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Antigua Carnival Panorama in Carnival City St. John's
Panorama is Antigua and Barbuda's national steelband competition at Carnival City, billed as the world's oldest Panorama steel contest, with eight orchestras each performing an arranged piece within an eight-minute window; Hells Gate Steel Orchestra and arranger Khan Cordice have dominated recent decades, backed by substantial annual funding from the Festivals Commission and sponsors to the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association.
Panorama is Antigua and Barbuda's national steelband music competition, described by organisers and long-time followers as the world's oldest Panorama steel competition, giving it a claim to seniority among Caribbean steelband contests that even Trinidad's larger, better-known Panorama cannot match.