­ley Harps showed that it, too, could per­form big hits, as it ex­e­cut­ed a beau­ti­ful ren­di­tion of Li­onel Richie's All Night Long. As the band played, the mu­sic got to the minds of mem­bers of the au­di­ence, in­cit­ing a few cou­ples to en­gage in a lit­tle ball­room danc­ing. Band mem­bers then raised the tem­po with Denyse Plum­mer's This Feel­ing Nice.

Host band Tor­na­does oc­cu­pied the band stand of the Vic­tor Chin Kit Park and tried to bet­ter the per­for­mances of the pre­vi­ous vis­it­ing or­ches­tras. It was a jam­ming ses­sion which had pa­trons with their hands wav­ing to the Mighty Spar­row's Doh Back Back. The youth­ful band then fol­lowed with an­oth­er lo­cal clas­sic, Sug­ar Bum Bum by the late Lord Kitch­en­er. Play­boyz and Fon­claire were as thrilling as the oth­er bands, and round­ed off the night with fine per­for­mances. Point Fortin may­or, Clyde Paul, and oth­er mem­bers of the Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion seemed to be in a fes­tive mood, danc­ing away to the mu­sic. Paul was in high praise for spec­ta­tors, who kept things en­joy­able and safe.