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P I T A A NHSPARADE & FEsTIVAL

August 13-14, 2011Yerba Buena Gardens * san francisco

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18TH ANNUAL PISTAHAN PARADE AND FESTIVAL | AUGUST 13-14, 2011

FILIPINO AMERICAN ARTS EXPOSITION PRESENTS

FOR FAMILY & KIDS:

» Baybayin Workshop and Kidrobots

Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Creativity Pavilion

» Filipino Street Games: Sipa, Sungkaan and

Heroes Memory Game Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Play Pavilion

» Hep B & Diabetes Screening Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Health Pavilion

FOR THE CULTURE VULTURE:

» Folk, Hip-Hop & Ballrooom Dance Workshop

Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Dance Pavilion

» Live Art Demo Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Art Pavilion

» Martial Arts Demonstrations with Escrima and Muay Thai

Saturday 1:00 PM Play Pavilion

FOR THE FOODIE:

» Adobo Cook-off by Ramar Foods Saturday 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Culinary Pavilion

» Chef Chat by Simply Calamansi

Saturday 1:30 pm Culinary Pavilion

» Ice Cream Eating Contest by Heavenly Ice Cream

Saturday 3:00 pm Culinary Pavilion » Balut-Eating Contest

by Mama Sita’s Sunday 1:30 pm Bayanihan Stage

» Pistahan Wine Tasting Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm B Restaurant & Bar

Yerba Buena Terrace

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FREE ADMISSION!

MUST-SEE ENTERTAINMENT:

» Pistahan Parade 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Market Street from Embarcadero to

Yerba Buena

» Philippine Folk Dances Saturday

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Pistahan Stage

» Balagtasan Saturday 2:00 pm Pistahan Stage

» The Legendary Elizabeth Ramsey Saturday 3:00 pm Pistahan Stage

» The TFC Hour with Yeng Constantino, Rayver Cruz

and TFC Personalities Sunday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Pistahan Stage

» Meet and Greet Your Favorite Performing Artists, Up-close and Personal – Photo-ops, Autographs, CDs and More!

Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am – 4:30 pm Meet & Greet Booth

P I T A A NHS

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA | WWW.PISTAHAN.NET

Community Kickoff Party Wednesday, 7/20/11• 6-8pmCarnelian by the bay One Ferry Plaza (behind the Ferry Bldg)

Hermana Mayor VIP Reception tuesday, 8/9/11• 6:30-9pmBy invitation only

Volunteer Meet & GreetWednesday, 8/10/11• 6-8pmmerCury lounge 1582 Folsom Street @12th StreetBy invitation only

Parade Breakfast saturday, 8/13/11• 7:30-9:30amCarnelian by the bay One Ferry Plaza (behind the Ferry Bldg)By invitation only, $35For more info, visit ww.ffwn.org

Business Mixersaturday, 8/13/11• 6-8pmpistahan hospitality suitemarriot marquisBy invitation only

Pistahan Sunday Mass sunday, 8/14/11• 9-10amst. patriCK ChurCh756 Mission St.San Francisco

“Third World Happy”starring: sam milbysunday, 8/14/11 • 11:30 AM • 5:30 PMZeum theater221 Fourth Street, San Francisco

03EIGHTEEN YEARS OF CELEBRATING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY.

C a l e n d a r o f E v e n t s

08/13/11 » 08/14/11Pistahan FestivaLsaturday, auGust 13 –sunday, auGust 14

an international festival of Filipino culture and cuisine at the yerba buena gardens.

11:00 am – 5:00 pm, at mission @ 4th streets. located next to the metreon, across the street from the moscone Convention Center

Festival highlights:

World-class entertainment on two stages » art pavilion » Creativity pavilion » Culinary pavilion » dance pavilion » health pavilion » heritage pavilion » play pavilion » pistahan stage » spintronix bayanihan stage » live art » mama sita adobo Cookoff » beard papa Cream puff eating Contest » balut eating Contest » baybayin » arnis, escrima, Kali and tae Kwon do » and more!

FILIPINO HERITAGE GAME SERIES

Friday, 08.19 | 7:05 pm

A’S fIlIPIno HeRITAGe nIGHT

As vs Toronto Blue Jays

Oakland Coliseum7000 Coliseum Way,

Oakland, CAwww.oaklandathletics/filipino

Tuesday, 09.13 | 7:15 pm

GIAnTS fIlIPIno HeRITAGe nIGHT

SF Giants vs San Diego Padres

AT&T Park24 Willie Mays Plaza,

San Franciscowww.SFGiants.com/Special

Events

Sunday, 10.16 | 1:05 pm

RAIdeRS MABuHAy fIeSTAOakland Raiders vs Cleveland Browns

Oakland Coliseum7000 Coliseum Way,

Oakland, CAwww.Raiders.com

November Date TBA

WARRIoRS fIlIPInoHeRITAGe nIGHT

Golden StateWarriors vs TBA

ORACLE7000 Coliseum Way,

Oakland, CAwww.Warriors.com

Events subject to change. For more information visit: [email protected](415) 325-EXPO

Pistahan Paradesaturday, auGust 13

the parade kicks off the largest Filipino fair on the West Coast. it is particpated by the best of the community and its supporters.

assembly: beale st., between market and howard sts.

parade begins at 11:00 am and will end at yerba buena gardens

parade highlights:

Close to 100 parade contingentsorganized into clusters » Community parade grand marshal mayor Joe esteves of milpitas » Celebrity parade grand marshal elizabeth ramsey» hermana mayor sol manaay »prizes for best parade participants

explore & Savor Philippine Cuisine.

Call For Participation:Professional and amateur chefs are invited to participate in a Philippine culinary competition

One Grand Prize in Each Category will receive:A round trip ticket to the Philippines and a tour to culinary destinations in the Philippines

For more info:» [email protected] » (415) 956-4060 » ExperiencePhilippines.org» Facebook / Kulinarya



Message from the Hermana Mayor I am honored to be your 2011 Hermana Mayor. It is with great pleasure that

I welcome you all to our 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival to celebrate our Heritage and Heroes.

This year’s celebration is especially momentous since it is the 150th birthday of Dr. Jose Rizal, our national hero. As we remember and honor his legacy, we also honor and thank the modern heroes and heroines that live among us: those who unselfishly help others, those who inspire morally-based greatness, those who truly advocate for social progress and improvement of human condition, and those who, particularly to our Filipino community, have helped propel and propagate our culture and heritage. Let us also honor the members of the Armed Forces who died in combat and those who continue to risk their lives in the name of peace and freedom.

Our world today is experiencing monumental changes that globalization and technological advancement generate, yet at the same time, it is undeniable that we are faced with real and looming threats posed by global warming, economic volatility, and terrorism. It’s a double-edge sword: great opportunities lie ahead of us and great challenges stand in the way. This weekend is a great

EXPOM A G A Z I N E

FILIPINO AMERICAN ARTS EXPOSITION2011 SEASON | JANUARY - DECEMBER

P u b l i s h e rAl S. Perez

e d i t o r - i n -C h i e fTony Villegas, Jr.

C o P y e d i t o rRichie Dira

d e s i g n d i r e C t o rRaymond Virata

s P o n s o r s h i P C o o r d i n at o rBob Manalo

Marketing & P.r. liaisonsAngela Pang

Connie Zheng

s o C i a l M e d i a l i a i s o nFranklin Ricarte

C o n t r i b u t o r sAngela Pang

Christina Dunham Gerry PangilinanJoanne Boston

Jong ArcegaJudy Romanenkov

Rodel RodisRose RodriguezTony Villegas, Jr.

d e s i g n e r sAl S. Perez

Carrie DoungJay Corsilles

Rainier RamirezRaymond Virata

EXPO Magazineis the official publication of the Filipino American Arts

Exposition (FAAE), a nonprofit arts-presenting company based in

San Francisco, California, in celebration of its

18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival, August 13-14, 2011

at the Yerba Buena Gardens

564 Market Street, Ste 320San Francisco, California 94104Email: [email protected]

(415) 325-EXPO (3976)

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© 2011 All Rights ReservedFilipino American Arts Exposition

Welcome to the Pistahan Parade and BEST-tival!

Pistahan is the annual gathering of Filipinos and Filipino Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area created to celebrate our rich Philippine heritage and traditions. It is truly a labor of LOVE by the members of the Filipino American Arts Exposition (FAAE), an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that contributes to the artistic and cultural pride of the Filipino community through its promotion of Filipino art, music, film and dance.

To commemorate the 150th birthday of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, our theme this year “Celebrating Heritage and Heroes.” Dr. Jose Rizal was a versatile genius; he was an architect, businessman, artist, economist, novelist, inventor, musician, naturalist, sociologist and more. Most of all, he is a patriot whose lifework continue to be an inspiration to many Filipinos.

Dr. Rizal once said, “He who doesn’t know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.” His timeless message reminds us that we must cherish and celebrate our heritage.

Through this Pistahan, we wish to honor the heroes of the past, the heroes of the present and the everyday heroes who inspire us to keep pushing forward.

I personally would like to thank our many sponsors who have committed to supporting us even through these difficult economic times, especially ABS-CBN/ The Filipino Channel, AsianWeek Foundation, MJM Management and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. The Pistahan would not be possible without their unwavering support!

We also appreciate the sponsorship of AT&T, PG&E, Ramar Foods, Kaiser Permanente, US Bank, Wells Fargo and all the rest. Their continued support allows us to keep Pistahan FREE for the enjoyment of the entire community.

I want to acknowledge the performing artists, emcees and talent that have worked so hard and make sacrifices to get to Pistahan. We are honored to have them perform on our stages. Thank you to all of the vendors and exhibitors who come back year after year to support our festival.

And finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the members of the Pistahan Planning Committee (the Dream Team) and the 200-strong Pistahan volunteers – you are all super heroes in my book! Thank you for your passion, dedication and Bayanihan spirit in making this year’s Pistahan the BEST ever!

Maraming Salamat Po! AL S. PEREZ

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SOLEDAD MANAAYHERMANA MAYORPistahan Parade and Festival 2011

AL S. PEREZ, PresidentFilipino American Arts ExpositionExecutive Director, 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival

opportunity for us to celebrate as one community. We have lots of blessings to thank for and a lot to be proud of. Our culture, our freedom, our community and personal achievements are reasons to celebrate.

It is therefore fitting to thank the visionaries who made the Pistahan Parade and Festival a reality and as an inspiring San Francisco landmark. THANK YOU for organizing this annual event showcasing our culture, our inventions, our food, our music, and our dances. As we celebrate, we spread our goodwill and allow our diverse San Francisco society a unique and exciting experience of catching a glimpse of our beautiful heritage.

Mabuhay ang Pistahan Parade and Festival! Long live one and all!

SOLEDAD MANAAY


Message from the Consul GeneralI send warm greetings to the Filipino American Arts Exposition as it celebrates its 18th Annual Pistahan

Parade and Festival on 13-14 August 2011.

The Pistahan has evolved into one of the most enduring, well-attended and much awaited events of the Filipinos in the entire United States. It has become part of the celebrations of the Filipino Americans in the Bay Area in very much the same way the Fiesta is an indispensable part of Filipino culture.

This year’s theme “Celebrating Heritage and Heroes” is most appropriate as we celebrate the 150th

birth anniversary of our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. He was a polymath, a “renaissance man” and a man of the world. Like those who came after Dr. Rizal and enlightened by his example, many of our fellow Filipinos have reached out and established themselves in almost all points in the world. In the United States, the Filipino American community has emerged and continues to earn its rightful place in all aspects of American society.

Indeed, with the Pistahan the Filipino American community celebrates the entire colorful mosaic of Filipino artistry and ingenuity, as it showcases the richness and diversity of Filipino and Filipino American music, dance, cuisine and the community’s achievements in its adopted homeland of America.

I congratulate the FAAE officers, and Board Members for their dedication in keeping the flame of Pistahan alive and burning in the Bay Area. I likewise thank all the sponsors and supporters, performers and all the participants who have made the Pistahan the shining success that it has become.

