We’re delighted to share the twentieth issue of the Helix Events Newsletter. Our goal is to share a diverse collection of events each week from a wide spectrum of communities and cultures across the Philippines. We aim to support event organizers and provide the community with an amazing way to discover great events.

Included each week:

• Main Stage feature of a particularly awesome upcoming event

• Highlights of interesting events each week

• Spotlight features a leading personality of the events community

• Big Brain Moment Trivia and data about Filipino events & culture

Let us know what you think on our Facebook Page: Helix Events. We want this to be a collaboration with the events community. You can also see a full list of events in the Philippines at helixevents.asia.

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As we dedicate this month of August for the love of country and countrymen, we have several events in store for you that capture true Filipino heritage, culture and arts. In the form of film fest screenings, a concert by a National Artist and even activities that support Filipino values and take inspiration from our nation’s role models, we get to experience what it means to be a Proud Pinoy!

MAIN STAGE

CINEMALAYA 2023
The long wait is over for our festival! Now on its 19th year!

With Philippine International Convention Center (or PICC) as the “new home” for the festival, the organizers are doing their best efforts to prepare and assure your best Cinemalaya experiences to deliver the best visual storytelling with new competing films to be screened at PICC.

With the theme “ilumiNasyon,” the country’s pioneering independent film festival returns with 10 full-lengths and 10 short films in competition, as well as other components that will secure a space for independent filmmakers to tell their stories and share their perspectives on the issues that shape our times, while capturing the audience’s imagination.

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Manila Dog Show
The Philippine Pomeranian Club, in partnership with Manila Bulletin, is proud to present this event!

Witness a one-of-a-kind 2-day event featuring the Philippine Pomeranian Club’s 21st to 24th All Breed Championship Dog Show and 64th to 71st Pomeranian Specialty Dog Show.

Admission is free. Spectators are not allowed to bring their own dogs to the event.

2. Your Ultimate Quezon Heritage Getaway
The most exciting trip down south is finally here (because YOU deserve to go on a getaway)!

The Heritage Collective is honored to partner with Tuklas Tayabas Historical Society in introducing to lovers and enthusiasts of history and heritage a NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN trail in Quezon Province, featuring its cultural landmarks, traditions, and heritage sites.

We are joining the locals just in time for the celebration of their most historic commemorations in the province: Trece de Agosto: Ang Araw ng Kalayaan ng Lalawigan ng Quezon, as well as the Araw ng Tayabas - the declaration of love for their land back in 1898 and a celebration of their freedom as a people.

There will be meaningful and colorful displays of their rich culture: booths at Niyogyugan from each town of the province, showcasing their local arts, crafts, and culinary traditions. Alongside these, we will be visiting the landmarks that reveal the Quezonians' pride of place: the churches, civic buildings, places of origin, and some houses of its most prominent sons and daughters.

Simply put, we want to travel with YOU and let's witness this ONE-OF-A-KIND (and ONE-TIME-ONLY) heritage experience! Let's make history and memories together in Quezon!

3. Break Up Party Pilipinas
Handa na ba kayo mag-let go, mga breakup beshie? 💔

Tara na at i-celebrate natin ang start of something new sa #BarangayBayani stop over.

Through our event, we will re-empower the youth across cities nationwide to join us in our mission to say goodbye to single-use plastics!

Panahon na para mag-goodbye sa sachets through music and art.

4. Paws in the Park
Furry fun ahead!

This event is the place to be for a weekend of unleashed adventures and fur-tastic memories!

Pawsome activities and treats await you and your furbuddy this weekend. See you there!

5. Meet me at the Pen: A Symphony of Talent Unveiled
Maestro' Ryan Cayabyab, Nicole Asensio, the Ryan Cayabyab Singers, and emerging visual artists Mano Gonzales and Alaga topbill The Peninsula Manila’s pre-47th anniversary dinner concert.

Spend an evening with a true Philippine music legend as multi-awarded musician, composer, conductor, and 2018 National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab.

Bringing together the indelible legacy of Maestro Ryan Cayabyab, the music of multi-hyphenate chanteuse Nicole Asensio and the Ryan Cayabyab Singers, and the emerging voices of contemporary visual artists Mano Gonzales and Alaga, the event will chronicle the past, present, and future of the 47-year history of The Peninsula Manila and its support of Filipino musical and visual talent.

In this dinner concert, Maestro Cayabyab will chronicle his life-long love affair with music, beginning with interpretations of the Great American Songbook by the likes of Gershwin to the funky sounds of Motown and The 5th Dimension. Together with the Ryan Cayabyab Singers, he will also be performing his original compositions that have made him the national artist that he is today. Nicole Asensio will be premiering two music videos and regaling guests with popular jazz tunes.

 SPOTLIGHT

Each week we will feature an interesting leader of the Filipino events community - from producers to choreographers to venue operators to performers & more. There are so many amazing personalities and creators and we are excited to share these stories!

Name: Alfredo III Sanchez

Role: Former Co-Commissioner and Project Head of One Big Pride ‘22

Describe your role: I primarily supervised the strategic organization and implementation of the annual Pride event of Ateneo, One Big Pride, during the last academic year (AY 2022-2023). This entailed a series of intradepartmental and inter-organizational communications, logistical management, human resource supervision, and more.

Favorite part of your job: I loved working with and for the community. Being one of the project heads of One Big Pride 2022 exposed me to the realities of individuals in the community (both the colorful and vibrant versions of it, as well as the difficult realities they face), and it ignited my spirit to fight for our advocacy. Doing this made the job feel easy.

Best event you ever went to and why?
I believe that for an event to be successful, the mere execution itself is only half of the marks you want to achieve. The other half should be measured by its impact on its constituents. And I hate to be biased, but I believe that One Big Pride 2022 was able to cover both criteria!

More than the commendable execution itself, I believe that the event gave people hope. Seeing people's reactions and feedback on the event assured our team that we were able to fulfill our purpose - to be the catalyst for change, bring hearts and lives together, and inspire individuals. Additionally, we broke many milestones and preconceived barriers in the event that made me and many individuals from the community (inside and outside Ateneo) happy and satisfied.

Any upcoming events you're excited for and why?
One Big Pride 2023 and Niki’s Concert

What's a valuable tip you have for fellow events community leaders/organizers?
Be as detailed as possible with your event's timeline, delegate tasks clearly, create a tracker for your deliverables, and foster a conducive working environment for the people you manage.

Current Obsession: The Big Bang Theory and Heartstopper

BIG BRAIN MOMENT

Interesting facts & trivia from the Philippines culture & events community

Trivia Question

Answer: Austronesian

Some Southeast Asian nations share similar-sounding words in their native languages because they fall under one language family called “Austronesian”. There are terms that they share, which may somehow different in spelling but possess the same meaning. As an illustration, “kucing” in Indonesian, “kuching” in Malay and “kuting” in Filipino translate to their English counterpart known as “cat”. However, there are times in which their vocabularies have words with exact spellings. For example, the translation for the English word “right” is “kanan” across all three languages.

Interesting Culture Fact!

Waray-Waray, Bikol, Cebuano are some of the several languages spoken by our country.

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