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| ARTS GUILD (IPAG) in their U.S.A. Tour (A world class versatile theatre/dance group that every Filipino would be proud of. . .) 9 SEPTEMBER 2006, Saturday, 6 - 8 p.m. Kenmore Middle School Theatre 200 South Carlin Springs Road, Arlington, VA 10 SEPTEMBER 2006, Sunday, 6 - 8 p.m. Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA Brought to you by . . . MIGRANT HERITAGE COMMISSION (MHC) and BANK OF AMERICA |
| In cooperation with Eastmark International ~ Filipino-American Association of Stafford Virginia (FAASV) ~ Asia Heritage Foundation ~ Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia/Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater (CUFOT) And with the support of DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES. Law Offices Valera & Associates. Mark Cabrera And Associates. Synergy Group Of Companies. Alpha Travel. Northstar Catering. Super Ferry. Travel Outlet. Mama Sita's. Philippine-American Community Partnership (PACP). Filipino-American Heritage Dance Ensemble/Ultimate Eskrima Int'l Inc. /FilMinistry of St. Michael and other Fil-Am organizations And under the sponsorship of GDP Foundation, Inc. and Lifeline Int'l Foundation, Inc. For ticket reservations, please call 703-273-1196, 540-295-4932, 202-247-0117, 703-675-6334, 240-461-7878, 703-323-0262 http://www.migrantheritage.org or email to : migrantheritage@gmail.com Entrance Ticket US $ 35.00 Proceeds will go to the Filipino Overseas Migrant Fund and other MHC charitable projects MEDIA SUPPORTERS : MCN TV 58 www.PHILIPPINEFESTIVAL.org Asian Fortune BastaPinoy News Filipino-Asian Bulletin Philippine Fiesta |
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The Fil-Am Dance Ensemble, an ensemble of Fil-am talents from Migrant Heritage Commission’s
American Community Partnership (PACP), gave a riveting performance before a full pack (SRO) hall
of art enthusiasts at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the performing Arts in the U.S. capital
during the Dance DC Festival’s “Dance Asia” The Philippine group had the largest contingent and
was given a standing ovation at the annual festival, participated into by several countries. The festival
was organized by the DC Commission on the Arts in cooperation with the Kennedy Center.
The audience expressed their awe over the Philippines’ performance of Pangalay combined with
Filipino martial arts of stickfighting or arnis/eskrima and “Kontaw Silat ”, a martial art common in
Southeast Asia linked closely to the Indian, Javanese, Thai, Burmese and Cambodian styles of classical
dancing. Pangalay is a traditional dance of the Tausug people of Jolo, Southern Mindanao, Philippines
which imitates the movements of the sea, birds and trees . The dance demands much grace and good
martial arts skills from the performers.
Dance choreography was the creative work of MHC’s Cultural Adviser Nolly Ceballos, the top caliber
choreographer of the Philippines’ leading and multi-awarded dance theater company, the Integrated
Performing Arts Guild or IPAG, with the arnis techniques courtesy of Ultimate Eskrima’s Walter and
Wesley Crisostomo. Costumes were courtesy of PINTIG New Jersey, IPAG and MHC. The group’s
participation was made possible through Migrant Heritage Commission’s (MHC) Cultural Resource
and Support Program under the artistic guidance & coordination of Ms. Grace Valera, Phil.Embassy's
former Cultural Officer & Attaché and one of MHC’s Executive Directors. Other MHC Executive
Directors are Arnedo S. Valera, Esq. and Jesse A. Gatchalian.
MHC’s Cultural Resource and Support Program, a grantee of the DC Commission on the Arts, aims to
bring the beauty of Philippine culture and spread Philippine goodwill to the American mainstream
through participation at high profile and significant events in the capital and neighboring States.
http://www.migrantheritage.org
To view the Philippine performance (finale- towards the end), please go to the Kennedy center
webpage and click on 29 September 2007 performance - http://www.kennedy-center.
org/programs/millennium/search_results.cfm or http://www.kennedycenter.
org/calendar/kc_video_dyn.cfm?encoded=http%3A%2F%2Fplay%2Erbn%2Ecom%2F%3Furl%
3Dkennedy%2Fkennedyg2%2Fg2demand%2F09292007%5F1800%5FMSN%2Erm%26amp%3Bproto%
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American Community Partnership (PACP), gave a riveting performance before a full pack (SRO) hall
of art enthusiasts at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the performing Arts in the U.S. capital
during the Dance DC Festival’s “Dance Asia” The Philippine group had the largest contingent and
was given a standing ovation at the annual festival, participated into by several countries. The festival
was organized by the DC Commission on the Arts in cooperation with the Kennedy Center.
The audience expressed their awe over the Philippines’ performance of Pangalay combined with
Filipino martial arts of stickfighting or arnis/eskrima and “Kontaw Silat ”, a martial art common in
Southeast Asia linked closely to the Indian, Javanese, Thai, Burmese and Cambodian styles of classical
dancing. Pangalay is a traditional dance of the Tausug people of Jolo, Southern Mindanao, Philippines
which imitates the movements of the sea, birds and trees . The dance demands much grace and good
martial arts skills from the performers.
