Junior parang season kicks off

The ju­nior parang sea­son kicks off this week­end, with 36 pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary schools set to com­pete for mu­si­cal ho­n­ours at the Ju­nior Parang Fes­ti­val 2026.

Host­ed by the Na­tion­al Parang As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NPATT), the two-day com­pe­ti­tion takes place at El Do­ra­do East Sec­ondary School on No­vem­ber 14 and 15, with 20 pri­ma­ry schools com­pet­ing on Sat­ur­day and 16 sec­ondary schools on Sun­day.

De­fend­ing pri­ma­ry school cham­pi­ons Mor­vant Epiphany An­gli­can School will re­turn on Sat­ur­day, while Bish­op Anstey High School Port of Spain and Queen's Roy­al Col­lege, and St Joseph's Con­vent, St Joseph, last year's tied sec­ondary school cham­pi­ons, will seek to re­tain their ti­tles on Sun­day.