The Panora­ma 2025 com­pe­ti­tion in the Small Con­ven­tion­al Bands’ Cat­e­go­ry gets un­der­way in two days, be­gin­ning at the Tokyo Steel Or­ches­tra Pa­n­yard at No. 2A Plai­sance Road, John John, Laven­tille.

The Sin­gle Pan round of the Panora­ma 2025 com­pe­ti­tion was com­plet­ed on Sat­ur­day 14 De­cem­ber 2024.

A re­lease is­sued by Pan Trin­ba­go con­tain­ing the sched­ule for the Small Con­ven­tion­al Bands com­pe­ti­tion notes that at 6:00 pm on Sat­ur­day 4 Jan­u­ary 2025, Tokyo Steel Or­ches­tra is the first of ten bands from the north that will be judged in this cat­e­go­ry dur­ing the Pre­lim­i­nar­ies.

Pan Trin­ba­go says var­i­ous oth­er Small Bands in the North­ern Re­gion will be judged on Sat­ur­day night:

● High­landers Steel Or­ches­tra – Cor. East­ern Main Road & Williams Street, Suc­cess Vil­lage, Laven­tille

● Trinidad and To­ba­go Mu­sic Stars Steel Or­ches­tra – Chi­napoo Bas­ket­ball Court, Mor­vant

● Phoenix Steel Or­ches­tra – St. Fran­cois Girls’ Col­lege, St. Fran­cois Val­ley Road, Bel­mont

● St. Mar­garet’s Su­per Stars – St. Mar­garet’s Lane, Bel­mont (School)

The com­pe­ti­tion for north-based Small Con­ven­tion­al Bands con­tin­ues from 6:00 pm on Sun­day 5 Jan­u­ary 2025, with the re­main­ing five north-based bands bat­tling to get past the Pre­lim­i­nary Round:

● Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force Steel Or­ches­tra – De­fence Force Head­quar­ters, Air­ways Road, Ch­aguara­mas

● West Stars Steel Or­ches­tra – Wa­ter Wheel Road, Riv­er Es­tate, Diego Mar­tin

● Co­corite West Wind Steel Or­ches­tra – Wa­ter­hole, Co­corite

● Har­vard Harps – Har­vard Club, Ser­pen­tine Road, St. James

● Road Block Steel Or­ches­tra – Cor. Mel­bourne Street and Syd­ney Lane, P.O.S

The com­pe­ti­tion for east-based Small Con­ven­tion­al Bands will take place from Mon­day 6 to Wednes­day 8 Jan­u­ary 2025, with a start time of 7:00 pm on each night. Fif­teen bands are com­pet­ing:

Mon­day, Jan. 6 [5 bands, 7:00 pm]

● Jaynotes Steel Or­ches­tra – #5 Guy Street, San­gre Grande (Pan Yard)

● Tamana Pi­o­neers Steel Or­ches­tra – Four Roads, Tamana (Pan Yard)

● La Hor­quet­ta Pan Groove – Neville Jules Cres­cent, Phase 5, La Hor­quet­ta (Pan Yard)

● Sim­ple Song Steel Or­ches­tra – #188 Pin­to Road, Ari­ma (Pan Yard)

● Nu Stars Steel Or­ches­tra – Cor­ner By­pass & Mt. Pleas­ant Road, Ari­ma (Pan Yard)

Tues­day, Jan. 7 [6 bands, 7:00 pm]

● Aug­ment­ed Groove Steel Or­ches­tra – Melo­di­ans Pan Yard, Bel­lamy Street, Ari­ma

● Ari­ma Gold­en Sym­pho­ny Steel Or­ches­tra – Ari­ma An­gel Harps Pan Yard, Cor­ner Olton Road & East­ern Main Road, Ari­ma

● Per­fect Ca­dence Steel Or­ches­tra – Pine Ridge Sa­van­nah, Arou­ca

● Bon Air Rhythm Rock­ers Steel Or­ches­tra – 126 - 128 East­ern Main Road, Arou­ca (Nat­co Com­pound)

