Wednesday July 31st, 2019

This week the 52nd Annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival https://torontocarnival.ca  is in full swing .  The month long festival began in 1967 in Toronto and was supposed to be a one-time celebration of the Canadian Centennial in Ontario’s provincial capital city. Over a million people from around the world will visit the GTA  to “jump up” during carnival including the jewel of the festival, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade (Saturday August 3rd, 2019.)  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com   was on location at City Hall https://www.toronto.ca/  Nathan Phillips Square   https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/venues-facilities-bookings/booking-city-facilities/city-squares/nathan-phillips-square/  for the official launch of the festival (Tuesday July 9th, 2019) to speak with Band Leader Wendy Jones  http://www.panfantasysteelband.com/25th_Anniversary.html  of the 7 time and current Pan Alive Competition Champions   www.ontariosteelpanassociation.com/pan-alive.html  , Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra www.panfantasysteelband.com/ on the history behind the Steel Pan, How it’s played, how it became a musical symbol for Caribbean music, the future of steel pan and why the Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra  is the number one Steel pan band in Toronto.  

(Pan Fantasy Hulk 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTjatFOzrw8  )