Pan Trinbago dedicates Panorama 2027 to Sparrow

Chester Sam­bra­no

Pan Trin­ba­go pres­i­dent Bev­er­ly Ram­sey-Moore has promised that Panora­ma 2027 will be the great­est stag­ing of the an­nu­al steel­band com­pe­ti­tion, as the or­gan­i­sa­tion ded­i­cates the sea­son to the late ca­lyp­son­ian Slinger Fran­cis­co, bet­ter known as the Mighty Spar­row.

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Spar­row died on Sep­tem­ber 27, aged 91. He was ho­n­oured at a State-as­sist­ed fu­ner­al ser­vice at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts in Port-of-Spain last Fri­day, be­fore be­ing buried dur­ing a pri­vate cer­e­mo­ny at Lapey­rouse Ceme­tery on Sat­ur­day.