EXODUS
Carnival 2003
Exodus was formed in St. John's Village, St. Augustine, on May 3, 1981, when several members of the Flamingoes Steelband, including Amin Mohammed, walked away thereby creating an "exodus." Mohammed went on to manage the band during its first 15 years of operation. The band made an immediate impact by reaching the final of the Panorama competition in its first year. Exodus continued to make progress in the 1980s with the help of the renown musical arranger Ray Holman. Later, arrangers Pelham Goddard and Desmond Waithe were recruited and combined to lead the band to four Panorama and three Steelband Music Festival titles. In 1996, manager Amin Mohammed migrated to the Cayman Islands and his job was taken by his brother, Ainsworth Mohammed. Exodus finished among the top three steelbands in the following significant competition:
YEAR EVENT RESULT SELECTION ARRANGER 1992 Panorama 1st Savannah Party (David Rudder) Pelham Goddard & Desmond Waithe 1993 Panorama 3rd (Tied) Dust in Yuh Face (David Rudder) Pelham Goddard & Desmond Waithe 1995 Panorama 2nd Simple Thing (Pelham Goddard) Pelham Goddard & Desmond Waithe 1996 Panorama 3rd (Tied) The Case of the Disappearing Panyards (David Rudder) Pelham Goddard & Desmond Waithe 1997 Panorama 3rd Guitar Pan (Lord Kitchener) Pelham Goddard & Desmond Waithe 1998 Panorama 2nd Parade (Tony Prescott) Pelham Goddard 1998 Steelband Music Festival 1st (Tied)   Pelham Goddard 1999 Panorama 2nd Play My Music (Pelham Goddard) Pelham Goddard 2000 Panorama 2nd The Band Plays On (Pelham Goddard) Pelham Goddard 2000 World Steelband Music Festival 3rd   Pelham Goddard 2001 Panorama 1st A Happy Song (Alvin Daniel & Pelham Goddard) Pelham Goddard & Desmond Waithe 2001 Caribbean Panorama 1st   Pelham Goddard 2002 Panorama 3rd Good News (Pelham Goddard) Pelham Goddard 2002 World Steelband Music Festival 1st Rain Forest (Lennox Sharpe) Pelham Goddard 2003 Panorama 1st Pandora (The Original De Fosto Himself) Pelham Goddard 2004 Panorama 1st War 2004 (The Original De Fosto Himself) Pelham Goddard 2005 Panorama 2nd From Beyond (The Original De Fosto Himself) Pelham Goddard 2005 World Steelband Music Festival 1st Semiramide (Gioacchino Rossini) Beltrand Jesus Acosta-Ruiz 2007 Panorama 3rd We Jammin Again Pelham Goddard 2008 Panorama 3rd Puncernelly (The Original De Fosto Himself) Pelham Goddard
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit