UCR Katipunan PSO presents... 33nd Annual Philippine-American Culture Night
May 7, 2022
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What is
Katipunan was a revolutionary group in the Philippines that fought for its independence from Spain. With the history of its name, KATIPUNAN is now a term used to symbolize coming together. Founded 43 years ago, Katipunan PSO has honored and continues to honor the name by gathering people together to bring awareness and development of the Pilipino/a and Pilipino/a American culture through educational, political, and social means. All of us from Katipunan PSO hope that you enjoy our 33nd Pilipino American Culture Night and we thank you for supporting us!
"Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang, na KATIPUNAN."
Table of Contents - Greetings.........................6 - PACN board.....................10 - The Play............................14 - The Dances....................22 - Cast................................36
Wherever you Are
Greetings
Camryn Abucejo President Hello everyone! My name is Camryn Abucejo and I have had the honor to serve as President of Katipunan PSO this past year. It is with great pleasure that I present to you the culmination of our members’ efforts: our 33rd Philippine-American Culture Night, Wherever You Go. The creation of this production would not be possible without the hardworking individuals that make up this year’s Creative and Core Team, as well as the cast members that have brought this work to life. Without the cooperation of each bright mind in this cast, we would not be able to see the visions that our Cultural Chairperson, Sabrina Carlos, and Cultural Coordinator, Melissa Wong, imagined for this year’s show. It has been an honor to witness them put together something that has truly made an impact on our cast members’ hearts, and hopefully yours as well after watching the final production. Since this is my fourth year, this is also my fourth time experiencing Katipunan’s PACN. Every year the essence of PACN has changed; true to the nature of Katipunan’s name, our PACN has pioneered new ideals every year. Although we are only college students, we carry with us the responsibility to this organization to represent our culture well. As Filipino-Americans we have committed to representing Filipino and Indigenous culture in a responsible and respectful manner. The changes we have made to our show, such as naming our culture night “PACN” instead of “PCN” as well as removing inaccurate depictions of Indigenous peoples, are all the products of our members learning and unlearning our understanding of our culture. Change is hard and the fear of backlash is intimidating, however, I am proud of all the people who have pioneered these changes in the past 4 years as we continue to put on our annual PACN. As this is the last PACN I will witness the creation of as a student at UCR, I already hold this show in a special place in my heart. Those who participate in PACN are those who feel compelled to participate and celebrate our culture as well as share it with others. The message, at the end of the day, is that we are proud of who we are, and we are happy to present to you the product of long hours of practice and refinement. Salamat sa lahat at mabuhay sa lahat! Sincerely, Camryn Abucejo
Melissa Wong Cultural Coordinator
Good evening everyone at Magandang Gabi sa Inyong Lahat!! Welcome to UCR Katipunan’s 33rd annual Pilipino American Culture Night. Thank you to each and every one of you for joining us tonight as our production would not be possible without the love and support from our family and friends. To be able to immerse ourselves in our culture is not an experience many people get to have in their lifetime. I am very proud and humbled to say that Katipunan has provided me with this experience to learn about the Pilipinx-American Culture through PACN for the last four years. In my freshman year, I joined PCN with very little to no knowledge about my roots and Pilipino Culture. I went into summer break that year feeling extremely inspired by this life-changing event. There was a new love and passion for my culture I never knew and thought could exist. I would like to say a very, very big and loving thank you to Nicholas Alberto, Kyle Ramos, and the cast of Love Lost, for providing me with a truly unforgettable experience that I hold very close to my heart to this day. To my Ate Nicole and Kuya