When Steel Talks - Special - Post-Panorama 2005
"IN PHASE" at last...
How Phase II got its Groove back... 2005 Panorama Champions

They sat and listened to the words of pan guru and leader of Phase II
Pan Groove, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe. It was after two in the early hours
of a February 5 Saturday morning, with the crucial Panorama finals at
the Queen's Park Savannah just hours away.

As Boogsie spoke, the mood of some was sombre as their leader reminded
them that the championship title was theirs for the taking, but also
for the losing.
Undoubtedly with this in mind, Boogsie brought home the reality to his
faithful musicians. He pleaded with the supporters present to please
leave the stage immediately after assisting them on, and to wait in
the wings to help them off after their performance. After hours of
practice, he reminded players of the need to be focused and not to
indulge in too much merrymaking before the 120-member steel
orchestra's performance that night. Ray Holman, his colleague and
friend of many years, was still damp from his work of drilling the
band to perfection during the just-concluded rehearsals. He had
worked alongside Boogsie this year, and he too, briefly counseled the
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