Mabuhay!

MARCIANO A. PAYNOR, JR.Consul General

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Message from the Mayor of San Francisco On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you

to the 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival being held on August 13-14, 2011 at Yerba Buena Gardens.

For nearly two decades, the Pistahan Parade and Festival has honored the customs and traditions

of Filipino Americans through arts, crafts, performances, and cuisine. This annual event highlights the celebration of diversity and the multicultural community in San Francisco while offering an exciting, vibrant experience of the Philippine culture that San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area have benefited from for generations. I would like to congratulate the Filipino American Arts Exposition and the many enthusiastic

volunteers who made this event possible. I encourage all of you to come and enjoy the many sights, sounds, and flavors of the Filipino culture! Mabuhay ang Pistahan! With warmest regards,

Edwin M. Lee Mayor

EDWIN M. LEE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO

MARCIANO A. PAYNOR, JR. CONSUL GENERAL

CELEBRATING HERITAGE AND HEROES


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Welcome to our 18th AnnuAl PistAhAn PArAde And FestivAl

Celebrating Heritage and Heroes

EIGHTEEN YEARS OF CELEBRATING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY.

SATURDAYPISTAHANSTAGE

BAYANIHANSTAGE

ARTPAVILIONJudy Romanenkov

CREATIVITYPAVILIONChristian CabuayRay Haguisan

CULINARYPAVILIONPearl ParmeleeMichael Thomas

DANCEPAVILIONFlorence Mendoza

HEALTHPAVILIONBarbara Rigdon

HERITAGEPAVILIONMarily Mondejar

PLAY PAVILIONOlive PariñaBob Manalo

11:00 AM Kulintronica Live painting demoby Paolo Salazar

ALL DAY:Exhibits ofJose Rizal’sBaybayinhandwriting sample

Photo Exhibit ofPhilippine BBQ,recipe giveawaysand ice creamcontest signup

Folk & CulturalDancing

ALL DAY:Hepatitis Bscreening, bloodpressure check,diabetes check,education on dietand exercise

Sheroes Monologues ALL DAY:Workshops on Sipa(Kick Volleyball),Heroes MemoryGame,Hula Hoops,Sungkaan,Checkers.

12:00 NN Escabo Daan MartialArts Exhibition,FALEO MilitaryHeroes Recognition,and Shelby Miguel

12:45 PMA Thin CatastropheBwan + BayanihanCrew

Animationpresentation byaward-winning Pixarartists Ronnie DelCarmen andRicky Rivera

ALL DAY:SuperHero Kidrobottoy activity.

12:30 PMAdobo Cookoff

Hip-hop, Ballroom,Line Dancing

Readings

1:00 PM Folk DanceShowcase :Westlake School,Steps, Styles andSpotlight,Kariktan

1:30 PMSpartacus

ONGOING:Training workshopsand Q&A sessionson Baybayin

1:30 PMChef ChatCalamansi CookingDemo

Hip-hop Muay Thai andEskrima Presenationby World Team USA

2:00 PM WelcomePresentation:BalagtasanFolk DanceShowcase:Parangal,ACPA,Likha

Melvin GutierrezPatienceDevin Armstrong

Live painting demoby Nick Manarang

PhilippineCalligraphy andKidrobot ArtCreation. Finishedproducts by artistswill be auctioned,sold, or raffled off.

3:00 PMHeavenly Scoops IceCream eatingcontest

Zumba class

3:00 PM Singer Mitch Francoand comic legendElizabeth Ramsey

Lyrical OppositionRuby IbarraDecaptikidzDecade

Heavenly Scoops icecream eating contestand sampling

4:00 PM Evolution Movement Fill-out survey form,Submit and winprizes!

SUNDAY PISTAHANSTAGE

BAYANIHANSTAGE

ARTPAVILIONJudy Romanenkov

CREATIVITYPAVILIONChristian CabuayRay Haguisan

CULINARYPAVILIONPearl ParmeleeMichael Thomas

DANCEPAVILIONFlorence Mendoza

HEALTHPAVILIONBarbara Rigdon

HERITAGEPAVILIONMarily Mondejar

PLAY PAVILIONOlive PariñaBob Manalo

11:00 AM Dirty BootsSalmanguido Band

Spintronix Live painting demowith Paolo Salazar

ALL DAY:Exhibits of HeroJose Rizal’sBaybayinhandwriting sample

ALL DAYPhoto Exhibit ofPhilippine BBQ

ALL DAY:Hepatitis Bscreening, bloodpressure check,diabetes check,education on dietand exercise

ALL DAY:Exhibits of JoseRizal, FilipinoVeterans and FilipinoMuslim Life

ALL DAY:Workshops on Sipa(Kick Volleyball),Heroes MemoryGame,Hula Hoops,Sungkaan,Checkers.

12:00 NN Halo HaloShowcase:Soulciety,JD Charisma,Untitled,Zumba,Crisanta MaligFashion Show

12:15 PMA Moments Courage,XL and Dr. Fiil

ALL DAY:SuperHero KidRobot toy activity.

Atchara(Pickeled papayademo)

Cultural Dancing

1:00 PM 1:05 PMBindlestiff-TasteBetter WitAftermathAM JuniorsBeach BlanketBabylon

1:15 PMCassandra Farrarand Left Brains 1:30 PMBalut Eating contest

ONGOING:Training workshopsand Q&A sessionson BayBayin

1:30 PMBalut Eating contest(Bayanihan stage)

Canon Kip SeniorsPresentation

Philippine Fashionand Embroidery

2:00 PM ABS-CBN Showcasewith YengConstantino andRayver Cruz

2:15 PMJayne RIo and Nump 2:30 PMBoondock SquadBand

Live Painting demowith Lee Abellana

PhilippineCalligraphy and KidRobot Art Creation.Finished products byartists will beauctioned, sold, orraffled off.

Zumba Dance Filipino Veterans inWW II, Vietnam, Iraqand Afghanistan

3:00 PM FinaleAmber LilyLil Jordan

Little BitsRocky Rivera

3:30 PM Samples ofHeavenly TropicalIce Cream

Filipino MuslimsPresentation

4:00 PM George LacsonProject

Fill out and submitsurvey form to winhourly raffle

The Pistahan planning com-mittee have worked tirelessly to come up with a fantastic lineup of cultural events

and entertainment. We have seven interactive and educational pavilions that will help you (re)discover Filipino culture. Our goal is to provide you

with an enriching and immersive cultural experience.

Don’t miss the folk dance work-shops in the dance pavilion, the live art demonstration in the art pavilion, healthy recipe alternatives in the culinary pavilion, Filipino martial arts demonstration in the play pavilion,

baybayin workshop in the creativ-ity pavilion, Filipino veterans photo exhibit and Filipino Muslim Life photo exhibit in the heritage pavilion, and Filipino barbecue exhibit in the culinary pavilion.

Crowd favorites include the Adobo Cookoff (sponsored by Ramar Foods)

and Balut eating contest (sponsored by Mama Sita’s). This year, we added the Ice Cream Eating Contest (spon-sored by Heavenly Ice Cream) and Chef Chat, featuring creative recipes using the calamansi fruit (sponsored by Simply Calamansi).


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Since 2009, Parade occurs on Saturday morning to kick off the Festival opening. Prior to 2009, it occurs on Sunday morning to highlight the middle of the festival celebration. Parade participants include celebrities, public officials, pageant beauty queens, business companies, alumni associations, professional organizations, religious groups, and non-profit community organizations.

In celebrating our Heritage and Heroes in 2011, we have Parade Community Grand Marshall Milpitas Mayor Joe Esteves and Parade Celebrity Grand Marshal to be Queen of Rock and Roll Elizabeth and Hermana Mayor to be our unsung hero Sol Manaay. Our 2011 Parade starts on Saturday, August 13, at 10:30 am with open ceremonies on Beale Street, then proceeding along Market Street through 4th Street, and then disembarking on Howard Street for contingents to walk back to Yerba Buena Gardens where the two-day Festival occurs.

There are five contest prizes for Parade Participants – a) Best Contingent, b) Best Spectacle, c) Best Performance, d) Best Dressed, and e) Most Spirited. Here are the 2010 Pistahan Parade Winners:

BEST CONTINGENT: Westlake School for the Performing Arts

BEST SPECTACLE: LBCBEST PERFORMANCE: Riordan Marching

BandBEST DRESSED; Melissa Herera – the

only girl dressed in a Maria Clara in a group full of kids dressed in various Philippine attire.

MOST SPIRIT: SOMA Filipino Community (seniors)

2010 PARADE JUDGES include Sylvia Oclaray (Little Manila Foundation), James Bartolome (Kawayan Folk Arts), and Bernadette Villanueva (Ati-Atihan Association, Inc.).

As of Wednesday, August 10, we have confirmed over 80 parade contingents which have been organized into 5 clusters: 1) Lead, 2) Luzon, 3) Visayas, 4) Mindanao, and 5) Bayanihan participants. Here are the participants for year 2011:

LEAD – 1st CLUSTER:* Crispy Pata Motorcycle Club * Lead Banner Contingents (Christina & Alexis Kerwick) * James Sullivan (as Gen. Macarthur) * Riordan Crusader Band * Philippine Consulate General including Department of Tourism (FLOAT) and Department of Trade and Investment Center – Silicon Valley * Westlake School of the Performing Arts * San Francisco MUNI * Senator Mark Leno * Senator Leland Yee * Asian Week Foundation * Assemblywoman Fiona Ma and Squad * Steps, Styles, and Spotlights Dance Company * Supervisor David Chu * Supervisor John Avalos * District Attorney George Gascon * Asian Firefighters Association * FALEO: Filipino American Law Enforcement Organization

LUZON – 2nd CLUSTER:* Ross Mirkarimi for Sheriff * Museum of Public Safety Officers * Philippine Nurses

Association of Northern California * SOMA Gene Friend Recreation and Park * KAYA community organization * Soulciety.org * Fil-Am Development Foundation & Filipino Community Center * Isfahan All Star Marching Band * PARADE COMMUNITY GRAND MARSHALL – Mayor Joe Esteves

VISAYA – 3rd CLUSTER:* PARADE CELEBRITY GRAND MARSHALL – Elizabeth Ramsey * HERMANA MAYOR – Sol Manaay * Filipino American Network at Charles Schwab * Pilipino Senior Resource Center * St. Thomas More Fil-Am Catholic Community * Singles for Christ * LBC Company * Books for the Barrios * Philippine American Press Club * American Center of Philippine Arts

MINDANAO – 4th CLUSTER:* RAMAR Foods International * Pacific Gas & Electric Company * ROYAL: Realizing Our Youth As Leaders * FAREPA: Filipino American Real Estate Professionals Association * Heavenly Tropical Ice Cream * Pacific Fruit and Beverage Company * FAYE: Fashion Arts Youth Enterprise * Parade Marshals – PIXAR ARTISTS Ronnie Del Carmen and Ricky Rivera * FEN: Filipino Entrepreneurs Network * PICPA-USA: Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants – USA * PMAANC: Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association of Northern California * KAISER Permanente * Crocker Chapter Order of DeMolay * SFSU PACE: Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor * SAVE Act Campaign

BAYANIHAN – 5th CLUSTER:* Bantay Bata – ABS-CBN Foundation * ABS-CBN TFC: The Filipino Channel * Yong in Martial Arts * Wells Fargo * Canon Kip Senior Center * Miss Asian American Pageant – 2009 & 2010 Queens and court of six ladies * IHO: Inspiring Hope Organization * Hubbard Dianetics Foundation * Orion Synergy Humanitarian Relief Group

To participate in our future parade and events, contact us at:415. 325. 3976 * [email protected] * www.pistahan.net * blog.pistahan.net * facebook.com/pistahan * twitter.com/pistahan

Let continue the celebration. Keep in touch! See you again!

