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Band Camp 2008

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Jaime and his cousin, Ramon, joined Band Camp last year and they really had a great time.   

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Timmy dela Rama’s original composition called WISH. Performed by all the kids from Band Camp 2007. 

 

 

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“Getting to know music intimately allows the children a better chance at expressing their uniqueness. Getting to know music in this way will spark the discovery of how original each and every human being is.”

Butch Roxas, classical and electric guitarist, Camp Director, Bandcamp 2008 

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It’s what you’ve always wanted to do – Rock in a Band! Jazz it  up with a big band! Jam with the professionals! Improvise. Perform.

If you are between 11-18 years old, love music, and can play a musical instrument or sing, you are invited to join BandCamp!

There will be daily lessons and band practices, workshops and concerts where campers play with professional musicians. 

  1. BulletBandCamp is a non-profit parent-organized camp.  It is a live-in contemporary music camp for young musicians. It is two weeks of playing music every day with kids of the same age and performing in concert with professional musicians.  

  2. BulletCampers have daily instruction in their instruments and daily band practice. They join workshops, and play in concerts.   The whole program is designed to broaden young people’s  music experience and interest. 

  3. BulletBandCamp is a collaboration with University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music teachers who are all professional musicians — trained in classical tradition but who also play contemporary music.  There will be 8 senior musicians in residence who will teach bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboard, voice, drums, percussion and jazz violin.  

  4. BulletBandCamp is in collaboration with the Beacon School. To ensure that the children are safe and rules are kept, there is a Den Mother in residence with three assistant facilitators.  The Den Mother is from the faculty of the Waldorf School.

 BandCamp is a live-in only camp.

This year, BandCamp will be at The Beacon School, PCPD Compound, Taguig, Metro Manila. A Den Mother from the faculty of the Waldorf School, Ms. Laarni Aranas, will be in residence for the duration of the camp to ensure that children are safe and rules are kept. Ms. Aranas will have three assistants also in residence at all times: Aeon Mapa (a guitarist), Joshua (a singer) and Muriel Gonzales (a violinist). Sleeping quarters are at the second level of the Beacon School, and meals will be served at the cafeteria in the same building. Indoor and outdoor  concerts will also be in the same campus. For campers who have been accepted, please note registration is from  2-4 pm of May 4th at the Beacon School.    Move out is at 9 pm of May 18th. Please make sure you have everything in the LIST OF THINGS TO BRING, and have signed copy of the medical form and waiver when you register. 

 

  1. The eight live-in teachers of BandCamp are mostly from the UST Conservatory 

    1. of Music.  All are classically trained musicians who play professionally.


     

  2. Camp Director/ Classical and Acoustic Guitar:  Butch Roxas

  3. Bass Guitar: Ruben Reyes

  4. Voice director: Patrice Pacis

  5. Keyboard Director: Lyndon Aguilar

  6. Percussion and General Music: Franco Octaviano

  7. Guitar and General Music: James Peter Namit

  8. Jazz Violin: Michael del Rosario

 

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  1. THE PROGRAM includes  individual lessons  when necessary, band practice , workshops and the chance to play with professional musicians in 9 evening concerts.

  2. DAILY SCHEDULE: 

  3. Mornings: general music instruction, sight singing and theory, individual and group instruction per instrument.  

  1. BAND CAMP 2008 DAILY TEACHING SCHEDULE.

    * schedules are subject to change at any moment and will be announced.

  2. MORNING SCHEDULE

  3. 7:00 – 8:00 – BREAKFAST  

  4. 8:30 – 10:00 – MUSIC RUDIMENTS(THEORY) AND SIGHT SINGING  

  5. 10:00 – 12:00 – INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LESSONS  

  6. LUNCH

  7. AFTERNOON SCHEDULE

  8. 1:00 – 4:00 – BAND/ENSEMBLE PRACTICE

 

  1. * if there are no workshops students may use this time for further practice or for recreational activities.

