The creative people of the Aurora Provincial Tourism Office have been consistently producing and uploading promo videos of Aurora. They do these in-house and most videos were shot by Mac Ritual and edited by Ryan Ritual. Here are some samples.
Aurora Philippines – One Destination, Endless Adventure.
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Surfing season is on at Cobra Reef, Baler, Aurora. Check out this new video from the Tourism Office.
And now for your sunday entertainment, another diving video from the good people of the Provincial Tourism Office. This time it’s from the Dibutunan Cove in Dipaculao.
Here’s the latest update from our favorite Akaw musician Jonathan Urbano.
Jonathan is with Aiza Seguerra’s Pogi Band, so wherever Aiza plays, he’s also there. He’s the one who plays the violin. The video above shows them performing in one of their Singapore gigs. Aiza’s past album Open Arms topped the jazz charts in Singapore so they’re famous there. Read the news here.
Recently, Aiza released a new album titled Aiza Live. It was launched last August 10 and is now available on your favorite music stores. Don’t buy pirated. Read the news from pep.ph:
Here’s another news from abs-cbn news
Another one – Aiza says she’s staying put
Another video from ASAP, where Jonathan was a specially mentioned.
Another ASAP video
Here are their skeds:
Baler sa Puso Ko is an original modern zarzuela with libretto written by Dr. Isagani Cruz and original compositions by Lutgardo Labad. It was staged by The NCCA at the Baler Sports Complex from August 12 to 15, 2009 as part of the Baler 400 celebration. It stars Montet Acoymo, Liesl Batucan, Lara Maigue, Al Gatmaitan, Cercado Sisters, UST Liturgikon Choir, and the Aurora Performing Arts Group.
Here are two selected scenes from the play, taken during the gala night on August 15.
The Baler Fiesta scene:
This is another scene:
Emilio and the young Maria were played by Patrick Angara and Kristine Sindac from Baler.
The video of Pres. Gloria Macapagal_Arroyo’s speech during the Baler 400th Foundation Celebration at the Baler Municipal Plaza on August 19, 2009.
Part 1
Part 2
Here’s a video of the finale of Gabi ng Musikang Pilipino held at the Baler Sports Complex on August 18, an ensemble performance of Ryan Cayabyab’s “O Bayan Ko” Performed by Isay Alvarez, Bo Cerrudo, Rachelle Gerodias, and Ervin Lumauag with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, UP Singing Ambassadors and the Baler Youth and Children’s Choir.
I tried uploading a 448MB high definition version of this video overnight but it failed twice after hours of waiting . So I uploaded a low res version instead. Anyway, it’s the music that matters in the performance.
Another short video of the opening number of the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 Pre-pageant held on August 6, 2009.