Top class show planned for VINLEC Junior Pan Fest

The VINLEC Junior Pan Fest, which will be staged this Sunday July 1, is expected to be a top class show on the calendar of activities for Vincy Mas 2018.

Premier sponsor, St Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) handed over a cheque valued at EC$35,000 to Oneka Morgan, president of the Youlou Pan Movement (YPM) on Wednesday June 27.

The show will see eight school bands and five community bands, including two from Union Island, firing up Carnival City, Victoria Park.

The 2017 Junior Pan champions in the school based and community categories respectively – the Girls’ High School and the Sion Hill Euphonium – will be defending their titles.

The other competing bands in the school bands category are the Marriaqua Government School, Sandy Bay Government School, Bethel High School, C.W Prescod Primary School, Union Island Secondary School, South Rivers Methodist School and Troumaca Government School. The community bands category will see Symphonix, Starlift, Genesis and debutants Union Island Combined vying for the top spot.

President of the YPM, Oneka Morgan, said she is grateful for VINLEC’s continued contribution which spans over 10 years, explaining that it was an important investment in the steel pan art form and in the young musicians. She said she expects a good season for pan during this year’s Carnival as the YPM has created momentum from the activities held earlier in the year, noting that these activities were also part of the organization’s 40th anniversary. 

Morgan explained that the Junior Fete World, with bouncing castles and face painting, will be held throughout all the junior carnival activities, including the Junior Pan Fest. She called on patrons of steel pan to support the young persons involved in the competition as the YPM continues to advance the art form.  

Communications Officer, VINLEC, Tamara Job-Sprott said that VINLEC’s relationship with pan spans over many years and that the Company is honoured to be associated with promoting and developing this art form. She encouraged the public to support the young artistes who have been working hard over the past months to put on a splendid performance.

The VINLEC Junior Pan Fest is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm.