THE energy and talent of youthful pannists will be on full display this weekend as 22 bands compete in the National Junior Panorama competition in the Under 21 and newly created Under 19 categories.

Ten bands in the Under 21 category will bring their best efforts to the Queen’s Park Savannah (QPS), Port of Spain, on January 18, with the competition starting at 1 pm, as they vie for top honours.

Twelve bands will also compete in the debut Under 19 category, which emerged following a protest and compromise involving school steelbands from northern Trinidad. These schools objected to the decision to move the Schools Panorama Competition finals from the Queen’s Park Savannah to Skinner Park, San Fernando.