Oh, Oh, Oh......I think I manufactured another major accident. That's what I get for not asking all the right questions.

It turns out that Kontakt 2 and the Colossus Player (Kompakt) still are unable to send or recieve program change numbers. The saving grace is that I can setup multi-instruments for each style and call them up along with the style and play. It is an extra step but takes no more time other then upfront to setup all these multis. Well I made a mess in my own nest. It is not a waste in that I have a high quality GM Wavetable together with very good GM Drums.

So in summary here's what I need to do to make this work (marginal return on my investment):

Convert all the styles to GM
Setup Multis for all the styles
Ensure all instrument changes within each style element is on a separate channel (fills, variations, intros, endings, etc.).

This is a little much for a marginal old man who may only realize a marginal return on his investment!!!

Maybe someone else could investigate this, but the above is my understanding based on a phone conversation with East West Tech Support. Oh, My....