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Experience the STREETS OF MANILA in Downtown Chicago!!! October 16, 2014 at 5-10pm
RSVP at LoopChicago.com/ACTIVATE and visit our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/285994404941417/?ref=br_tf or check http://loopchicago.com/blog/artists-corner-activate-october-pt-1 for other updates. #SamaSamaProject For other details, LIKE us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SamaSamaProject and follow us on Twitter at @SamaSamaProject :) Spread the word!!! Join us on October 26th for LIVE amazing Original Philippine Music (OPM.) Tickets go on sale soon! Join as the Governor's State University Center for the Performing Arts. And somebody BIG is coming too....Visit our Facebook and Twitter pages for more details! https://www.facebook.com/events/546623452064282/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/SamaSamaProject Join us for a fundraiser to benefit typhoon survivors!
SenDong All Our Love: Typhoon Fundraiser and Tribute to Chris Zamora. 100% of proceeds benefit typhoon survivors in Iligan City. This volunteer-based fundraiser is held in partnership with Samasama Project, the Philippine American Cultural Foundation and La Salle Academy – Illigan City. There will be a raffle with a GRAND PRIZE OF $500! CONFIRMED ARTISTS * CIRCA-Pintig * Cryptic Movement Crew * Diamond Krew * Edgewater * Emilia Ramos, Violinist * Hek Hernandez * Joer Sandiego * Joy Cusi and her Band * Lani Montreal * R.E.N. * Rico Zamora * Saayidah and the Tinkerbellies * SamaSama Project * Stereodrones * Sulyap Pilipino Cultural Dance Company * Plus many more! ARTIST BOOTHS * Gejr Photography – Jay Escalante * Cafe Ysabella Poetry-on-Demand – Yvonne Hortillo * Plus many more! VENDORS * Rowie’s Bakery Cupcakes * VuQo Vodka * Scarves and Mittens by Joy * Bastos Girls Greetings * Plus many more products sold as part of fundraising efforts. Hosted by Ari Kathib, Jovie Calma and Lou Cabalona $15 donation at the door. An optional $5 for each artist booth. Please bring a friend. You will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible donation at the door. Donation fee includes entrance fee, a ticket to the raffle, a meal of arrozcaldo (chicken or vegan porridge), a non-alcoholic drink, and performances. Tickets to the artists booths sold seperately. Saturday, January 28, 2012 5 p.m. Jose P. Rizal Heritage Center 1332 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60613 RSVP HERE. SenDong All Our Love is a gathering of Fil-Am artists and musicians for the victims of Typhoon Sendong that hit Iligan City and Cagayan De Oro in the Philippines and claimed close to 1,500 lives on Dec 17. The gathering is fundraising but also tribute to musician Chris Zamora, Filipino jazz guitarist extraordinaire and dear friend to many Fil-Am artists in Chicago. He passed away after suffering a massive stroke eight days before the calamity, on Dec 10. His Web site is http://chriszamora.com/about.html 100% of the proceeds will go to our beneficiary, La Salle Academy in Iligan City, which incidentally is Dong’s (as friends fondly called him) high school alma mater. THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS AND SPONSORS: * Rene Abella and the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago for offering up the venue, Rizal Center, free of charge as part of the organization’s contribution to our cause. * Cirera Express, for offering to wire donation monies free. * VuQo – Premium Vodka from Philippine’s Coconut Nectar. * Rowie’s Bakery – for the yummy cupcakes for sale * Isla Pilipina * Cafe Aorta Catering (Larry and Ginger Leopoldo): 312-804-3502 * Bastos Girls Greetings * Mariegold Bakery and Fastfood: 5752 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60659, 773-561-1978 MEDIA PARTNERS: * Via Times News Magazine and Chicago Philippine Reports TV * The Filipino American Community Builder * Fil-Am Weekly Megascene * Pinoy News Magazine * Philppine Weekly * BakitWhy.com Congratulations to the Cast of Sweet Strangers and THANK YOU to all who made auditions possible!6/6/2011 Audition week is over and we have our awesome cast!
We are still missing 1 or 2 more and you could be just what we are looking for! Please check out the Audition Page for updates or give us a call at 708 528 6321 or email [email protected]! Congratultions to all who got casted (you will know pretty soon who they are) and to us SamaSama Project and Circa-Pintig for pulling it off! Thank you to all who made it possible and thank you to all who spread the word, Chicago Philippine Reports TV and Via Times, Jon Cotay and Akira , Ryne and BakitWhy.com, Edgar Jimenez and the Filipino American Network of Chicago, Joseph Lariosa, Antero Tomas, GMA TV News, Mabuhay Radio, Erick Esteban, Hawak-Kamay Performing Arts, Ruben Salazar, Ging and Nonoy Capio, Don and Flor Kramer, Girlie Pascual and James DC, Emil and Alpha Nicolasin and Fil-Am Community Builder, Lakhi Siap, Jovie Calma, Jay-r Escalante, Ging Mascarenas, Ginger Leopoldo, Levi and Christy Aliposa, Je Cacnio, Giau Truong, Lovien Joey Reyes, Joan Torre, Nanay, Gustavo Ott, Amanda and Nicolai of Akira, Josh Torres, Ran Sevilla, Lee Maningas, Dr. Cleo Casambre and Anton Juan! Looking forward to this very enriching couple of months paying tribute to our National Hero, our culture and our pride as Filipinos and Filipino Artists! Mabuhay! Word is getting around about our production, check out the links to GMA News and Mabuhay Radio!
Help us spread the word more! http://www.gmanews.tv/story/220537/pinoy-abroad/jose-rizals-love-letters-inspire-fil-am-musical-play http://www.mabuhayradio.com/jgl-eye/a-rizal-musical-in-search-of-actors Great article about SamaSama Project's performance in the WorldChicago Annual Meeting last December!
Check out their pics with Vice Consul Alena Borra and other Philippine Consulate officers: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/main/index.php/news-from-rp-embassies/2233-worldchicago-holds-annual-meeting-and-holiday-party-at-the-rizal-center Thanks to my mare, Michelle Williams of Woodland Hills, CA for helping us design the header, researching all these rss, widget, link stuff but most of all for successfully convincing us that Twitter has more benefits than its burdens!
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