2011 Pistahan ParadeBy Antonio “tony” VillegAs, Jr.



2011 parade community grand marshal2011 parade celebrity grand marshal

Music, dancing, and laughter are secrets for staying young. Those are blessings shared by of our Philippine Legend, Queen of Rock

and Roll, Mother of Asia’s Soul Diva, none other than our own 2011 Parade Celebrity Grand Marshal – Elizabeth Ramsey.

With a career of nearly 54 years in showbiz, Ms. Ramsey remains amaranthine and unfading as she approached 80 years young by the end of this year. Nothing is diminished about her. Frizzy haired, dressed in three-inch heels, blessed with a youthful 18-year-old girlish figure, she walks with supreme confidence like a ramp model, totally oblivious to the stares by admirers which is similar to reactions given to Prince and Lady Gaga. She is a blend of the two icons getting the combined reaction of shock and awe.

Born in Negros Occidental from a Jamaican father and Filipino mother, Ramsey is well-known for her Visayan-accented dialogues, whether in English or Tagalog. From her father, she learned to be disciplined. Her body is fit and trim. With stomach in, chest out, chin up, ramrod straight back, she portrays a military bearing, something her father demanded from all his children. That’s why she is sometimes called the Queen of the Jungle. From her Visayan mother, she learned to sing, dance and pray religiously.

For more than 40 years, Ramsey has lovingly collected over 100 religious images of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus and Saints along with another 100 images of the Santo Niño. All in all, she has over 200 in her altars, each with its bouquet of flowers. “I’m not religious,” she says. “I just love Jesus who is my hero.” Ageless, feisty, spunky, courageous and outrageous are words that fit Ms. Ramsey to a tee.

After winning in Student Canteen in her youth, Ramsey was immediately hired by Manila Grand Opera where she met my Soprano singing aunt, Mercy Oria Villegas. Ramsey worked seven glorious years with my aunt and other legends like Pilita Corales at the Clover Theater. Ramsey became known as the Queen of Rock and Roll, a title given to her by Press members.

Later, she traveled abroad. She did her share of performing for US soldiers in

Who is the highest ranking and most senior elected Fil-Am leader in the San Francisco Bay Area? ‘Tis our four-term outright

elected Milpitas Mayor and our own 2011 Parade Community Grand Marshal – Joe Esteves.

Born and raised in Dagupan City, Pangasinan – bangus (milk fish) capital of the Philippines – Mayor Esteves values humility and kindness. He considers his father as his hero.

His father, Atty. Pastor M. Esteves, Sr. served underprivileged families of fishermen, farmers and merchants; he helped them get justice without much compensation. He did not get rich like other lawyers who charged exorbitantly. He barely charged his clients. He is altruistic and had a good heart. He puts people first before profits. So the family lived a simple life and remained humble. His father had decent earnings that allowed Joe and his siblings to finish college.

Dignity, integrity, competence, diligence, education, career, success, service and kindness are Filipino traits that Mayor Esteves learned while growing up. Educational and career success brought honor and respect to Joe and Esteves family. Thus, he pursued college degrees in Civil Engineering (BSCE) and in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) and master’s degree in business administration (MBA). He attended Communicating for High Impact Academy at UCLA Anderson School of Management and learned Leadership in the 21st Century at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Mayor Esteves served for many years as a volunteer and leader in various civic, non-profit, community, church and business organizations before becoming involved in public service in the City of Milpitas. He has won numerous awards. He is a ‘Milpitas Citizen of the Year’ awardee, a Character awardee, and excellence in public service awardee.

In the City of Milpitas, he has focused on building structures for the future like the new Senior Center, the Milpitas downtown development, the new Milpitas Library building which was completed, on budget and on schedule during his mayoral term. He has strongly advocated for ethics in public service, transparent government, and financial accountability. He ensures that diversity is embraced in Milpitas in its true sense: with respect for and involve-ment of each and every citizen regardless of their origin or stature.

Mayor Esteves was elected number one to the Milpitas City Council in 1998 and has won four mayoral elections with landslide victories. He has always campaigned for fiscal responsibility and for maximizing City services. He is known and admired for his fiscal responsibility, integrity, accessibility, and his commitment to listening and commu-nicating. He is not a professional politician nor committed to special interests.

Mayor Esteves and his wife, Susan, are the proud parents of Irene, a university graduate student. They have lived in Milpitas for 32 years. They remain active in Church, community, and civic clubs and has received numerous awards for his services year round, not just at election time.

Mayor Esteves was voted “Best Elected Official” in 2002-2008, yearly for 6 years while serving as Mayor. He lives by the MAXIM – “You can only be who you really are when you are proud of your origin and pursue excellence, not for yourself, but, for your community.”

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes! Let’s join Mayor Esteves on Saturday morning as he kicks off our 18th Annual Pistahan as our 2011 Parade Community Grand Marshal. Mabuhay!

Jose Esteves:Four-Term Silicon Valley MayorBy Antonio “tony” VillegAs, Jr.

ElizabethRamsey:

Rock n Roll Queen

By Antonio “tony” VillegAs, Jr.

American bases worldwide. She even got to sing on the USS Enterprise for wounded American Vietnam Vets. As early as 1961, she began performing in Las Vegas and all over the USA. “I met Sammy Davis and he called me his Baby! He said this lady is full of gold! I was the first Filipino to become a star in the Philippine Festival Las Vegas production of Steve Parker, the husband of Hollywood actress Shirley McClaine. This was at the Jones Hotel. Harry Belafonte, when he heard that I was Jamaican, had an extra show just for me. He said he would have a special show just for me and even had us fetched on a stretched limo.”

Everyone knows her. If not, everyone knows of her. She is the mother of Jaya, the Soul Diva of the Philippines. In fact, my first chance meeting with Ms. Ramsey was at the end of Jaya’s concert in June 2002 at Manila Peninsula Hotel. I met her again as she performed with Jaya and Randy Santiago in 2010 at Cache Creek in Northern California. On Saturday, August 13, 2011, we get a chance to see her. She starts our Parade in the morning and ends our Pistahan stage entertainment in the afternoon.

Ms. Ramsey doesn’t even have to speak. Her countenance is a changing palette of funny faces that can launch a crowd into gales of laughter. Her body is elastic and can shift from one comic pose to another. As one fan raved, just looking at her can make you laugh. That is a compliment to Ms. Ramsey’s innate talent for comedy.

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes with comedy and laughter! Let’s rock and roll with Elizabeth Ramsey!

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Care Giver, Our Unsung Hero

2011 Hermana mayor

SolmANAAY

By Antonio “tony” VillegAs, Jr.

As we honor in 2011 our Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, on the 150th anniversary of his birth in 1861, we may wonder and

ponder: “What is a HERO?” One may define it as bayani (hero) of

the bayan (country) who promotes bayanihan (esprit de corps or team spirit). In other words, a hero is someone who gives the best of himself and brings out the best in others through the effort of a T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves More. One person who gives the best of herself and brings out the best in others is our 2011 Hermana Mayor for this 18th Annual Pistahan Festival and Parade: Soledad “Sol” Manaay.

OUR UNSUNG HEROManaay is our unsung hero. She is

one who is shy, meek, and humble. She is so bashful and reluctant of being our Hermana Mayor. She declined our invitation a number of times but eventually accepted after our persistent requests. She is truly deserving of the honor for she does heroic acts without fanfare or adulation.

She answers the plea inscribed under the Statute of Liberty – “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breath free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” She cares for the weak, the sick, the old and the weary. She cares for our elders and assists them in preserving their dignity.

She is founder and Chief Executive Officer of her own company that trains and assigns health care professionals to aid our elderly by providing them quality care and assisted living in their own homes without displacing them from their family and loved ones. She founded her company after her mother, Angelina, died in 2006 which is ten years before her father, Lucerio, died in 1996. Her company is a tribute to both her parents for the way they cared for her… with their loving hearts and their helping hands. Thus, she aptly named her company – CARE ON CALL, INC.

HERITAGE Manaay is full-blooded Filipino

with father from Luzon and mother from Visayas region. She values our Filipino traits of adaptability, creativity, and resiliency.

Filipinos are adaptable since we welcome new experiences and changes in our mindset and lifestyle to blend with our new environment. No wonder ten percent of our people live outside the Philippines as immigrants or overseas workers.

Filipinos are creative since we find new ways of getting things done from the scraps left to us. This is why we have colorfully, decorated Jeepneys from rubbishes left by US military in the Philippines at the end of WW2.

Filipinos are resilient since we can and do bounce back from any calamity like Mount Pinatubo eruption in early 1990s or the recent Typhoon Ondoy. We manage to survive even though enslaved under the tyranny of Spanish Conquistadors (1521-1898), American Colonizers (1898-1941), Japanese Imperialists (1941-1945), and even that of our own kind under Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986).

To be adaptable and resilient, Manaay remains fluent in Ilonggo, Tagalog, and English. She was born in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, Philippines. During her formative years, she moved to Manila with her parents, six brothers and one sister.

She attended Madeleine Academy High School. She graduated with a BS degree in Foreign Service from University of Manila. She started working for Philippine Ministry of Information under Minister Tatad and was assigned as Media Analyst to San Francisco Consul-General Alconcel Trinidad.

During the 1980s, she moved to Hawaii where she studied and received her second baccalaureate degree, BS in International Relations, from Hawaii Pacific University. After graduation, she worked and co-founded the Filipino American Couriers Association. Several years after, she migrated back to continental USA. She now lives in Redwood City, California. In 2009, she returned for the 55th anniversary banquet of Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii where she was recognized for establishing the oldest professional organization she started over 20 years ago.

With passion for lifelong learning, she pursued her postgraduate studies at Chicago School of Professional Psychology. In 2010, she received her Master’s degree in Gerentology. She plans to do more graduate work.



HEROWhen asked who is her HERO, Ms.

Manaay immediately answered “My Mother,” Angelina Muesco Manaay, who is a devoted, loving wife to her father, Lucerio. She said that her nanay (mother) was ahead of her time. She assumed the role of household breadwinner while her tatay (father), Lucerio, a Judo and Arnis Master, did pro bono work to help protect their community by teaching martial arts to neighbors.

Her parents practiced positive parenting. They did not yell at them or inflict corporal punishment as they raised their eight children. She remembers how her mom reserves time to speak privately with each of them to teach right from wrong and to uphold values of honesty, patience, diligence, kindness, and having a “word of honor.”

Manaay raised her only child, Solitaire, in the same way with support, trust, affection, and respect (STAR). And now, she’s proud of how Solitaire turned out. Her daughter is a shining star, beaming pianist and viola musician, smiling graduate of San Francisco State University and California School of Integral Studies, an aspiring child-development specialist, and a budding film director.

Like her mother who is a multi-talented entertainer with their traveling family Zarsuela – Manaay

has great talent in music… composing it, singing it, playing it, and dancing to it. She also has the added talent of composing, writing, editing, and publishing her work such as a children’s book entitled the “Magic Pond” which is available for purchase at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. She does not allow her achievements to spoil her as her mom taught her – to be kind, generous, humble, sweet, calm, value family and friends, be helpful to others and be thankful to the Lord. Like her mom, wealth to her does not mean anything if it is not shared, so she shares what she has. Five of her nieces and nephews have graduated from college. Thanks to her for her kindness and sharing!

Manaay remembers her mom telling her that she can be anything in life, regardless of her gender or the color of her skin, so long as she puts her mind (ambition) and body (hard work) to get the proper education and experience to make it happen.

HOPEWith ambition and hardwork,

Manaay hopes and strives to continuously improve upon herself so she can better serve others. She is currently pursuing a PhD in International Psychology. She wants to do her doctoral dissertation in Positive Parenting.

She hopes to share her PhD research findings so we can all become better parents, have happier children, and take better care of our elders while conserving our ecosystem. Our children are our hope for a better future, so we must protect them from harm. Our elders have shaped the way we are, so we should thank and take care of them.

MAXIMManaay lives by the famous adage

by our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal who said:

“Ang tao’ng hindi marunong

lumingon sa kanya’ng pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa kanya’ng paroroonan.”

In other words – “The person who doesn’t look back to his/her origins will not reach his/her destination.”

