VIDEO: Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars & Katzenjammers are 2012 Panorama champs! Full results inside…

Photo credit: Abraham Diaz

On Saturday night (February 18th), pan enthusiasts saw Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars win its eighth National Panorama title in the large band category!

Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars won the 2012 Panorama title with a Leon “Smooth” Edwards arrangement of Play Yourself, composed by Clive Telemaque and sung by Crazy (Edwin Ayoung), that earned 279 points and the $1 million first prize. The band also won the People’s Choice award.

All Stars retained their titled by two points ahead of close rival Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove at Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.

Watch Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars perform “Play Yuh Self” below:

All Stars has previously won the Panorama in 1973; 1980; 1981; 1986; 2002; 2007; 2011.

Here are the 2012 Large band results :

1 N&M Trinidad All Stars 279

2 Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove 274

3 PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars 271

4 bp Renegades 267

5 Republic Bank Exodus 263

5 Solo Harmonites 263

7 CAL Invaders 262

8 NLCB Fonclaire 258

8 RBC Redemption Sound Setters 258

10 T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps 254

11 Petrotrin Siparia Deltones 249

Katzenjammers winners of medium band at 2012 Panorama

Meanwhile, Tobago steelband Katzenjammers, also retained their title as the champion in the medium band category, at Saturday night’s National Panorama Finals at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain.

The Black Rock-based Katzenjammers performed Eunice Peters’ “This is Bacchanal,” (arranged by Edwin Pouchet) winning the first prize of $600,000.

Watch Katzenjammers perform “This is Bacchanal” below:

Here are the 2012 Medium band results :

1 Katzenjammers 288

2 NLCB Buccooneers 284

3 Courts Sound Specialists 279

4 Petit Valley-based Valley Harps 277

5 Melodians 273

6. TIE: Pamberi and Curepe Scherzando 271

8. Power Stars  268

9. West Side Symphony 267

10.Cordettes 261

Congrats to all winners and my lil bro Nathan who played with Phase II!