National School of Music, QC and Buxton take honours at Pan-O-Rama

The National School of Music reigned supreme on Sunday when the curtains came down on the annual Pan-O-Rama competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

With its win in the large band category, the band unseated the Parkside Steel Orchestra, which won the category last year.

The final night of the steel pan competition, hosted by Republic Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, saw the Sports Hall come alive with the sweet sounds of steel pan music, as bands from across Guyana participated in three categories— Small Youth Band, Large Youth Band and Large Band—at the sold-out venue.

The National School of Music’s Steel Orchestra won the large band category with their piece, “Pan Paradise,” which had the judges smiling in approval. In doing so the band dethroned Parkside Steel Orchestra, which managed third place with its performance of “Jaguar Band.”

The Guyana Police Force, with its rendition of “Is we Own,” came in second with 258 points.