Davis, thank you for being there for me throughout this entire process, from the very beginning. I truly couldn’t have done it without your support. You all pushed me to a new place and are a big part of the reason why I am here today. Though the road to PACN was not easy, as we continued to navigate the circumstances and uncertainties of this year, PACN Board, my co, Sabrina Carlos, and I have worked hard to make the experience as memorable and exciting as possible. Our cast’s health and safety was most important to us as we made the difficult decision of moving our show online. To our cast, thank you for being so patient and understanding of us as we navigated through these uncertainties together. We hope that your experience being part of PACN 33 is as memorable as it was for many of us. To my core team and tinikling coaches, thank you all so much for your hard work, dedication, and your never-ending support throughout this year, you all mean so much to me. To my Indigenous Suite coordinators, thank you for being unafraid of change and for continuing to educate our Katipunan members on the Indigenous communities of the Philippines. To my co, Sabrina, we did it! I am extremely proud of us for pulling through and being able to put on our show! You all have inspired me immensely to continue to learn and be the best I can possibly be. Katipunan and PACN will always have a special place in my heart. It is my home away from home. It is where I got to experience more of my culture and I hope not only our cast, but our viewers get to experience this as well. Once again, thank you all for being here with us today. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat! We hope you enjoy the show! Love, Melissa Wong
Sabrina Carlos Cultural Chair
Hello Katipunan family and friends! I’m Sabrina Sandoval Carlos, this year’s cultural chairperson. Thank you for your support for PACN 33! Viewers like you are the reason we put this show together. On a personal level, Wherever You Are tells a story many students can relate to: forming your own identity away from home. More significantly, this show explores the gray space in defining justice. The year leading up to PACN 33 was full of uncertainty. I didn’t know how this year would pan out. No one knew (including our school administration). We had to implement countless new guidelines and strategies when making the move back to in-person. One covid case had the potential to set us back for weeks. At the end of the day, our priority was the safety of our cast. Still, when we made the decision to put this production online, a large part of me was upset. This meant that I would never have the chance to have a “true” PACN experience. But throughout the past few months, I really began to understand what people meant by “PACN is more than just the production itself.” It’s about the people and the journey behind the production. To the cast of PACN 33: thank you for making this the best PACN experience possible. Thank you for your courage, your tenacity, and your trust. This year’s cast is truly something special, from raw talent to leadership skills, and most importantly the willingness to help one another. You all ignited a fire in the hearts of those around you, including mine. Thank you to my Co, Melissa for being a reliable co and for sharing your knowledge from PACN 30. Thank you to PACN Board, for your willingness to lead, learn and grow this year. Thank you to our Creative team for making this show far greater than what I could have imagined. Thank you to my impromptu Writer’s Room for helping me expand my perspective as a writer. Thank you to my impromptu Finance Team for learning and rebuilding funds for PACN. Thank you to my many mentors Ryan Turley, Grand David, Addison, Ate Kat, Jon Calucag, and Kuya Kenneth for lending your wisdom and for guiding me through the twists and turns of this year. Last but not least, to you the audience: thank you for hearing our voices. This show is for you! Love, Sabrina Carlos
PACN BOARD For one Philippine-American Culture Night, it comes with one year of preparation filled with goals and objectives set by the PACN Board. The PACN Board includes the Creative Team and Core Team, both under the Cultural Chairperson and Cultural Coordinator respectively. On top of being college students, PACN Board includes leaders who put their best creativity forward into the Dancing, Acting, Singing, and Cultural aspects of PACN.
