The first official Trinidad Panorama was held during Carnival celebrations in 1963. It was originally pioneered by Chairman of the Carnival Development Committee,
Ronald Jay Williams, who gave the festival its name. Similarly styled "Panorama" steelband competitions are also staged at Carnival time in other Caribbean communities. Typically, each steelpan orchestra plays a popular
Calypso that is arranged into a piece with original introductions and variations. As part of the International Conference on Pan (ICP) in August 2015, Trinidad hosted the International Panorama Competition. The international edition of Panorama was held over a two-day period, 8–9 August 2015. The competition brought together participants from the approximately 38 steelband-playing countries from around the world to compete against each other for the title of ICP Champions 2015. In 1979, Panorama in Trinidad was not held due to Rudolph Charles' fight for higher recognition of
pannists. The competition was again cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. It is held in Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. ==Readings==