Roll the drums and sound off the
trumpets as some of the country’s finest marching bands battle it out on the
field in Ihudyat! 2017, a marching
band festival jointly presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the University of the Philippines Diliman Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts, and the UP Vanguard Makati Chapter.
Marching bands from the Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Marines (Navy
Fleet), the Citizens’ Brigade Band of Dasmariñas, Cavite, and the Imus Youth Symphonic Band will battle it out on the field this March 25, 2017, 6:00 PM at
the UP Diliman Amphitheater. The marching band competition, comprising the
festival’s first part, will showcase each group’s showmanship, musicality, choreography,
and whatever surprises they’ve got on their sleeves. Prior to the actual competition,
the participating bands will march around the UP Academic Oval before gathering
to the UP Amphitheater.
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| From L to R: Noel Aveo, Jaworski Bago, Menchi Mantaring, Chris Millado, Sigfrid Fortun, Arnel Feliciano, Junwedn Hamor, and Jay Lord Corpuz |
At the second part of the
festival, the aforementioned bands’ musicianship will be tested further at a symphonic
concert format competition scheduled sometime during the summer. To be featured
in the competition will be music by National Artist Lucio San Pedro whose works
have also enriched the marching band music literature here in the Philippines.
Beyond 2017, Ihudyat! aims to be a biennale event with the winning bands getting
to perform at the CCP in between festivals. Marching bands are no strangers to the CCP as Pasinaya has featured them as well as
the CCP Orchestra and Band Festival
in 2014 and also at the CCP Winds and
Jazz Festival in 2016.
Tickets for the competition are
available at the Makati Room, Peralta Hall, Department of Military Science
Tactics Quadrangle, Magsaysay Avenue corner Ylanan Road, UP Diliman, Quezon
City. Check the facebook page of Ihudyat! for more details and other ticket
payment options.
The UP Vanguard Inc. Makati
Chapter (UPVIMC) is the lead branch of a non-stock, non-profit corporation,
incorporated in March 13, 1962. Since its founding, it has etched a long
colorful history of partnership in nation building, contributing activities to
develop students in the University of the Philippines (UP) for future
leadership roles in their chosen careers. It has produced some of the top
men in military, government, and private sectors through the UP Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Ihudyat! 2017
March 25, 2017, 6:00 PM | UP
Diliman Amphitheater
Ticket price:
P200
For inquiries:
Carlyn Villanueva (0917) 865-0497
Roseanne Realubin (0915) 158-5180
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