  2. DINNER

  3. EVENING SCHEDULE

  4. 8:00 – START OF CONCERTS

 

  1.  
    1. SUNDAY, MAY 4

    2. 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM – REGISTRATION / ORIENTATION 

    3. 4:00 PM – OPENING CONCERT 

      1. 1) TRIO – 3 GUITARS RUBEN REYES, BUTCH ROXAS, JAMES PETER NAMIT 

      2. 2) INTRODUCTORY SPEECH

      3. 3) THE ’07 PROJECT – students from bandcamp’07

      4. 4) THE FACULTY BAND FEATURING VIOLINIST, MIKE DEL ROSARIO

      5. 5) THE GUITAR ENSEMBLE, “ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT” by Steve Reich, Ruben Reyes –conductor 


      1. START OF FIRST WEEK

      2. MONDAY, MAY 5

      3. AUDITIONS FOR BAND PLACEMENT, NO CONCERTS. 

      4. TUESDAY, MAY 6

      5. START OF DAILY PROGRAM, NO CONCERTS. 

      6. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

      7. DAILY SCHEDULE, NO CONCERTS. 

      8. PRACTICE FOR MAY 8 CONCERT. 

      9. THURSDAY, MAY 8

      10. 7:30 PM – STUDENT AND FACULTY CONCERT “ACOUSITCS ALLOWED” 

      11. FRIDAY, MAY 9

      12. 4:00 PM – GUITAR ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP 

      13. 7:30 PM – GUITAR ENSEMBLE CONCERT 

      14. SATURDAY, MAY 10

      15. 4:00 PM – THE ART SONG WORKSHOP WITH RANDY GILONGO AND PETER PORTICOS 

      16. 7:30 PM – THE ART SONG CONCERT 

      17. SUNDAY, MAY 11

      18. FAMILY AFTERNOON 


      1. Second WEEK – GUEST ARTISTS AND WORKSHOPS

        * STUDENTS WILL PERFORM IN EVERY CONCERT BEFORE AND SOMETIMES WITH THE GUEST PERFORMER.

      2. MONDAY, MAY 12

      3. 4:00 PM – INDIGENOUS MUSIC WORKSHOP WITH TUSA MONTES 

      4. 7:30 PM – THE TRIBAL MUSIC CONCERT WITH TUSA MONTES 

      5. TUESDAY, MAY 13

      6. 4:00 PM – BIG BAND MUSIC WORKSHOP WITH TOTS TOLENTINO 

      7. 7:30 PM – THE BIG BAND CONCERT, TOTS TOLENTINO, CONDUCTING 

      8. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MAY 14 AND 15.

      9. 3:00 PM – COMPOSITION AND MUSIC PRODUCTION WITH TONTON AFRICA 

      10. 7:30 PM – CONCERT FEATURING COMPOSITIONS OF STUDENTS 

      11. FRIDAY, MAY 16

      12. 4:00 PM – SONGWRITNG AND PERFORMING WORKSHOP WITH NOEL CABANGON

      13. 7:30 PM – CONCERT – NOEL CABANGON 

      14. SATURDAY, MAY 17

      15. 4:00 PM – ROCK WORKSHOP WITH BENNI’S BAND

      16. 7:30 PM – CONCERT – BENNI’S BAND 

      17. SUNDAY, MAY 18 – CULMINATING CONCERT

      18. ALL DAY REHEARSALS FOR ALL GROUPS

       

 

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  1. BAND CAMP 2008 SCHEDULE OF CONCERTS

    * Except for the First Concert,STUDENTS WILL PERFORM IN EVERY CONCERT BEFORE AND SOMETIMES WITH THE GUEST PERFORMER.

