Today was Philippine day at the Landmark center in St. Paul. Our Praise & Worship team played an accoustic number and I played a few songs with a rondalla group. We didn't have a lot of practice under our belts and I could only hear the instruments on either side of me so I don't know how we sounded as an ensemble. Given the accoustics of the Landmark, if we did sound bad I doubt anyone noticed.

My sister Karen and my brother in law Dale brought my dad and they managed to catch both performances. They sampled the pinoy food and watched the folk dances. It was good to have dad in the crowd. I know that mom would have enjoyed herself too if she had been there. She never missed a chance to see me play.

Next Saturday is the celebration for Mama & Papa's 50th wedding anniversary. Their daughter Josephine had her tourist visa approved this past week. With her will come an octavina for me. I am excited about getting & learning a new instrument.

I got lots of pictures which I still need to unload & resize. I'll try to get those up later.

Labels: Music, Rondalla, Tagalog