BY VIOLI CALVERT –
The pandemic cannot stop the music, especially if it is for a good cause!! Radio Tagumpay and FCF Life Centre are collaborating to present Selfless Love Concert on Sunday, March 28, 2021. It will be held at FCF Life Centre in Minchinbury at 2:30pm.
The main aim of the concert is to raise funds for Myrna Punay, a Filipina visiting Sydney on a Tourist Visa and who went blind on both eyes. She does not have Medicare and did not have travel insurance. Her right eye has been operated on on compassionate basis by a surgeon in Westmead Hospital. Part of the raised funds will be given to Mryna to cover whatever amount is needed to pay for the operation of the left eye and for after operation expenses, as well as earmark funds for Filipino struggling international students.
ARTISTS & CREW
The concert is made possible with the generosity of artists and crew members donating their talents, time and resources. They are listed below, with brief information about them.
ARTISTS
Samantha & Sean Aguala
Sister and brother team, Samantha and Sean Aguala were born with musical talents. They began singing at a very young age, as self trained singers. Samantha occasionally performs live on stage, solo for school events and has devoted service to her school with her musical talents. Sean, on the other hand is currently studying music and performance arts at AMPA to further develop his musical skills at a more proficient level. They are just starting out in performing in the community and are looking forward to their participation in the concert.
Prody & Shirley Bartolome
Husband and wife team, Prody and Shirley have been in FCF Life Centre for more than 15 years. Shirley shares that Prody wrote their wedding song and that he comes from a family of musicians. He studied music in UP and was a member of the UPCC and San Miguel Master Chorale by Ryan Cayabyab. Most of their children sing too.
Christopher Booth
Christopher Booth is a Worship Pastor, versatile singer, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist. Former musician of HillSong Church; Judge on “All Together Now” in 2018. Chris has a heart for Missions and for Worship, and has travelled to do Missions Concerts in South America, Europe, and the Philippines. He was also honoured to be able to play and sing at the closing Ceremony of PMCC4W convention in Marikina, in Oct 2019 to 20,000 people and to sing live streaming worship songs every workday morning on Facebook and YouTube. He has just finished training in 2020 as a Chaplain for the Arts Community
Juliana Carvajal
Juliana is an 11 year old, year 6 student at Waitara Public School.
She is part of the school choir group: Waitara Voices and has been awarded with numerous school distinctions, merit and achievement awards.
Juliana has shown musical aptitude at a young age by composing her own songs and playing musical instruments like the guitar, piano and ukelele.
Her guitar playing was influenced by her father and she is quickly improving on that front.
Juliana has already performed in various occasions from school events and birthdays to Filipino community events and live in Radio Tagumpay program in which she was a junior media contributor.
Her YouTube channel is JC’s Journey. Search YouTube for Juliana Carvajal. Please like and subscribe.
Micah Gabriel,
Micah studied and completed Bachelor of Music at Excelsia (formally know as Wesley institute) in 2013.
In 2011 she travelled around Europe with The Wesley Institute Choir and came 2nd place in the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival held in Vienna, Austria. In her teens, she was able to front act Filipino music artists such as MYMP, Rico J Puno, Gary V, and Rey Valera.
Since becoming a mother, she loves to sing ‘Cocomelon’ nursery rhymes with my 2 year old son. She considers it to be a great honour to be a song leader at FCF (the church she grew up in); with her ultimate passion being to lead people to enter into true worship and be in the presence of God through songs. (To be accompanied by guitar by her husband Michael).
Criz Guce
Despite having hearing impairment and speech disability, Criz has been performing in concerts and events in the last 36 years. She is a very experienced and versatile artist who has sang duet with OPM Icons such Joey Albert, Jim Paredes, Jose Mari Chan and MiG Ayesa. She has also performed with artists from HongKong in numerous concerts.
Criz has been awarded Ambassador for Culture and the Arts – Entertainment in 2017 by NARRA.
