Cuillo Gig
September 27, 2005
Cuillo Theater, by Clematis Avenue, Downtown Palm Beach, Florida.
The September 25, 2005 repeat performance of our broadway production benefitting the victims and heroes of Katrina was a rousing success. Shown above is the theater marquee starkly inviting the public to watch “Our Favorite Things” on the heels of “Respect”, a musical celebrating womanhood. Cuillo Centre of the Arts is right smack in Downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. Tickets were not sold, but donations from the spectators thronging the venue reached a substantial plateau.
Support staff ably and wonderfully complemented performers to spell success. The smiles above (taken after the show) are testimony to the significance of this collaborative achievement. Shown standing, from left to right: FOSNI stalwarts William Manubag, Imelda Kirk, Bella Simbajon (almost hidden), and Marivic Penserga. On Marivic’s left is Benjie Sanson, Gawad Kalinga mainstay in Palm Beach County. Seated, from left: Carol Schwab and Rose Bouchard.
So remarkable what plans different people can actualize, just from working together. In harmony.
Watch for more pictures in the gallery in the next few days.
Hurricane Katrina
September 12, 2005
We seek to do our share. Because we must.
The following is the transcript of flyers and press releases we have been distributing for days now:
An all-girls’ choir, a men’s trio, a few volunteer soloists, join Emmanuel Church parishioners, the Filipino Community of the Palm Beaches, and other concerned families and organizations including the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach County, in a fundraising effort at 7:00 PM of September 24, 2005, and at 6:00 PM of the 25th of September, for the hurt and homeless drifting in the wake of the last hurricane.
Join us for a couple of benefit shows, in true Bayanihan spirit, in a collective effort to assist in the ongoing hurricane-relief effort.
On Saturday the 24th, the first repeat-performance of “Our Favorite Things” will be held at 7:00 PM in Emmanuel Parish Church, 15700 S. Military Trail, Delray Beach. The second performance will be at 6:00 PM on Sunday the 25th, at the Cuillo Center for the Arts, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach.
Stella Maris, the all-girls’ choir, and The Delray Trio, which includes Father Ding Zamora of Emmanuel Church, are among the ensemble of volunteers determined to donate time and effort in this project. Joycee Dujale, an RN at JFK Hospital, directs.
We think of ourselves as a part of one of God’s equations. Complete it by joining us. Come and be counted !
Donation tickets are available and are being disseminated. For performance and donation information, please refer to the following:
Emmanuel Parish Office at (561)496-2480
Bella Simbajon at 561-496-7702 or 561-843-2580
William Manubag at 561-386-6550 or 561-963-0724.
Broadway Tribute
September 4, 2005
A week before the August 27, 2005 dinner show, the usual jitters and boils cropped up; caused by the worries of what little details might have been missed, watered by fears of lines that might be forgotten. This was evidenced by short tempers carefully ignored, surreptitiously swept under individual rugs.
The Day, thus, was consequently turned into an anticlimax, of sorts. As we have learned in past shows, frayed nerves were nursed for naught, for the show, like all we had produced since the FOSNI inception, was a surprising success.
Proceeds of this show went to the Emmanuel Catholic Church’s Building Fund.
Expect more write-ups about this particular event. Manzel — BobMac’s other half — will be coming up with a behind-the-scenes piece soon. We figured other start-ups might wish to have some kind of resource, as far as what to expect or what to prepare for, and a piece on how this dinner-show’s overhead was kept to a minimum.
Take the collage above, that Ron has aesthetically rendered, as an indication of success. The venue was packed. Although the AC equipment valiantly tried, the air grew stiflingly hot inside. If nothing else, the heat index provided us an insight into how the show was received — nobody left!
The Lord be praised. Amen? Amen.