THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 Proceeds go to Advancement for Rural Kids (ARK) 3rd Annual Charity Event Saturday February 7th, 2015 FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS SCHEDULE DINNER SCHEDULE 3:30 pmDinnerPresby Hall SHOW SCHEDULE 6:30 pmDoors OpenLincoln Hall 7:00 pmIntroduction American National Anthem Philippine National Anthem Keynote Speaker: Kenny Importante AAA Kpop ICA Modern Scene TASC Special Ops Cultural Scene INTERMISSION Battle of the Bamboo Floor Lovers Formal Scene Throwback Scene FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS THEME: BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME The theme for this year‘s show is “Balikbayan: The Way Home”. The technical meaning of balikbayan is a Filipino overseas worker, or a former Filipino citizen and his or her family who had been naturalized in a foreign country and comes or returns to the Philippines“. Our interpretation of balikbayan in regards to our show and storyline is a Filipino returning to his or her home”. Home can mean multiple things for people. It could mean a physical place but in this case, home is where family is. In the storyline, a Filipino family in the Philippines is separated once the mother makes the tough decision to go to America to support her family financially. Part of the family stays in the Philippines while the other part of the family travels to the United States. The family promises to keep in touch via letters they send in the Balikbayan boxes until they are reunited again in the United States. Throughout their journey, we see despite the barriers of physical distance and living in different cultural settings family bonds remain strong. FCN COORDINATORS Zac Cacal Zac(h) Cacal is a Junior at the University of Illinois. After transferring from Actuarial Science to Atmospheric Sciences this semester, he is looking to graduate from UIUC and possibly attend grad school in hopes to unlock his potential in his new major. When he’s not planning for FCN, he can usually be found studying hard as a student, hanging out with his friends and AKAs, or catching up with shows on Netflix. After watching the 1st FCN in 2013 and being a part of the 2nd FCN the year after, he took on the duty of co-coordinating FCN 2015! After months and months of hard work, planning and dedication, he can’t wait to see this whole event unfold. He would like to thank all his friends and family and the PSA Officer Board for all their support. He would also like to thank his partner, Audrey, and the FCN Committee for all of their effort and dedication to the show and dinner. He seriously couldn’t have done this without all of you! And to all of you attending, I hope you enjoy it and really take something out of it! Audrey Gomez Audrey Gomez is currently a bioengineering major at UIUC specializing in therapeutics. She is working on getting her bachelor’s degree in bioengineering while working as a research assistant in Dr. Imoukhuede’s lab. She looks forward to a future career in the medical field but also enjoy her time being involved in various organizations on campus such as PSA and TASC. Despite being often busy with activities and school, she enjoys jamming and harmonizing in her free time and attempting to cook at home. What she is most excited for FCN is finally seeing the final product of what she, her co-coordinator and FCN Committee have worked on since last summer. Thank you to Zac, FCN Committee and the PSA Officer Board for being there and supporting the show! FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS FCN COMMITTEE DINNER COMMITTEE Glen Lin Glen Lin is a sophomore in the College of Business, here at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The awesome FCN dinner committee is one of his first major accomplishments in his college career. Along with his fabulous dinner committee partner, Kayla Arquines, he hopes to present an unforgettable FCN dinner for all the guests who’s attending, and brings them happiness at this very special cultural dinner event. His life goals are to travel around the world, make lifelong friends and to be enrich with all kinds of different experiences. He’s excited to see all of the hard works, which his committee puts in, pays off. Kayla Arquines Kayla Arquines is a sophomore student attending the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign who strives to make the world a happier and better place. She currently works at the MakerSpace Fabrication Laboratory in Urbana and volunteers helping out with technology at the Clark-Lindsey Rertirement Village. She wishes to help save the environment, support those in need (e.g., poverty, human rights, etc), and to make at least one person smile each day. Kayla is superduper excited for the creation of incoming memories and new friendships