Cultural Coordinator: Cultural Chairperson: Melissa Wong Sabrina Carlos Cordillera: Acting: Chayenne Ofo-ob & Miguel Clemente Angelica Garcia & Amanda Teano Lumad: Sound/Music: Stella Aurellia & MarcVincent WIco Josephine Ramos & Miny Situmeang Mindanao: Marketing: Camille Jacla & Mary Ramirez Kathleen Keng, Francis Alvarez, & Janie Espino Maria Clara: Tech: Melissa Wong & Byron Borje Rudy Baluyot Rural: Stage Crew: Vincent Mascarenas & Janessa Zamora Reign Galiendes Tinikling: Danah Amarige, Angelica Lapad, Karla Cando, & Brandon Nguyen
Core Team
First Row: Mary Ramirez, Angelica Lapad, Chayenne Ofo-Ob Second Row: Camille Jacla, Melissa Wong, Karla Cando, Danah Amarige Third Row: Stella Aurelia, MarcVincent Wico, Janessa Zamora, Brandon Nguyen Fourth Row: Miguel Clemente, Byron Borje, Vincent Mascarenas
Creative Team
First Row: Angelica Garcia, Amanda Teano Second Row: Josephine Ramos, Reign Galiendes Third Row: Rudy Baluyot, Sabina Carlos, Kathleen Keng Fourth Row: Francis Alvarez, Janie Espino
The
Play
Synopsis Wherever You Are tells the story of 24-year-old Tina Loyola and her journey of self-discovery. While working as a cashier at Seafood City, Tina meets Detective Jay Santos, starting a romance that would change her life. However, her family holds a secret that could keep her and Jay apart. PACN 33 tells the story of love, loss, and self-discovery through a uniquely Filipino-American soundtrack and script.
The Actors
LOVE TEAM:
Gezer Mendoza as Jay Santos
Kirsten Lambinicio as Tina Loyola
DETECTIVES :
Luke Farol as Nathan
THE Tommy Cancio as Chief Cordero
Gianna Madarang as Ading Ryanne
SANTOS:
Alexa Marie Montinola as Ate MJ
Makena Sapida as Jay Santos
THE
LOYOLAS
Karissa Lagunte as Marie Loyola
Elijah Salazar as David Loyola
Nate De Guzman as
Katichoir Sound/Music Coordinators:
Josephine Ramos & Minty Situmeang
Top Row: Adrik Zulueta, Chelsea Kay Gonzales, Jaden de la Cruz, Kylie Venus Middle Row: Kealani Rivera, Ren Fang, Danielle Prejusa Bottom Row: Josephine Ramos, Alyssa Menor, Mika Villavert, Desirae Mallari, Minty Situmeang Not pictured: Marie Rosales, Stephanie Kuck, Raeanna Duque
Set List: Dance with my Father
Gezer Mendoza On the Wings of Love
Raeanna Duque and Kylie Venus Reflection
Ren Fang and Chelsea Kay Gonzales Saan Ka Man Naroroon Karaoke Duet
Kirsten Lambinicio and Gezer Mendoza Reflection Reprise
Kirsten Lambinicio Put on a Smile
Gezer Mendoza On Bended Knee
Tommy Cancio, Minty Situmeang, Josephine Ramos All I Ask
Kirsten Lambinicio and Jaden de la Cruz Saan Ka Man Naroroon Act 2
Kirsten Lambinicio and Gezer Mendoza
Stage Crew
Erin Flores, Nathan Perez, Anna Thach, Mary-Abigail Limun, Keannah Rivera, Joren Hitosis, Ashley Sambo, Dezerie Aviles
Marketing
Top Row: Kathleen Keng, Francis Alvarez, Janie Espino Bottom Row: Kierstin Ramos, Kyla Lopez
Tech Team
Top Row: Kailey Sao, Rudy Baluyot, Justin Fababier Bottom Row: Faith Maramag, Dani Prejusa, Gabby Gloria
Ryan Turley Ryan Turley has helped PACN board push through production sin 2011. This being his twelfth PACN, Ryan has served in various capacities on the PACN team since 2011. Outside of PACN, Ryan serves as the Sr. Operations Manager of the Fox Performing Arts Center and Riverside Municipal Auditorium caring for the facilities and the front of house operations. Many thanks to the team of the Fox.
The
Dances
As the year starts, the Cultural Coordinator chooses specific dances that represent the Philippines' history and culture. Core team members then carefully research their suites, combining their visions into their workshops and their dances. With this, Core team teaches the PACN audience and cast members about the cultures, dances, and histories that make up the Philippines.
