The new-look Solo Harmonites Steel Orchestra will play in position number eight among 17 large conventional steel orchestras in today's bmobile National Panorama semi-final and Savannah Party held at the Big Yard, Queen's Park Savannah, in Port-of-Spain. Aiming to secure a place among ten finalists, the band will play Yohan Popwell's arrangement of Smooth Sailing, composed and sung by De Fosto (Winston Scarborough). Peter Kanhai, administrative manager at Harmonites, made it clear that Harmonites' advance to the final round of competition would be determined by the adjudication panel. Its tune-of-choice is Battle Zone, composed and arranged for the band by Edwin Pouchet, and with vocals by Anselm Douglas.
Today's music fare is scheduled to begin at 9 am with small conventional steel orchestras taking the spotlight. There are 14 bands in this category as well as an equal number in the medium class and 17 large conventional orchestras for a total of 45 performers. Each category will be judged by separate panels of five adjudicators. Seven steel orchestras from Tobago are among the 45 bands competing in the three categories. They are: Steel Xplosion, NLCB Buccooneers, Katzenjammers, West Side Symphony, Carib Dixieland, Our Boys and rbtt Redemption Sound Setters. Steel Xplosion of Montgomery, Tobago, amassed the highest score in the Medium Conventional category with 270 points for their rendition of Radica arranged by Carlton Zanda Alexander.
?Following is a list of the bands, selections and composers.
Small bands:
1. Flamingoes, Battle Zone, E Pouchet/Alvin Daniell
2. Tamana Pioneers, Pan On Fire, Winston Scarborough
3. Antillean All Stars, Musical Fire, ASherwood/A Daniell/B Williams
4. Arima Golden Symphony, Smooth Sailing, Winston Scarborough
5. Panasonic Connection, Pan On Fire, Winston Scarborough
6. Crescendoes Musicale, Pan War, Curtis Edwards
7. Codrington Pan Family, Pandemic, Cary Codrington
8. Tornadoes, Battle Zone, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell
9. Longdenville Claytones, Battle Zone, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell,
10. Fascinators Pan Symphony, I Music, Joe Tempo Caesar
11. Merrytones, Pan War, Curtis Edwards
12. Golden Hands, Dingolay, Winston Bailey
13. Tipica, Spreading Hands, Oscar Benjamin
14. Laventille Serenaders, This Melody Sweet, Winsford Devine
Medium bands:
1. Pan Elders, I Come Out To Play, Winston Bailey
2. Couva Joylanders, Smooth Sailing, Winston Scarborough
3. Steel Xplosion, Radica, Kenneth Salick
4. Carib Dixieland, Somewhere In Tobago, Amrit Samaroo/Avis Bruce
5. West Side Symphony, Somewhere In Tobago, Amrit Samaroo/Avis Bruce
6. Clico Sforzata, Wild & Free, Andre White
7. Tokyo, Mad Man Vibes, Jason Isaac
8. Valley Harps, Battle Zone, Winston Scarborough
9. La Brea Nightingales, Surrender, Mark Loquan/Ken Philmore/Destra
10. Courts Specialists of Laventille, Surrender, M Loquan/Ken Philmore/Destra
11. Katzenjammers, Lightning Strikes Twice, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell
12. Curepe Scherzando, Battle Zone, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell
13. Arima Angel Harps, Smooth Sailing, Winston Scarborough
14. NLCB Buccooneers, Surrender, Mark Loquan/Ken Philmore/Destra
Large bands:
1. Petrotrin Siparia Deltones, Pavement, Farmer Nappy/Kerwin Du Bois
2. Sagicor Exodus ,Pan In the Mas, Pelham Goddard
3. bp Renegades, Battle Zone, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell
4. Neal & Massy All Stars, Large Is Large, Leon Smooth Edwards
5. Our Boys, Free Up, Chris Tambu Herbert
6. NLCB Fonclaire, Rewind, Ken Philmore/Mark Loquan
7. Caribbean Airlines Invaders, Tell Dem, Arddin Herbert/Ricardo Jones
8. Solo Harmonites, Smooth Sailing, Winston Scarborough
9. Birdsong, Vibes, Jason Peanuts Isaacs
10. Pamberi, Sweetness, Winston Bailey
11. Witco Desperadoes, Musical Magnum, Robert Greenidge
12. Rbtt Redemption Sound Setters, Pan On Fire, Winston Scarborough
13. PCS Silver Stars, Battle Zone, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell
14. Starlift, Pandemic, Cary Codrington
15. TCL Group Skiffle Bunch, Pan On Fire, Winston Scarborough
16. Petrotrin Phase 11 Pan Groove, Pan Army, Len Sharpe/Kernel Roberts
17. T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps, Battle Zone, Edwin Pouchet/Alvin Daniell