between the participants of FCN. She also says ‘HELLO FAMIRY, THANKS FOR COMING DOWN(‘::’ to her family, AKA’s, and MAFAmily! FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS FINANCIAL DIRECTORS Jamie Auza Jamie Auza is a sophomore in DGS at U of I and one of the Co-Financial Director for FCN. She has performed cultural dances in Filipino Club in her high school as well as more modern Korean influenced groups outside of school. Jamie is one of the many talented choreographers participating in this year’s FCN along with her before-anyone-else, Jess Bautista. Her hopes and dreams include swimming in a pool of jell-o, eating a whole cake in one sitting, and holding a lion cub. She has an obsession with them. If you know anyone that can arrange that for her, find her immediately. Other than that, Jamie also obsesses about dancing. She’s not that experienced but she is excited to share dances that she, her partner and all of the other dancers and choreographers have worked hard to bring to the stage. Gerard Pineda FCN Financial Director by day, and caped crusader by night. World renowned Gerard Pineda is a Senior in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Bear Fighting. His post-graduation plans involve research and development at a pharmaceutical company while pursuing his hobby of extreme basket weaving. Much like insomnia and sarcasm, FCN has been a big part of his college years. He’s very excited for the show and hopes readers like yourself will enjoy our performance and dinner. As a personal message to his friends in the committee, he would like them to know that they were “alright, I guess”. PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR Rick Tuvilla Rick Tuvilla is a senior in Technical Systems Management here at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He was the cultural coordination, with his partner Neil Miran, his sophomore year and led PSA’s cultural dance group, BARKADA, to a first place finish at the Battle of the Bamboo 2012. Another accomplishment of his is that he is currently taken by the beautiful MyHanh Bui. His life goals include the following: get money, pay debt, travel the world, have a family (i want twins), and live life to the fullest. The thing that I am most excited for is for our dancers to get the feeling of satisfaction of performing in front of a huge audience and seeing their handwork pay off. FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS PROMOTIONS DIRECTORS Adrianne Gimenez Christina Malibran Adrianne Pearl Gimenez is a Sophomore in Marketing. She is extremely excited for Filipino Culture Night. Adrianne is also the current Philanthropy Chair for the Philipipne Student Association and is focused on creating the first ever internal-tutoring program within PSA and the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC). Adrianne is also very involved in a new RSO Intercultural Community Development Initiative, which strives to connect students across cultures, as one of their Advertising Chairs. In her post-college future Adrianne dreams of someday living in the south of France working for a non-profit organization while running a small café on the side in which she holds open mic nights and sings. For FCN Adrianne is most excited for working with Advancement for Rural Kids in their mission to improve schooling in rural Philippines. Christina Malibiran is a junior majoring in Cinema Studies in the University of Illinois At Urbana Champaign. Even though her major is focused on film, she grew interest in Advertising and hopes to get a successful career in the future with it. Christina owes this big career change to serving as Publicity Chair for PSA UIUC her sophomore year. She is currently an active member in American Advertising Federation, the Marketing Chair on the Ikenberry Commons Exec Board, and Workshop Co-chair for Asian Pacific American Coalition. What Christina is most excited about FCN this year is that she is able to work with a loving and supporting committee. Everyone worked really hard and after practicing for many months, she’s really excited to see how the show will turn out! STAGE DIRECTOR Emil Sioson Emil Sioson is currently a junior, studying Community Health with a Concentration in Health Administration and Health Education. He plans to attend graduate school to receive a masters in Public Health. He is mostly excited for Fcn so that everyone can see what his Kuya and himself have been working on for the storyline. Excited to see everyone’s hard work come together and have a successful show. Thanks Zac and Audrey for keeping us together and motivated! FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS U.S + PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANUIUC PERFORMANCES: THEMS: INTRO: MAIN CHARACTERS Chelsea Tuvilla: Leia Sandoval, Jose