The band’s first panorama was in 2001 when they appeared with twenty-eight players. Seven years later Pantime took the stage with no less than seventy-three musicians. But founder/band leader Cecil ‘Tortee’ Philgence noted that it is no easy task, as only three of the seventy-plus strong panorama side come from Gros Islet where the band is based. During...
Digicel Pantime
The rise of Digicel Pantime Steel Orchestra began in 2000 and since then the band has grown from strength to strength. In 2001 the band performed in its first ever National Panorama competition, guided by the youngest arranger at the time, Andrew McIntosh. In 2002, the band made its devout on the Jazz scene performing as part of the Soufriere jazz line up and then again at the first ever Fond d’Or Jazz Festival. Since then the band has performed at the TransAmazonian Festival in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni,...