Dear UP Alumni & Friends,
May we invite you again to watch this exhilirating performance of Philippine dances and music to be held at the Joan Kroc Theater on January 5 & 6, 2008. Your patronage and support of Samahan's programs is vital to the survival of our Philippine dance and music education. For more than thirty years, Samahan has been training quite a number of students to perform our folk dances and music. Our students and performers now are mostly US borne, and yet they love and enjoy performing our unique dances. Most of them have been attending our folk dance classes since they were in grade school. Having a large audience at the concert would certainly boost their morale and pride in performing.
We, who mostly are first generation Filipino immigrants, must also love our dances and music. This is the time again to reminisce our school days when we used to learn how to perform our folk dances. Mind you, nowadays very few schools in the Philippines teach folk dancing...
We are reaching out to you, UP alumni, because Samahan was founded by a UP alumni and a number of its board members are also UP alumni. We need your support. Please help us spread the word about this upcoming Philippine dance & music concert. See press release below.
Thanks,
Dina
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SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center, Inc.
Media Release
Contact: Lolita D. Carter, PhD
Phone #:(619) 444-7528
ANNUAL CONCERT OF PHILIPPINE DANCES AND MUSIC RESCHEDULED ON JANUARY 5 & 6, 2008
The SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts and Education Center will present their 33rd Annual Concert of Dances and Music at the Joan B. Kroc Theater, 6611 University Ave, San Diego on January 5, 2008, Saturday at 8:00 o'clock in the evening and on January 6, Sunday at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. The Concert, originally scheduled in October 27 and 28, 2007, had to be rescheduled due to the catastrophic wildfires.
The two-hour program of popular dances choreographed for theater by Ruby Chiong will showcase SAMAHAN's rich repertoire in vivid and colorful costumes performed by talented Samahan Philippine Dance company youthful members. The exhilarating dances and lively music of Samahan's Rondalla, Gangsa and the Pakaraguian Kulintang Music ensembles promise an enjoyable evening.
The public is invited to attend this yearly celebration of Philippine cultural heritage by the SAMAHAN Philippine Dance Company and its musical ensembles. General admission is $15, students with ID and seniors 60 years and over is $12 and reserved sponsor tickets are $25. Group ticket sales for 10 or more are available. Tickets will be available at the door. For advanced ticket purchases, please call (619) 444-7528. Visit their website - http://www.samahanphilippinedance.com/
This program is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the City of San Diego through a program of the Commission for Arts and Culture, the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program through Supervisors Pam Slater-Price, Greg Cox and Ron Roberts, and individual supporters.
May we invite you again to watch this exhilirating performance of Philippine dances and music to be held at the Joan Kroc Theater on January 5 & 6, 2008. Your patronage and support of Samahan's programs is vital to the survival of our Philippine dance and music education. For more than thirty years, Samahan has been training quite a number of students to perform our folk dances and music. Our students and performers now are mostly US borne, and yet they love and enjoy performing our unique dances. Most of them have been attending our folk dance classes since they were in grade school. Having a large audience at the concert would certainly boost their morale and pride in performing.
We, who mostly are first generation Filipino immigrants, must also love our dances and music. This is the time again to reminisce our school days when we used to learn how to perform our folk dances. Mind you, nowadays very few schools in the Philippines teach folk dancing...
We are reaching out to you, UP alumni, because Samahan was founded by a UP alumni and a number of its board members are also UP alumni. We need your support. Please help us spread the word about this upcoming Philippine dance & music concert. See press release below.
Thanks,
Dina
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center, Inc.
Media Release
Contact: Lolita D. Carter, PhD
Phone #:(619) 444-7528
ANNUAL CONCERT OF PHILIPPINE DANCES AND MUSIC RESCHEDULED ON JANUARY 5 & 6, 2008
The SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts and Education Center will present their 33rd Annual Concert of Dances and Music at the Joan B. Kroc Theater, 6611 University Ave, San Diego on January 5, 2008, Saturday at 8:00 o'clock in the evening and on January 6, Sunday at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. The Concert, originally scheduled in October 27 and 28, 2007, had to be rescheduled due to the catastrophic wildfires.
The two-hour program of popular dances choreographed for theater by Ruby Chiong will showcase SAMAHAN's rich repertoire in vivid and colorful costumes performed by talented Samahan Philippine Dance company youthful members. The exhilarating dances and lively music of Samahan's Rondalla, Gangsa and the Pakaraguian Kulintang Music ensembles promise an enjoyable evening.
The public is invited to attend this yearly celebration of Philippine cultural heritage by the SAMAHAN Philippine Dance Company and its musical ensembles. General admission is $15, students with ID and seniors 60 years and over is $12 and reserved sponsor tickets are $25. Group ticket sales for 10 or more are available. Tickets will be available at the door. For advanced ticket purchases, please call (619) 444-7528. Visit their website - http://www.samahanphilippinedance.com/
This program is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the City of San Diego through a program of the Commission for Arts and Culture, the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program through Supervisors Pam Slater-Price, Greg Cox and Ron Roberts, and individual supporters.
