Harley Palangchao: 13 bands from city schools vie for ‘Brevstock 13’ plum

courtesy of Rachelle Trinidad

13 bands from city schools vie for ‘Brevstock 13’ plum

Harley Palangchao
Life, 12/2/2012



Thirteen bands from 13 schools will vie for a title in the first battle of the Christian bands champion dubbed “Brevstock 13-Ground Zero, 1,000 voices, a thousand dreams, one foundation,” on Dec. 7 at the Baguio Convention Center.

The event starts at 8 a.m. with gala tickets priced at P100.

Brevstock 13 organizers said some 58 bands registered for the event-for-a-cause but only 13 qualified after grueling orientations, boot camps, and eliminations.

The grand finalists are: J to the 3rd Power from Baguio City National High School-main; ParaPhrase from BCNHS-Rizal annex; ThornHead from Don Bosco High School; Mix ‘n Jive from Pines City National High School-main; Rex Gentium from San Jose High School of La Trinidad; Ecclesiastical Youth from St. Louis-Aurora Hill; Rubber Band from SLU Laboratory High School; Shamma from St. Louis School Center High School Dept.; Jairus Band from St. Louis-Balatoc; Infinity Band from St. Louis-Pacdal; TP3 from St. Louis-Philex; Hymn of Tone from the University of Baguio Preparatory High School; and Masquerade from the University of the Cordilleras Laboratory High School.

The grand champion will receive P10,000 and will perform the following night (Dec. 8), at 7 p.m. together with the finest CCM artists Holy Sea Weeds, Hope Springs Eternal, Chantalle, Bundles of Joy, Lisieux Brevs, Pinoy Idol Finalist JayJay Pimpinio, Jr, and GMA 7’s Vanessa del Moral.

Bishop Carlito Cenzon of the Diocese of Baguio will have a special appearance.

The B4 dance group, a Pilipinas Got Talent finalist, will be performing as well.

Concert director Mark Robe Corpuz expressed hope the event will be able to raise funds needed to help build a water system that will benefit an Aeta community in Sitio Yangka, Capas, Tarlac.

Other beneficiaries are the Happy Hallow Elementary School and BCNHS-Rizal annex for armchairs and tables.

The top three winning bands will be performing in the upcoming Youth Jam on Dec. 15 culminating the Youth Congress 2012.

For more information, visit www.brevstock.com.

For ticket reservations and donations, contact 0916-544-0263.

Harley Palangchao : Brevstock events to help Baguio schools, Aeta vill

courtesy of Rachelle V. Trinidad

Young Christians in the locality set a two-day charity event full of music in a bid to raise funds to install a water system for an Aeta village in Tarlac and to donate tables and chairs to two Baguio public schools.

Dubbed “Brevstock 13- ground zero,” the two-day contemporary Christian music extravaganza will feature selected competing high schools for the battle of the Christian bands on Dec. 7 while the gala night will be held the following day, both at the Baguio Convention Center.

Organized by the Brevarians, a community of young men and women committed to share Christ through music, arts, and media, the two-day event is supported by Bishop Carlito Cenzon of the Diocese of Baguio-Benguet.

The two schools to benefit from chairs and tables are the Rizal annex of the Baguio City National High School and Happy Hallow Elementary School.

Event organizer and Brevarian founder head Antonio Alex Manongdo said the charity event will be an avenue for diversity and non-exclusivity, meaning it is a time for people to share themselves.

Manongdo, an outstanding Baguio citizen, added the event has its tagline “1,000 voices, a thousand dreams, one foundation,” which aims to gather at least a thousand people from Baguio uniting to help build the dreams of young people.

He added after fulfilling its pledge to the beneficiaries of the charity event, the group aims to use the remaining proceeds to reproduce the recently recorded “Brevstock the Album,” a collection of powerful original compositions by members of the group.

Brevstock was established in 1999 mainly to introduce the praying of the Breviary, commonly known as the Liturgy of the Hours, to the youth, and to welcome the Great Jubilee Year 2000 and the New Millennium with renewed vigor and enthusiasm in rediscovering the treasures of the faith.

The Brevarians currently serve at the Baguio Cathedral.

For more details about the charity event, log on to www.brevstock.com.

source:  Baguio Midland Courier

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