2.18.03
Fresh from maintaining supremacy
in the Panorama National Semi-finals
Phase II Pan Groove's leader and arranger,
LEN 'BOOGSIE' SHARPE chats with "When Steel Talks"
Live Audio
New York - Feb 18, 2003
A
quietly confident Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe, Leader and Arranger for one of
Trinidad's well- established steel orchestras - Phase II Pan Groove -
chatted with "When Steel Talks" for the second time in less than two weeks.
The 'pre-preliminaries' previously emphatic Boogsie, was this time more
thoughtful as he acknowledged his band's accomplishment so far in the race
for the 40th Panorama Championship in Trinidad, culminating in the finals on
Saturday March 1, 2003 in which thirteen bands, including Defending champs
Trinidad All Stars, are vying for top honours.
Noting that it was fifteen years since Phase II had won the coveted Panorama Championships, he reflected that his band also garnered the most 'second place' positions in the history of the Panorama, usually by the difference of one, or more astoundingly - just a half point! This reality is what made Boogsie keep his presently envied place at the 'head of the pack' in perspective, and tempered any presumptions and premature celebrations on his part.
Nonetheless - the pan players are understandably pleased, with Boogsie
himself having 'one or two things' to add to the arrangement in the
two-week period leading up to the finals on Panorama night. But Phase
II Pan Groove taking the 2003 Panorama title for this season would be part
two of the fulfillment of the goal he set personally himself in tribute to
his mother. Part one was Boogsie's writing and dedication of the
band's selection "Music In We Blood" in memory of her passing two
months ago.
by -cp basementstaff
Full Panorama 2003 Coverage Preliminary and Semi Final Results
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