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11 steelbands seek glory
Tobago News, Saturday, January 19th 2008
A total of 11 steelbands will compete for prizemoney and
steelband glory in the 2008 steelband carnival
competitions in Tobago. Six Single Pan bands, five
medium conventional bands and two large bands will be
seeking to make their mark in competition which will
start tomorrow (Saturday) with the Single Pan bands.
According to a media release from Pan Trinbago judging
for the Single Pan bands will be staged in the following
locations and times. Tobago Panthers will play
Kitchener's 'Bees Melody' tomorrow (Saturday) at 6.30
p.m. at the Golden Lane Primary School; Dem Boys plays
Oba Sinnette's 'Picture on my Wall' at 7.15 p.m. at
Embees Supermarket car park, Mason Hall; Pan Fanatics
will play Tambu's 'Aint going Home' at 7.40 p.m. at the
Mason Hall Government Primary School; Get Down on It
will play 'No More Calypsong' by Kitchener at 8.15 p.m.
at Bacolet; Hope Pan Groovers will render Crazy's 'Soucouyant'
at 9 p.m. at the Hope pan tent; and Metro Stars will
play Scrunter's 'The Will' from 10 p.m. at the Pembroke
Community Centre.
The Conventional steel bands will engage in their clash
of steel next Tuesday from 8 p.m. at the Dwight Yorke
Stadium car park at 8 p.m. Thirteen-time Tobago Pan
Champs East Side Symphony of Belle Garden will render
Super Blue's 'Wine on Something', Steel Zplosion will
play Anthony Johnson's 'Get Down', Katzenjammers renders
Chucky's 'Thunder Coming, NLCB Buccaneers goes into
battle with Destra's 'Hooked', Carib Dixieland plays
Defosto's 'Puncenelly. These five bands will compete in
the Medium Bands category.
Meanwhile, the two large bands which will compete are
RBTT Redemption Sound Setters playing Defosto's
Puncennelly and Scarborough's bMobile Our Boys playing
Kitch's 'Mystery Band'. |