Having come from a humble beginning, she feels extremely fortunate to be where she is right now. She is glad that she has not lost sight of who she was and where she came from. Her life is made meaningful by her friendships, by revisiting her origins, by positive support she gives to relatives, and by reconnecting with childhood friends and neighbors who have expressed joy over the fact that she has not forgotten them. As the saying goes, “you can take the girl out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the girl.” Country girl plans to return and retire in the country of her birth. She already acquired property in the province named after our national hero, Rizal.

Like Rizal, Manaay is also a hero. She is our unsung hero who wishes to sing. She composed our Pistahan Theme Song as her gift to us. Like her song, we end by chanting to all our heroes… Mabuhay! Mabuhay! Mabuhay!

Antonio “Tony” Villegas, Jr. is a tenured college professor in business law and computer science and, for two decades, taught undergrad, MBA, PhD courses at USF, CSU East Bay, Cal Poly Pomona, Argosy, and other colleges. He can be reached at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/prof.v.Sol Manaay with her family on her most recent visit to the Philippines.

Sol Manaay, with her staff Marien Pasalo (left) and Leah Ancheta (right).



It all started in 1992 when a group of artists and community activists wanted to mount an interactive arts exhibition called the I-Hotel/Hansel & Gretel with Capp Street Project.

They approached various members of the San Francisco artistic community.

About the same time, the radical revitalization of a dilapidated 19-block area South of Market Street was then in its finishing stages. In fact, Moscone Center and the Yerba Buena Project -- a mixture of gardens, hotels, museums, shops and restaurants, were completed the following year. But, many Filipino families living in the SoMa district, the hub of Filipino American life in San Francisco since the 1940s, were displaced in the redevelopment effort.

When the directors of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Baraka Sele and Renny Pritikin, heard about Carlos Villa and Lenny Limjoco’s project, they approached the Filipino community. After all, the center’s mission was to showcase the Bay

Area’s cultural diversity through art. Thus the Filipino American Arts Exposition (FAAE) was born, led by community leaders like Luz de Leon, Mauro Tumbokon, Bulletx Marasigan, Oscar Peñaranda and Florence Mendoza.

FAAE staged the 1st Pistahan during Yerba Buena Center’s inaugural 1994 season. It was a cultural event set in the same neighborhood that still bears vestiges of our long-standing presence, with streets named after Philippine national heroes like Mabini, Bonifacio, Lapu-Lapu, Rizal and Tandang Sora.

FAAE’s scope then, while ambitious, was diffused into several programs running simultaneously and organized by a handful of over-worked volunteers. So Pistahan was a relatively modest event compared to the already-established Fiesta Filipina although its smattering of colorful arts pavilions and the support of local talents like Danongan Kalanduyan and Teatro ng Tanan gracing the stage

preceding of things to come. In 1996, Pistahan garnered greater

recognition and the attention of the mainstream press such as the SF Chronicle’s Datebook and the Examiner when no less than then Mayor Willie Brown served as Grand Marshal of the parade and Daly City Mayor Michael Guingona was Hermano Mayor.

On its 10th year, with Epee Rafanan as Parade & Festival Director, Pistahan finally found its niche in the Bay Area’s tapestry of festivals, receiving the support of not just the arts community but heavy hitters from the

The History of Pistahan Festival and ParadeBy Christina Dunham

corporate world like ABS-CBN, Wells Fargo Bank, Sony Metreon and PG&E as well. As Dennis Normandy, Hermano Mayor in 2003, aptly puts it, “Pistahan organizers and supporters have succeeded admirably in using entertainment to educate.”

Today, Pistahan is a staple of the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Series which runs from May through October alongside other San Francisco cultural traditions like the Chinese New Year’s Parade, Carnaval and Cinco de Mayo. Indeed, the list of Hermana & Hermano Mayors read like the Who’s Who of the Filipino American community.

With Al Perez now at the helm, FAAE continues to create a festival that truly celebrates Filipino American culture and pride. The two-day event boasts an audience of 60,000, with attendees, performers and sponsors from all over the world with events like the Adobo Cook-off, Balut-Eating Contest, Kulinarya and the Filipino American Jazz Festival taking a life of their own.

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Over 150 community leaders, volunteers and supporters came to the swanky Carnelian by the Bay on July 20, 2011 to

participate in the kick off to our 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival schedule on the weekend of August 13-14, which hosted by the Filipino American Arts Exposition. Dignitaries were recognized and volunteers were treated to food and special entertainment.

During the event, Deputy Consul General Wilfredo Santos of the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco was presented with a special recognition for his outstanding community service. He has always been present at many Fil-Am activities throughout the Bay Area.

Vice President of the Board of Education Hydra Mendoza, the first Filipina elected official in San

Francisco, energized the crowd as she shared her experience of participating in the Pistahan Parade. “There is nothing like riding down Market Street in a convertible, without a seatbelt!” laughed Mendoza, who previously served as Parade Grand Marshall. “Bring all your friends to see the

excitement of the Pistahan Parade on Saturday, August 13!” she reminded everyone.

Attendees were treated to a special zumba performance. They remember their wonderful experience last year and anticipate another chance to participate this year in the popular

dance/fitness craze at the Dance Pavilion located above the water falls of Yerba Buena Gardens.

Guests enjoyed various dining treats – pancit, fried chicken, egg rolls, fried rice, pita bread and humus, and mango and ube ice cream desserts.

The kick-off event was sponsored by Eric Chung, VuQo Vodka, Pearl Parmelee and Mama Sitas, Ben Acorda and Heavenly Ice Cream, and Bolani & Sauce Co.

Upcoming 18th Annual Pistahan Festival event will be held again at Yerba Buena Gardens along Mission street between 3rd and 4th streets. Enjoy our San Francisco International Festival of Filipino Culture and Cuisine on August 13-14, 2011!

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes! Come and Join us at the Festival!

Community Comes Together to Kickoff 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and FestivalBy AngelA PAng

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Are you an experienced sommelier or just a connoisseur? Well, look no further and come to Pistahan’s wine tasting to

savor award-winning Merlots from Corte Riva (www.corteriva.com)!

While Corte Riva is the first Filipino winery ever to be established in Napa Valley, its Merlot ($50/bottle) has been winning awards since 2003 and its Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Mabuhay ($65/bottle) is its best seller. In fact, the authoritative magazine Wine Spectator described blue-blooded Ilocanos Lawrence Cortez (from Cagayan Valley) and Romel Rivera (from La Union) as rising stars in the world of winemaking.

Both Cortez and Rivera worked in the Napa vineyards for more than 25 years. While doing all the hard jobs in the wineries, they became good friends and labored hard until they learned the tricks of the trade. In time, Romel and Lawrence began

experimenting with wine recipes. Using their intimate knowledge of

grapes and wine production, they have since created their own line. They named their wine concoctions Corté Riva, paying homage to the winemakers Cortez and Rivera. And, its Merlot has been recognized not only by Wine Spectator but by Hi-time Wine Cellars and Wine Advocate,too.

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes! Taste these Filipino wines at B restaurant atop the Yerba Buena Gardens waterfalls. Cheers!

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Is there any reason to condemn Jose Antonio Vargas for his honesty?

By now you know Vargas as the poster boy for all undocumented

immigrants when his life story was reported in New York Times and ABC Nightline News. In his story, I wondered why “undocumented” is the operative descriptive word and not “illegal.”

The report describes Vargas’ odyssey as a 12-year-old boy from the Philippines, sent off to live in California with his grandparents. Unbeknownst to Vargas, his identification documents were fake, a fact he discovered only in high school. His life could only be “normal” if he could secure official documents like a driver’s license. Meanwhile, Vargas did “illegal” things like graduate from college, work, pay taxes and earn a spot on a Pulitzer Prize winning team of Washington Post.

Is this really the kind of person we want to deport? There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in America. Some people may resent that. I don’t. If anyone has a right to dislike Vargas, my family certainly does. We don’t.

My relatives played by the rules and waited for years to come to America. They aged while waiting. Many lived within earshot of Pistahan’s celebratory noise.

They started their American lives in SoMa like my cousin Aida, who is now a teacher at Bessie Carmichael, and my younger cousins who graduated from high school and college here. They are the new Guillermo immigrants, my heroes.

VARGAS IS A VICTIM. Not only is Vargas a victim of America’s broken immigration system, he’s a victim of his own parents’ zeal to give their son a real opportunity in life. I admire Vargas’ courage. He was not only the hero for undocumented aliens but also for gay immigrants! Before his story was published, he was double-closeted.

But the reaction from other journalists surprised me. Some view Vargas with cynicism. “It’s almost impossible not to be affected by deeply disturbing self-promotion disguised as sacrifice,” wrote Esther Cepada of the Washington Post Writer’s Group. She further condemns Vargas as bringing dishonor to the media profession, having “humiliated” his respected colleagues whom he deceived. Why so paranoid, Cepeda?

I wish Vargas well on his struggles. Is he a hero? I would say so! He’s certainly brave to put everything – his reputation, career, life – on the line. If his story can change some people’s views about the plight of the undocumented, then Vargas is a hero.

One thing Vargas is not is an “illegal.” He cannot be an “illegal” which is an adverb or adjective, not a noun. He is a human being who innocently entered USA as a minor and who believed his legal documents were authentic. Vargas’ tale reminds us that we should not demonize victims caught in the immigration bureaucracy. Some are innocent and even become award-winning journalists who deserve our cheers, not our jeers. Vargas is our hero. Mabuhay ka Vargas! Mabuhay!

Emil Guillermo has been a columnist for Asian Week and Philippine News. He can be reached at 415.730.5610 or at [email protected]. For more info, visit his websites at www.amok.com and www.twitter.com/emilamok.



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My Immigrant Cousins Are Heroes, But So Is VargasBy Emil GuillErmo

A comparison of all Philippine national heroes from Lapu-Lapu to Cory Aquino will yield two heroes uncannily similar in how

they lived and in how they died - Dr. Jose Rizal and Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr.

Both came from similar class backgrounds - their families were landed gentry; both studied at the elite Ateneo school, traveled extensively, wrote prolifically and returned to the Philippines despite warnings that they faced certain death upon setting foot on their native soil.

Both were tried for treason on trumped-up charges by kangaroo courts. Both were executed by tyrants who feared their return. Both their deaths sparked revolutions that overthrew the tyrannies that caused their martyrdoms.

More than other heroes, Rizal and Aquino fit the textbook mythological model of a “tragic hero” – one who was born of privilege, imbued with heroic qualities and fated to endure great suffering.

Why did Dr. Jose Rizal in 1892 and Ninoy Aquino in 1983 return to the Philippines knowing of the certain

tragedy that awaited them upon their arrival? Was it Fate or Free Will?

Dr. Jose Rizal lived and studied in Europe for almost a decade and then moved to Hongkong in 1891. He financed the migration to Hongkong of his parents and siblings. While Rizal was overjoyed to be reunited with his family, he was deeply dismayed by the factionalism and lack of unity that plagued the Filipino movement in Europe.

Ninoy Aquino was imprisoned for almost eight years when he suffered two severe heart attacks within a week of each other in May 1980. Because of fear

of negative publicity, Imelda Marcos ordered him released and was quickly flown to the U.S. After heart surgery, Aquino spent three years in the U.S. It was when the political situation in the Philippines deteriorated in 1983 that Aquino felt it imperative to return to convince Marcos to restore democracy “before extremists take over and make such a change impossible.”

Like Aquino, Rizal feared the very revolution his own writings had inspired. Seeking to avert a bloody revolution, both freely chose to return back to the Philippines to personally make the case

for a non-violent reform alternative. But their pleas fell on deaf ears.

Rizal was executed in Luneta (now Rizal Park) on December 30, 1896 by a firing squad of 20 Filipino soldiers. Ninoy was killed at the tarmac of the Manila International Airport (now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport) on August 21, 1983 by an execution squad of Filipino soldiers. Both executions were on the orders of Malacanang Palace.

