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WINNERS OF 1ST CCP NATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION 2009 ANNOUNCED

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The Imusicapella choir from Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Imus, Cavite and the University of Visayas Chorale from Cebu were the two biggest winners in the recently concluded 1st CCP National Choral Competition 2009 held August 18-22, 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.The Imusicapella choir topped three of the four categories of the recently concluded 1st CCP Choral Competition 2009 held August 18-22, 2009 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Imusicapella won 1st prize in the Mixed Choir competition and the Folk Music competition and landed 2nd prize in the Sacred Music Competition, where there was no 1st prize winner.The University of Visayas Chorale shared the top spot with Imusicapella when it won 1st Prize also in the Folk Music Competition. It also won the 3rd Prize in the Sacred Music Competition and the Mixed Choir Competition.The Hail Mary the Queen Children’s Choir won the 3rd prize in the Children’s Choir Competition, where there were no 1st and 2nd prize winners.Also third prize winners in the Folk Music Competition were MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society, Tarlac State University Choir and the Anima (Quezon City).In the Sacred Music Competition, there were 11 silver awardees, namely, Himig Sanghaya Chorale (San Pedro, Laguna), Anima (Quezon City), Tarlac State University Choir, Sta. Teresita Parish Chorale, UPLB Choral Ensemble (Los Baños, Laguna), Coro Tomasino (Manila), UP Vocal Ensemble-SIC Singers, UP Medicine (UPMed) Choir, The Lipa Choral Ensemble (San Sebastian Cathedral), MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society , and Anima Christi Chorale (St. Jude Shrine, Lucena City). Four choirs were named Bronze awardees---Hiyas ng Pilipinas Children’s Choir (Manila), The Lighter Side Movement (San Felipe Neri Parish Music Ministry, Mandaluyong), The Loreto Minstrels (Manila) and Coro Basilica de Malolos (Malolos, Bulacan).In the Children’s Choir Competition, the Hiyas ng Pilipinas Children’s Choir (Manila), Ilocos Norte National High School Samiweng Singers (Laoag City) and the Mary the Queen Children’s Choir were named Silver awardees while the Guy Simondac Music Studio Children’s Ensemble (San Pedro, Laguna) won the Bronze award.In the Mixed Choir Competition, MSU-IIT Choral Society, Coro Tomasino (Manila), UP Medicine (UPMed) Choir, UP Vocal Ensemble-SIC Singers and Our Lady of Fatima University Chorale (Valenzuela City) were named Silver Awardees while the Anima Christi Chorale (St. Jude Shrine, Lucena City) was named Bronze awardee.In the Folk Music Competition, the silver awardees were the Himig Sanghaya Chorale (San Pedro, Laguna), Coro Tomasino (Manila), The Lipa Choral Ensemble (San Sebastian Cathedra), UP Vocal Ensemble-SIC Singers, Hiyas ng Pilipinas Chldren’s Choir (Manila, UPLB Choral Ensemble (Los Banos, Laguna), UP Medicine (UPMed) Choir and Coro Basilica de Malolos (Malolos, Bulacan). The Bronze award went to Anima Christi Chorale (St. Jude Shrine, Lucena City).The 1st CCP National Choral Competition is one of the events held in celebration of the CCP’s 40th anniversary. Its objectives are to develop and promote deeper appreciation for choral music, to raise the standards of choral music in the country and to showcase the talent of the country’s best choirs.The distinguished panel of international adjudicators was composed of Mark Anthony Carpio, the choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Adolf Gustav Rabus from Germany, Vytautas Miskinis from Lithuania, Aida Swenson from Indonesia and Nelson Kwei from Singapore.

Official List of Winners

Gold Awardees:

no declared 1st Prize winner

2nd Prize ($600.00) - Imusicapella

3rd Prize ($400.00) - University of Visayas Chorale

Silver Awardees:

Himig Sanghaya Chorale

ANIMA

Tarlac State University Choir

Sta. Teresita Parish Chorale

UP Los Baños Choral Ensemble

Coro Tomasino

UP Vocal Ensemble-Sta.Isabel College Singers

UP Medicine Choir

Lipa Choral Ensemble

MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society

Anima Christi Chorale

Bronze Awardees:

Hiyas ng Pilipinas Children's Choir

Lighter Side Movement

Loreto Minstrels

Coro Basilica de Malolos

Children's Choir Competition

Gold Awardee:

no declared 1st and 2nd Prize winners

3rd Prize ($400.00) - Hail Mary the Queen Children's Choir

Silver Awardees:

Hiyas ng Pilipinas Children's Choir

Ilocos Norte National High School - Samiweng Singers

Mary the Queen Children's Choir

Bronze Awardee:

Guy Simondac Music Studio Children's Ensemble

Mixed Choir Competition

Gold Awardees:

1st Prize ($1,200.00) - Imusicapella

no declared 2nd Prize winner

3rd Prize ($600.00) - University of Visayas Chorale

Silver Awardees:

MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society

Coro Tomasino

UP Medicine Choir

UP Vocal Ensemble-Sta.Isabel College Singers

Our Lady of Fatima University Chorale

Bronze Awardee:

Anima Christi Chorale

Folk Music Competition

Gold Awardees:

