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JUNE 25
(9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
CERRITOS REGIONAL PARK
19800 Bloomfield Ave. (Cor. 166th St /Bloomfield Ave.)
Cerritos, California
9 Am - Street Dancing around the Park
1 - 4 PM - Tribal Showcase
THE FEDERATION OF MINDANAO ASSOCIATIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (FMASC) HAS COMMISIONED THE SINING KAMBAYOKA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION, INC. (SKCAFI) TO CREATE A FESTIVAL OF THE MINDANAO TRIBE AND IT'S CULTURE BY UTILIZING IT'S MEMBER ASOCIATIONS IN RECREATING A FESTIVE MINDANAO ETHNIC TRIBAL EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE CERRITOS REGIONAL PARK IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
IT IS A WHOLE DAY AFFAIR IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FEDERATION'S ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDING AND COINCIDING WITH THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDECE MONTH OF CELEBRATION.
IT IS A WHOLE DAY AFFAIR OF FOOD,DANCING,ETHNIC MUSIC, AND BOOTHS DISPLAYING EXOTIC PRODUCTS FROM THE VARIOUS TRIBES OF THE MINDANAO REGION, SOUTH OF THE PHILIPPINES. THE COLORFUL AFFAIR STARTS WITH A DANCING PARADE AROUND THE PARK AND A DANCE SHOWCASE AT MID-DAY. A BAZAAR IS GOING WHILE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY.
MAY - AUGUST
"SEMINAR / WORKSHOP SERIES"
SKCAFI WOULD EMBARK ON THE EDUCATION SIDE OF IT'S GOALS BY DOING A SERIES OF SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS TARGETED TOWARDS THE FILIPINO ENCLAVES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT'S PLATOON OF CULTURAL EXPERTS WOULD DRILL THE COMMUNITY WITH A SERIES OF CULTURAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE THE YOUNG, AND RE-EDUCATE THEIR ELDERS ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THEIR ANCESTORS. THE TARGET IS THE NUMEROUS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE FILIPINOS WERE MOSTLY AFFILIATED WITH AND THE REGIONALISTIC GROUPS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR REGIONS OF ORIGIN IN THE PHILIPPINES. SKCAFI HOPES TO CREATE PERFORMING CELL GROUPS FROM OUT OF THESE WORKSHOPS.
AUGUST 10
"FILIPINANA NG METRO"
JAMES HALL, METROPOLITAN STATE HOSPITAL
11401 SOUTH BLOOMFIELD AVE.
NORWALK, CALIFORNIA 90650
THE FILIPINO NURSES ASSOCIATION OF THIS FORENSIC STATE HOSPITAL WOULD CONVERT JAMES HALL AND THE FORENSIC QUADRANGLE INTO A RURAL FILIPINO FIESTA SETTING, COMPLETE WITH NIPA HUTS AND FOOD GALORE THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT INTO A PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINE FOLK AND ETHNIC DANCES BY THE FILIPINO NURSES, PSYCHITRIC TECHNICIANS, AND OTHER STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL. IT WOULD SERVE AS THEIR CULMINATING ACTIVITY FROM A SEMINAR /WORKSHOP GIVEN BY SKCAFI, AND IT HOPES TO MAKE THIS ACTIVITY BE INTEGRATED AS PART OF A YEARLY CULTURAL PROGRAM OF THE HOSPITAL'S "TREATMENT MALL".
SEPTEMBER 2
"FIESTA AT SIMBA"
CATHEDRAL PLAZA
CITY OF ANGELS CATHEDRAL
DOWNTOWN, LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA
9 Am - Street Dancing around the Cathedral
1 Pm - Showcase
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARCHDIOCESE, IN A CELEBRATION TO HONOR ALL IT'S VOLUNTEER WORKERS, WOULD HOST A STREET DANCING FESTIVAL BASED ON FAMOUS PHILIPPINE FOLK FESTIVALS LIKE THE SINULOG, ATIATIHAN, DINAGYANG, KAAMULAN, ETC. ALL PARTICIPATING GROUPS ARE SKCAFI TRAINED DIOCESAN CELL GROUPS FROM SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS HELD ON PRIOR DATES. IT IS A CULMINATING ACTIVITY FOR THE NEWLY ENVIGORATED ARTISTS.
