‘Good Morning’ popular among Panorama big bands

The other bands are bp Renegades, Republic Bank Exodus, MHT Starlift and Skiffle.

The song has been very popular since Crop Over in Barbados last year. However, CAL Invaders and Massy All Stars have opted for local music with MX Prime’s “Full Extreme”, while La Brea Nightingales and PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars favour “We Are Conquerors”. But Ken “Professor” Philmore, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and Amrit Samaroo have decided to go for their own compositions with NLCB Fonclaire doing Philmore’s “Panorama Soldiers” sung by Keith “Designer” Prescott, Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove playing Boogsie’s “Red, White and Black” and Super Novas expecting to “Rumble in the Jungle”. Birdsong will play “Pan Kingdom” and RBC Redemption Sound Setters have selected “Scene”.

In the Medium Band category three female arrangers will do battle among their male counterparts.

Michelle Huggins- Watts will lead Valley Harps to do “Total Disorder”, Dr Jeanine Remy will be “Ducking” with Sforzata and Shenelle Abraham and St Margaret’s Superstars will opt for some “Bacchanal”.

The other medium steel orchestras include Tokyo (Drive It), Courts Sound Specialist (Dangerous), Cordettes (Cheers to Life), Southern Marines (Big People Party), West Side Steel (Max it Up), San City (Good Morning), Arima Angel Harps (Far From Finished), Couva Joylanders (Band of the Year), Scherzando (Stranger), Hatters (Engine Room), Melodians (Um Ba Yo), Pamberi (Gee Gee Rae), Pan Elders (Roti), Pandemonium (Cheers to Life).

Coming in from Tobago are Buccooneers Steel (Rhythm Run Things), Steel Xplosion (Wet Meh Down) and Katzenjammers (Good Morning). Several other bands have not forwarded any information to date.