  2. SUNDAY, MAY 4

  3. 4:00 PM – OPENING CONCERT

  4. PROGRAM :  

  5. TRIO – 3 GUITARS (RUBEN REYES, BUTCH ROXAS, JAMES PETER NAMIT) 

  6. THE ’07 PROJECT (Students fron Band Camp ’07) 

  7. THE FACULTY BAND FEATURING VIOLINIST MIKE DEL ROSARIO

  8. THE GUITAR ENSEMBLE, “electric counterpoint” by Steve Reich, Ruben Reyes – conductor

  9. THE BIG BAND, Tots Tolentino – conductor 

  10. THURSDAY, MAY 8

  11. 7:30 PM – STUDENT AND FACULTY CONCERT “ACOUSTICS ALLOWED”

  1. FRIDAY, MAY 9

  2. 7:30 PM – GUITAR ENSEMBLE CONCERT

  3. SATURDAY, MAY 10

  4. 7:30 PM – ART SONG CONCERT

  5. MONDAY, MAY 12

  6. 7:30 PM – THE TRIBAL MUSIC CONCERT WITH TUSA MONTES

  7. TUESDAY, MAY 13

  8. 7:30 PM – THE BIG BAND CONCERT, TOTS TOLENTINO, CONDUCTING.

  9. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

  10. 7:30 PM – CONCERT FEATURING COMPOSITIONS OF STUDENTS

  11. THURSDAY, MAY 15

  12. 7:30 PM – CONCERT FEATURING COMPOSITIONS OF STUDENTS

  13. FRIDAY, MAY 16

  14. 7:30 PM – CONCERT – NOEL CABANGON

  15. SATURDAY, MAY 17

  16. 7:30 PM – CONCERT BENNI’S BAND

  17. SUNDAY, MAY 18 – CULMINATING CONCERT

  18. 7:30 PM – OUR LAST WALTZ.

 If you are between 11-18 years old, sing or  play an instrument at the beginner or advanced level, you are invited to apply by filling in the application form and sending it to us. Very advanced students are accepted for limited slots.

COST: 

P16,000 inclusive of lessons, workshops, food and lodging, and two free BandCamp T-shirts.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Fill up the Application Form and email to bandcamp2008@gmail.com.   

We will email to acknowledge receipt of your application and schedule you for an interview with the camp director. 

Campers from BandCamp 2007 do not require interviews. 

After the interview we will email notification of your acceptance into BandCamp 2008. We will require a reservation fee of P3000 within a week of notification. This fee is non-refundable, and will be deducted from the enrollment fee of P16,000.

The enrollment fee is due in full on April 15, 2008. 

All bank details will be emailed to you on notification of your acceptance to BandCamp.

 Email us at bandcamp2008@gmail.com

 

Call us at 8962561 / 8995544 

Ask for Marge Sevilla

website:  BandCamp 2008 

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Elbert’s Lunch at Steak Room

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Heart2Heart is happy to announce that Elbert’s Steak Room is now open for lunch!!!!  They just started their dry run yesterday.  For now he has 4 main courses to choose from, but Elbert told me there will be a Tapsilog dish and a Steak Diane dish. You can still order the dinner menu but you need to give advance notice so they can prepare.  I highly recommened making reservations.  We were able to try the set lunch and we will definitely be in Elbert’s for lunch again and again and again!    579019269503_0_bg.jpg979019269503_0_bg.jpg489019269503_0_bg.jpg 

Elbert and his brother Adrian are a team in running Steak Room.  Adrian is the Chef who concocted all the recipes for the new lunch menu.   Elbert is the owner and is a great guy.  As I get to know him better, I  like him as much as i like his steaks which is  A LOT!  🙂

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 Elbert’s Steak Room is located at:

3/F Sagittarius Building III

111 H. V. de la Costa Street

Salcedo Village

Makati City 1227

Philippines

 


  1.  located right across Somerset Salcedo, diagonally across a Ministop, two floors above the Indian restaurant

    Sagittarius Building III,  the one to the left if you’re facing the building

    there’s a 7-11 in the next building (Sagittarius Bldg II)

  2. Sagittarius is perpendicular to Leviste Street

     3rd floor and there is no escalator nor elevator, sorry

 

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Previous Entry:  Elbert’s Steak Room September 18, 2007 

Website:  http://www.steakroom.com/Home.html 


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Bistro Ikea

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Make sure to pass by Bistro Ikea even to just get a snack!  Only because you just have to have your cheapest meal in Hong Kong!  Maybe not even in Manila you can have snacks as cheap as this……and it is YUMMY!! Definitely VALUE FOR MONEY!

