Renegades, Success cop Junior Pan title

By Joan Rampersad

THE bpTT Youth Steel Orchestra and the Success Stars Pan Sounds were declared joint winners of the National Junior Panorama Competition held yesterday at the Queen’s Park Savannah. Renegades Youths performed an Amrit Samaroo arrangement of “Music In We Blood” to the delight of the small crowd at the Savannah, while Success Stars Pan Sounds did Kareem Brown/Ben Jackson’s arrangement of “Trini to The Bone”, an Ian Wiltshire composition.
The show started at 12 noon on a high note, with the Bishop’s Anstey High School playing an upbeat Gerard Boucaud arrangement of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe’s and Anthony Alexis’ “Music In We Blood”. That performance set the tone for the rest of the afternoon.
There were notable performances from Woodbrook Government Secondary, St Augustine Senior Secondary and El Dorado Secondary Comprehensive.
At the end of the actual competition, before the guest performances by soca stars Maximus Dan, Rupee and Bunji Garlin, a large contingent of police officers converged on the venue to reinforce security. Judges at yesterday’s competition were Merle Albino De Coteau, Cuthbert Matthews, Candice Achaiba, Felix Roach and Junior Howell. The competition ended at 4.49 pm but the results were not given until 6.10 pm.

Here are the full results:

1st   Bptt Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra   266
1st   Success Stars Pan Sounds   266
3rd   St. Augustine Senior Secondary   262
4th   Woodbrook Government Secondary   260
5th   El Dorado Senior Comprehensive   257
6th   Bishop’s Anstey High School   255
7th   Golden Hands   252
8th   Point Fortin Combined Schools   250
9th   Katzenjammers Kids   249
10th   Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive   247
11th   San Fernando Secondary   236
12th   Febeau Primary   230
13th   St. Margaret’s Boys   226