SHOWCASE ur TALENT!

This year, another group of young FIL-AM's demonstrated to the public the versatility and talent that they have. It was a show to remember!!




Talent Showcase Chair and FIL-AM Dir. Zucette Lumabas (center) made some important announcements with Co-Chair Arminda Ruiz (left) and emcee/entertainer Debbie Nicastro.


Total entertainer and emcee for the event Debbie Nicastro belted out a song.


Debbie Nicastro and Rodel Hamto sang in duet touching everyone's heart.


Lucy Dickson-Awde


Stephanie Agbayani



Dulia Candelaria


Alyssa dela Rosa


Rodel Hamto


Michelle P.Palada


Tatiana Robinson


Danielle Tuazon


The Wrong Kind

Hosted by Debbie Nicastro


DEBBIE NICASTRO celebrates 23 years as a local professional actress and singer with many regional acting credits at our North county theaters such as Star Theater in downtown Oceanside, The Moonlight Amphitheater and the Avo Theater in Vista, and also at Starlight theater in San Diego. Debbie has several commercial and film credits and is one of the vocalist for the doo-wop Band “The Legends” with original members of Sha Na Na. She is a local voice teacher and teaches all ages and styles of voice. She is a cantor at Mission San Luis Rey Parish here in Oceanside and has been a member of the church for 20 years. Debbie has been the musical director for many shows including the last performance here at El Camino High which some of you may have seen called “the Wiz” and is currently directing the debut performance of “Rent-the musical” for California Youth Conservatory. Her children Brittany and Bryce are also musicians and vocalist and are now in college now pursuing music and theater degrees. "


Gifted Performers...

 


STEPHANIE AGBAYANI is currently attending California State University of San Marcos as a Pre- Business major student combined with a minor of music. As a Vista High School alumnae, she was involved in numerous leadership activities such as the Executive Social Chair ASB. Her hobbies include singing, dancing, and playing the piano and guitar. Also, she is interested in fashion design. She currently resides in San Marcos, CA but her heart is always for Oceanside. While balancing her responsibilities as a full- time student, she is an aspiring artist with a great desire to share her love for music with everyone.

Song: Isang Lahi

 
Dulia Candelaria has played guitar for over 20 years now. She taught herself how to play the guitar while experimenting with the different chord combinations that eventually led her to write music and compose her own songs. Song writing has been a hobby of hers for more than 15 years and she still continues to write songs that reflects her mood and experiences.

Just recently, Dulia joined the Ukulele Society of America in Carlsbad to pursue her love of the instrument. She hopes to learn how to play both Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian music while learning the techniques and style of playing the ukulele.

Other membership as follows:
Oceanside Sea Lions Club
Fil-Am Cultural Assn. of North San Diego County
North San Diego County Assn. of Realtors
Keller Williams Realty North County
North San Diego Real Estate Investment Assn. Inc.
Shepherd's & Trinity Choir in San Luis Rey Mission Parish
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Song to sing: Halina Kayo, by Dulia Candelaria. A tribute to my late parents, Gervacio and Regina.

  

ALYSSA DELA ROSA. Alyssa is 14 years old and is currently promoting from Landmark Middle School as an Honor Roll student this year. She has many interests including singing, dancing and cheerleading. She has also participated in numerous acting workshops. Alyssa will be seen singing and performing at this year's graduation ceremony for her junior high school. She enjoys her family and friends and above all, Alyssa says it is the love of her family that inspires her to always excel. She's an 8th grader getting ready to join the HS this year and excited to the bigger picture and fun things to do. She is full of life attending to her new baby sister and baby brother.		  



Lucy Dickson-Awde has been singing since she was two years old. Her mother even says that she would sing before she talked. Lucy used to compete for her schools from grade school through college. She joined many different amateur hour singing competitions held in the Philippines. She still sings at weddings, special occcasions, and in her past time.

 





RODEL HAMTO won several singing competitions both here in the US and in the Philippines. He was a 3rd Place Winner of Tawag Ng Tanghalan USA in 1998 and 1st Place Winner of Battle of the Champions 1999. He was also a finalist of North County Idol in 2007. He is currently singing with the Trinity Choir of Mission San Luis Rey Parish in Oceanside. Rodel sings for wedding, debut, birthday, even for funeral when booked for a performance.
  



Michelle P. Palada is a 12-year old talent from Oceanside, CA, and had won numerous awards. She was the Little Miss Fil-Am in 2005 and was also a runner up in last year's Little Miss FIL-AM. In 2007, she won the the title Petite Miss Southern CA. In 2006, she was the 1st runner up in Little Miss Southern California. She had her training from John Robert Powers on modeling. Her voice coach is Debbie Nicastro. She had played "Cosette" in Les Miserabe musical. She is a singer, actress, gymnast, dancer, model and plays football.

She will sing Aiza Segerra's PARA SAYO. 		 






TATIANA ROBINSON is an 18 year old singer originally from Vallejo California. She graduated from Angelo Rodriguez high school last June. She made top ten at the International Presentation of Performers aka (iPOP!) iSING competition in Las Vegas in 2007.Tatiana has been acting and modeling since 2006 and singing since she was a little girl.

 

 

 



DANIELLE J. TUAZON is 13 years old and is promoting from Potter Junior High School. She is an active honors student and previously participated in several pageants, including the very first Little Miss Fil-Am where she won the title. Danielle is a part of a program at her school called "Acorns to Oaks" and tutors younger, struggling students every Tues at the nearby Elementary School. She was voted "Class Clown" for the Seventh Grade Standouts and "Best Dressed" for the Eight Grade Standouts. Danielle has a very unique style and doesn't follow the crowd. She sang in her school Talent Show and was one of the "top seven" acts. She idolizes Taylor Swift, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Demi Lovatto. As a soon-to-be freshman at Fallbrook High School, she loves playing the piano, singing, and aspires to be an actress and a performer.



The dance crew is named "THE WRONG KIND" and they got their name because none of them are true dancers. They come from different backgrounds and social lives in school. Some of them play football, some play basketball, some wrestle, and some just enjoy the social life. The 6 members in this crew are: Patrick York, Chris Price, Stephen Vandereb, Gabe Price, Joseph Vandereb, and Mark King. No one expects any of them to be dancers. Some took them as a joke but in the end, they proved them wrong! They show everyone that they are the "Wrong Kind" of people to be messing with!

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