Cordillera
Coordinated by: Chayenne Ofo-Ob & Miguel Clemente
About Cordillera: Located in Northern Luzon, within the high mountain ranges reside the Igorots, an overarching Indigenous term for the Indigenous tribes who call the Cordillera region their home. Some of the major tribes comprising the region are Benguet, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Apayao, and Kalinga. Dances performed by these peoples celebrate community, identity, and major events in the community, such as a good harvest, or a wedding. Power and pride are taken in each step as dancers move to the gangsa, the beating of gongs.
Sakuting Using sticks, this particular partner dance stems from the Abra region in the Cordillera region. Partners display a high degree of precision as their clicks not only are in-sync with each other but with the gangsa. Inspired by the martial arts in the Philippines, Sakuting has transitioned to be a dance to display pride and cultural heritage. Dancers: Angelo Cabrillas, Ynnah Dudang, Enzo Colasito, Kealani Rivera, Kylie Venus, Kierstin Ramos, Adrik Zulueta, Ren Fang, Cresencio Carlos, Sabrina Carlos, Camille Jacla, Gezer Mendoza, Chayenne OfoOb, Miguel Clemente
RURAL
Coordinated by: Vincent Mascarenas & Janessa Zamora
About Rural: Rural represents the festive spirit of the Philippines as its dances foster the love for life. These dances are common in town fiestas or after a good harvest, exemplifying joy and strong spirit through its lively, upbeat music and coordination. With effortless smiles, this suite emphasizes seeing the light in all situations.
Inalimango “Inalimango” is a folk dance that gets its name based on the name of crabs in Tagalog (alimango). As a result, many movements in the dance resemble the joyful and happy movements of crabs. Dancers portray the swinging claws of crabs with graceful arm movements as they grab each other's claws. This dance originated in the Visayan region, more specifically in the Capiz region which has an abundance of crabs Dancers: Luke Farol, Elijah Salazar, Nate De Guzman, Kathleen Keng, Makena Sapida, Angelica Garcia, Amanda Teano, Alexis Balocating
ITIK ITIK “Itik-Itik” is a folk dance that gets its name based on the name of a duck species (itik). Consequently, many of the movements of this dance are in some way mimicking the many movements of the itik duck (i.e. wading, flying, and short, choppy steps). It’s commonly performed at different varying celebrations. This dance is believed to have been created when a popular young Filipina dancer was performing at a celebration, but as she was dancing, she became inspired by the music and improvised her movements to mimic ducks. Dancers: Gianna Madaran, Kyla Lopez, Mika Villavert, Jerlyn Bautista, RaeAnna Duque, Ashley Zulueta, Llisel Dayot, Desirae Mallari
Maria Clara
Coordinated by: Melissa Wong & Byron Borje
About Maria Clara: Maria Clara is heavily influenced from the Spanish during its colonization there. Dances from this suite represent the wealthy mestizas and mestizos of the Philippines, capturing their elegance and boldness. As the dancers perform with a smile and confidence, they tell a story of courtship, love, and flirtation. The dances were heavily influenced by the colonization and still encapsulate the native flare and style of the Philippines.
Polkabol Polkabol is a Spanish influenced dance believed to be a combination of the polka and the balse, or waltz. It involves plenty of jumping and bouncing movement, elegance, and areas of repetitive, fast footwork. The jumping displays the vibrant lifestyle of the jumping crow. Polkabol is well-known to be performed for joyous occasions, including weddings and debuts especially. Dancers: Karissa Laguntes, MarcVincent Wico, Angelica Garcia, Cresencio Carlos, Alexa Montinola, Josephine Ramos, Byron Borje, Vincent Mascarenas, Janessa Zamora, Gezer Mendoza, Alyssa Menor,
Lulay Polkabol is a Spanish influenced dance believed to be a combination of the polka and the balse, or waltz. It involves plenty of jumping and bouncing movement, elegance, and areas of repetitive, fast footwork. The jumping displays the vibrant lifestyle of the jumping crow. Polkabol is well-known to be performed for joyous occasions, including weddings and debuts especially. Dancers: Melissa Wong, Chelsea Gonzalez, Stella Aurelia, Marcvincent Wico, Jerlyn Bautista, RaeAnna Duque, Andrea Sembrana, Mary Ramirez, Amanda Teano
Lumad
Coordinated by: Stella Aurelia & MarcVincent Wico
Lumad is a term meaning “indigenous” or “native”. It was adopted by 18 ethnolinguistic indigenous tribes in Mindanao. The Philippine government has means to force the Lumads from their land in order to exploit the natural resources ofMindanao. The Lumads are fighting to secure their rights for their ancestral domain and their rights to life. In the cultural workshop hosted this year, we collaborated with Liyang Network focusing on the common misconceptions of Lumad as well as a call to action for the New Bataan 5. As this year’s Lumad coordinators, We hope that you learned something out of these workshops and continue to show support for the indigenous communities!
