Panorama Legal Challenge Remains

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Wednesday, 08 August 2012 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St. John's - The legal battle over Panorama 2011 is not over despite the success of this year's show.

A spokesperson for LIME Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra said this year's title win has not dissuaded the band from pursuing its challenge of the revised decision, made earlier this year, to have it share the championship title with then Hadeed Group – now Digicel Halcyon Steel Orchestra.

"We are still on that course. We don't believe something wrong could be made right like that," Stafford Joseph said.

Several weeks ago, the band took the first step in its bid to overturn the results by consulting its legal advisor.

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Joseph admitted that the fiasco, due to an error in the judging criteria, has fractured the relationship between bands.

"The hurdles that we have overcome and the working relationship that we have established over the years with member bands within the association has been destroyed by that action of the minister of carnival not by Halcyon itself," he said.

To avoid repeating the mix-up, carnival organisers changed this year's judging system and used five adjudicators.

The points were determined by the figure that remained after the removal of the highest and lowest scores.

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