Store It..

A journey with Cancer
by Muffet Dolar Villegas
March 16,2008
Memory Bank

I sat there, transfixed, as the performers souls joined with mine, inside the spacious, cool, state of the art Luce Auditorium. If music is the language of the soul, at that moment, our souls, were listening intently to the most wonderful communication in the universe that God made. Music.
Once more, the three generation of music and bonding, Japi, Annabelle and Suyen or Ana Joaquina in long version, played their favorite pieces in piano as they joined the semestral recital organized by the Silliman University College of Performing Arts at the Luce Auditorium last March 13, Thursday at 5 p.m. The eleven year old Ana Joaquina Adriano, who started learning the piano at the age of five, played The Entertainer by Joplin, the mother. Annabelle Lee Adriano played Etune in E. Op.10,no.3 by Chopin and the grandmother Joaquina Villegas Lee performed Claire de Lune by Debussy. My heart skipped a bit. These three people are dear to my heart, because I see that age is not a problem with spending time with each other even if it takes time to go to their lessons with Tim Montes, music professor in Silliman University.
This is life. Its not only the daily grind of mundane things that make life but the joy of watching your friends, family, and relatives in their cherished moments. This is worth a million treasures stored away inside a memory bank which lives inside us forever.
Pretty little girls in their blue outfit opened the event with dances. One little girl caught the crowd’s hearts as she moved away from the group and did her own unique interpretation of the dance, following her heart filled with glee, completely enjoying the moment. It was the most beautiful and natural dance I ever saw.
The ballet performance was done by Gabrielle Limbaga, Aisha Yashin, Hikaru Nagasawa, Garnet Cello, Anya Katarina Pantejo, Anna Natalie Kolnes, Sarah Marie Kolnes Francesca Marie Flores and Sabrina Barot.
In music, Kahlil Andoni Denura, performed My Pony by Olson, Keira Nolyn Nocete, with Firefly and chim chim Cher-ee fr “Mary Poppins” by Faber and Sherman Faber, Millie Anne Estolloso, violin and piano with morning tune no.5 and Party song by J Sailen Bowman, Nino Adrian Losaria, sang the Little lamb, by J. Styne, Liana Thea violin with Perpetual Motion by S. Suzuki, Stephen Gerard Denura, piano with Danny Dolphin and Camptown Races by Olson arr by Faber, Marc Villavicencio, piano with Old Macdonald and Yankee Doodle, Yeashua Quizo, violin, Allegro by S. Suzuki, Reggae Kayl Ege piano The spinning Song by M. Aaron, Xian Aiby Generoso voice, Castle On a Cloud,by C.M. Schonberg, Isobel Flores, violin,Morning Tune No. 5 by J Sailen, Glenna Christina Duch, violin and piano with Sonatina in C Op 8 by I Pleyel and Rondino by A.Diabeli.
Other performers were Aurora Ab Latif, violin, with Morning Tune No.6 by J Sailen , Lissa patricia Duch, violin piano and voice with Morning tune no.5 by J Sailen, Tarantella by M Aaron, and Climb every mountain by Rodgers Hammerstein. While Arriane Adrian performed Allegro by S. Suzuki in Violin and sang Reflection by Matthew Wilder, Joyce Elizabeth Anderson, violin with Grasshopper tune, Amyrrah Estolloso, violin and piano with Chorus from Judas Maccabeus and Spring Improntu by G.F. Handel and Aaron respectively.
Other performers were Amidalla Gabrielle Quisumbing, Marriane Villavicencio,Sarah Jane Kolnes, Joushua Sisona, Anna Natalie Kolnes, Jesse Llyd Villanueva, Brian Majarocon, Alanise Rhei Nacar, Sabrina Barot, John francis Reyes, Samuel Cantos, Eric jennies Duhaylungsod, Jonald Alabastro, Lianette Flores, Marvin Urbano Tia, Benjamin Limbaga, Ma. Cassandra Ortaliz, Andrew Marc Alvarez, Jae-So and Jae –Hwan Jang, Hwang In Soon, Gae won, Simoun Glen Alvarez, Bryan Vincent King, Mykaela Luz Maxino, Megan Lozada, Hee won Lee, Jason Sisona, Alexis Faye Pal, Carmel June Saga, Seo Yeong (Rachelle) Jo, francheska Louise Salcedo, Jon riam Quizo, Katrina Mira, Gian Paolo Sisona, Onna Rhea Quizo, Lheolyne Mandingal, Seong Ha-lee, Reahna Ruamar, Soe Jeong, and Carolyn Goltiano. I looked forward for this recital to bring my senses the much needed rest and pure relaxation.