The Na­tion­al Panora­ma medi­um band fi­nals will be held at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah this year af­ter dam­age to the new­ly-leased MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny fer­ry forced or­gan­is­ers to aban­don plans to stage the event in To­ba­go.

Pan Trin­ba­go pres­i­dent Bev­er­ley Ram­sey-Moore an­nounced the change while speak­ing at the draw for po­si­tions for the Panora­ma Se­mi-Fi­nal com­pe­ti­tion.

The medi­um band fi­nals, which have been host­ed in To­ba­go for the past few years, will now take place in Port-of-Spain on Mon­day and will be a free event.