SEPTEMBER, 2ND - 4TH WEEK(7:00 PM) EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY
"UGOY SA DUYAN... A MUSICALE"
SUGGESTED VENUES:
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH
4954 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029
WILSHIRE PREYSBETERIAN CHURCH
Wilshire Blvd. and Berendo Street, Los Angeles, California
CITY OF ANGELS CATHEDRAL
Downtown, Los Angeles, California
LONG BEACH AREA (TBA)
CERRITOS / DOWNEY / NORWALK / ARTESIA AREA (TBA)
WEST COVINA / ASUZA / HACIENDA AREA (TBA)
POMONA / DIAMOND BAR / WALNUT AREA (TBA)
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AREA (TBA)
featuring:
YUNGHEE CAVANAH, WILLIE SALAZAR AND THE SKCAFI'S PERFORMING ENSEMBLE
THE LOS ANGELES ARCHDIOCESE HAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CATHOLIC CONSTITUENCY IN THE US, AND THE MAJORITY OF ITS PARISHIONEERS ARE OF LATINO AND FILIPINO ORIGIN. THE MULTI ETHNIC FACADE OF THIS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION FITS INTO SKCAFI'S GOALS TO RE-EDUCATE IT'S FILIPINO CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR CULTURE .
THIS SHOW IS THE CULMINATING ACTIVITY TO SHOWCASE THE THEATRE SKILLS THEY ACQUIRED FROM SKCAFI'S SEMINAR / WORKSHOPS. THEY SUPPORT THE PERFORMANCE OF ONE OF LOS ANGELES OPERA CIRCUIT'S MAINSTAY SOPRANO, AND A KNOWN FILIPINO TENOR'S RENDETION OF FILIPINO CLASSICAL SONGS.
BAYOK THEATRE THAT WAS TRACED BACK FROM THE MARANAOS OF MINDANAO AND PROPAGATED BY SKCAFI IN THE US, IS THE THEATRE FORM AND TECHNIQUE USEDTO WEB THE PHILIPPINE CLASSICS OF FOLK SONGS AND DANCES INTO A SUITE OF PHILIPPINE RURAL LIFE.
DECEMBER 2005
"PASKONG PINOY"
A) PANAYGON SA PASKO
DATE: TBA
TIME: 3 - 5 PM (STRIP MALL)
7 - 11 PM (HOMES)
STRIP MALL LOCATION:
1) WEST COVINA
2) CERRITOS
3) CARSON
4) VERMONT IN LA
5) EAGLE ROCK
6) SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
THIS IS A PLAYBACK TO GOOD OLD PHILIPPINE RURAL LIVING WITH A TWIST. THE
SKCAFI CHORALE AND SKCAFI DANCE TROUPE IN COSTUMES WOULD BE CAROLING IN THE HOMES AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS OF CITIES WITH HEAVY FILIPINO POPULATION,
INCLUDING HOMES OF OTHER ETHNIC BACKGROUND, COMPLETE WITH A CHRISTMAS REPERTOIRE AND DANCES FROM THE HOMELAND.
THE SHOPPERS WOULD BE TREATED WITH A ONE (1) HOUR EXTRAVAGANZA OF PHILIPINE
FOLK MUSIC AND DANCES ON A CERTAIN LOCATION AT THE STRIP MALL. WHEREAS THE
FAMILY WOULD BE VISITED IN THEIR HOMES FOR A TYPICALPHILIPPINE CAROLING IN THE
EARLY EVENING.
B) SIMBANG GABI
DATE: DECEMBER 24
TIME: 5 PM - 2 AM
LOCATION: TBA
AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH WOULD BE SPONSORING THIS TRADITIONAL FILIPINO
CHRISTMAS TRADITION OF ATTENDING A MASS/SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT AND BE TREATED WITH FILIPINO FEAST CALLED "NOCHE BUENA". CHURCHGOERS WILL BE TREATED WITH
CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND FOLK DANCES INCLUDING FILIPINO DELICACIES AND HORS DE OUVRES BY THE SKCAFI PERFORMING ENSEMBLE.
Prepared and Submitted by:
Edgar Lopez, President
Sining Kambayoka Cultural Arts Foundation, Incorporated (SKCAFI)
http://www.skcafi.org
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