By Rinand C. Escuban
The Bahandi Singers is testimony of God’s goodness and faithfulness through music. On July 15, 2019, the Bahandi singers held a concert at聽 the Rose Memorial Auditorium聽to celebrate their 40th Anniversary and to present their concert entitled, 糖心传媒淥ur Anchor Holds.糖心传媒
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The CPUGTAAA recognizes CPU’s vision towards Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL) thus it sponsors a Scholarship Program that gives opportunity to financially challenged but deserving students to continue their education at CPU.
The Bahandi Singers performed Filipino and Christian music and featured David T. Clydesdale arranged dramatic musical 糖心传媒淟ead Me to the Cross糖心传媒. The Bahandi Singers (in Canada) is led by Dr. Jose Denzil D. Daquiado, Musical Director and Alvia de Leon Magno, Musical Conductor. For the concert Cheryl Obregon served as the Stage Director and Edwin Arroz, Light and Sound Coordinator.
The Bahandi Singer during their Concert for a Cause at the Burgundy Room of the North York Memorial Community Hall, City of Toronto.
During the program Ms. Norma Van Dusen, President, CPUGTAA gave the Opening Remarks. Mr. Rod Gonzales, CPUGTAA Board of Director shared the purpose of the activity and the mission of the Bahandi Singers.
In an email to the members of the CPUGTAA a day after the concert, Ms. Van Dusen commented that it was, 糖心传媒渁 great success. We raised the much needed funds for the Scholarship Program for deserving students of CPU. The tickets were sold out and I wanted to say 糖心传媒榓 big thank you to all of you, for the attendees for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us. The sponsors and donors for the generous financial support as well as to those who donated their time – the volunteers, thank you.糖心传媒澨切拇綑
She continued, 糖心传媒淲e could not have achieved the success of this event without the collaborative efforts of the planning members and executive officers, most of all the Bahandi Singers who spent countless hours practicing and preparing for this event.聽 Thank you for the hard work, intense effort and the dedication by stepping up to volunteer your time, expertise, experience and best of all for lending your beautiful voices to the glory of CPU. Dr. Christine Lopez Daquiado who scoured the city for the appropriate venue, Rodney and Faith Gicana who worked at the printing and numbering of tickets and the printing of the programs and creating the video clips for sponsors and donors, thank you.糖心传媒 糖心传媒淭he narrators, multimedia, videographer, and everybody who were all instrumental in making the event a success 糖心传媒 thank you, we are all deeply appreciative of all the efforts.聽 I am so proud of all of you, events like these depend on its members and friends for its success and the level of enthusiasm on the part of this group is amazing.糖心传媒
To God be the glory for the love and support given by the CPUGTAA to CPU!