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August 17:
A Little Night of Music

As far as Arnold and I were concerned, there were three happenin' concerts in the metro last night. One was an up and coming band's album launch at Big Sky Mind, to which Jazz, Nix, and Justin sent me sms invites for though we couldn't go because of a few conflicts; the second was the Megastar's Anniversary Concert which my close pal Sheila attended, Sharon being the endorser of her major ad account; and third was the San Miguel Master Chorale's concert at the CCP which we attended, Ryan Cayabyab and the SMFPA being among our prized clients.

The concert was entitled LANDSCAPES, a tapestry of voices weaving a panorama of changing seasons, geographical terrains and biblical visions. I found myself closing my eyes several times throughout the show, just absorbing all that vocal energy. One of the show's highlights was their beautiful performance of music by recently deceased National Artist Lucio San Pedro, including "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan".

After non-stop applause and a standing ovation at that, they proceeded to perform a total of three encores after the audience urged them to play more after each one. Before their last encore, concert master Jonathan Velasco announced, "As you know, the San Miguel concert team is divided tonight because the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra and Mr. Cayabyab are accompanying Sharon Cuneta at the Big Dome."
[insert laughter from the audience]
"...and so you won't think na lugi kayo, we will perform a song by... Regine."
[insert more laughter]

Heh, so even concerto maestros are in touch with showbiz chismis.

What outing is complete without a photo op? That's Arn beside the artwork he made for the SMFPA.

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Yay yay! New blogs from our good friends: Ramon's Mind Fuel (take note how he refers to me as "ate Cyn", hehe!) ï Neva, who's now a Professional Amateur ï and Chris' "Useless" blog.