{"id":1123,"date":"2011-11-13T01:22:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/blog\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2011-11-13T01:22:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T06:22:01","slug":"the-fccp-grand-royal-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/2011\/11\/13\/the-fccp-grand-royal-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The FCCP Grand Royal Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE FCCP\u2019S GRAND \u2018ROYAL BALL\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Trust the \u201cFriends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines\u201d (FCCP) to cheer its members and guests with a successful bash to celebrate their 32nd<\/sup> anniversary. Entitled \u201cRoyal Ball\u201d, the fund raising event was held last Monday at the Makati Shangri-la. The ballroom looked majestic with the innovative design by the ingenious Jun Jun Ablaza. Jun Jun immersed us into another realm; at the center was the lavish stage, with opulent carvings, and hanging overhead on each table were huge crowns with strings fashioned to give it a draped elegant look. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Highlights of the evening were performances by Menchu Lauchengco Yulo and Michael Williams who sang excerpts from \u201cThe King and I\u201d, \u201cCamelot\u201d and \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d, together with FCCP members and friends. . <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Proceeds from this annual ball are earmarked for scholarship grants to deserving students of the arts, and outreach programs to schools and remote communities. Headed by its President, grand dame Nene Leonor, the Steering Committee is composed of: Grace Palma Tiongco, Director,\u00a0 Thelma Gana, Chairperson with Rose Basa, Karen Macasaet, Rosita Lesaca, Nene Pe Lim and Gilda Salonga as co -chairpersons.\u00a0 One of the delightful moments of the evening, was \u2018The March of the Siamese Children\u2019 in the \u2018King and I\u2019, which was participated in by the\u00a0 grandchildren of the FCCP members, dressed in full regalia. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Finale of the grand presentation with Michael Williams and Menchu Lauchengco Yulo, together with Nene Leonor, in red, and members of the FCCP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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President of the FCCP, Nene Leonor, 2nd from left, with Grace Palma Tiongco, Mely Hechanova and Paeng Hechanova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chit Bautista, Mabel Abano, Anabelle Adriano, Consul Helen Ong and Ofelia Trinidad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jun Leonor, Nene Leonor, Mars Lambino, Mimi Valerio and Ruben Valerio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rupert Jacinto, Irene Martel Francisco, Dr. Randy Francisco, Edna Lhuillier and Ambassador Philippe Lhuillier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thelma Gana, Nene Leonor, Consul Mellie Ablaza, Nenuca Blardony and Nena Casimiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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President of the CCP Raul Sunico, Dr. Jaime Laya, Sandie Poblador and Jun Jun Ablaza, master decorator of the Royal Ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nini Valdez, Abe Licaros, Nini Licaros and Tessie Amparo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Margie Floirendo, Sandie Poblador and Marissa Fenton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Betchay Monserrat, Letty Santos, Consul Mellie Ablaza and Consul Louie Ablaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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THE FCCP\u2019S GRAND \u2018ROYAL BALL\u2019 Trust the \u201cFriends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines\u201d (FCCP) to cheer its members and guests with a successful bash to celebrate their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-having-a-ball"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1-copy2.jpg?fit=340%2C238","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9FePs-i7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinajacinto.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}