Pinoys Support Pinoys!

by Arda on 16/02/10 at 6:39 am

Filipino children’s choir donates P500,000 to Filipino students.

I just can’t help but share what I read from GMA news feeds.  If all of us have the thought of these children, we wouldn’t be facing difficulty of tomorrow.

The group of 65 called, Serenata Children’s Choir and String Chamber Orchestra, is an all Filipino children’s choir aged eight to sixteen.  The name Serenata came from an 18th-century cantata, often dramatic in form and another term for serenade.  These talented Pinoys are all children of Filipino Overseas Workers and students from different schools in Jeddah.

Yes, we heard it right, the said choir sponsored for the second time, students from the Philippines through the concert’s proceeds, which this year amounted to US$10,000, or over P460,000.  That’s a lot way to go!  Not to mention their last performance at the American International School stunned an audience of about a thousand, including diplomats and expatriates of different nationalities and diplomats.  The concert had a second part with more high-spirited songs from Disney and other memorable songs, such as Blue Suede Shoes, When I Fall in Love and Please Mr. Postman.

It was cited by the Filipino community leader Edgar Mendoza that these children are amazingly talented, commending them for their continuing efforts to extend assistance to their fellow Filipinos. Diplomats among the audience were also impressed with the Filipino performers. “It’s the third year that I’ve watched SERENATA and I’m really happy to be here, I really love them. I’m very happy that the American School is supporting this program for the third year,” said US Consul General Martin Quinn.

I can just imagine how proud their parents are. I hope I can see a lot of group of youngsters today in the same aspiration and principle like theirs. Aside from the two batches of college scholars, Serenata’s previous concerts have benefited the landslide victims in Southern Leyte, several Philippine primary schools and a Maguindanao-based cooperative of women.

The concert’s sponsors included Pinehill Arabia Food Ltd., Pharmaceutical Solutions Industry Ltd (PSI), Sky Freight Middle East, American International School and the International Philippine School, both in Jeddah

Source: GMANews.TV, 02/14/2010