Dr Cen Amores endorses ALFA's ONE CD
People of Australia Ambassador Dr Amores has 13 years of teaching experience with South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Martin College, Metropolitan Business College and other private training providers. She was the founding President of the Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations, Inc. and holds leadership positions in several organisations such as the Filipino Community Cooperative and the Sydney Alliance which is a non-party political organisation composed of 40 community organisations, unions and religious organisations. Dr Amores has also been an active participant of the Auburn Small Community Organisation Network and the Flavours of Auburn. Just recently, Dr Amores was awarded as one of the winners of "Women In the West" 2012 at UWS. (info from http://www.amc.gov.au/ambassadors/nsw.htm) *Video taken by Mitchell Badelles |
MiG AYESA endorsing ONE album prior to the Western Sydney Launch
MiG was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Sydney. He was studying communications at Macquarie University when he was offered the role of Richie Valens in the theater production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. MiG moved to London in 2002 where Brian May from the band Queen took an interest in his work and they worked on a collaboration with his band Mignition. Ayesa played the character of Galileo Figaro in the musical "We Will Rock You". He also appeared in Rent by Jonathan Larson on London's West End in 2002 playing the role of Angel at The Prince of Wales theatre. Ayesa was a competitor of television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants. He made his Broadway debut in Burn The Floor in Jan 2010 and been on the road with "Rock of Ages" the US Tour, playing the role of 'Stacee Jaxx', for its musical tour across the country. For more info - http://mig-music.com |
Nenad N. Bach is a recording artist, composer, performer, producer and peace activist. He formed the European chart-topping rock band Vrijeme i Zemlja. His USA single, “Can We Go Higher?” was performed at Woodstock '94, is on the album Pavarotti & Friends Together for the Children of Bosnia, and is featured on his album “A Thousand Years Of Peace”. He has also scored many features and short films, including “King of Cool,” the biopic about the life of Steve McQueen which premiered on American Movie Classics (AMC). Nenad has performed with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & The Edge (U2), Brian Eno, Garth Hudson & Rick Danko (The Band), Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead), John Malkovich, Ellen Burstyn, Martin Sheen, Michael York, and many more. To date he has sold over one million records. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Two of songs of Nenad's new EP "All I Want Is Freedom" and "I Will Follow You" have been translated into 8 languages, including Filipino. For more info - http://www.nenadbach.com/ |
JOSE LLANA sending his support before 1st launch
Jose Llana is a New York-based Filipino-American theater artist having appeared in six Broadway shows, including Wonderland, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, RENT, Streetcorner Symphony, Flower Drum Song (starring opposite Lea Salonga) and The King & I (opposite Lou Diamond Phillips). Off-Broadway and regional appearances include The Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and the American Premier Company of Cameron Mackintosh's Martin Guerre, among others. He's also appeared on HBO's Sex & the City (opposite Margaret Cho) and the film HITCH, starring Will Smith. Besides numerous cast albums and benefit CD’s, Jose is a best-selling recording artist in his native Philippines with his self-titled solo album under the VIVA Philippines label. For more info - http://www.josellana.com |
Jim Paredes of APO Hiking Society fame, endorses ALFA's ONE CD
(video taken by Millie Phillips of Ang Kalatas Newspaper) Jaime Ramon "Jim" Paredes (born 31 August 1951) is a Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist best known for being one-third of the APO Hiking Society, along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garrovillo. Paredes' most prominent solo work is 1986' "Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo", which has come to be known as the anthem of the bloodless 1986 People Power Revolution. It was recorded by 15 Filipino artists in April of that year, and its English version "A New and Better Way" was launched in Australia a few months later. In recognition of its significance, the lyrics of the song are embedded on a wall of the Our Lady of Edsa Shrine, which commemorates the 1986 revolution. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) |