Rizal’s execution triggered the Katipunan revolution that led to the Filipino people’s overthrow of Spanish rule. Ninoy’s execution sparked the People Power revolution that led to the ouster of the Marcoses from the Philippines.

In their cosmic conflicts against their fates, by their stirring words and by their heroic deeds, Dr. Jose Rizal and Ninoy Aquino transformed the Philippines and the Filipino people.

Rodel Rodis taught Philippine History at San Francisco State University before becoming a lawyer. He is a syndicated columnist for Filipino American newspapers.Email him at [email protected].

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PISTAHAN STAGE

11:00 AMKulintronicaKulintang with electronic dance music 12:00 PMSATURDAY SAMPLERHosts: Franco FinnEskabo Daan World (Martial Arts)FALEO Military Heroes RecognitionShelby Miguel 1:00 PMSAYAWAN IWestlake School for the Performing ArtsSteps, Styles, and SpotlightsKariktan Dance Company 2:00 PMWELCOME PRESENTATIONFestival Proclamations and Presentations 2:30 PMSAYAWAN IIHost: Al ManaloParangal Dance CompanyBalagtasan (Spoken Word)American Center of Philippine ArtsLIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble

PARADE AWARDS 4:00 PMFINALEMitch FrancoElizabeth Ramsey

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BAYANIHAN STAGE

12:30 PMA Thin Catastrophe (Band) Bwan + Bayanihan Crew (Rap)Spartacus (Band)

2:00 PM Melvin Gutierrez (Vocalist)Patience (Rap) Devin Armstrong (Vocalist )

2:45 PMSteps, Styles and Spotlights (Dance)Lyrical Opposition (Rap)Ruby Ibarra (Rap) Deceptikidz (Choreo)Decade (Choreo)Evolution Movement (Choreo)

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11:00 AM spintronix (DJ)

12:15 PMa Moments Courage (Band)XL and Dr. FiiiL (hip hop)Cassandra Farrar + the Left Brains (Band)

1:30 PMBalut eating Contest

2:15 PM Jayne rio + nump (Vocalist)Boondock squad (Band)

3:00 PMthe Little Bits (Band)rocky rivera (rap/spoken Word)George Lacson project (Band)

DIrtY BOOts

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SUNDAY GROOVEDirty Bootsthe salmanguido Band

12:15 PMHALO-HALOsoulcietyJD CharismaUntitled (show Choir)Zumba Flash (Get ready!)Crisanta Malig Fashion showBindlestiff-taste Better Wit (theater)aftermath (hip-hop)aM Juniors (hip-hop)Beach Blanket Babylon 2:00 PMABS / CBN CONCERTYeng Canstantino

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{ 2010 } Hermano/Hermana Mayor Philippine Consul General Marciano and Tessie Paynor, Community Grand Marshal Mona Pasquil, Parade Grand Marshal Jay Nicolas Sario (Project Runway), Sway (American Idol), The Cast of RENT, Nero DeGracia, Mambo Jazz Sextet, Toni Gonzaga (Pinoy Big Brother), DJ Rocky Rock, Michelle Martinez, Mitch Franco, Kulintronica, Jonathan Bautista Quartet, Erika David, Philtered Soul, LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Parangal Dance Company, Kawayan Folk Arts, Westlake School for the Performing Arts, Aaron Horner, Aftermath, Allan Manalo, Allison, Angela Gacad, Ariane, Avegay Libiran, Balagtasan, BEATS Crew, Boondocks Squad, Brian Dublin, Bwan, Carlos Zialcita, Charito, Dante Casuga, Eye Eighty, Fresh Dynamix, Funk Beyond Control, Getty Santos, Jason Bayani, Jo Ill, Joel Dela Merced, Jon Bayani, JVoqlaz, Kristiana Sunga, Maddie B & Company, Marissa Santos, Mighty Delrokz, Mr. Rey & Brigada Ng Bangketa, My Peoples, Nemenzo, Nomadik Messengers, OK! DK!, Planet Infinity, Raiderettes, Soulciety, Stefan Sanchez, Steps, Styles and Spotlghts, Tita Aida, Wikitribe

{ 2009 } Hermana Mayor Marily Mondejar, Parade Community Grand Marshal Hydra Mendoza, Parade Celebrity Grand Marshal Paolo Montalban, ABC Dancing with the Stars Cheryl Burke, ABS-CBN TFC Stars (Jason Gainza, Giselle Sanchez, Patricia Javier and the Asian Dolls), Aftermath, American Center of Philippine Arts, Angela Joanne Slipper, Aris Garcia, Aristedes Santos Candelaria, DJ Delrokz, DJ Rocky Rock, EyeASage, Filipino America Jazz Festival, Filipino Education Center Galing Bata, Franco Finn, Gabe Bondoc, Honey Circuit, International Eskrima/Serrada Association, Jo.Ill, Kapakahi, Leejay Abucayan, Lifted Roots, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Lori Abucayan, Lumaya, Mabuhay Folkloric Society, Manny Garcia, Mark Agustin, Parangal Dance Company, Philippine Martial Arts Academy, Prime Note Ensemble, Raquel Berlind, Stephanie Reese, Steps, Styles and Spotlight School of Dance, Te Oama of the Westlake School of the Performing Arts, Viddy V.

{ 2008 } Hermano/Hermana Mayor Dan & Sunny Dykwel, Parade Grand Marshalls Adam & Arielle Jacobs, ABS-CBN Talents (Balitang America, Myx, and Speak Out!), Adrianna “Yanna” Andal, Aftermath, Al Manalo, Anna Marie Perez, Anthony “Tony” Castelo, Aris Garcia, Autonomous Region, Avegay Libiran, Bais Tres Manos and Miss Teen Filipina, Balagtasan Iskolars of Pamantasan Ng Lungsod Ng Maynila, Bayanihan Hip-Hop Workshop, Ben Pimentel, Calisus, DJ Mista-B-4onefunktion, DJ Rocky Rock, Hiyas, Emil Guillermo, Filipino America Jazz Festival, Ground Work Music with Rappers Kiwi Phatrick and Kasmas, Herb Diggs, Hustla Boys, Ivy League, Jason Mateo & Marissa Santos, Jerald Mutia, Joedobo Aivy, JT, Kabayan Dance Troup, Kapono Kobylanski, Kelly Jacobs, La Villatuya, Leslie Guevarra, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Mabuhay Folkloric, Marissa & Getty Santos, Maryanne Lacayanga, Michael Tongko, Michele Kain, Miriam Pantig, MYX TVs Mike-E and The League, Native Elements, Nomandic Messengers, Oceana Dance crew, PAC Modern, Parangal Dance Troupe, Passion, Rendezvous Band, Rodel Guadalupe, Romeo Reyes, Ryan Corbitt, Stephanie Reese, Steps, Styles and Spotlight, Tita Aida.

{ 2007 } Hermano/Hermana Mayor Greg & Gigi Macabenta, Parade Grand Marshal Gen. Tony Taguba, Parade Celebrity Martin Nievera, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Consul Antonio Morales, Consul General Marciano Paynor, ABS-CBN Talents (Balitang America, Myx, and Speak Out!), A1 Sauce, Aftermath, Ana Julaton, Angelace, Angelo Pizarro, Aris Garica, Autonomous Region, Avegay Libiran, Bambu, Barangay Dance Company of San Francisco, Bar None Lansky, Ben Pimentel, Bernardo Bernardo, Brigada ng Bangketa, Cathy Querubin, Celskiii & Deenadroid, Chayah Miranda, Citizen Pinoy, Dance Quorum, Dave Rodriguez, DJ Chicken Scratch, FCC Hip Hop Workshop, Downe DX, Edwin Espera, Florante Aguilar, For U, Fr. Ed Dura, Frances Ancheta, Fusion Dance Team, Gboogs, Ginoong Pilipino Getty Santos, Giovannie Pico, Herb Felina, International Eskrima/Serrada Association, J.O.A.L., Jason Mateo, Jasper Pugao, Jayar Pugao, Jeffery Deguia, Jern Eye (Lunar Heights) Go-Ill, Jolibee Mascot, Justin Jayubo, Katrina Julian, Kiwi, Koponang Kulapo, Leila Ponce,

Gallery of Talents

Leslie Guevarra, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Lil Tyler Weaver Jr., Lirio Vital, Lori Abucayan, Maharlika Cultural Troupe, Mark Figueroa, Merve Lupus, Michelle Kain, Ms. San Francisco Krizia Sapida, Nemenzo Group, Not Your Average Superheroes, Nump, Olivia Hurt, Olivia Jasmine, Omar Luib, PAC Modern, Philippine Children’s Fund of America, Romedigs, Roscoe Umali, Sandamukal Bad Boys, SF Modern, Stephanie Reese, Susan Johnson, Swish, Those Kids, Tita Aida, Trinity Project, Yamot-Pinatubo Cultural Ensemble, Yanna Andal.

{ 2006 } Hermana Mayor Yolanda O. Stern, Parade Grand Marshal Consul-General Rowena Sanchez, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, Mayor Ruth Asmundson of Davis, Mayor Chris Cabaldon of West Sacramento, Vice Mayor Ed Balico of Hercules, Vice Mayor Ken Ibarra of San Bruno, Councilmember Hermie Sunga of Vallejo, Councilmember Larry Formalejo of Colma. Councilmember Manny Fernandez of Union City, Apl.de.Ap. of the Black Eyed Peas, American Idol Sway Penala, ABS-CBN Talents from: Balitang America, Citizen Pinoy and Speak Out!, 205 Bangsamoro Art Exhibit, Ad Solid, Villez, AfterMath, Angelina Cantada, Bangketa, Barangay of San Francisco, Bayanihan Cultural Organization, Bernardo Bernardo, Bucc Rogerz, Consul General Rowena Sanchez, DJ Chicken Skratch, DJ Rocky Rock, Dream Stat, Dyna Ondoy, E. Massin of ELEMNOP, Emy Baysic, Eunice de Asis, Fe de los Reyes, Fil-Am Musika, Florante Aguilar, Franco Finn, Fusion Dance Team, Genevieve Manalo, Getty Santos, Henni Espinosa, High Fly, Hiyas of San Jose, Iris, Janelle Tillotson, January Reclosado, Jason Mateo, Jeremy Bautista, Joel Janer, Kaisera, Jose Jeline Laporga, J-Soul, Jun Taniang, Katalyst, Kulturang Pilipino, Legacy, Lori and Leejay Abucayan, Mabuhay Folkloric Society, Maganda Magazine, Maharlika Cultural Dance Troupe, Mango Kings, May Nazareno, Melody Lakayanga, Michelle Kain, Motivate Movement, Noel Bote Bautista, Not Your Average Superheroes, Nump, Pol Mesina Jr., Raquel, Remy Aquino, Rene Belison, Rhythm Rockets, Rhythm, Sandamukal Bad Boyz, Shadow Al, SIKAT Artist Group, Stephanie Reese, The Cast of “Americana Made in the Philippines,” Those Kids, Tita Aida, Tracy Sarmiento, Youth Speaks.

{ 2005 } Hermano/Hermana Mayor Rudy & Esther Asercion, Parade Celebrities (Geoff Eigenmann, Heart Evangelista, Rodel Rosel, Sheryn Regis), Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas, AfterMath, Al Perez, Ambassador Rafael A. Gonzales, Barangay SF, Bayanihan, Bindlestiff Studio artists, Check the Blue Print, D’Journey artists, DJ Qbert, DJ Rocky Rock, Famas, Fusion, Gabe Bondoc, Genevieve Miranda, George Ng, Giovannie Pico, Hiyas of San Jose, Jo Awayan, Julius Limpe, Justine Jayubo, Khaotic Groovermintz, Khymme, Kulturang Pilipino, Leulani Mariano, Maharlika Cultural Dance Troupe, May Nazareno, Miriam Pantig, Philippine Barangay Performing Arts Society, Praxis Rocs, Ramon Silvestre, Rhythm, Sarah Jane Gloria, Shadow Al, Soul Control,

Thage, Yamot-Pinatubo Cultural Ensemble.

