Schedule of Activities

PASKO SA FILCOM ‘08
Sunday, December 14, 2008
3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The Filipino Community Center, in cooperation with the Philippine Consulate General, the Philippine Celebrations Coordinating Committee of Hawaii (PCCCH), the Filipino Association of University Women (FAUW), the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA), the Filipino American Historical Society of Hawaii (FAHSOH), the Congress of Visayan Organization (COVO), the Oahu Filipino Community Council (OFCC) and the United Filipino Council of Hawaii (UFCH), will be holding "Pasko sa FilCom" (Christmas at FilCom) on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the FilCom Center from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The event showcases Christmas as it is traditionally celebrated in the Philippines. There will be food booths and cooking demonstrations of such Filipino delicacies like "linubian," "puto bumbong," "bibingka," and others. There will be "parol" (Chistmas lantern) making demostration, children's games such as "pabitin" and "palayok"(breaking the pot). There will be Christmas displays and videos and also "parol"(lantern) and Christmas tree making contests.
An entertainment program featuring the Royal Hawaiian Band, Filipino folk dances, the Silangan Singers, and the FilCom Himig at Indak. A "Panunuluyan" (Search for an Inn) will be performed, followed by a mass and musical entertainment featuring a "kulintang" group and a live band.

Chairing the event is Jun Colmenares. Food Vendors and other groups who want to participate in the various events, please call Filipino Community Center office at (808) 680-0451.


PASKO SA FILCOM ‘08
Sunday, December 14, 2008
3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Schedule of Activities:

I. FilCom Parking Lot (3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)
· Cooking demonstrations: linubian or lubi-lubi (San Nicolas Goodwill Foundation), bibingka (FilCom Center), salabat (KFG Properties), palitaw (FilCom Center), puto bumbong (Bey Lontoc), kinalingking (Bicol Club)
· Children’s games (pabitin, tumbang preso, sipa) – UPAA

II. Consuelo Courtyard (3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
· Food booths – Loulen’s and Souvaly
· Sorbetero (ice cream cart) – LCC Philippine Studies
· Water and drinks station – PCCCH
· Children’s games (sungka, dama) – UPAA
· Parol-making demonstration – FAHSOH, UH Katipunan
· Educational demonstrations (vinta, jeepney, alibata) – LCC Philippine Studies
· Philippine tourism display – Philippine Consulate General

III. FilCom Conference Room I (3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
· Videos on Philippine cultural traditions – FAUW
· Christmas displays – FAUW
· Story-telling – FAUW
· Bunutan – FAUW

IV. Casamina/Flores Ballroom (3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
· Parol and Table-Top Christmas tree contests – OFCC
· Entertainment program (3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
Welcome – Toy Arre
Christmas Carols – Royal Hawaiian Band
Folk Dances – FilCom Center Cultural Group
Dayegon – Silangan Singers
Folk Dances – Himig at Indak
Christmas Carols – Himig at Indak
Christmas Message – Mayor Mufi Hannemann
Christmas Songs – Consul Paul Cortez
Nativity Scene – Radford High School Fil-Am Club
· Mass (6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) – St. Joseph’s Church priest and choir
· Awarding of Contest Winners - OFCC
· Entertainment (7:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)
Christmas Medley by Fani and Marie
Mahalohalo Kulintang Ensemble
Community Singing led by the Silangan Singers

Emcees: Ethel Ward and Raymund Liongson
Stage Managers: J.P. Orias and Jun Colmenares