St.

Scholastica Village Chapel Youth Choir

St. Scholastica Village
Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte

December 27, 2017

MRS. SONIA C. PALAMI

School Director
St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban, Inc.
Brgy. 91, Abucay, Tacloban City

Maam:

In line with the Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) aim of enhancing the practice of Arts/ Theater for
Development and in forging partnerships with the local groups of Leyte to be able to sustain its advocacies on DRR and
Resiliency in Leyte and Eastern Visayas, PETA partnered with selected groups in the Eastern Visayas Cultural Network.
The St. Scholastica Village Chapel Youth Choir was fortunate to have been chosen as one of the partners of PETA and to
be a recipient of the PETA Cultural Partnership Grant. By virtue of said grant, the Choir was tasked to stage a
performance/ production using arts as a tool for advocacy which will be showcased in five different venues within the
Municipality of Palo, Dulag and Tacloban, with a target audience of at least 1000 pax.

The Choir, together with three talented students from the St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban, Inc., came up
with the project dubbed as “Musika nga Kabataan, Tungo sa Katatagan” (Music of the Youth, Geared Towards
Resiliency), a show with live musical performances, featuring original songs composed by our creative and artistic team
of young people who wants to effect change in society. In the process we were able to produce eight songs revolving on
the theme “Resiliency Amidst Adversities”; with 1000 youth of Palo as our target audience; with topics ranging from
Climate Change, Environment, OFW’s, Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health, DRR, EJK, Drugs, Love- adversities which
greatly affect the self, family and society. The choir believes that adversities that we encounter in our daily lives, be it a
strong typhoon, a destructive earthquake, EJK and Drugs, or even just a simple heart break, may be overcome by using
the right frame of mind and the right attitude. We want to share this advocacy through our songs and music in order to
influence the youth on how to become resilient amidst the different challenges that may affect the self, family and the
community and to inspire them to become “ARTIVISTS” by using art as a means of effecting change.

In this regard, we would like to invite 100 youth or more from your School to watch our concert which will be staged at
the PRA Auditorium or in any other venue which you may deem best for the purpose, on January 27, 2018 at Nine
o’clock in the morning. There will be a short interactive discussion and sharing of tips on singing and playing of musical
instruments after the concert. We further request that we be given assistance by letting us use your sound system,
Projector and Screen, and the School Conference Room or any other designated venue, and in providing us with the
chairs that will be used by our team and the audience as well.

We are hoping for your full support and cooperation for the success of the “MUSIKA NG KABATAAN, TUNGO SA
KATATAGAN” PROJECT and future projects that the Choir or PETA may undertake.

Thank you and more power!

Sincerely yours,

GILES EDGAR B. DAYA

Former Tourism Officer, LGU- PALO
Musical Director, St. Scholastica Village Chapel Youth Choir
Project Manager, “Musika ng Kabataan, Tungo sa Katatagan”
St. Scholastica Village, Guindapunan
Palo, Leyte
gedaya86@gmail.com
0917-558-4175
 St. Scholastica Village Chapel Youth Choir
St. Scholastica Village
Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte

December 27, 2017

HON. ELIZABETH J. LESIGUEZ

Punong Barangay
Brgy. 109
Tacloban City

Maam:

In line with the Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) aim of enhancing the practice of Arts/ Theater for
Development and in forging partnerships with the local groups of Leyte to be able to sustain its advocacies on DRR and
Resiliency in Leyte and Eastern Visayas, PETA partnered with selected groups in the Eastern Visayas Cultural Network.
The St. Scholastica Village Chapel Youth Choir was fortunate to have been chosen as one of the partners of PETA and to
be a recipient of the PETA Cultural Partnership Grant. By virtue of said grant, the Choir was tasked to stage a
performance/ production using arts as a tool for advocacy which will be showcased in five different venues within the
Municipality of Palo, Dulag and Tacloban, with a target audience of at least 1000 pax.

The Choir, together with three talented students from the St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban, Inc., came up
with the project dubbed as “Musika nga Kabataan, Tungo sa Katatagan” (Music of the Youth, Geared Towards
Resiliency), a show with live musical performances, featuring original songs composed by our creative and artistic team
of young people who wants to effect change in society. In the process we were able to produce eight songs revolving on
the theme “Resiliency Amidst Adversities”; with 1000 youth of Palo as our target audience; with topics ranging from
Climate Change, Environment, OFW’s, Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health, DRR, EJK, Drugs, Love- adversities which
greatly affect the self, family and society. The choir believes that adversities that we encounter in our daily lives, be it a
strong typhoon, a destructive earthquake, EJK and Drugs, or even just a simple heart break, may be overcome by using
the right frame of mind and the right attitude. We want to share this advocacy through our songs and music in order to
influence the youth on how to become resilient amidst the different challenges that may affect the self, family and the
community and to inspire them to become “ARTIVISTS” by using art as a means of effecting change.

In this regard, we would like to invite 100 youth or more from your Barangay to watch our concert which will be staged
at a venue which you may deem best for the purpose, on January 27, 2018 at Two o’clock in the afternoon. There will be
a short interactive discussion and sharing of tips on singing and playing of musical instruments after the concert. We
further request that we be given assistance by letting us use your sound system, Projector and Screen, and the
designated venue, and in providing us with the chairs that will be used by our team and the audience as well.

We are hoping for your full support and cooperation for the success of the “MUSIKA NG KABATAAN, TUNGO SA
KATATAGAN” PROJECT and future projects that the Choir or PETA may undertake.

Thank you and more power!

Sincerely yours,

GILES EDGAR B. DAYA

Former Tourism Officer, LGU- PALO
Musical Director, St. Scholastica Village Chapel Youth Choir
Project Manager, “Musika ng Kabataan, Tungo sa Katatagan”
St. Scholastica Village, Guindapunan
Palo, Leyte
gedaya86@gmail.com
0917-558-4175