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Pan Pioneers to Stage first ever Grenada Steelpan Music Festival

Pan Pioneers Production will stage Grenada’s first ever Steelpan Music Festival for Minor Categories 2008.

The Minor Categories Championships are a series of Steel Pan competitions that consist of the following categories:

• Soloist. An un-accompanied performance on any Steelpan.
• Duet. Two pannists rendering a piece together.
• Quartet. Four persons rendering a piece together on Steelpans or Steelpans and drums.
• Ensemble. Fifteen persons rendering a piece together on Steelpans & Percussion.

Dubbed PANFEST ONE, the competitions will be staged in two phases. Phase I will feature the Solo, Duet and Quartet competitions and is scheduled for the period 13 th-19 th April, 2008 while Phase II will feature the ensemble competition which is scheduled to be held towards the end of October 2008.

The preliminaries for the first phase will be staged at the Marryshow Folk Theatre on Sunday April 13 th at 6.00 pm in the afternoon while the Finals will be held at the Grenada Trade Centre in Grand Anse on Saturday April 19 th at 7.00 pm in the evening.

All Steelbands affiliated to the Grenada Steelband Association have been invited to participate in the competition and have until April 3 rd to submit their registration for the following categories: Soloists, Duets and Quartets.

Winners of the various categories will receive cash prizes as well as trophies while there are appearance fees for all competitors appearing in the finals.

Price of admission to the preliminaries will be EC$ 10.00 for the preliminaries and EC$ 20.00 for the Finals. Children under the age of 12 will be charged half price for entry.