More Kundi 07 USA Tour photos

OUR USA California April/May 2007 tour - my kundi 07 brothers had soooooo much fun and so many experiences to gain - me (RIEL), Aaron, Kurt, Jasper, Raffy, Migs, Joseph, Tom, Paolo, Alex and Richard!!! Long live Kundirana Ministry!!!!!! Thanks for our mentors - Sir Montet, Sir Manny, Sir Dino, Sir Nongnong and our La Salle Brothers......maraming salamat po talaga, !!!! by: Riel Nikolai C. Dones Kundi 2007

Kundirana 2007 June 9, 2007 Proclamation Farewell Concert

After our successful US Tour, we will be having our Farewell Concert this coming Saturday, 9 June 2007 at the Bro. Rafael Donato Arts Center Theater in La Salle Greenhills.

Check it out -Ms. Beth will be able to help you with the tickets 721-8914 at only P200.00!! Proceeds will go to Bahay-Pag-asa!!

Announcing our La Salle Golden Year's 50 Celebration - Kundi 2007 joined by other Kundi members on 15 June 2007, at 7:30 pm in La Salle Greenhills - same venue. by Riel Dones Kundi 07

Kundirana 2007 now and before

We want to share our photos: SEE the big difference......

:-) by riel dones

Kundirana 2007 USA - San Francisco Library Concert, 10 May 2007

Our mini concert was well-received by the crowd in San Francisco Koret Auditorium. The San Francisco Library donates books to Bahay Pag-Asa annually. Many thanks for those who watched the show!! Riel Dones - Kundi 2007

Kundirana 2007 USA Concert Tour

First Stop - Los Angeles (Concert in Wilshire Ebell Theater), April 21, 2007

Kundirana 2007 with our nine-member singing had performed two shows at the Wilshire-Ebell Theater in Los Angeles and The Haugh Performing Arts Center in Glendora.

Our yearly Kundirana concerts, now on its 36th year, are joint project of the St. Denis Catholic Community and the La Salle Young Artists Foundation. The concerts benefit Bahay Pag-Asa, a corrective and transformational facility for young law offenders in Bacolod City, in the Philippines. Bahay Pag-Asa is a project envisioned by our Bro. Gus Boquer, President of De La Salle University, Bacolod City. Bahay Pag-Asa was the recipient of a $10,000 donation. The check was presented to Bro. Gus following the gala concert at The Haugh Performing Arts Center in Glendora on Sunday, April 22. Ms. Lisa Santos, very active and generous supporter of Kundirana is the overall US Angeles Coordinator of Kundirana concerts.

Kundirana 2007 mentors are: Bro Felipe, Bro Mandy, Sir Manny, Sir Nong, Sir Dino and of course, our Guru Sir Montet! The Nuestra Senora de Guia has always been there for us as our guide.

By: Riel Dones, Kundi 2007

Gian Magdangal with the Kundirana 2007 in Bacolod

Gian Magdangal with Kundirana 2007 (Riel, Jasper, Raffy, Joseph, Alex, Kurt, Tom, Migs, Aaron, Richard) after receiving the medal from the La Salle Young Artist Foundation in Bacolod, 10 Feb. 2007
Tenor, Riel Dones, Kundi 2007 singing in the Bacolod University of St. La Salle, Feb. 10,2007.

Kundirana '07 with Gian Magdangal(Kundi '98)

The Kundirana 2007 Concert with Gian Magdangal (Kundirana 1998) and the presence of Nuestra Senora de Guia held Saturday, 10 Feb. 2007 was a success at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City. Other concerts were done in Iligan and Ozamis City.

Over the years, the Kundirana through the La Salle Young Artists Foundation, Inc. unselfishly share their blessings and to date their two major projects are the Balay Kalinungan Retreat Center and the Bahay Pag-asa Youth Center.

The Kundirana Batch 2007 composed of La Salle Greenhills, seniors - Jasper Manalo, Riel Dones, Raffy Hidalgo, Kurt Ricardo, Paolo Ordona and juniors, Aaron dela Cruz, Joseph Puducay, Migs Nunez, Tom Co and their production assistants are: Alex de Leon at Richard Castenada.

Recognition also goes toDean Montet Acoymo - Kundirana Director/Voice Coach, Dino Alavarez- Associate Musical Director, Manny Lahoz-Stage Manager, Nongnong Calanog-Production Manager. Host Parents of Kundirana 2007 in Bacolod, Dr. & Dra. Encarnacion, Mr. & Mrs. Schulze, Mr & Mrs. Picardal, Mr. & Mrs. Taruc, Mr. & Dra. Villanueva and Mr. & Mrs. Villarosa.

Parents of Batch 2007 and delegation from Los Angeles/San Diego headed by Mrs. Lisa Santos.

All organisers and faculty of University of St. La Salle and La Salle Greenhills.

Kundirana Batch 2007 - Intro

New Kundi Batch 2007 - photo taken from the CCP, 35th year's Anniversary (2006).

Photos: Raffy, Riel, Kurt, Aaaron, Jasper and Paolo (not in the photo - Tom, Joseph, Migs).

Kundirana

Kundirana of La Salle Green Hills, in the Philippines, is a famous high-school singing group. The word Kundirana is a combination of the Filipino words kundiman and harana, both forms of love songs in Filipino.
The group became popular simply because some of the country’s massively idolized singers were once members of the group. Gary Valenciano, Ogie Alcasid, Randy Santiago, Rannie Raymundo, Dingdong Avanzado, Juan Miguel Salvador, Carlo Orosa, Vince Alaras, and Gian Magdangal of Philippine Idol fame were with the Kundirana in their high-school days.
These great talents never fail to point out that they learned the rudiments of singing and performing as members of that all-boys glee club, which yearly has a membership of only 12 to 18—making the group prestigious, if not elite, since La Salle Green Hills high-school department has a population of only several hundreds.
Musical directors-composers Louie Ocampo, Mel Villena, Archie Castillo and Dingdong Eduque were once Kundirana boys, too. And so is the dean of University of the Philippines School of Music, Ramon Montet Acoymo.
A well-known tenor on the country’s classical music scene, Acoymo has also been the group’s artistic director-vocal coach for the past 30 years. He was in the very first Kundirana batch. “Kundirana is first and foremost a ministry. It was never meant to compete with the secular pop groups of the country,” intones Acoymo. He adds: “As a ministry, the Kundirana is meant to edify, entertain and inspire the needy, the sick, the helpless, the wayward, the desperate and the destitute, the lonely and abandoned aged ones and even the dying. “We tour the country and the world not to sing in the most prestigious concert venues but primarily to perform in orphanages, hospitals, home for the aged and similar institutions.”
Among their missionary works, Kundirana can claim to have largely built Bahay Pag-asa, a halfway house in Bacolod, Negros Occidental for young offenders, who in the past were being jailed with adult criminals who would abuse and corrupt them. Kundirana has also built a lot of classrooms in many parts of the country.
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