Monday, March 8 2010

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CARNIVAL UNION: Masqueraders with the band Trini Revellers "palance" in their Western Union gear during Carnival 2010. Western Union gave out over 20,...

SINGLE Pan Bands and Conventional Steel Orchestras participating in Pan Trinbago’s Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century competitions are reminded that registration closes on Friday at 4 pm.

The qualifying round for Single Pan Bands will commence on March 25 for Tobago Bands, on March 26 for bands in the Northern region, on March 27 for those in the South/Central region and on March 28, for those in the Eastern region. These preliminaries will be held at the various panyards or suitable venue within the band’s communities.

Competing bands must play a non-calypso tune (not from the 21st Century) in calypso tempo of not more than six minutes duration.

The qualifying round for Conventional Steel Orchestras will commence on March 29 in Tobago, on March 30 for bands in the East, on March 31 for bands in the Northern Region and ending on April 1 for South/Central bands.

Bands of not more than 50 and less than 30 performing members in this category must play tunes selected from the 21st Century world beat repertoire from 2000 onward.

At the end of the National preliminaries, 12 bands from each category will be selected to go forward to the finals in order of merit based on points awarded during the qualifying round.

The date, time and venue will be announced at a later date.