ShareThisChicago, Illinois. “Piyesta” is a Tagalog word for feast or festival. The Philippine American Cultural Foundation invites you and your families and friends to celebrate the finale of the Filipino American History month with a fiesta, the Philippine traditional way we call “Piyesta Pinoy” at the Coray Gymn, Wheaton College Campus on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 5 P.M.
Please stay to watch the main event featuring a performance from the world-renowned national dance group of the Philippines:
Bayanihan Philippine
National Dance Company
October 30, 2010 8pm
Edman Chapel,
Wheaton College Campus
“Piyestang Pinoy” is a pre-concert event that is is co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Development of Wheaton College and the Philippine American Cultural Foundation. Experience the music, dance, culture, costume, and food of the Philippines at a mini-festival before the concert. We will be bringing the Philippine fiesta atmosphere in Wheaton college campus as a prelude to the Bayanihan concert.
Several local performing groups will be participating, namely the Chicago Angklung and Rondalla Ensemple, Hataw Pinoy Chicago, Hawak Kamay Performing Arts of the Philippine American Cultural Foundation, the Philippine Rondalla of Chicago, Sama Sama Project, Sulyap Pilipino Cultural Dance, Transfiguracion Dance Troupe and the University of Illinolis Chicago Filipinos in Alliance Cultural. We will also have table displays featuring cultural, tourism and Filipino American history from Jason Lee, Phiippine Department of Tourism, the Filipino American Network and the Philippine American Cultural Foundation. To make the fiesta complete, we will also be featuring a taste of the Philippine cuisine prepared by the Wheaton college food staff with the help of chef Ron Bilaro (host of the TV show Life… Pinoy Style), and Bon Appetit (the catering service of Wheaton College).
Bayanihan, the National Dance Company of the Philippines got its name from an ancient Filipino tradition called “bayanihan” which means working together for a common good and also known as teamwork. Together with the Bayanihan Folk Arts Center, they were tasked to research on and preserve indigenous Philippine art forms in music, dance, costumes and folklore; to restructure and enhance these research findings to evolve repertoires suited to the demands of contemporary theater; and to promote international goodwill through performances at home and abroad.
Discounted tickets to Bayanihan ($33, $ 38, $ 45) can be purchased from PACF ( Philippine American Cultural Foundation website: http://www.pacfmidwest.com). For more information, please email PiyestaPinoy@gmail.com or check us out in Facebook and look for Piyesta Pinoy or contact Ruben (630)969-2971 or Adeline 630 886-0701