Dizon: Luke Sandoval, Gerard Pineda: Dad, Nicole Liwanag: Mom, AJ Gonzalez: Tito Boy, Daphne Agustin: Lilly Sandoval , Tracy Mapaye: Lisa Sandoval Story Written by Gerard Pineda Filmed by Emil Sioson KEYNOTE SPEAKER: U.S + PHILIPPINE KENNY IMPORTANTE NATIONAL ANTHEMS: Kenny received a B.A. in BOSES history and global studies at Boses is a Tagalog word that translates to “voice,” which does justice in what defines the group: We are a loose collective of PSA students who indulge in the delight of singing, mostly because harmonies are awesome. FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Connecticut. While at UConn, he served as a graduate assistant at their Asian American Cultural Center. He has also worked as an assistant resident director at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of California, Los Angeles. He is especially interested in developing student leaders, providing various opportunities for student involvement, and challenging students to become more aware of social justice issues. A 1.5 generation Filipino American, Kenny was born in the Philippines and grew up in Oxnard, California. www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS MODERN SCENE: CHOREOGRAPHERS: Sarah Bueno: Latch by Sam Smith Denghui Mei & Justin Sumait: Gotta Be Your Man by Chris Brown Aldrin Panganiban: Pusher Love Girl by Justin Timberlake Andrew Liang, Tyler Pradaxay, Tony Shin: How Many Drinks by Miguel FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS Cultural Runway: CULTURAL SCENES: Choreographed by: Maria Climaco and Chelsea Tuvilla Filipino cultural dances are classified into five distinct suites: Maria Clara, Mountain, Tribal, Rural, and Muslim. Dances in the Maria Clara suite showcase the merging of these two influences through the music, costume, and props like the fan or bamboo castanets. The six tribes inhibiting the mountains of Northern Luzon were unfazed by Spanish colonial rule and were able to preserve their culture. Their dances reflect rituals to appease their ancestors and gods to cure sickness, insure success during wars and crop seasons, as well as to ward off bad luck. The Rural suite encompasses the Filipino’s spirit during fiestas and overall love for life. Like the mountain tribes, Filipino Muslims were also able to resist Spanish rule and preserve their culture. Muslim dances are characterized by vivid colors and rhythmic movements which reflect its original influences. Dancing to these tribes are a major part of life, and like the dances in the Mountain suite: are done predominantly to please the gods. Battle of the Bamboo: Habanera Botolena: Choreographed by: Daphne Agustin This dance originated from Botolan, Zambales and is a combination of Spanish and Philippine steps with flamenco influence. This is a sometimes popular dance in the North among the Ilocanos. It is a courtship dance but sometime it is also performed during weddings and other social gatherings. Senior Tinikling: Choreographed by: Daphne Agustin and Neil Miran Tinikling is a dance originating from the Rural Suite, where the dancers have to skillfully, quickly, and gracefully dance through clicking bamboo sticks. This dance was meant to imitate the Tikling birds as they evaded the bamboo traps set by farmers. It is also the national dance of the Philippines. Choreographed by: Reed Cabral and Hai Pham This year is the 12th annual Battle of the Bamboo. Since 2002, Battle of the Bamboo has annually celebrated the Filipino culture. This Filipino Cultural Dance competition opens the stage to colleges and high schools to showcase themselves to Chicago and, more generally, to the Midwest. This year PSA UIUC has chosen a muslim dance depicting the story of a royal family in the Philippines that embarks on a journey to rescue their son from the Angel of Death. The story starts off in the Kingdom of Bumbaran, King Bumbaran lead this kingdom, which was prosperous and full of good people. HOWEVER, the king himself was not happy, His younger brother, Prince Bantugan, was always praised by the people of the kingdom. Often praised as handsome and had many ladies offer their hands to him, the king grew jealous. One day, enemies attacked, and Prince Bantugan lead his army of men off to fight off the invasion. While he was away, the King of Bumbaran devised a devious plot. He issued a proclamation that no one shall speak or show affection to Prince Bantugan upon his return. Upon Prince Bantugan’s return, everyone followed the proclamation. He was saddened and decided to leave his country, as he knew that his brother hated him, and would rather travel than live in misery. He decided to travel to the King-between-two-Seas. Prince Bantugan had to travel through various terrains, such as the mountains, forests, and rivers. When he finally arrived to the Kingdombetween-two-Seas, he