THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 5 Number 11 | AUGUST 2015
WHAT’S ON
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Radio Tagumpay Inspires Fundraising Concert
THE newest Filipino-Australian community
radio show in Sydney, Radio Tagumpay,
will stage a fundraising concert on August
15 Asquith Leagues Club from 7pm.
Organised in conjunction with Triple H
community radio station, the concert aims
to raise funds for the improvement of the
station’s facilities. It will also earmark
funds to go to Grameen Australia for
micro-finance projects in the Philippines.
The concert “Inspire – a multi talented
music extravaganza” draws from the radio
show’s name and philosophy. Tagumpay
is Filipino for ‘success’.
Filipino-Australian artists performing
at the concert are: Bob Alipalo, Fasika
Ayallew, Tina Bangel & One Voice Kids,
Andrew Mark Baris, Marianne Cuasay,
Angela Ford, Issei Guarin, Criz Guce,
Jasmine Henry, Brian Lorenz, Jinky
Marsh, Bernie Van Tiel, Danikka &
Daniela Vassallo, Elysa Villareal and June
‘Miss Little Stars’
and Trinity Young.
The concert also aims to launch
and cement the radio show’s presence
in the immediate Hornsby-Ku-ringgai
area. The radio show likewise serves
the wider Filipino-Australian community
and Filipinos overseas who are able to
stream the program through the station’s
website: http://www.triplehfm.com.au/
Radio Tagumpay’s producers and
broadcasters are Bob Aiipalo, Violi
Calvert and Pin Montemayor Henry.
The show’s regular contributors include
Consul Marfod Angeles for updates
from the Philippine Consulate, Marianne
Cuasay with her sharing for the youth and
Jinky Marsh for Filipino children’s stories
and proverbs.
It airs on Mondays, during 11am to
1pm on Triple H 100.1FM. Contact
telephone numbers are: Studio 8066
1900; Office 9489 3934.
‘Buwan ng Wika’
Balagtasan at Mt. Druitt
25th of Aguman
Capampangan
YOUNGSTERS take center stage in a
unique show on August 15 in the ‘Pinoy
Radio’ fundraising event on August 15 at
the Club Pabico in Mt. Druitt.
‘Miss Little Stars Exclusive’ is a
show featuring girls, age 5 to 12, in an
entertainment programme complete with
a parade in their casual and formal wear.
There will be a special segment featuring
mums and their daughters in their best
dresses.
Event will be from 6pm to 11pm. It
promises a night of fun and entertainment.
Tickets are at $29 which includes a buffet.
For details, call 0422 227 344.
THE Aguman Capampangan Australia
will celebrate its 25th Anniversary on
August 29 in a fun-filled event featuring
special guest actor Joey Marquez and the
best of Capampangan entertainers.
The Sinukwan Festival of the
Capampangans will be held at the Fairfield
RSL Club (14 Anzac Street, Fairfield) from
6.30 pm. The event promises an evening
of fun with a showcase of Pampanga
culture. Attire is Filipiniana or formal, $60.
For tickets and more details, call, 0402
354 853 (Marivic Manalo), 0438 097 898
(Juliet Ramos), 0422 375 766 (Normie
Steward).
IN OBSERVANCE of ‘Buwan ng Wika’,
the Tagalog Association of Australia will
host its annual ‘Balagtasan’ on August 29
at Club Pabico in Mt. Druitt.
‘Balagtasan’ teams will demonstrate
their wit, rhetoric and eloquence in
Tagalog in a themed debate. The event
also features speakers and a song
presentation by the Sydney Sonata
Singers.
‘Buwan ng Wika’ is observed every
August in the Philippines and by Filipino
communities around the world.
The Balagtasan is a traditional Filipino
oratorical demonstration of literary and
poetic verses named after Francisco
Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar, 1788-1862)
considered as the greatest Filipino poet
and author of the epic ‘Florante at Laura’.
The Tagalog Association of Australia
has been conducting the Balagtasan in
recent years to celebrate the ‘Buwan ng
Wika’.
The event will be held from 12.305.30pm. Tickets are at $20 per person,
includes a buffet. For tickets and more
details, call 0422 227 344.