The 27th Snowflakes on Metal annual live performance was staged final Saturday on the P.C. Thomas Ho Theatre in Scarborough. The largely Caribbean locals reveled within the heat of the sound of their beloved tropical steelpan music on a freezing night time in Scarborough.
A 5- metal orchestra sturdy contingent delivered a formidable array of music from classical to excessive tempo calypso beats. Oshawa Sound of Metal, Panatics Steelband Community, Toronto All Stars Metal Orchestra, Afropan Metal Orchestra, and Pan Fantasy Steelband warmed up the chilly night time with melodies that despatched an appreciative viewers right into a nostalgic rapture, dreaming of the Caribbean islands which too will reverberate with the identical sound because the Carnival season shortly approaches.
The centerpiece of the annual winter occasion is the acknowledgement of neighborhood members who’ve made a big contribution to Steelpan music within the Caribbean neighborhood.
Awards have been offered as follows: Winston “Pappy” Frederick – Lifetime Achievement; Jeffrey Walcott, Selwyn Cowie, Garnett Andrews – Pan Group Achievement Particular Tribute Award; Tatum Prince and Nazel Palmer – Girls in Pan Award, and Ken Jeffers – Pioneer in Pan.
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