collapsed and died in front of the Kingdom’s gate due to the extreme weariness he felt from the intense journey. The King of the Kingdom-between-two-Seas heard of a stranger dying in front of his gate, and decided to go look upon the body to see who it was. His sister, Prince Datimbang, went with him to examine the body. There they saw a handsome young man, dressed in clothes for royalty. Princess Datimbang fell in love at first sight. The King asked his people if anyone knew who he was, but no one in the Kingdom had any idea. The King then ordered the body to be taken away with special care, afraid that the body was related to royalty. In another part of the Kingdom, parrots were talking about the Prince who died in the Kingdom-between-two-Seas. The Prince Bantugan’s Parrot was among these parrots, and fell silent as they talked about this. The other parrots noticed, and asked what was wrong, Prince Bantugan’s Parrot told them of his lost owner, and they told Prince Bantugan’s Parrot that he could go see his master at the Palace of the Kingdom-between-two-Seas. Prince Bantugan’s Parrot flew straight there and saw his body, weeping for his deceased owner. The Princess and King overheard his weeping and found out about the body’s origin. The King decided to bring the body back to the Kingdom of Bumbaran with his Vinta. Once they arrived to the Kingom of Bumbaran, the body was presented and everyone weeped for Prince Bantugan. The King felt terrible for driving his brother to death. Prince Madali and Prince Mabaning, Prince Bantugan’s brothers, offered to retrieve his brother’s soul from the land of the dead. The two rode on their magical shields up to the land of the dead, which was past the land of thunder and endless rain. There, they got past the gate keeper and met with the Angel of Death. They tricked the Angel of Death to leave the room through the seduction of Prince Mabaning dressing as a girl. With the Angel Distracted, Madali went and searched for his brother, finding his soul in a huge blue bottle. He took the bottle and left with Mabaning to return his brother’s soul. Prince Bantugan awoke, as if from a deep slumber. Everyone was happy and they celebrated for days, which later lead to the celebration of his marriage to Princess Datimbang. FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS FORMAL SCENE: CHOREOGRAPHERS: Camille Certeza & Aldrin Panganiban: Bachata Princess Mia by Jalil [Bachata] MyHanh Bui & Rick Tuvilla: Jive Waltz FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME Shake it Off by Taylor Swift From “The Princess Diaries” www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS THROWBACK SCENE: CHOREOGRAPHERS: Marc Chua & Joah Kim: Womanizer by Britney Spears Jamie Auza & Jess Bautista: Me & U by Cassie Eddie Salinas: Return of the Mack by Mack Morrison Daphne Agustin: Right Back Where We Started by Cleopatra Sarah Bueno & Eddie Salinas: Together Again by Janet Jackson FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS U.S + PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANUIUC PERFORMANCES: THEMS: UIUC PERFORMANCES: TASC SPECIAL OPS TASC Special Ops, one of the premiere Chinese Yo-Yo teams in the nation, is part of the Taiwanese American Student Club at UIUC. Special Ops is a performance team consisting of seven members that focuses its performances on combining traditional and modern elements together to showcase the Chinese Yo-Yo as an art form of its own. ICA The Iranian Cultural Association at UIUC was founded in 1998. Our goal is to raise awareness of Iranian/Persian culture within the University of Illinois community. ICA is non-profit, and independent from any political or religious affiliation. Each spring semester, we have a tradition of our students and community volunteering to choreograph and practice dances to perform at our annual Norouz celebration. The dance performed tonight is a product of such traditions. FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME K-PROJECT Hi everyone, we are K-Project! Just a little bit about ourselves-AAA was asked to perform for a short event and we rallied up a couple of AAA models and coords randomly. One event turned into multiple performances for different RSO’s and it’s been a blast ever since! It has been such an awesome experience for us to just come together spontaneously and perform for FLOOR LOVERS Hello everyone, we are Floor Lovers Illinois, we are a group dedicated to spreading awareness of the culture we know as hip hop. Hip Hop as a culture has been greatly misrepresented in modern media through presumed association with guns, drugs, and violence. We believe that real hip hop is about expression, www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS U.S + PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANUIUC PERFORMANCES: