HAROLD  IAN  JONES DATE OF BIRTH: ...... PLACE OF BIRTH: Barataria, Trinidad EDUCATION: ...... Queen's Royal College, Port of Spain, Trinidad .... University, Toronto, Canada STEELBANDS: Invaders (1961-62) Starlift (1963-65 Panatics, Toronto, Canada SPECIALTIES: Player Arranger Ambassador CAREER:                                        Jones began playing pan with the Invaders Steelband in 1961 and was part of a group of QRC students (including Ray Holman, David Waddell, and Ronald C. Emrit) who were the first panmen to ever perform at the school. He was a member of the Invaders Steelband and Starlift Steelband that competed in the 1962 and 1964 Steelband Music Festivals, respectively. He left Trinidad in 1965 to pursue his education in Toronto, Canada, and remained in Canada after his graduation to work as a social service administrator. Jones, who is a self-taught musician, studied piano in Toronto and pursued a correspondence course from Berklee School of Music in 1980. He is a founding member of the Ontario Steelpan Association and served as its Programme Director. He later became the musical director of Panatics Steelband which was founded by Leonard Noel in 1991. He pioneered the introduction of steelpan programs for credit in Toronto's North York High School and also created and directed the production of an instructional video for the Toronto District School Board steelpan programs. As part of the steelpan community in Toronto, he was a member of the team that created and implemented the 1997 concept of a Pan Alive Event that has now become an institution in Caribana, the annual West Indian Carnival parade. Jones has also penned calypsoes that won the Calypso Monarch of Canada Competition on six occasions and was voted one of the top calypso arrangers in 1997. He has composed and produced the sound track for "A Cat and A Dog," a conflict resolution play for Kindergarten through Grade 3 children, as well as music for the theatre production of "Sweet Pan" by We Are One Theatre. Other Canadian steelbands that benefited from his musical expertise are Afropan, Rhapsody, Silhouettes, St. Jamestown Youth, and the Church of Nativity Steelband Programme. AWARDS: 1992 - Award of Merit, City of Toronto (for outstanding contribution to the quality of life in the City) 1996 - Raphael Passey Award (for outstanding contribution to the development of Steel Pan in Canada, awarded by Coffee Boys, Toronto) 1997 - Canada's Best Calypso Arranger 2006 - OCPA Past President Award 2009 - Caribana Tribute Award Other - Pioneer Award (Pan Artists Network, Toronto) Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit