PAN PIONEERS TO STAGE FIRST EVER GRENADA STELLPAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
St. George, March 29, 2008 -- 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:
1. Soloist. An un-accompanied performance on any Steelpan.
2. Duet. Two panists rendering a piece together.
3. Quartet. Four persons rendering a piece together on Steelpans or Steelpans and drums.
4. Ensemble. Fifteen persons rendering a piece together on Steelpans & Percussion.
The competitions will be staged in two phases. Phase I will feature the
Solo, Duet and Quartet competitions and is scheduled for the period
13th-19th 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 13th at 6.00 pm, while the Finals will be
held at the Grenada Trade Centre in Grand Anse on Saturday April 19th
at 7.00 pm.
All Steelbands affiliated with the Grenada Steelband Association have
been invited to participate in the competition and have until April 3rd
to submit their registration for the following categories: Soloists,
Duets and Quartets.
Winners of the various categories will receive cash prizes and 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 to enter.
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