THEMS: CULTURAL DINNER: AUDREY & ZAC Audrey and Zac, co-coordinators of FCN, are singing Broadway songs such as For Good for dinner. When they first met, they bonded over Broadway musicals and watched many musical movie trailers together. They are excited to begin dinner with a song they both are fond of and personally believe in the lyrics of the song very much. JAKE ALDANA Dancing to Don’t Tell ‘Em by Jeremiah Hi my name is Jake Aldana. I am 10 years old and I love dancing. My dream is to become a famous dancer. I’m born and raised in Urbana IL. I have two sisters and one brother. There are six of us total including my parents. Dancing runs in our genes. My dad and both his brothers use to dance also when they were younger. They had a dance crew of their own called The Yauzah Crew! Which inspired me so much! FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME ILL- HARMONIC The Ill Harmonic is the newest a Cappella group at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, forming in the fall of 2012. The Ill Harmonic is an a Cappella underdog story: a group started by four young men, who, despite facing adversity throughout their musical careers, wanted to bring their own style to a cappella at the University of Illinois. Now in its second full year as an organization on campus, The Ill Harmonic looks to continue its success and bring its own unique brand of a Cappella music to the GHUNGROO DANCE COMPANY Ghungroo Dance Company is a fusion dance team at the University of Illinois committed to showcasing various dance styles of Indian culture. The team has performed at various events on campus as well as around the midwest. Every year, GDC has a show around March where these talented, high-energy group ofdancers display their complete love and passion for dance. www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS EARL MAN I‘m a freshmen majoring in Chemical Engineering an minoring in Business. I was born in the Philippines in Baliuag, Bulacan and moved to America when I was two years old. I have been playing piano since first grade, and guitar since freshman year of high school. Joining PSA was one of the best decision I have made during the first semester, and I‘m look forward to three more years it! AARON GAMALINDA Aaron Gamalinda is a Jazz music major. He likes to make music, constantly listening and playing jazz songs. He also enjoy going to shows at the Canopy Club, Iron Post and Krannert. He’s recently started doing yoga regularly, and also write my own jazz tunes. He joined PSA to meet new people and get involved around the campus. One of the big reasons he stayed is because of his great AKA’s who are always there for him. JOSE TORIO Jose is a pre-med major in MCB. Last year, he sang with Lauren Solomon in a duet as he played piano. This year he will be singing as a senior in his last FCN performance. FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME This year’s cultural dinner is brought to you by Kayla Arquines and Glen Lin! The dinner is a more formal version of a filipino gathering. Waiters and waitresses are dressed in traditional filipino formal clothing and the tables are decorated with classic black table covers and red colored flowers that resemble poinsettias. They hope everyone enjoys the food and entertainment!“ www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN THE PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT UIUC PRESENTS SPECIAL THANKS TO... Performers Seniors: Aldrin Panganiban, Daphne Agustin, Shannen Bueno, Tyler Terrazas, Haadi Shakir, Katie Domines, Katreena Casallo, Allan Castro, AJ Gonzalez, Bethany Lim, Eddie Salinas, Gerard Pineda, Jose Torio, Krystn Rilloraza, Neil Miran, Rick Tuvilla, RJ Gonzaga, Robert Delfin, Timothy Lin, Tracy Mapaye, CJ Sicat, Nicole Liwanag Juniors: Eileen Ngo, Fang Ewe, Michael Nguyen, Sarah Bueno, Zach Cacal, Marion Tan, Inna Mitra, Alexis Catibog, Aaron Catibog, Eileen Ngo, Emil Sioson, Matt Hom, Denghui Mei, Justin Sumait, Hannah Hwang,Paolo Araneta, Janea Pontigon, Charmaine Balisalisa, Tianrun Du Sophomores: Audrey Gomez, Crystal Ponce, Jackie San Diego, Jake Reniva, Jus- tine Rich, Kayla Arquines, Kevin Ly, Christine Taylo, Chris Hall, Lauren Lanier, Glen Lin, Jamie Auza, Aaron Gamalinda, Adrianne Gimenez, Jess Bautista, Reed Cabral, MyHanh Bui, Cindy Tan, Hai Pham Freshmen: Chelsea Tuvilla, Janais Peace, Jess Bautista, Jose Dizon, Maria Climaco, May Poon, Trang Nguyen, Yvonne Cao, Bryan Casallo, Melanie Chiu, Danielle Gomez, Anita Fong, Tony Shin, Earl Mangulabnan, Karl Carino, Kevin Tun, Tina Tran, Tyler Pradaxay, Andrew Liang FCN Committee PSA Officer Board Kenny Importante & Xavier Hernandez Phil Strang & Randy Whitman Maligayas & Manila Fiesta Kathleen Stark & Ubisoft FILIPINO CULTURE NIGHT 2015 BALIKBAYAN: THE WAY HOME www.psauiuc.org twitter.com/PSA_FCN