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9th April, 2008
Grenada Steelpan Music Festival Postponed It is with great disappointment and regret that Pan Pioneers Production announce the postponement of the first ever Grenada Steelpan Music Festival - PANFEST ONE – to November 2008.
The Festival was planned to take place in two phases but will now be held as a single event in November 2008 and will feature competitions in the Solo, Duet, Quartet and Ensembles categories.
Phase one of the Festival was scheduled to take place in April 2008 and was to feature competitions in the Solo, Duet and Quartet categories. However, the response by the steel orchestras was low and it was felt that the key to success of this Festival was a wide participation by all steel orchestras in Grenada, leaving Pan Pioneers with no choice but to postpone the event to a later date thereby giving the steel orchestras more time to prepare and to have as many representatives from their individual steel orchestras participate in this historic festival.
One of the main problems encountered by bands was the availability of suitably qualified personnel to arrange the music from a musical score for the participants.
It is now hoped that with the postponement of the Festival, Steel Orchestras will have enough time to source the required personnel to assist their bands in preparation of the music to be played at the Festival.
Pan Pioneers Production is committed towards the development of the steelband artform in Grenada and in particular to the musical development of the pannists both practically and theoretically.