Philippine Festival 2003, Final weekend's special events, June 27th - 29th
For immediate release
06/27/03 6:00 pm EDT

Philippine Festival 2003, Final weekend's special events, June 27^th - 29^th
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Philippine Festival 2003 Overall Chairman, Marie Remy Cabrera 301-654-4522
Press Relations Officer, Augustus Alzona 301-530-8883, e-mail: augustus@alzona.com

Media Advisory

WHAT:

Starting with a live concert this evening, a youth awards program Saturday morning and ending with a day long community picnic and sports festival Sunday, Philippine Festival 2003 closes out this year's Philippine Festival month in the tri-state area. A live concert featuring Philippine actress and singing sensation Geneva Cruz kicks off this weekend at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium tonight. Saturday morning, the Dr. Jose Rizal Awards ceremony, honoring outstanding scholars of Filipino descent, will be held at the Embassy of the Philippines, Washington, D.C. A huge community picnic and sports festival, open to the public, will be held at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland all day Sunday.

WHO:

Philippine Ambassador to the U.S., Albert del Rosario, other distinguished members of the diplomatic corps, top Filipino American business and community leaders, as well as local elected officials, will attend most of this weekend's events.

“We look forward to raising more funds for charity and continuing our outreach efforts to mainstream Americans” said Marie Remy Cabrera, Overall Chairman of this year's Philippine Festival Committee 2003 (PFC), “we are pleased that, so far, none of our events have been rained out.”

The PFC is a group of dedicated volunteers from the various Filipino, Filipino-American and mainstream communities throughout the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.

WHEN/WHERE:

Geneva Cruz concert: 8:30 pm, Friday the 27^th,Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (Produced by Jess Gatchalian, Ramon Penala, Marlon Deusen)

Dr. Jose Rizal Awards: 10:00 am. - 12:00 pm, Saturday the 28^th, Embassy of the Philippines, 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (Produced by Orly and Ruby Barbosa)

Community Picnic and Sports Festival: 9:00 am. - 5:00 pm, Sunday the 29^th, Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm, 506 S. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland (note: some sports events will be held at other venues). (Produced by Fely Gomez and Nick Tongson)

You may view more of the latest event information via the Philippine Festival 2003 link at www.pafc-inc.org

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