Pan Elders, Renegades in front after Panorama semis

AN­GE­LO JE­DIDI­AH

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The pres­sure is on for medi­um and large steel­bands as they gear up for the Panora­ma Fi­nals for Car­ni­val 2026.

Thou­sands of pan lovers turned out yes­ter­day at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, cheer­ing on their favourite bands dur­ing the “Sa­van­nah Par­ty,” which fea­tured the Na­tion­al Medi­um and Large Con­ven­tion­al Band Se­mi-Fi­nals.

In a so­cial me­dia post, Pan Trin­ba­go re­leased the un­of­fi­cial re­sults for each cat­e­go­ry. The Medi­um Band Fi­nals will be held on Feb­ru­ary 8 at the Dwight Yorke Sta­di­um in To­ba­go, while the Large Band Fi­nals take place on Feb­ru­ary 14 at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah.

Medi­um Band Se­mi-Fi­nals Re­sults

1st- Pan El­ders Steel Or­ches­tra — 280 points

2nd- Courts Sound Spe­cial­ists of Laven­tille — 278 points

3rd- Pam­beri Steel Or­ches­tra — 275 points

4th- Ari­ma An­gel Harps Steel Or­ches­tra — 273 points

5th- Dix­ieland Steel Or­ches­tra — 270 points

6th- Cou­va Joy­lan­ders Steel Or­ches­tra — 269 points

7th- Steel Xplo­sion Steel Or­ches­tra — 268 points

8th- San­gre Grande Cordettes Steel Or­ches­tra — 266 points

9th- Sforza­ta Steel Or­ches­tra — 262 points

10th- Curepe Scherzan­do Steel Or­ches­tra — 258 points

11th- San City Steel Sym­pho­ny — 256 points

12th- Val­ley Harps Steel Or­ches­tra — 255 points

13th- La Brea Nightin­gales Steel Or­ches­tra — 250 points

14th- Moods Steel Or­ches­tra — 248 points

15th- Matthew's Steel Or­ches­tral Mu­sic Acad­e­my — 246 points

16th- Trinidad Val­ley Harps Steel Or­ches­tra — 242 points

Large Band Se­mi-Fi­nals Re­sults

1st: BP Rene­gades Steel Or­ches­tra — 283.5 points

2nd (tie): Re­pub­lic Bank Ex­o­dus Steel­band — 281 points

2nd (tie): Nu­trien Sil­ver Stars Steel Or­ches­tra — 281 points

4th: Des­per­a­does Steel Or­ches­tra — 279.5 points

5th (tie): Pro­man Star­lift Steel Or­ches­tra — 278 points

5th (tie): T&TEC Trop­i­cal An­gel Harps Steel Or­ches­tra — 278 points

7th (tie): Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Or­ches­tra — 277 points

7th (tie): First Cit­i­zens Su­per­novas Steel Or­ches­tra — 277 points

9th (tie): Katzen­jam­mers Steel Or­ches­tra — 276 points

9th (tie): Phase II Pan Groove — 276 points

9th (tie): Skif­fle Steel Or­ches­tra — 276 points

12th: Shell In­vaders Steel Or­ches­tra — 275 points

13th: Siparia Del­tones Steel Or­ches­tra — 274 points

14th: NL­CB Fon­claire Steel Or­ches­tra — 273 points

15th: NL­CB Buc­coo­neers Steel Or­ches­tra — 272 points

16th: RBC Re­demp­tion Sound Set­ters Steel Or­ches­tra — 271.5 points