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“Ecstatic. After six years, we got the lion’s share, including Best Dressed, Best Performance and Medium category champions. It was pure magic.”

So said Pan Elders’ manager, Hollister Smith, after the band emerged victorious in the 2026 Panorama Medium Category at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain on Monday night.

The 90-member ensemble wooed the judges with their performance of Antigua’s Burning Flames’ “Magician—I Command You” from Sir Clarence Edwards.