SKIFFLE

2000 World Steelband Music Festival

The Skiffle Bunch Steelband was formed in 1977 as a Traditional or 'Pan Around the Neck' band by a group of young people from Vistabella, some of whom were previously with the Sundowners Steelband. Skiffle Bunch won the Traditional Band Panorama competition eight times (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) and placed second four times (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984). Under the leadership of Junia Regrello, the band became a Conventional Band in 1993 and went on to make the Large Steelband Panorama Finals in 1995 (6th), 1996 (10th), 1997 (5th), 2013 (5th), 2014, (7th-Tied), and 2015 (10th). The band rose to prominence in 2000 by winning the Steelband Music Festival. The band was initially sponsored by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) until January 2012 when it gained the sponsorship of the Junior Sammy Group of Companies for a few months and changed its name to Skiffle. Skiffle finished among the top three steelbands in the following significant competition:

YEAR EVENT RESULT SELECTION ARRANGER
2000 World Steelband Music Festival 1st In the Rain Forest (Lennox Sharpe); Pan By Storm (Ken Philmore) Lennox Sharpe
2018 Panorama 2nd Hello Marc Brooks, Kendall Williams, Odie Franklin
2019 Panorama 3rd (Tied) So Long Marc Brooks, Kendall Williams, Odie Franklin
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit