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13-742: Samba Squad has performed in the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival , Roots & Blues Festival at Salmon Arms, B.C., London's Sun Fest, Ottawa Jazz Festival and Muhtadi's International Drum Fest in Tobago . It has also performed at sporting events such as the Toronto Raptors , Toronto Argos and Blue Jays half-time shows and has many television appearances such as the Governor General's Awards CBC Television , The Toronto Show , Breakfast Television and Open Mike with Mike Bullard . The band

26-489: A second window . Samba Squad opened for Grammy and Juno award-winning singer Sarah McLachlan and is a regular guest performer for Canadian Nuevo Flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook , appearing on two of his CDs as well as his recent DVD. The group has also performed with other international acts such as Antibalas . In August 2007, Samba Squad performed at Cree Fest in Kashechewan (James Bay), Ontario , in celebration of

39-467: A festival-closing screening of the year's People's Choice Award winner. The concert hall was used in scenes of the 2000 film X-Men . The science fiction television series The Expanse uses it as the setting for the United Nations headquarters. The Amazon series The Boys also uses the hall as the bottom base for the otherwise digitally created superheroes' tower Vought Headquarters. The hall

52-623: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roy Thomson Hall Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. Located downtown in the city's entertainment district , it is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir , and the esports team Toronto Defiant . Opened in 1982, its circular architectural design exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior. It

65-599: Is a frequent participant in Toronto -area community festivals such as Caribana , the Pride Parade , the Beaches International Jazz Festival , the Kensington Festival of Lights , AfroFest, Salsa on St. Clair and others. In 2004, Vision TV and Bravo! along with Riddle Films co-produced an hour documentary about the group. "Samba Squad: Drums We Love" was broadcast on both Vision TV and BRAVO on

78-563: The Beaches International Jazz Festival , most of the events are outdoors and located throughout the downtown core. The hub of the festival is Nathan Phillips Square , with more than 40 other locations spread out all across the city. It attracts over 500,000 people and is the city's third largest annual music festival next to NXNE and The Beaches International Jazz Festival . Incorporating a blend of jazz styles - from straight-ahead to bop to fusion to avant-garde- with tastes of other genres (for example, blues, funk, R&B, hip-hop, Latin, etc...)

91-571: The Artistic Director is Josh Grossman. Roy Thomson Hall , the CN Tower and Metro Convention Centre were the three venues for that inaugural season. Miles Davis , Roberta Flack and Tony Bennett were the headliners that year. This jazz festival article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a Canadian festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Toronto -related article

104-603: The Cree culture and the community’s 50th anniversary. Samba Squad is the first group of its kind to be honored with such an invitation. While there, Samba Squad participated in ground-breaking collaborations with the Shawanda dancers. Samba Squad performed in City TV's 2008/2009 New Year's Eve live TV gala at Nathan Phillips Square , which included a collaboration with award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist . An edited version of

117-440: The family of Roy Thomson (first Lord Thomson of Fleet and founder of the publishing empire Thomson Corporation ), who had donated C$ 4.5 million to complete the fundraising efforts for the new hall. The hall was renovated over a period of six months in 2002, after years of complaints from musicians about the quality of its acoustics. Filmmaker Jeffery Klassen's 2005 film Toronto Architecture interviews Arthur Erickson about

130-566: The festival has something for everyone. It was formerly known as the DuMaurier Jazz Festival, until the ban on tobacco advertising by the federal government forced the need for a new sponsor. Today, the festival is sponsored by TD Bank and has since dropped the word "Downtown" from its title. Originally started in 1987, the Festival was co-founded by Executive Producer Patrick Taylor and Former Artistic Director Jim Galloway ; currently,

143-685: The structure. Erickson speaks of the point of the grey structure being that of a container which people were to fill up with their own decorations. The pond was originally designed to be used as a skating rink in the winter. The building was influenced by Erickson's journeys in Japan and his relationship with the North American Aboriginals. The hall is one of the main venues used by the Toronto International Film Festival , with many gala screenings held there each year including

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156-580: The track "Maracatu Funk", from the album Batuque, was used for a dance number during the Week 2 episode, which aired on November 3, 2009, of the 6th Season of the US version of Fox Television 's So You Think You Can Dance , featuring dancers Channing Cooke & Phillip Attmore performing a Samba dance number. Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival The Toronto Jazz Festival is a jazz event in Toronto which takes place for 10 days in late June through early July. Like

169-500: Was designed by Canadian architects Arthur Erickson and Mathers and Haldenby. Itzhak Perlman acted as a special advisor to the architects on accessibility needs for disabled performers and guests. The hall seats 2,630 guests and features a pipe organ built by Canadian organ builder Gabriel Kney from London, Ontario . The hall was formerly known as The New Massey Hall during its construction and pre-construction phase. It acquired its official name on January 14, 1982, as thanks to

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