1st Prize ($800.00) - Imusicapella

1st Prize ($800.00) - University of Visayas Chorale

no declared 2nd Prize winner

3rd Prize ($400.00) - MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society

3rd Prize ($400.00) - Tarlac State University Choir

3rd Prize ($400.00) - ANIMA

Silver Awardees:

Himig Sanghaya Chorale

Coro Tomasino

Lipa Choral Ensemble

UP Vocal Ensemble-Sta.Isabel College Singers

Hiyas ng Pilipinas Children's Choir

UP Los Baños Choral Ensemble

UP Medicine Choir

Coro Basilica de Malolos

Bronze Awardee:

Anima Christi Chorale

Congrats Mam Anna and to U.V sayang lang hindi ko kayo nakasama during my stint with U.E Chorale, heard your being eye to represent the busan competition in korea goodluck, your in good hands with mam Anna tested na yan sa u.e

Walang kupas pa rin ang Imusicapella kahit wala na si Sir Arwin Tan, you bag majority of the awards galing galing keep it up..

Lalo ko tuloy namiss ang chorale days ko lalo sa mga event na tulad nito... well ganun talaga hindi forever, there will come a time that we have to let go something we love, pero syempre mas happy ako ngayon i have my family na

and my kids there the center of my life now.. no more no less

Service...

Finally another weekend, Last Sunday I’ve already attended the Sunday service and back with the choir again, I seen so many changes though the members are still the same except for the new tenor recruit, when I went to the church I did not let them know that I just attended the mass and did not joined them in singing, I want to hear how they sing, how they sounded now did they improve or they back to their old times way of singing again, I was really curious during that time, and when the mass started and the entourage was starting as the choir sings their entrance hymn I’d listened very cautiously from the entrance up to the recessional hymn I can say that they really improved a lot knowing that most of them are young and sad to say do not really have the talent for singing but these kids are really eager to learn and to develop their singing skills for the sake of service, now look at what are they now the parish already acknowledge and recognized their improvement there are now one of the respectable choirs on the parish, and the others choirs look up to them as their inspirations to sing well and to make their service more meaningful, but during the mass I notice that something was missing with their service I’m having difficulty connecting to their song I don’t feel the sincerity of the lyrics where is the connection this should be a prayer, they opted to sing very technically they forgot to sing on their heart, then I realized did I do something wrong on teaching them I was the one responsible for this I was the one who push them to sing like this. The only thing that comes up in my mind is how will I change it this must be corrected.

After the mass I’ve waited them at the conference room for a meeting, first word that comes out to my mouth is how’s the group any updates guys what’s new, and they responded nothing kuya we still had our practice after the mass and Frederick handles everything. I did not tell them what I’ve notice during the mass, Where is E????C?? she’s in a vacation kuya then someone came (ate baby) and approach me eiiii we miss you so much then I tell them that I’m back for good, I hope no more hassle this time I miss my service. I see the happiness to their eyes after I say those words. Ok we’re going to practice some songs we’ll start with the communion songs you sang earlier, when they started singing I notice that they sing so differently I saw so much emotions and joy to their hearts, I immediately realize and found out to my self the reasons why they sing like this is because of the inspiration that I brought to them, I can see to their eyes how happy they are, like they we’re saying our father has back we’re complete again, now we can serve with full of love.

The practice lasted an hour and thirty minutes, I went home my wife and my kids are still in bed, I glance to them and pray to god to thank him for the inspiration that I have now…

Best underwater picture

Family on holiday in Australia for a week and a half when husband, wife and their 15 year old son decided to go scuba diving.
The husband is in the navy and has had some scuba experience.
His son wanted a picture of his mum and dad in all their gear so he got the under water camera ready to go.
When it came to taking the picture the dad realized that the son looked like he was panicking as he took it and gave the 'OK' hand sign to see if he was all right.

The son took the picture and swam to the surface and back to the boat as quick as he could so the mum and dad followed to see if he was OK.
When they got back to him he was scrambling onto the boat and absolutely panicking.
When the parents asked why he said 'there was a shark behind you.'
The dad thought he was joking but the skipper of the boat said it was true but they wouldn't believe him.
As soon as they got back to the hotel they loaded the picture onto the laptop and this is what they saw.

(Try and tell me you wouldn't have emptied your Entire digestive system right at the point you saw it)

Would you have stayed to take the picture? Maybe what saved them was that the shark wasn't hungry, they were in the water not on the surface, and there was no fear coming from them - only because they were not aware. Probably just as well that the kid didn't point for them to look back

Another Day

We're all facing different challenge in life, anything that can made ourselve's more stronger and experience will do a lot more better in the coming storm. Have faith my friend your always watched by him you will not be Alone, I know it brings a lot of pain and questions that no one can answers try to look around and you will see the reality of life all the goodness and the badness around, there's no quite place, there's no peaceful place, we have to live in the world with the works of evil accept it my friend this is the real world, this is the truth beyond our imagination no one can really answers your obscurity only him try to reach out talk to him and ask for aid he will not let you disechanted.

It's nice to be back
thanks for all those who's still visit my blog and my apology for not posting, hopefully i can now put new updates and post in the following day thank you so much.

Peterpan.