Dance choreography was the creative work of MHC’s Cultural Adviser Nolly Ceballos, the top caliber
choreographer of the Philippines’ leading and multi-awarded dance theater company, the Integrated
Performing Arts Guild or IPAG, with the arnis techniques courtesy of Ultimate Eskrima’s Walter and
Wesley Crisostomo. Costumes were courtesy of PINTIG New Jersey, IPAG and MHC. The group’s
participation was made possible through Migrant Heritage Commission’s (MHC) Cultural Resource
and Support Program under the artistic guidance & coordination of Ms. Grace Valera, Phil.Embassy's
former Cultural Officer & Attaché and one of MHC’s Executive Directors. Other MHC Executive
Directors are Arnedo S. Valera, Esq. and Jesse A. Gatchalian.
MHC’s Cultural Resource and Support Program, a grantee of the DC Commission on the Arts, aims to
bring the beauty of Philippine culture and spread Philippine goodwill to the American mainstream
through participation at high profile and significant events in the capital and neighboring States.
http://www.migrantheritage.org
To view the Philippine performance (finale- towards the end), please go to the Kennedy center
webpage and click on 29 September 2007 performance - http://www.kennedy-center.
org/programs/millennium/search_results.cfm or http://www.kennedycenter.
org/calendar/kc_video_dyn.cfm?encoded=http%3A%2F%2Fplay%2Erbn%2Ecom%2F%3Furl%
3Dkennedy%2Fkennedyg2%2Fg2demand%2F09292007%5F1800%5FMSN%2Erm%26amp%3Bproto%
3Drtsp&header_image=header_mil_video.gif
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Last year’s Press Release (April 2007)
Washington D.C.
Last year, Fil-Ams performed “Asian Fusion” together with other Asian groups (on a live telecast) at the grand finale number of the nation’s capital
most popular cultural festival, the National Cherry Blossoms Parade (in front of the National Archives along Constitution Ave. corner 7th street ) in
Washington D.C. The Asian groups , composed of 150 performers at approximately 25 per country, were from the Philippines, Indonesia, India,
Malaysia and China. They danced altogether to the vibrant beats of the Chinese drums and to a mélange of music of India, Philippines (Mountain
province seven gongs) and China, in colorful traditional Asian costumes.
The Philippine contingent, led by the Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC), Inc., comprised volunteer performers from the grantees of the DC
Commission on the Arts namely MHC’s Fil-Am Heritage Dance Ensemble, Ultimate Eskrima International, Inc. including members of the Fil-Am
Ministry of St. Michael in Silver Spring , Philippine-American Community Partnership (PACP) and winners of Ilocano Society of America’s Miss Teen-
Philippines U.S.A. Fil-Ams wore ethnic costumes of the Igorot/Cordillera Cultural Suite and the Southern Philippines/Muslim suite (Singkil), with
exotic props of bamboos, vinta and sambulayan courtesy of the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG), BIMAK DC and the Migrant Heritage
Commission.. “I am proud to be Asian and to be part of the biggest cultural event in DC” says Paulette Barba, 2004 Miss Teen-Philippines U.S.A..
LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS…
http://www.migrantheritage.org
For more information, please visit www.migrantheritage.org or email (migrantheritage@aol.com ) any of the three (3) MHC Executive Directors:
Grace Valera-Jaramillo Arnedo S. Valera, ESQ. Jesse A. Gatchalian
Washington D.C.
Last year, Fil-Ams performed “Asian Fusion” together with other Asian groups (on a live telecast) at the grand finale number of the nation’s capital
most popular cultural festival, the National Cherry Blossoms Parade (in front of the National Archives along Constitution Ave. corner 7th street ) in
Washington D.C. The Asian groups , composed of 150 performers at approximately 25 per country, were from the Philippines, Indonesia, India,
Malaysia and China. They danced altogether to the vibrant beats of the Chinese drums and to a mélange of music of India, Philippines (Mountain
province seven gongs) and China, in colorful traditional Asian costumes.
The Philippine contingent, led by the Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC), Inc., comprised volunteer performers from the grantees of the DC
Commission on the Arts namely MHC’s Fil-Am Heritage Dance Ensemble, Ultimate Eskrima International, Inc. including members of the Fil-Am
Ministry of St. Michael in Silver Spring , Philippine-American Community Partnership (PACP) and winners of Ilocano Society of America’s Miss Teen-
Philippines U.S.A. Fil-Ams wore ethnic costumes of the Igorot/Cordillera Cultural Suite and the Southern Philippines/Muslim suite (Singkil), with
exotic props of bamboos, vinta and sambulayan courtesy of the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG), BIMAK DC and the Migrant Heritage
Commission.. “I am proud to be Asian and to be part of the biggest cultural event in DC” says Paulette Barba, 2004 Miss Teen-Philippines U.S.A..
LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS…
http://www.migrantheritage.org
For more information, please visit www.migrantheritage.org or email (migrantheritage@aol.com ) any of the three (3) MHC Executive Directors:
Grace Valera-Jaramillo Arnedo S. Valera, ESQ. Jesse A. Gatchalian
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