For the first time since Antigua & Barbuda’s staging of the Panorama competition, joint winners have been declared.

One of the nation’s foremost pannists, Robin Margetson, who has been in the business for over 30 years, is welcoming the government’s intention to establish a National Youth Steel Orchestra.

Carnival players have put down their feet, demanding the payment of more than $700,000 in prize monies and are giving the Carnival Development Committee (CDC) early notice that late payment will not be tolerated in 2012.