{ 2004 } Hermana Mayor Jacquie Lingad-Ricci, Parade Celebrities (Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa), AfterMath, Alfred Galura, Aris Garcia, Barlaan family (Rolando, orrie, Calo & Kristina), Brian Redrico, Carlos Rocha, Chain Reaction, Christoffels, Cota Deles Yabut, Cris Villanueva, Danongan Kalanduyan and Palabuniyan, Del Bermudez, England Hidalgo, Ensemble, Filipiniana Dance Troupe, Five:15, Fusion, Garnett Alexander, Generation 2, Gesel & Alam Swearington, Gherlie Dancel, Gil Portes, Hiyas, Ilaya, Jhelle Rosaroso, Joel Fabonan, Jojo Lofrancom, Jordan Segundo, Joy de Leon, Joy Mallari, Kamandag, Karaoke Divas, Kariktan, Khaotic Groovermintz, Kinetix, Kiwi, Kulturang Pilipino, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Louie Reyes, Mark Justiniani, Marvin de Leon, Mel Vera Cruz, Melissa Nolledo Mia Herbosa, Michelle Kain, Mirian Pantig, Native Guns, Next Phaze, Philippine Rondalla of Chicago, Stella Herber, Steps Styles & Spotlights, Tap Dancing and End of the Line, Toots Magsino, Ulysses Duterte, Yamot Pinatubo Cultural Ensemble, Pamana awardees: (Al Perez Jr., Bernardo Pedere, Cecile Azarcon, Chris Millado, Gil Portes,Virginia Cerenio).

{ 2003 } Hermano/Hermana Mayor Dennis & Lynda Normandy, Parade Grand Marshal SF Mayor Willie Brown, Parade Celebrities (Judy Ann Santos, Celebrity Paolo Montalban), Araceli Limcaoco-Dans, Art Lane, Bill Bon, Bob Manalo Jr., Carrie Arguelles, Cota D. Yabut, Dr. Lorenza Calpotura, Jeryl Ray Concepcion, Jocelyn Enriquez, Joy Mallari, Kinetics, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Linda Ty-Casper, Louella Albornoz, Lucy Fernando, Maharlika Cultural Troupe, Mario J. de los Reyes, Mark Justiniani, Mat Relox, Orlan Distor, Papo de Asis, Prodigy, Robert Manongdo, Tessie Dichupa, Tito Galvez, Ulysses Duterte Jr., Vic Magsaysay, Pamana awardees (George Hernandez, Noel “Sonny” Izon, Polly Herrera, Stephanie J. Castillo).

{ 2002 } Festival Celebrities (Lorna Tolentino, Rudy Fernandez), Alexa, Ames, Andrea Veneracion of Philippine Madrigal Singers, Angel?s Disciples, Ashley Nagrampa, B4ten, Bernardo Bernardo, Bliztr, Brittany Andres, Carlene Ocampo, Cory and Dario, Dan August Cabiling, Dennis Jermin, Drastik, Edwin Espera, Estelle, Ethereality, Eulisha J, FilmAm Vets Rondalla, Fleerbox, Fourth Inversion, Gen II, Jeryl Ray Concepcion, Joanne Lorenzana, Karilagan Dance Troupe, Kinetix, Leilani Briones, Lemming Pie, Leslie Bernabe, Leslie Bernabe, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Luella Albornoz, Mac & Cheese, Malu Rivera Peoples and Westlake School for the Performing Arts, Marshall Jaggears, Nataie, Native Elements, Nel Nino, Nemesio Paredes, Noly, Philip Garcia, Pinay, Prodigy, Robert Manongdo, Shadow Al, Sharyn Maceren, Sicjs, Adam and B-Style, Spamsilog, Star of Gladness, The Restitution, Tia, Tracy Cruz, Tracy Sarmiento, Tres Mejeres, Visual artists: (Bill Bon,

Jay Nicolas Sario

Apl de Ap

Tony Gonzaga

Martin Nievera

Cheryl Burke(Dancing with the Stars)


Cota Deles Yabut, Dulcie Dee, Matt Relox, Orlando Distor, Ro, Tessie Dichupa, Ulysses Duterte Jr.), Pamana awardees: (Angie Pasamba, Benjamin Pimentel, Brian Ascalon Roley, poet Jaime Jacinto, Rick Rocamora, Rod Pulido, Rudi Soriano).

{ 2001 } Festival Celebrity Miss America Angela Perez Baraquio, Amanda, Angel’s Disciples, Bayanihan Cultural Organization, End of the Line, Fabrizio School of Music, FilAm Vets Rondalla, Janice Foronda, Jeryl Ray Concepcion, Jhele Rosaroso, Joey Ayala, Joey Camins and Friends, Karilagan, Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Love Daria, Magic Alex, Manalo School of Escrima, Maridel Terciano, Next Phaze, Romeo Candido, St. Andrew’s Parish Chorale, Star of Gladness, Teatro sa Lupa, Till Dawn, 25 artists from the Philippines (Al Manrique, Arnold Arre, Art LaneCarlo Magno, Carlos Gabuco, Cris Cruz, Dopy Doplon, Emil Davocol, Fil dela Cruz, Ige Ramos, Joel Mendez, John Marin Flores, Jose Tence Ruiz, Kiko Escora, Lydia Velasco Cruz, Manuel Baldemor, Mario Parial, Mona, Pandy Aviado, Prudencio Lamarroza, Ramon Orlilna, Ronald Ventura, Rose Capili, Soler, Steve Santos), Pamana awardees (Bayani Tan, Gene Cajayon, Loy Arcena, Malu Rivera Peoples, Nicole Agbayani, Rene Ciria Cruz, Ross Capili).

{ 2000 } Hermano/Hermana Rodel & Edna Rodis, Festival Celebrity Joan Almedilla (Les Miserables), Anna Maria Manalo, Bigg Saint, Bobby Banduria Band, Devotion, Edgar Soller, Expressions, Fatima, Irish Fullerton, Jackie Kookorithchkin, Jason Mateo, Joe Mangrum and Destini West Records. Kayumanggi Band, Love Daria, Nemesio Paredes, Pinay, Pinoy artists from Manila (Buds Convocar, Danilo Garcia, Fidel Sarmiento, Godo Zapanta, & Pablo Mahinay), Robert Manongdo, Rubymar, Sinagtala Theatre Ensemble, Son La Tierra, and Star of Gladness.

{ 1999 } Festival Celebrity Billy Crawford, Adrian Bermudez, Amber Patterson, Bay Area Cultural Group, Branon Beliso, Chris Abad, Christine Adiaz, Classified Records, Dan Harana, Danongan Kalanduyan and Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble, International Escrima Serrada Association (IESA), IP Rondalla West, Island Savages, Kaisahan Dance Company of San Jose, Michael Quebec, Parangal Choral Group, Patricia Yu-Vanesse, Pinoy/Pinay Artists from Academy Art College, Raq, Sacramento-based visual artists (Magda, Wiji, and Tito Gallardo), Sarimanok Children’s Dance, Son La Tierra, Te Mana O Tera, and Yvette.

{ 1998 } Festival Celebrities: Martin Nievera, Paolo Montalban, Aber Patterson, Aliaata Collective: Visual artists from San Francisco Art Institute, Big City Revue, Chris Millado, Joe Mangrum, Karilagan Dance Company, Papo de Asis and People’s Artists from Los Angeles, Patricia Yu-Vanasse, Perry Manaril, Pinay, and Yuriko Doi of Theater of Yugen (Sisa: FilipiNOH theater project).

{ 1997 } Festival Celebrity (Sharon Cuneta), BJ Formento, Dawn Nakanishi, Genara Banzon, Johnny Rojo Orchestra, Mahal, Nathan Scott, Pinay, Sinagtala Theater Ensemble, Terry Acedo Davis, and Tita Pambid-Domingo.

{ 1996 } Festival Celebrity (Jocelyn Enriquez), Avic Ilagan, Barangay Dance Company, Carmela Millado, Emil Dunga, Ibong Adarna Children’s Theater, Leo Bulatao, Likha, Nanette Inventor, Palauniyan, Pamela Serrano, Pinay, Ray-An Fuentes, and Tita Pambid.

{ 1995 } Festival Celebrity (Gary Valenciano), Barangay Dance Company, Bayanihan Cultural Organization, Carlos Zialcita, Domingo Balinton, Lorraine Bell, Filipino Dance of Sacramento,Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Maharlika Dance Troupe,Sampaguita, and Sugar Pie de Santos.

{ 1994 } Festival Celebrity (Andrew E.), Angel Shaw, Carlos Villa, Ceres Doyo and Doreen Fernandez from the Philippines, Chris Millado and Treatro ng Tanan, Danongan Kalanduyan, Isabel Escoda Taylor from Hong Kong, Jessica Hagedorn, Kayumanggi Presence Artist, Lav Diaz, Lenny Limjoco, psychologist Margie Holmes from North Carolina, Sheila Coronel, and Violeta Noriega from Seattle.

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Sponsors SpotlightABS-CBN GloBAl

ABS-CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate that now broadcasts to Filipino households residing in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States via The Filipino Channel (TFC). In North America alone, TFC has over 200,000 subscribers viewing the Tagalog-language premium programming service.

With content coming from both Manila and the United States, TFC provides news and entertainment programs to its viewers. These programs also help second-generation and third-generation Filipino-Americans feel closer to their culture and so ABS-CBN Corporation is a proud sponsor of the 18th Pistahan Parade and Festival.

To learn more, visit www.abs-cbnglobal.com.

ASIANWEEK FoUNDATIoN

AsianWeek Foundation (AWF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote and develop Asian Pacific American identity, community and diversity. AWF does this by bringing people together through cultural events, media campaigns, consulting and innovative programs. Among other projects, AWF organizes on May of each year the Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the largest Pan-Asian street fair nationwide with over 150 organizations in the Asian American community participating. The AsianWeek Foundation is a proud sponsor of Pistahan.

To learn more, visit www.asian-foundation.org.

CoMCAST

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home internet service provider and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States. It re-branded these services as Xfinity, which include digital cable, cable Internet access and cable telephone services. Xfinity stands for infinite content choices and cross-platform features and Comcast provides these choices.

Comcast has a deep commitment to serve the communities it is present and continues to support the local community through local partnerships and sponsored events, which includes this year’s Pistahan.

See www.comcast.com to learn more about Xfinity.

GAllERIA PARK HoTEl

Galleria Park Hotel is a true urban oasis that makes the perfect pied-a-terre for exploring downtown San Francisco. It is perfectly located between the Financial District and Moscone Convention Center and has the best value near

Union Square, with free Wi-Fi, access to a fitness center and an evening wine reception. Galleria Park is also a shopper’s paradise, located next to the Crocker Galleria and within walking distance to San Francisco Centre.

What is more, it is green-certified by San Francisco Green Business and awarded by iStayGreen, employing over 45 eco-initiatives.

Visit www.galleriapark.com to learn more about their services.

KAISER PERMANENTE

Kaiser Permanente’s mission states that we are dedicated to improving “the health of our members and the communities we serve.” Just as our concept of “total health” goes far beyond our hospitals’ walls, our communities like extended families reach far and wide. That’s why Kaiser Permanente is often among the first to respond, with financial assistance and caring volunteers, when communities are in need. This may include helping staff the local soup kitchens for the day, spending a week to build homes for the homeless and supporting community events like this year’s Pistahan Parade and Festival.

To learn more about Kaiser Permanente, visit www.kp.org.

PACIFIC GAS & ElECTRIC

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is once again a proud sponsor of this year’s Pistahan, while aware that a community’s energy doesn’t always arrive through power lines. It comes from the actions and efforts of those who live there. PG&E’s goal then is to engage, support and improve the neighborhoods where its customers and employees reside, whether by helping local communities launch new school programs or by providing clean energy alternatives to underserved neighborhoods. PG&E is there to make a difference. Its goal is to be a leading corporate citizen in each of the diverse communities it serves in California.

