All Stars gives thanks and praise

We wish to thank our supporters, local and international, those who supported in person as well as those who supported online by viewing our performances on social media. Every single smile, high five, or mouse click means the world to us – you are the reason why we do what we do with passion.

We thank the Klassic Ruso Calypso Tent for partnering with us as hosts of their tent at our panyard this year. We hope this will be the first of many more. We thank Roy Cape All Stars, Bunji, Fay-Ann, and the Asylum Vikings, The A-Team, Arturo Tappin, Kees Dieffenthaller, Milko and all the guest artistes who made this year’s Soca By the River fete and our thank you celebrations the biggest we have ever hosted.

Special thanks must go to our sponsors Massy Holdings Ltd for their support throughout the season –you are always a phone call away and never hesitate to respond to any request for assistance.

Your physical presence and raw enthusiasm at our performances also means the world to us.

Gratitude must go out to everyone who worked in the background to ensure a successful season – our tuners, printers, masquerader, cooks, helpers, the various press, too many to mention. Our fellow steelbands, especially those we competed against during the Panorama competition, must be commended for the extremely high level of performances this year. We compete for one month but spend the next eleven as brothers in the pan world, supporting each other, lifting each other up and celebrating each other’s successes.

When one of us succeeds, we all succeed, and we wish to congratulate each band for their excellence this Carnival.

A very special thank you and congratulations to the Ultimate Rejects for wonderfully marrying the old and the new to produce a new sound of soca in Full Extreme, the 2017 Road March and our Panorama selection.

Although he is one of us, it would be remiss of us not to congratulate our beloved arranger Leon “Smooth” Edwards who won his 10th Panorama title this year (nine national, one international), a milestone achievement.

Thank you Smooth for going the Full Extreme with us this year and may you be blessed with many more.

Finally, thanks to the Almighty, the creator, from whom everything comes. We pray that His blessings will continue to flow as we do our best to use what we have been given to bring glory to His name. We have plans for many activities this year, and none of them can come to fruition without the blessings of the one above.

DARYL JOSEPH PRO Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra