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Two bands, one from Tobago and the other from South Trinidad were declared joint winners of the National Panorama 2025 Small Bands category held on January 25th.

Tv6 spoke with the arrangers via telephone.
Transcript
00:00After several weeks of constant drilling and sleepless nights, two bands walked away with
00:05the small band Panorama title.
00:07They are Tobago TNTK, New East Side Dimension and San Fernando Golden Hands.
00:12Thankful is the word both winners used to describe how they felt after they won the
00:17national Panorama title for small bands.
00:20Kersh Ramsey, arranger for Tobago TNTK, New East Side Dimension and Vanessa Headley, arranger
00:25for Golden Hands, both agreed that Pan is a labor of love.
00:29Pan arranger for East Side Dimension, Ramsey says, he's been working with the band for
00:34a little over five years and has no regrets.
00:37Lucky enough, last year I was able to win and this year I was able to defend the title.
00:43I am so grateful and so happy to see that I had the opportunity to take the band from
00:50where they were and now I was able to take them to the top.
00:54I'm just grateful and thankful for that.
00:57The two times a small band winner says the only challenge he faced leading up to Panorama
01:02was picking the perfect song.
01:04I would choose a song that I know is capable enough to at least I could create a good arrangement
01:11to win.
01:12So the Rhinorama, I chose that song the night of the launch of the Panorama.
01:20So I had about four songs, I had four options right and I didn't know what to choose at
01:26all.
01:27So I couldn't start my arrangement.
01:28I could never start.
01:29And then the launch of Panorama come in, Panorama people are going to, and the launch of Panorama
01:34I heard Renegades play the Rhinorama on the state side for the performance and the crowd
01:39response.
01:40Listen, the way the crowd responded to that song, yeah, I said right away, this is a choice,
01:46this is what I'm going with to defend my title and yeah, Rhinorama.
01:51Vanessa Headley became the second woman in TNT's history to win a national Panorama title
01:56when her San Fernando-based The Golden Hands steel band also won the 2025 Small Bands Panorama
02:02title with her arrangement of Lord Nelson's Me Lover.
02:05TV6 spoke to Headley via telephone and she told us that she was still beaming with pride
02:10and excitement, which she dedicated to her late mother.
02:14Yeah, I wish she was here to celebrate this with us.
02:17This is our second championship title and you know, it's a very bitter feeling, a lot
02:26more sweet than bitter because it is really heartwarming for all of us to know that we
02:35are able to carry on her legacy.
02:40One of the things that we see at Golden Hands is that we demonstrate pure Pan excellence.
02:45Headley says she was happy to share the title with Ramsey, but come 2026, Golden Hands will
02:50be coming in with full force to defend their title.
02:54Both arrangers agreed that Pan has grown a lot since its inception.
02:58They both thanked Pan Trinbago President Beverly Ramsey Moore for her contribution to Pan and
03:03enriching its legacy.
03:05Charlotte Kistow, TV6 News.
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