See www.pge.com to find out more about its community outreach programs.

RAMAR FooDS INTERNATIoNAl

Ramar Foods International started out as Orientex in 1969 selling Filipino handicrafts. Within a few years, Orientex soon imported various frozen and dry goods alongside the traditional handicrafts. Then, with the growing Asian market, demand for high quality, authentic, ethnic foods increased. So it was from there that the idea to use Philippine fruits and turn them into a premium ice cream arose. Thus, Magnolia Ice Cream was reborn in America.

Over the years, Ramar Foods implemented a gradual transition from being an importer to a manufacturer of Filipino and Asian meats, eggrolls, and desserts. It now has a USDA-certified meat manufacturing and ice cream plant in Pittsburg, California.

To find out more about their products, go to www.ramarfoods.com.



At Kaiser Permanente, our commitment to well-being goes beyond health care. We’re also committed to improving the communities we serve. By working hard to make a difference, Kaiser Permanente is making life better for all of us.

It feels good to know we’re all connected.

For more information about Kaiser Permanente, call 1-800-464-4000 or visit kp.org.

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The social media team for Pistahan is on a mission to make this year’s festival and parade the best one ever! In a nutshell, we are aiming

to create tremendous buzz leading up to and throughout the festival and parade weekend, garner more support than ever, meet new people, make new friends and basically break attendance records. How are we going to do that? How else but through social media! This year, we will be running our first ever contests that will leverage three major social media platforms, Foursquare, Twitter and of course, Facebook. Very exciting!

The Foursquare initiative will encourage attendance and viral broadcasts by engaging users to utilize the Foursquare app on their smartphones by simply “checking in” at different Pistahan venues that will be set up beforehand. When the users check in to each pavilion and the festival, they may then head to the social media booth to redeem prizes from Simply Calamansi, LBC and other amazing sponsors. They should hurry though as a limited number

of prizes will be available each day. The Twitter and Facebook contests will

leverage this year’s theme of “Celebrating Heritage and Heroes” by encouraging users to fan and follow Pistahan on Facebook and Twitter, respectively. Our fans and followers will be encouraged to broadcast their favorite Filipino heroes by posting entries in video, photo or comment formats. The winners will be selected by a panel of Pistahan volunteers who will pick four video winners, four photo winners, and two commentary winners. Winning submissions will reflect creativity, thought, personality and/or humor.

Additionally, a major part of this social media effort is to increase our fans and followers bases so two winners (one for Twitter and one for Facebook) will be randomly selected once we reach our objective of 500 Twitter followers and 1000 Facebook fans.

Prizes for the Heroes contest will include gift certificates from Karmaloop.com (an online streetwear retailer that carries over 400 brands for Guys and Ladies including brands owned or partially owned by Pinoys such as Crooks & Castles, Creative Recreation, Jeepney, Hellz Bellz & LRG), signed items from legendary turntablist DJ Qbert, signed baseball from former San Francisco Giants first baseman J.T. Snow, framed photo art by Jong Arceja, custom designed items by Mariluz Design, a Heavenly Ice Cream package for a party of ten, and a gift certificate for fine Filipino dining at Intramuros Restaurant in South San Francisco.

You Are Not Alone: Pistahan Engages Fans Through Facebook, Twitter And FoursquareBy Jessica Jallorina

PISTAHAN IS WHERE YOU ARE

Grab your smartphones, camera phones and wifi cameras and join Pistahan online:

Share your personal pistahan with your friends on Facebook by tagging Pistahan in your status updates, photos, and videos. Remember to ‘Like’ us first at facebook.com/Pistahan.

Tweet your quick impressions of the amazing performers by using the hastag #pistahansf and tagging @Pistahan on Twitter.

Share your artistic photos with Pistahan’s Flickr pool at www.flickr.com/groups/pistahan/

Check in to Pistahan and its pavilions at Yerba Buena Gardens on Foursquare.

And don’t forget to check out the Pistahan blog (blog.pistahan.net) for the latest stage performance schedules, videos, and much more!

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes!



DO YOU LOVE YOUR AGENT?

Creativity Pavilion will present both the past and present, something ancient and modern, something of tradition

and something of new creation. We present Baybayin by a Hero and Kidrobot for SuperHero.

One of the key elements of our Creativity Pavilion is the continuing tradition of presenting and educating everyone in the ancient Philippine script Baybayin, also known as alibata. In keeping with the theme of this years Pistahan, Heritage and

Heroes, we will be presenting samples of the Baybayin writing of Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. His Baybayin writing samples are few and very rare. We will demonstrate this ancient script which originated from Sanskrit in India. Then, we will follow with training workshops and Q&A sessions on creating Philippine calligraphic artform.

Our Creativity Pavilion will also host its first ever exhibit of custom Kidrobot “MUNNY” vinyl toys. Sixteen artists will participate and customized their toys to represent our

favorite Hero or SuperHero. The toys have been set with Philippine theme. This is a historic event. It is the first time such an exhibit will be produced in a festival setting. Artist-completed Kidrobot toys will be available for sale. You can also buy blank faced Kidrobot toys. Artists will be available to demonstrate and coach you as make your own art design of your favorite Hero’s or SuperHero’s image. Tools such as sharpie markers and coloring sheets will be also available for you to immerse yourself in this widely popular and emerging art medium.

Join us at our Creativity Pavilion! Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes and our SuperHeroes!



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INTERACTIVE CULTURAL PAVILIONS

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Art Pavilionf e a t u r i n g

Pixar’s Ronnie Del Carmen, Ricky NiervaLive Art Demo by 3 Artists

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Judy Romanenkov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bulletx Marasigan Dance Pavilion

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Folk, Zumba, Hip Hop and Ballroomp r e s e n t e d b y

SOMA Filipino Seniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AT&T Creativity Pavilionf e a t u r i n g

Babayin WorkshopKidrobot Customizing


Christian Cabuay and Ray Haguisan

of Malaya Designs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ramar FoodsCulinary Pavilion

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Mama Sita’s Adobo CookoffBalut Eating Contest

Heavenly Ice Cream Eating Contest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kaiser PermanenteHealth Pavilion

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Healthy LivingHep B Screeningp r e s e n t e d b y

Kaiser Permanente

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Heritage Pavilionf e a t u r i n g

Sheroes StoryT’nalak Workshop

Rizal ExhibitFil-Am Veterans


Filipina Women’s NetworkWells Fargo Bank

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Play Pavilionf e a t u r i n g

Filipino Street GamesMartial Arts Demonstration


Planet Infinity

R AMAR Foods culinARy PAVilion

ABC: Adobo, Balut, Calamansi anyone?By Joanne Boston

Filipino Cuisine is a melting pot of several flavors from China, Spain, and America. Some of the aromas may seem foreign yet they conjure nostalgic memories of home. Come to the Culinary Pavilion and experience Filipino flavors in a whole new way!

Are you familiar with the unique Filipino dish adobo? At 12:30 pm on Saturday, August 13, witness the 7th Annual Adobo Cook-Off sponsored by Ramar Foods! Adobo is a delicacy dish with mixture of vinegar, garlic and soy sauce simmered down with your favorite meat like pork or chicken and with your vegetable like green beans or eggplant. Various cooks with family secret recipes will compete for the Best Adobo Dish. Who will win? Sample the epicurean delights. Celebrity judges and the public, including you, get to vote for the winner.

Are you familiar with calamansi? At 1:30 pm on Saturday, watch the calamansi cooking demo presented by Pacific Fruit & Beverage Co. Our little tart fruit is not just for squeezing to make juice or to add flavor to pancit. It has appeared at various Bay Area restaurants as desserts, cocktails, and marinades. Learn the various uses of calamansi!

If you are brave, have a sweet craving and wish to be the next Juan Matakaw, sign up by 11 am for our Saturday 3 pm

Heavenly Tropical Ice Cream eating contest at our pavilion and for our Sunday 1:30 pm Balut eating contest sponsored by Mama Sita at the

Bayanihan Stage. Be a contestant or simply cheer for your favorite gourmands. You may be one chosen to experience brain freeze for gorging delicious mango or ube ice. Or you can be challenged to eat as fast as you can three fertilized duck eggs - white, yolk and, yes, baby duckling embryo. Winners gain bragging rights for the whole year as Pistahan Champions.

Want to relish other dishes? Learn from culinary demonstrations of “inihaw” or Filipino barbecue using Mama Sita special mixes. Like adobo, we have many variations of inihaw ranging from your famous BBQ pork or chicken on a stick to the notorious “isaw,” combo of intestine and chicken feet. And what goes well with these grilled meats?

“Atchara” of course! Attend our cooking demo by Pinex on Sunday noon to learn how you can make your own pickled papaya condiment

Lastly, should you find yourself hungry from gazing at the delectable-looking displays, come at the end of the day to taste our Heavenly Tropical Ice Creams and get some recipes from our host, Pearl Parmelee of Mama Sita’s USA. Complete our survey and receive a Mama Sita’s seasoning packet as well as enter our hourly raffles. We will keep giving complimentary giveaways till we run out, so make your way to the exhibit early to get your share!

Food is truly part of our Filipino-American heritage. Let us celebrate the wonderful flavors of our culture and unite as one community. Pinoy gatherings culminate with our food!

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes. Visit our Culinary Pavilion!

AT&T cRe ATiViTy PAVilion

Ancient Baybayin to Modern Kidrobot By Ray Haguisan and CHRistian CaBuay

Sat, Aug. 13 - Sun, Aug. 14

11am-5pmyerba Buena

Gardens esplanade


Great things are hap-pening at the Art Pavilion this year.

Want to meet Filipino artists from Academy Award®-winning PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS? Ronnie Del Carmen and Ricky Nierva will be there to meet you as they showcase their award-winning masterpieces in a joint presentation on Saturday, August 13, from 1:30-2:30 pm. Ad- mission is free but space is very limited so do come early.

RONNIE DEL CARMEN joined Pixar Animation Studios in the summer of 2000 during the production of Finding Nemo as a story supervisor on the film. He did production design on the Academy Award®-nominated short film, ONE MAN BAND and story work on Oscar®-winning, RATATOUILLE. Ronnie was story supervisor on another Academy Award® winner and Best Picture nominee, UP, and is currently working on a future Pixar project. His penultimate wit and humor not only as an artist but as a comic book creator is best exemplified by how he describes himself: Prior to working for Pixar, he worked at Dreamworks and Warner Bros., all in the capacity of story artist, story supervisor, character designer, illustrator and all around pest. Over the years, he has been dabbling in comics including DC and Dark Horse. He self-publishes his own comic book, PAPER BISCUIT. He is loved by his wife and kids and is refrained from having too much peanut butter.

Equally successful, RICKY NIERVA is an Annie Award®-winning artist and is currently a production designer for PIXAR where his credits include design work for MONSTERS, INC; TOY STORY 2; FINDING NEMO and UP. He is also the illustrator of the children’s book “‘M’ for Monster.”Ronnie worked for Turner in L.A. before coming to Pixar. When not dreaming up new character designs, he enjoys triathlons, eating ice cream and playing the ukulele. He went to UCSD to follow in his brother’s footsteps and become a doctor. But, a friend convinced him to go to Cal Arts and he did. After all, he did his

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first drawing at the age of three on a wooden bed frame with a sharpie marker. He wanted to emulate his idol and mentor Maurice Noble, who has gone on to the next life and I’m sure is looking down on Ricky with infinite pride.

Other participating artists include MARLON SAGANA INGRAM, ROBBY LEE, TIM GUITARTE, PAOLO SALAZAR, NICK MARANANG, LEE ABELLANA and REGGIE MACABASCO.

MARLON SAGANA INGRAM’s work is a seamless fusion of raw materials, aerosol street tactics of thickly layered ideoscapes and dreamlike phantasmagoria; ROBBY LEE creates fantasy scenes and creatures; TIM GUITARTE integrates the underground with the traditional approach in his portraits; PAOLO SALAZAR does public murals and private commission work; NICK MARANANG creates landscapes and portraits; LEE ABELLANA does live art whose style is a mix of unpopular pop surrealism and urban street art; and, REGGIE MACABASCO paints landscapes and scenes in realistic and modernistic styles.

