Toronto’s largest and most profitable metal orchestra, Pan Fantasy, emerged the winner of the Arts for Youth Award, sponsored by the Toronto Arts Basis. At a ceremony held in the course of the Mayor’s Arts Lunch at Arcadian Court docket on April 16th, Wendy Jones, chief of Pan Fantasy, gracefully accepted the award and the $20,000 cheque that got here with it. Pan Fantasy was amongst 5 worthy awardees.
The finalists and recipients for 2024 showcased the creativity and vary of Toronto’s arts panorama. Organizations that interact youth and group by way of the humanities, in addition to people main organizations and people training in dance, visible arts and theatre, have been honoured.
Pan Fantasy Steelband /North York Inter-Neighborhood Youth Group (NYICYG) is a community-based group that has been offering on-going actions throughout the steelpan group over the previous 37 years; it offers a significant, extremely acknowledged music program whereas working as a non-profit volunteer group, fostering management abilities by way of performing arts.
