The heat was on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as the Panorama competition culminated with several large steel pan groups, vying to be champion in the band category.In the small youth band category, the Queen’s College Steel Orchestra edged past the

Dolphin and Lodge Secondary to claim first place. Dolphin and Lodge Secondary claimed second and third respectively.
However, in the large youth band category, crowd favourite, the GBTI Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra copped the first position after an entertaining performance that had the crowd moving in their seats.
Buxton Pride was followed by Pan Wave academy and the North Ruimveldt Secondary Steel Orchestra.
In the final category in which each band played a 10-minute original piece, the National School of Music emerged victorious while the Guyana Police Force Steel Orchestra and the Park Side Steel Orchestra trailed with second and third respectively.

This year’s Panorama was sponsored by Republic Bank which has been doing so for the past nine year.