The UK National Panorama Competition, a Saturday evening event that immediately precedes the
Notting Hill Carnival
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean festival event that has taken place in London since 1966 , is a major showcase for
Trinidad and Tobago
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Steel Pan
The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists.
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, or (Steel Band), music. Held at
Emslie Horniman's Pleasance
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park in the
London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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it typically involves approximately 1,000 performers, and attracts almost 5,000 spectators. Steel Bands from around the UK prepare a music performance, arranged to last for up to 10 minutes, and compete for the ''Panorama Championship''.
Ebony Steel Band Trust has dominated this competition over the years winning nineteen times; although the crown has been passed on to Mangrove Steel Orchestra for 2011
From 2007-2009 the event was held at London's
Hyde Park
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England
* Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London
* Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds
* Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield
* Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester
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, and broadcast by
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic Panorama did not take place this year.
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