● Fas­ci­na­tors Pan Sym­pho­ny – #1 Lam­mie Street, Tu­na­puna (Pan Yard)

● Flamin­goes Steel Or­ches­tra – St. John Road, St. Au­gus­tine (Pan Yard)

Wednes­day, Jan. 8 [4 bands, 7:00 pm]

● Northo­lus Steel Or­ches­tra – #19 Stel­la Street, Curepe

● Sec­ond Street All Stars Steel Or­ches­tra – #24 Sec­ond Street, San Juan

● Sound of Mu­sic Steel Or­ches­tra – #71 Marigold Cres­cent, Co­conut Dri­ve, Mor­vant (Pan Yard)

● B Mi­nor Steel Or­ches­tra – Nev­er Dirty Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre, Mor­vant

South/Cen­tral Small Con­ven­tion­al Bands will be judged from Thurs­day 9 to Sat­ur­day 11 Jan­u­ary 2025, with a start time of 7:00 pm on Thurs­day and Fri­day, and 2:00 pm on Sat­ur­day. Four­teen bands are com­pet­ing:

Thurs­day, Jan. 9 [6 bands, 7:00 pm]

● Panoson­ic Con­nec­tion – Mac­con Street, Vic­to­ria Vil­lage, San Fer­nan­do

● Swav­ic Steel Or­ches­tra – Rush­worth Street, San Fer­nan­do

● Fu­sion Steel – Dot­tin Street, San Fer­nan­do (NL­CB Fon­claire Pa­n­yard)

● Mo­town Pan The­atre – Jadoo Trace, San Fer­nan­do

● Kalo­mo Kings Steel Or­ches­tra – Pleas­antville Av­enue, Pleas­antville

● Sil­ver Harps – Salazar Trace, Mo­ra Vil­lage, Point Fortin

Fri­day, Jan. 10 [6 bands, 7:00 pm]

● South­ern Stars Steel Or­ches­tra (D’ South Band) – 122 Erin Road, Siparia

● Old Tech Steel Or­ches­tra – Pleas­antville Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre, Pleas­antville

● Gold­en Hands – 134 In­de­pen­dence Av­enue, San Fer­nan­do

● South­ern Marines Steel­band Foun­da­tion – South­ern Main Road, Mara­bel­la

● Long­denville Clay­tones – De­pot Road, Long­denville, Ch­agua­nas

● Todd’s Road Rhythem Raiders – 34 Fletch­er Road, via Long­denvile

Sat­ur­day, Jan. 11 [2 bands, 2:00 pm]

● Pan­han­dle Steel Or­ches­tra – Pierre Ville, Ma­yaro

● Ca­den­za Steel Or­ches­tra – Pierre Ville, Ma­yaro

To­ba­go-based Small Con­ven­tion­al Bands get their chance in the Pre­lim­i­nary round on Sun­day 12 and Mon­day 13 Jan­u­ary 2025, with a start time of 7:00 pm on each night. Eight bands are com­pet­ing:

Sun­day, Jan. 12 [4 bands, 7:00 pm]

● First Cit­i­zens To­ba­go Pan-Thers – Gold­en Lane Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School

● Ply­mouth Bethes­da Steel Sen­sa­tion – Ad­ven­ture Mi­ni Mall, Ply­mouth

● C&B Crown Cor­daans – Bon Ac­cord Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School

● West Side Sym­pho­ny – Pan The­atre, Pa­tience Hill

Mon­day, Jan. 13 [4 bands, 7:00 pm]

● Up­town Fas­ci­na­tors – Shaw Park Food Hub, Shaw Park

● Our Boys Steel Or­ches­tra – Pan The­atre, Fort Street, Scar­bor­ough

● Al­pha Pan Pi­o­neers – RC Church Com­pound, Ba­co­let, Scar­bor­ough

● T&TEC New East Side Di­men­sion – Pan The­atre, Belle Gar­den