She has lent her talent and spearheaded numerous fundraising concerts. She has been the vocalist of Vonix Connex Band and a co-broadcaster in Radio Tagumpay, Triple H 100.1 in the last four years.
Jhoanna Marie Guines
Jhoanna Aguila was a contestant on The Voice AU 2014 – making it to Will.i.am’s top 14 and Kylie Minogue’s top 9. She released her first original song ‘Got The Whole World’ with regular air plays on Australian community radio stations nation-wide and at the time of release reached the #1 Inspirational Song on iTunes! She was singing in Dubai for ‘Waldorf Astoria Palm Jumeirah Hotel’ (Part of Hilton worldwide hotels) and one of Dubai’s most iconic hotels ‘Jumeirah Beach Hotel’. (To be accompanied by guitar by her husband Mark.)
Jhoanna social media accounts are : @JhoannaAguila (Instagram + Twitter); www.youtube.com/JhoannaAguila (YouTube); www.facebook.com/JhoannaAguila (Facebook)
Porsha Pepic
Porsha is currently an E-Talent Musikademy student doing contemporary lessons. She will be appearing in Wish USA homeschool edition on 28 March 2021.
She started acting at the age of 3yo. She studied theatrical with LA Talent & modelling with New Faces Academy. She is very active in participating in the community events and concerts with other artists from the Philippines.
She’s a singer, dancer, model, pageant winner, currently Miss Teen Glam Sydney 2020 competing this Dec 2021 in Bangkok Thailand.
HOSTS
Dolly Asuncion
Dolly Asuncion is a mother of five and grandmother of two little handsome boys. She is the mother of Micah Gabriel, one of the performers. She is the former Head of Sales of ABS-CBN/TFC Australia and currently working with Mission Australia as Employment Advisor-helping people with Disability find employment.
She is a Servant of God- FCF intercessor/Prayer Warrior; leader of one of the Life Groups of FCF Life Centre and Leader of FCF Hope Ministry giving away of food/groceries to the less fortunate members of Doonside Community and Western Sydney.
Violi Calvert
Violi Calvert is the recipient of 2015 Multicultural Media and Indigenous Media Award – Coverage of Community Affairs (with series of articles published in The Filipino Australian). She is a Freelance Writer; Producer and Co-Broadcaster of Radio Tagumpay, Triple H 100.1FM for five years and prior to that was in another radio show for more than five years.
She was also awarded as Ambassador for the Culture and the Arts – Media & Community Service in 2016.
Her career was in the area of Corporate Governance, Fraud Prevention and Fraud Investigation in the State Government and the Local Government She and her husband John are proud parents of two sons, and grandparents of a three year old grandson and two months granddaughter.
DIRECTOR/FLOOR MANAGER
Jojo Sebastian who is a popular entertainer and host of many events. He was crowned as the Best Beauty Pageant host having emceed 18 beauty pageants over two years. He is Mr Diamond International 2021 Finalist, to be decided in mid April 2021.
Ronell Amper is based in Central Coast but does not deter him in lending a hand to community events held here in Sydney. He is a performer and emcee, and also helps in being part of production team in community organisation events.
Photographer is Nicky Galbis Anacin.
COORDINATING COMMITTE
Pastor Rudy and Marion Tan; Mrs Beng Perdon; Violi Calvet
PRODUCTION & PROGRAM COMMITEE
Violi Calvert, Criz Guce, Andrew Russell, Christopher
FCF Production Team
In charge: Bernabe Agcanas, Jnr.
Sound: Patrick Guines, Sidney Guines
Video: Neil Deyto, RJ ALmero, Reggie Gargania,
Lights: Lou Deyto Projection: Tess Lapuz /Nida Agcanas
SPONSORS
The concert is supported by the following generous sponsors:
QFirst, Mate Burger, Len Realty; Nuricraft; Dorie’s Beauty; Chromacake; Mortgage House; Megaworld; Teresa’s Siopao; Mama Lor; Bay Predo’s, Kreative Travel and Invocare.