I want to meet this arranger! He is a musical master! A freaking genius! Dam!

This arrangement is really something else. Masterful.

North American listeners, as well as British listeners will enjoy the more melodic sounds of Despers performance over the winning performance; whether or not it wins first prize won't matter to us. Despers needs to come give a guest performance at Pan Alive in Toronto this summer!!!

In the year 1940 Despers was always #1 Even when Rudolph Charles was around and still is #1 That is Pan and no one can stop them THE arranger Tops it all And I think the Judges was Blind.

The last winner was a classic but this words cant explain zanda reach heaven and back wow

despers is number one I don't care what any judge or people say

That piece that he put in the intro for the finals sweet fuh so. Oh gosh....this whole arrangement is diabetic!!!!!!!!!

So melodic, I was looking for the organ...:) Well done Zanda and to all Desperadoes...

Magnificent !!! they got robbed big time.

DESPERS NOW AND FOREVER, DONT KNOW HOW YOU DIDNT WIN, THE JUDGES NEED TO BE JUDGED

Robbery! This is a pan master class a very technical and a qualitative performance What were the judges looking for gold costume or winning performance? As this was it

Always enjoy hearing you guys perform. This was great!

Innovative Arrangement ..should have won Zanda for sure..

Wicked!!!!!!

Those middle pans sick with it. Constantly humming the chorus! Zanda, can I have your autograph please?😍❤

This is class all the way

It is what it is.... Zander has a style of repeating lines continuously throughout his arrangements and adding a little to each repeated part. It's called layering. If you remove those repeats the actual arrangement would be half of the playing time. Oh well.... Another victory for STEELPAN.

trinidadians prefer to hear jump up rather than superb ñext level music

What was the judges thinking? How could they place Skiffle above this. Give me a break!!! aka: Tahzann, aka: Curly. Go Despers.

It ain't no wonder Despers did so poorly. Someone walking in on them playing at the 3:40 mark will have no idea what calypso they are playing until the 7:20 mark. They went nearly 4 minutes without any reference to calypso they came to play. Compare that to Renegade, it was all "Year for love " all the time

Renegades for life 😝😝😝😝😝

I don't understand these arrangers who find a vamp for the low pans and then just sit on it for four minutes of their arrangement. No one except the Samaroos, and now it seems Duvone Stewart, know how to arrange low pans at all. Also, even if this was a superior arrangement to Stewarts (which it's not), the performance is so completely lackluster. I don't necessarily need fire and balloons, but the musicians appear bored while playing. Where's the zeal, where's the ecstasy, where's the tiniest bit of oomph? Stewart combines the superior arranging style of the 80s and 90s with the new mach one level energies of the 21st century. Renegades remain the best band, in memory and in present.