JUDY ROMANENKOV once again coordinates the Art Pavilion this year, aside from being one of the exhibitors. Her work includes landscapes, scenes and portraits in realistic, impressionistic and modernistic styles.

There will be live painting demonstrations by PAOLO SALAZAR, NICK MARANANG AND LEE ABELLANA during the 2-day event..

Paintings from the artists will be available for sale. Part of the proceeds will benefit Pistahan.

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes through Art! Come and visit our Art Pavilion!


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Heritage Pavilion gleams in the limelight. After all, the theme of the 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival is

“Celebrating Heroes & Heritage.” Thus, the pavilion will not just be a mini Filipino museum displaying Philippine antiques, artifacts and material art from institutions and local collectors but also will showcase our history, heritage and class heroes.

Filipino American Arts Expo (FAAE) and our sponsors honor our heroes this year and for good reason. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines.

Dr. Jose Rizal was a Filipino nationalist, a medical doctor and an accomplished writer. He was considered a polymath, a prodigy in several fields of study. He completed two doctorate degrees, one in medicine and the other in philosophy. He was a noted ophthalmologist, painter, sculptor, journalist, poet, novelist, prolific writer, educator, farmer, historian and playwright. He

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Heroes from Rizal to Fil-Am VetsBy RicaRdo diRa


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America once again aided the Philippines from foreign rule when General MacArthur led U.S. military and Filipino armed forces to drive out Japanese invaders which ended WW2 on 14th of August in 1945.

So on August 13-14, 2011, it is a propos that we honor both our heroes which include Jose Rizal and the Filipino American World War 2 Veterans. Dr. Jose Rizal’s advocacy for civil disobedience preceded Mahatma Gandhi of India and Martin Luther King, Jr. of America. Filipino Veterans fought side by side with Americans to liberate Philippines from tyranny of foreign invaders during WW2. They all gave the ultimate sacrifice as encapsulated in our Philippine national anthem’s last verse – “ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo.”

While celebrating our heroes, the pavilion will also celebrate our heritage by showcasing our Philippine tradition. This includes artifacts, pictures, and garments of our Muslim kababayans. Muslim dances like singkil and musical instruments like kulintang will be presented.

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes! Visit our Heritage Pavilion!

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dabbled with varying expertise in architecture, economics, ethnology, anthropology, sociology, cartography, dramatics, martial arts, fencing and pistol shooting. He was a polyglot who speaks, reads, and writes poems and novels in 22 languages. He studied in the Philippines, Spain, Germany and France. He lived in Brussels, he practiced medicine in Hongkong, and he sojourned in our very own City of San Francisco.

Jose Rizal’s various writings including his novella El Filibusterismo and Noli Me Tangere (“Don’t touch me!”) idealized the freedom of Filipinos from Spanish rule. Thus, Dr. Rizal was charged with rebellion, sedition and conspiracy to overthrow the Spanish Government. He was imprisoned, exiled and finally

executed by firing squad on December 30, 1896, all at the young age of 35, at the place now known as Luneta park in Manila where his monument is erected. His message of liberty and autonomy resonates beyond his grave with his Ultimo Adios written the night before he died.

Passionate for freedom, Filipinos under Katipunan leaders Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo aided by American forces under Admiral George Dewey fought to rid of the Spaniards. The Philippines declared independence from Spain on June 12, 1898. Dewey’s victory during this Spanish American War on Manila Bay is memorialized in the monument on Union Square in downtown San Francisco. During World War II (WW2),

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Located on the second floor esplanade above the Gardens’ waterfall, the Dance Pavilion entices festival attendees to catch the rhythm of Filipino folk dance. From the melodic sounds from the Philippines to the jiving beats of modern day dance halls, this interactive pavilion promises an invigorating and immersive cultural experience.

Filipinos are world-renown as great entertainers and so it is not at all surprising that we have our share of world-class dancers like

Cheryl Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jabawokees, Billy Crawford, Gary Valenciano! To this end, our Dance Pavilion Coordinator, Florence Mendoza, and her team will develop and showcase our dancing skills. Dance Pavilion won the most popular pavilion in 2010, and 2011 will even be better. It will be the best that we ever had throughout the 18 years of Pistahan Festival.

For starters, the Dance Pavilion will include all types of dances. To whet our appetite, the Dance Pavilion crew will give preview performances during the Saturday morning parade along Market street in San Francisco. As parade contingents arrive to their

location at Yerba Buena Gardens, our weekend-long dance program will immediately start!

We will have Open Ballroom Dancing – Tango, Latin and even Line Dancing – performed by The Filipino American Ballroom Dance Club and Chinese American Ballroom Dancers. Then, Folk Dances and Cultural Dances will follow thereafter performed by the Sampaguita Dancers, Ernie Castaneda and SOMA Seniors, Mission District Fil-Am Seniors as well as MNC Seniors. They will demonstrate and teach u how these Folk and Cultural Dances are done.

We will also have Zumba Dance Classes on Saturday and Sunday. Zumba will be led and taught by Andrei Cobbs. Various adult and youth groups will follow to showcase their respective Dougie, Pop, and HipHop skills.

In summary, here is our Dance Pavilion weekend schedule:Saturday, auguSt 1310:00 Open Ballroom, Line Dancing11:00 Folk and Cultural Dancing12:00 Hip-hop, Ballroom, Line1:00 Hip-hop2:00 Zumba Class

Sunday, auguSt 1410:00 Open Ballroom 12:00 Cultural Dancing1:00 Canon Kip Seniors Presentation2:00 Zumba Class

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To spread awareness of hepatitis B, which affects one in ten Asian and Pacific Islanders, the Pistahan Parade and Festival will feature free hepatitis B

screenings and educational brochures through the courtesy of the Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center.

The screenings will take place in the Health Pavilion from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011.

Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) are 100 times more likely to have chronic hepatitis B than Caucasians and have the highest rate of liver cancer of any racial/ethnic group.

Hepatitis B can cause serious illness that may last for months. It can become a chronic illness with increased risk of liver damage and liver cancer. Hepatitis B can potentially lead to liver failure and death, but it is preventable with a simple vaccine series. It is estimated that the API residents make up 34%

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This year’s Play Pavilion showcases dynamic demonstrations of traditional martial arts as well as fun-filled free

activities for guests.World Team USA will showcase the

multitude of martial disciplines taught and practiced at the school. Headed by Kru Sam Phimsoutham, World Team USA has produced the most amateur and professional champions nationwide in the martial art of Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts.

Some of the notable Filipino American professional and amateur champions from World Team USA are Michael Mananquil, TJ Arcangel and Kevin Arceo. Also featured at World Team USA is the indigenous Pilipino martial art of Eskrima/Serrada as taught by Punong Guro Bob Manalo, Jr. of the International Eskrima/

Serrada Association (IESA). Other schools with various styles of martial arts will also be demonstrating throughout the weekend.

The Play Pavilion will also provide fun-filled games such as hula-hoops and yo-yo’s (“tayob tayok”) throughout the Festival weekend for guests to learn, experience and enjoy. It is noteworthy that a Filipino American, Pedro Flores, opened the Yo-yo Manufacturing Company in Santa Barbara, California in 1928. By 1929, Flores operated two additional yo-yo factories in Los Angeles and Hollywood, employing 600 workers and producing 300,000 units daily (see wikipedia.org).

From combative arts and sports to contemporary games, join us at the Play Pavilion provide ways to interact with history. Our games require no batteries or wi-fi connectivity or

monthly service fees. They are fun and free. They are the sports and games that our heroes used to combat foes and to welcome and entertain friends.

Let’s celebrate our Heritage and Heroes. Come play with us at the Play Pavilion!

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Martial Arts Anyone?By BoB MAnAlo

of the city’s population and bear a disproportionate instance of liver cancer and undetected HBV infection. Eighty percent of liver cancer is caused by hepatitis b and 1 out of 10 API’s in San Francisco has chronic hepatitis B.

In addition, there will be a Hep B contingent in the Pistahan Parade on Saturday, August 13. Be sure to keep an eye out for San Francisco Hep B who will be walking in the parade alongside the Subaru Hep B Mobile vehicle to promote Hep B awareness. The San Francisco Hep B Free Campaign is a city wide effort to screen and vaccinate all Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Let’s preserve our health and celebrate our heritage and heroes. Help save lives through San Francisco Hep B campaign. To learn more, go to www.SFHepBFree.org.


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2011 Pistahan ExhibitorsIn celebrating our Heritage and Heroes, we have invited exhibitors that could facilitate your trip home to the Philippines or to bring a bit of our Heritage here that will make you feel like a Hero.

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F8 Irma's Pampanga CuisineF2 Mama Sita'sF5, F6 Pampanga's CuisineF9 RamarF10 (Sat.) Senor SisigF3 Sun TropicsF11 (Sun.) Yumsilog

C5, C6, C7 ABS-CBNB4 Arcadia Health CareD14, D15, D16 Arceo GraphixB2 Arkipelago BooksC3 Asian American Donor Program (AADP)A8 Asian Fire Fighter's AssociationE15 Asian JournalE4 Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center

(sponsored by Asian Week)A4 AT&TG5 Balaw-Balaw Foods, IncA3 BayaniH20 Bok Choy ApparelB12 Century PropertiesB14 CitibankB13 City Car ShareB17 Coco LocoH19 Comcast/XfinityG6 Cordillera Products Trading & Holding Co.

IncH25 Dept of Tourism & Philippine Consulate GeneralH13 Erica Rosales

H6 ErikaB5, B6 Everything Under The SunB14 FBIA1 Fil-Am NationH23 Fil-Am Star/ Lucky Money A5, A6 Fili-IslanderA12 Filipino-American Development

Foundation & Filipino Community CenterH26 Filipino-American Law Enforcement

Officers Association (FALEO)E14 Golden State WarriorsB8 Health and WellnessB3 Herbal WondersC2 Hubbard Dianetics FoundationE12 Inquirer.netH22 Inspire Hope Institute, IncB20 to B23 KaiserA9 KAYA & SoulscietyD13 KMELC8 LBC MundialC1 Little 22 BanH16 Lunex TelecomH11 Mama Sita'sA10 Mango ToursE10 Manila Mail G6 Master J Food ProductH18 Megaworld Corp E13 Oakland A'sE8 Oakland RaidersH21 On Lok LifewaysH17 Opti-Life Innovation, IncH14 PG&E / IW GroupH15 PG&E / MomentumE6 Philippine NewsE3 Philippine Nurses Association of Northern

California, IncB7 Pilipino Senior Resource CenterB16 Renewable Energy Enterprises Foundation

(REEF)B11 River Rock CasinoE9 San Francisco GiantsH9 ScentsyH7 SF INKE11 SFMTA H12 Shelene AtanacioA7, G12 SpintronixE5 SubaruH10 US BankB10 VDQ DesignB1 Visual You, IncH27 Wells Fargo BankB9 Westbay (Booth sponsored by BART)A2 Western UnionB15 XOOM.comH5 Yerba Buena Gardens and MJM

LOCATION VENDOR

F8 Irma's Pampanga CuisineF2 Mama Sita'sF5, F6 Pampanga's CuisineF9 RamarF10 (Sat.) Senor SisigF3 Sun TropicsF11 (Sun.) Yumsilog

C5, C6, C7 ABS-CBNB4 Arcadia Health CareD14, D15, D16 Arceo GraphixB2 Arkipelago BooksC3 Asian American Donor Program (AADP)A8 Asian Fire Fighter's AssociationE15 Asian JournalE4 Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center

(sponsored by Asian Week)A4 AT&TG5 Balaw-Balaw Foods, IncA3 BayaniH20 Bok Choy ApparelB12 Century PropertiesB14 CitibankB13 City Car ShareB17 Coco LocoH19 Comcast/XfinityG6 Cordillera Products Trading & Holding Co.

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