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Antigua Panorama 2005

Antigua Panorama 2005 showed an increase in audience attendance and crowd response. This reflected a strong effort by the organizing committee to market the Carnival events more aggressively. In particular with the pan, there were complaints by the public that many of the tunes composed with pan in mind were not well known. Discussions were held among interested parties and a plan was put in place. This led to specific tunes being chosen for selection by the various bands.

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Gemonites surprises favourites

By Andy Liburd (Antigua Sun)

It was pure classic, like a dream; a script written perfectly down to the very last full stop, or in this case, note.

 In a competition destined to be a battle between the formidable heavyweights of AMP Halcyon and Caribseas Harmonites, the West Indies Oil Company Gemonites Steel Orchestra in deft-like stealth, waited until the dust had all but settled, then in vicious form pounced and literally tore to pieces all who had come before.

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