Gabriella Lucretia

They're Off To See The Wizard: Warner Bros. Emerald Gala NYC

Franky and Donovan just returned from NYC where they attended the Warner Bros Emerald Gala, at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. While I have been to New York many times I have never been to Tavern on the Green, which is supposed to be beautiful.

My absolute favorite movie growing up was "Wizard of Oz".  I could watch it everyday, my daugther and I sing all the songs and irritate anyone that is watching with us.  Anyway, there were 3 munchkins and Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft at the gala.  I think that is so cool. 

If you recall, Franky won this trip after submitting the winning design for the FIDM Warner Bros "Wizard of Oz" Jewelry Contest.  The gala also coincides with the 70th Anniversary of the movie and rerelease on DVD.   

 

 

 

 

Young Filipino Artists: Videos: Part II

As promised, I am posting all the 'kids' I found on youtube and their fabulous videos!

Dustin Domingo

Chelsea ( song starts at about 1:38)

 

Gabe Bondoc

(myspace.com/ImGabe)

 

Passion (Jeremy "Passion" Manongdo)

(myspace.com/listen2passion)

Young Filipino Artists- Videos: Part I

Well, yesterday I went to the FilAmArts festival in San Pedro with my family, and got a huge dose of my Filipino Culture.  Living here in South Orange County I am bit removed from the large Filipino  'Communities' in the South Bay Area of California.  I forgot how rich my heritage is with music, food and family. 

I was absolutely floored at how many young Filipino musicians there are and how much music has changed.  There are hundreds but my personal favorite, of course, are the kids that play acoustic guitar and sing.  Their voices and talent absolutely blew me away.  I looked my favs up on youtube and will feature their videos on my blog. 

I hope they all get their lucky break, until then, you can watch some of them here.....

Melissa Polinar

(myspace.com/melissaplinar)

AJ Rafael

(http://ajrafael.blogspot.com)

JR Aquino

(myspace.com/jkeeno)

Check out these awesome young singers--at FilAmArts Festival this weekend!

I was checking out the FilAmArts Website because the Filipino Festival is this weekend in San Pedro, California.  Being half Filipino, it's one of the rare occasions I can get good Filipino food.   It's a good hour away from my house but it's worth it if the weather isn't over 80 degrees.  I don't do well in extreme temperatures.  I am pretty wimpy that way--give me an air conditioner or a heater and I'm good. 

Anyway,  they have some promotional videos on their website.  One of them is of  Mike Isberto and Krysle Tugadi.  Their voices are so awesome, I just had to post their videos  I am a sucker for young acoustic guitar musicians anyway--especially Filipino kids.  Yep, I'm biased.   

Here's Krystle's:

United Airlines Breaks Guitars-Video

This must be 'cause' week for me.  I seem to blog in themes.   I just love this video, this was a musician's way of gettting some attention from United Airlines when they just weren't listening to him after the baggage handlers broke his priceless $2500 guitar. 

All he wanted was compensation to fix it but kept getting doors shut in his face.  He finally hit the end of his rope and theirs and vowed to make 3 video/songs about his nightmare. 

This is the first video and it is just priceless.   It has over 5 million hits.  He has been on national TV and is now thanking United for his new found fame.  It just illustrates the power of the internet. 

He will go to Capitol Hill  along with the others when they lobby for the passage of the Airline Passengers Bill of Rights, one dearest to me is limiting the time on the tarmac. 

So, here is the first video--I will post Song #2 tomorrow.  Song #3 hasn't been written yet--I can't wait.

United Breaks Guitars--Video 2

Oprah's FLASH MOB!

A few minutes ago, I decided to sit down and watch Oprah because I wanted to watch the Black Eye Peas perform. I noticed some goofy people dancing in the front row and thought, "Hmm--they are embarrassing themselves." Well----- then I saw it start to travel back through the crowd and knew instantly it was a flash mob! I was so excited! Don't ask me why but I love Flash Mobs but I do. I think it is says something about the world when we can get 20,000 people to do something fun, like dancing, all at the same time. I think because it takes us away from our troubles for 3 minutes, you have a chance to surprise and delight others, and at that very moment it is shared by all. It looks like so much fun. One day, I am going to participate in a flash mob, just to say I did. There have been some truly great ones, but I think Oprahs's is the best so far. It's not the greatest video but I wanted to get something up so you can feel the energy ASAP along with everyone else.

Hey Girls You Can Now Pee Standing Up

This is too funny.  There is a new device for women called Go-Girl .  It  looks like a collapsible funnel.   It's reusable, cheap ($5.95 if you use the code "active girl") and you can carry it around with you in the little tube provided.   I couldn't even begin to explain how it is used, you need to watch the video and visit their website. 

I ordered mine, for research purposes only of course, I will let you know how it goes (I know TMI as my family would say).   

Personally, I think it's darn ingenious and about time!