Saturday, March 11, 2017

Marching bands sound off in Ihudyat! 2017


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.

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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