Pre-Valentine show to watch

PHOTO taken recently at Chives Restaurant in Marikina City shows producer Vicky B. Solis (standing, fourth from left) and members of the boyband Freshmen and the RLSAA Chamber Orchestra, some of the performers in the forth coming pre-Valentine show ‘All We Need is… Love, Love Is All We Need,’ slated at Music Museum in Greenhills on Feb. 8 and 9.

“All We Need Is… Love, Love is All We Need” will be at the Music Museum in Greenhills on Feb. 8 and 9.

Produced by Vicky B. Solis under Today’s Production & Entertainment, the pre-Valentine concert sees collaboration among great artists and musicians namely the Madrigal Singers (a.k.a. ‘The Madz,’ founded in l963 by National Artist for Music Prof. Andrea O. Veneracion and composed of students, faculty and alumni from UP); Bo Cerrudo, a versatile and dynamic artist who has made a name in musical theater, live concerts and recording over the past three decades; Nicole Laurel Asencio who started in musical theater and whose debut album “Schizoprano” merges Nicole’s background in theater and classical music with her recent foray in rock and roll; Joey de Guzman, who has become one of the most sought-after saxophonists by record producers; the Freshmen, a multi-awarded boyband composed of Sam Ayson, Patrick Abeleda,Thirdy Casa, Levy Montilla and Derik Gernale; and the RLSAA Chamber Orchestra, who’ve been a part of the concert-for-a-cause of the Philippine Foundation Inc. entitled “Musikleta” held in 2016.The group is under the baton of Giuseppe Andre Diestro, an art area specialist.

The concert aims to raise funds for the various programs and projects of Helping One Person Everyday (HOPE) Movement that includes Healing On Wheels, medical mission for the elderlies in the metropolis and in the provinces; Food On Wheels, feeding programs for the indigents; Home On Wheels, finding shelter for abandoned elderlies and orphans; Justice On Wheel, free consultation on legal matters; and Livelihood On Wheels, which focuses on jobs creation related to wellness and food industries.

HOPE Movement is also a strong partner of the Department of Education in supporting the young artists from the Regional Lead School for the Arts in Angono, Rizal through assistance for exposure programs, seminar-workshops and provision for art materials and/or instruments.

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Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, Feb. 1, go to Victor Wood, Fanny Serrano, Lorna Sulit, Rebecca Ventura, Gerry Marcos, Grace de Guzman, Nellie Garcia, Edith Aguilar, Marissa Odonio and daughter Lourdes Marie, Ramond Suaco Ante and Jay R… Feb. 2: Lloyd Samartino, JC Bonnin, Puring Nuguid, Nello Nayo, Monette Ejercito, Engr. Emerson Visaya, Dindo Danao, Dante Nagtalon, Serafin Buan, Michelle Bello, Robert Esguerra, Charito Ong, Carol Tanjutco, Dra. Candy Capellan of UDMC, Jay Aquitania, Zonnie Espiritu, Vinia Vivar, my sister Susan Almontero in London and Ballroom Dancing Queen Aida M. Posadas…