Quota holds dance concert to raise funds for beneficiaries
The Region 19 of Quota International Inc. will present "Rhythm of the Night Dance Concert??" featuring The Loboc Youth Ambassador Band on February 27, 7 p.m. at the Oakridge Pavillion, A. S. Fortuna St. Mandaue City.
The Loboc Youth Ambassador Band is a threetime Grand Champion, Band Category of the Shanghai International Tourism Festival in Shanghai, China. They have come a long way since then. And their coming performance is for the benefit of the Region 19 of Quota International Inc. and its beneficiaries: hard of hearing scholars of Lipata SPED School, Basak National School for the Deaf, hard of hearing athletes of Mandaue Central Integrated SPED School, students of Bantayan Central Elementary SPED School, Butuan City SPED School, Gilutongan Island Day Care Center, Children Kadasig Community Center Inc, (Dangpana), Pardo SPED School, Talibon Central School SPED, and Ciriaco Mariano Elementary School.
The Loboc Youth Ambassador Band's previous repertoire included excerpts from Return of the Jedi, In the stone, and Manhattan Skyline; Tuxedo Junction; Tequilla; Tinikling; Impossible Dream mixed with Careless Whisper, The One You Love, Can't Smile Without You, Pure Imagination, Open Arms; and China Olympic Song, and soundtracks from Star Wars, Live and Let Live, and Indiana Jones.
Members of the band belong to poor families and are trained for free with the help of the local government. Their instruments were donated by Australia.
To date, there are 164 members of the Loboc Youth Ambassador Band belonging to the first batch of students. A musical instrument is provided free to each of the 164 members for them to simultaneously perform on stage. Fifty of the students of the Loboc School of Music are enrolled as scholars at the University of Bohol, Holy Name University and Central Visayas College of Agriculture Fishery and Technology. Buying a ticket for the dance concert will help the Quota beneficiaries and the members of this band.
Interested parties may contact Ms Connie M. Garcia, Director, Region 19 of Quota International Inc. ( 09155081679) or email Jennifer Ngo Sibi at jennifer.sibi@gmail.com for ticket inquiries and reservation.