Tuesday evening, CTC got a message from Talespin and DepEd.
Wednesday afternoon, I announced the event and asked who'd be free to perform for the coming weekend.
Thursday, people confirmed their attendance.
Friday, songs were assigned.
Saturday & Sunday, CTC rocked SM Cebu!
What's wrong with this picture?
We weren't able to rehearse.. AT ALL! Haha!
No rehearsals, no problem!
Versatility and passion are just two of CTC's strengths, and I'm just so blessed every single time I get the chance to share the stage with these extraordinary individuals. I am blessed and extremely thankful.
THANK YOU, everyone, for your sacrifices just to be with us in this event.
Aisa of Talespin, the whole Talespin organization and the Department of Education, for believing in us and for giving us the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful event..Therese, Pot2x, Junrey, Algen, Mikko, Romelyn & Anther, for sacrificing more important things on a Saturday afternoon just to be with us. I truly appreciate your effort to master your songs despite having no time rehearse. You are all, as always, amazing. God bless you, guys..Gio, for finally saying yes to go on-stage and perform with us. After 24 shows behind the scenes, your long overdue debut as a performer with CTC was just perfect. I hope this is just a preview of things to come for you with CTC. God bless you, TGU..Te Gayle, Tingge, Master & April, for always finding time whenever I need you, despite your super busy schedules. I truly appreciate your passion for the craft, and the inspiration that you continue to give to me and to everyone in CTC. God bless you..Baby Insik, Andrew, RJ & Raven, for being with me the whole weekend when you can rather be somewhere else. I appreciate and so impressed with how you've accepted the challenge to learn new songs, new lines, in an instant, and still delivering them perfectly. God bless you..Atchick, Rica & Marilyn, for the amazing support and patience. Continue to work hard to improve your craft, keep your feet always on the ground, and don't stop believing, for you will also have your time to own the stage on your own in God's time. God bless you..Danj & Gerald, for the amazing job with the sounds. I truly appreciate how you willingly sacrificed your primary purpose of going there, just to make sure everything in the technical side ran smoothly. God bless you, both..Tito Jay & Tita Rhoda, for the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious support, most especially for opening your house and your hearts to us. You're the coolest parents that I know, and someday, when I grow up, I want to be just like you! Haha! God bless you..Dan & Kean, for the instant support when we needed more personnel. God bless you..Jorem, for always being there to capture these moments perfectly. God bless you..Tito Danny & Mama Lina, for the amazing support and guidance from the very start. We wouldn't be where we are now if not for you, and we can never thank you enough for that. God bless you..TePau, for accepting the challenge and for doing all songs perfectly. I'm sorry for your phone. I can so relate with the pain, but just believe that that person needed it more than you do, and something a lot better will come your way. God bless you, TePau..Valerie, Dib & Con, for volunteering to join despite your fully-booked skeds. I truly appreciate the thought and the concern. God bless you..The Lord Almighty, for making everything possible. Thank you for making us Your instruments. We will continue doing our best to touch one life at time through these gifts that You gave us. To You be the Glory now and forever..
It was truly an honor to have been a part of the Go! Education caravan. As a parent, as an educator, as a thespian and as a Filipino, it was an experience I will never forget, much more so that I got to go through it with my CTC family.
Yes, it was truly a rollercoaster of a weekend, with TePau losing her phone and me losing my job, but hey, we got to share our gifts with a lot of people, we got a standing ovation on our last day, and hopefully we touched a few lives with our music so, yes, I can again say that life is still so much beautiful.
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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. ~Oprah