We are performing a skit with wonderful Katipunan actors to give you a glimpse of the common hardships and injustices of the Lumad people. We hope through our skit we can help you and the audience understand why we should help and what you can do to raise awareness and assist the indigenous people. If you’re interested in helping out with the Lumad communities, please refer to the QR code in the program.
Mindanao
Coordinated by: Camille Jacla & Mary Ramirez
Mindanao itself is the name of the region that the other indigenous suites Lumad and Cordillera are located in. This south Philippine island consists of not only cities but cultures that tend to get hidden when learning about Mindanao and the Philippines overall. Both Mary and I (Camille) are focusing on the Moro Muslims who live in Mindanao to educate others of their significance considering the political and economic hardships they faced in the past. Our workshop “More of Mindanao/Moro” gives insight on the importance of what makes Mindanao and the Moro people an important subject to learn about and we hope it resonates with the way we present the suite this year!
Tinikling
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance that originated during the Spanish colonial era. The dance involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. It’s meant to imitate the tikling birds stepping over the bamboo traps that farmers made. Dancers: Andrea Sembrana, Jamielene Sera, Alexa Guzman,Leilani Sison, Alex Taberna, Mellonny Nacional, Angelo Cabrillas,Jared Asuncion, Adriana Rubio, Melanie Miyamoto, Dominic Cinco, Bea Sale
Coordinated by: Danah Amarige, Brandon Nguyen, Angelica Lapad, Karla Cando
Modern Girls
Coordinated by: Jay
Modern Boys
Coordinated by: Nate
Modern Seniors
Coordinated by: Joren
Meet PACN 33 Francis Alvarez
Danah Amarige
Jared Asuncion
Stella Aurelia
Alexis Balocating
Rudy Baluyot
Jerlyn Bautista
Byron Borje
Raener Baluyut
Angelo Cabrillas
Tommy Cancio
Karla Cando
Sabrina Carlos
Crescencio Carlos
Dominic Cinco
Dominic Cinco
Enzo Colasito
Llisel Dayot
Jaden De La
Janie Espino
Nate De Guzman
Cruz
Justin Fababier
Ren Fang
Luke Farol
Reign Galiendes
Angelica Garcia
Gabby Gloria
Chelsea Gonzales
Alexa Guzman
Camille Jacla
Kathleen Keng
Karissa Lagunte
Kirsten Lambinicio
Angelica Lapad
Kyla Lopez
Gianna Madarang
Desirae Mallari
Faith Maramag
Vincent Mascarenas
Gezer Mendoza
Alyssa Menor
Melanie Miyamoto
Alexa Marie
Mellony Nacional
Brandon Nguyen
Montinola
Chayenne Ofo-Ob
Danielle Prejusa
Mary Ramirez
Josephine Ramos
Kierstin Ramos
Kealani Rivera
Marie Rosales
Elijah Salazar
Bea Sale
Andrea Sambrana
Kailey Sao
Makena Sapida
Jamielene Sera
Leilani Sison
Amanda Situmeang
Alex Taberna
Amanda Teano
Kylie Venus
Mika Villavert
MarcVincent Wico
Melissa Wong
Ashley Zulueta
Janessa Zamora
Adrik Zulueta
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