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Pan El­ders Steel Or­ches­tra se­cured a sev­enth Medi­um Band Fi­nals ti­tle ear­ly Tues­day morn­ing, edg­ing past Courts Sound Spe­cial­ists of Laven­tille in a tight­ly con­test­ed show­down.

The San Fer­nan­do-based band topped the field with 289 points, five ahead of Sound Spe­cial­ists on 284. Both bands trad­ed leads through the com­pe­ti­tion, with Sound Spe­cial­ists ahead af­ter pre­lim­i­nar­ies be­fore Pan El­ders moved in front at the se­mi-fi­nal stage.

Pan El­ders de­liv­ered a win­ning per­for­mance of Ma­gi­cian (I com­mand you), the 1999 Road March hit by An­tiguan so­ca group Burn­ing Flames. The pre­sen­ta­tion fea­tured Kess the Il­lu­sion­ist, who thrilled the au­di­ence by pro­duc­ing a white dove from a paint­ing and lat­er mak­ing the band’s con­duc­tor dis­ap­pear.