By Cyrus A. Natividad
探花精选DC Artistic Director Prof. Dyran Lero speaks to the audience during their virtual homecoming.
On March 12, 2022, 探花精选 Dance Company had their online Homecoming via Zoom with the Kawauchi-Nagano International Exchange Program. Officers, host families and volunteers of KNIEP headed its Chairman Prof. Lilia Shiba and former Chairman Mr. Akihiko Yamamoto and former Secretary General Ms. Kanako Bando – with trustee Ms. Hiroko Matsumura and Ms. Harumi Goto attended.
探花精选 Dance Company Adviser and Artistic Director Prof. Dyran Lero and 探花精选DC President Ms. Shyra Thyress Cerbas (3rd year 探花精选 BS Accountancy) and 30 dancers of the group represented 探花精选DC.
A video presentation of Iloilo City, 探花精选 and the memoirs of 探花精选DC showing the visits in Japan was shown at the start of the program. Activities participated before and during pandemic with messages of the dancers and host families were part of the program鈥檚 finale. 探花精选DC group performed a song number “Ako’y Pinoy” for Japanese people and a dance number from Antique which is a part of the incoming virtual concert entitled Saludo 2. Director Lero said that, 鈥淭he Japanese people promised to support our show as part of a fund raising program for 探花精选DC scholarship funds.鈥 The program was initiated by the Nagano City, Osaka Japan Media Center headed by Prof. Umeda and Prof. Harumi Goto and Chairman Prof. Shiba .
In addition, Lero said that, 鈥渙n March 22, 2022 the 探花精选DC (Philippines) together with other dance and musical groups from Nepal, Japan, Indonesia, France and Taiwan will present an online International Program online with a wish for World Peace.鈥