Saturday
June 16, 2007: The Grenada
Steelband Association will be launching Panorama 2007 on Sunday,
July 1st at the Tanteen Sports Complex. The Launch begins at 5pm in
the afternoon and will feature all the steelbands taking part in
both the senior and junior panorama competitions in 2007.
All participating senior bands will play a small piece of their 2007
Panorama selection and two other songs while the junior bands will
also play the piece selected for Panorama and one other tune.
The Main Event at the launch will be the Rhythm Section Competition
which will be contested among the eight senior orchestras taking
part in the competition. So far, the eight bands appearing in this
year's Panorama are defending Champs Cable & Wireless Commancheros,
Courts New Dimension, Capbank Pan Lovers, Grand Roy Pan Angels,
River Road Pan Wizards, Corinthians, Republic Bank Angel Harps and
Florida West Side Symphony (formerly Florida All Stars).
In the Junior Category, four bands have so far confirmed their
participation in this year's event. They are two-time defending
champions River Road Whiz Kids, Commancheros, Angel Harps and Grand
Roy Pan Lovers.