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A snack for HK$ 7.00 – hotdog and soft serve!  and it was YUMMY!! 

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San San Trois

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Thanks to our friend Mykie who introduced us to this restaurant many years ago.  From that time on, we have been going here, most especially Dad and Mom.  It is Japanese French fusion. Anything Japanese, my parents love…  Dad of course is excited to introduce us to another friend of his in Hong Kong, the Chef of San San Trois.  We only go on special occasions….and that is when we are in Hong Kong and only because dad and mom are treating 🙂

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Dad just reserves with his friend, Ono, the Chef and owner, and Chef Ono prepares a set meal.   

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 We just sit and eat, exact names of dishes we do not know 

Wagyu Sashimi 

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Assorted Sushi and Sashimi

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Onion soup

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Burger with Foie Gras inside!!!!!

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 Truffle pasta!!

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With Chef Ono and Thomas who is also partners with Chef Ono and owns and manages the restaurant as managing director.   

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It is in the same building as Victoria’s Seafood.   

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Victoria City Seafood Restaurant

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One of the family’s favorites in Hong Kong.  They are known for fresh seafoods.  And we love their Xiao long bao.  We just arrived in HK and Dad and Mom took us here.  Dad introduced us to one of his HK friends, Eddie, the waiter, whom I forgot to take a photo of.  Dad kept reminding me to take his photo, I guess i was too busy eating!!  🙂 

 

Crispy small fish appetizer which Javier liked so much, Eddie gave him one doggie bag to bring home filled with this 

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Xiao Long Bao, they sometimes have Shanghai crab as the filling when it is in season and it is really special.  This is one of the best we have tried after Joe Shanghai’s in New York!   

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Fresh “pitik pitik” ( we do not know the name in English )  still alive- being shown to us in a pail 

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then cooked…. really very FRESH and very sweet!

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Eddie teaching us how to open and cut it… Cut the sides on both ends…

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then split it open…. 

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And Wow!! This was really good!!! It was swimming in this sauce which i think has the aligui from the crab….crabvictorias.JPG

Noodles made with the yellow sauce from the crab dish 

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Rockwell’s Summer Series

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POWER PLANT MALL

Under the Rockwell sun

Here comes the sun… and with Power Plant Mall’s Summer Series, things will be more than all right!

Spending in the sun

Start the season with a summer sale! From April 4-6, 2008, your favorite stores in Power Plant Mall will lower their prices as the temperature rises! Things are really going to heat up as we offer discounts up to 70% off!

Stop, souk and listen!

On Sunday, April 6, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.Plaza Drive transforms into the Rockwell Sunday Souk, an outdoor market that offers the finest in food, plants and handicrafts. Rockwell residents share family recipes and personal designs as they join other market favorites for a shopping experience unlike any other.  

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Sun dancing

Escola Brasileira de Capoeira (EBC) Philippines will hold capoeira classes at the North Court from April 8 to May 22 (every Tuesday and Thursday), 5 p.m.-6 p.m. This Brazilian art that combines dance, acrobatics, music and fighting techniques is the perfect way to get toned for the beach! For inquiries, call EBC Philippines at 0917-8138931.

Hot bods

On April 12-13Plaza Drive becomes your summer sanctuary as Manila’s top studios offer free yoga and Pilates classes in “A Weekend of Fitness.” To sign up, call Aura Athletica at 756-5104. You may even win a chance at a shopping spree! Limited slots only.

 

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Bring on the bazaar!

Rockwell proudly presents the “Summerlicious” Discoveries Bazaar at the Rockwell Tent from April 18-20. The country’s best retailers gather under one roof to present their latest offerings. Scorching hot deals await!

Summertime and the living is definitely easy—Rockwell will make sure of that! Sunup or sundown, we make sure the heat is on!

 

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