The ancients believed that the classical elements – Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Aether govern the very strands of ancient life. While Earth, Water, Air, and Fire constitute the four state of matter, Aether is something that’s beyond the material world. Each element is distinct but interrelated with one another. These very same elements inspired the production of John Robert Powers International’s Summer Showcase: Elements of Fame.
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| Mr. Richard Upton gives the opening remarks. |
June 04, 2011 – The month long acting, dancing, singing, hosting, and runway modelling rehearsals paid off for the showcase participants and segment directors as the latest talent showcase was a resounding success. This I believe is due to the production’s bold decision to integrate each individual segment together in one fantasy-driven tale of passion, resilience, hope, freedom, and fate. The story revolved around Jack, a clumsy village boy duped by his own villagers to embark on a quest to save their village from the wrath of the enraged Elementals – gods of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. True to the classic fantasy tale genre, Jack and the villagers succeeded in appeasing the gods and saved their village from utter destruction by putting on their most heroic performance at stage acting, dancing, singing, and runway modelling. No pun intended.
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| Waka Waka |
The show opened with the performance of FIFA World Cup 2010 Official Theme Song, Shakira’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa). Such opening number set the pro-environment mood, strengthening the theme of the showcase. The series of hosting, TVC, singing, dancing, fashion print and runway modelling segments integrated within the bigger acting segment worked well to the audience’s applaud. Considering that it was the first attempt to pull off such format, I think it turned out well.
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| The Village Elder |
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| Ardreen, looking sharp |
The showcase was graced by new and familiar faces. It was cool to see my one time classmate, Ardreen Reguyal on the stage, looking sharp on the runway (the kid is a natural and I won’t be surprised to see him on the next season of Philippine Fashion Week). Tobey Maningat and Barbara Jance’s ‘Stand By Me’ moment was a crowd favourite (hats off to both of them). Frances Cham’s flair sure did give the runway modelling segment a flamboyant lift (not that it’s lacking any).
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| 'Stand by Me' sure was cute moment |
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| Jack is 'The Man' |
Jack is the epitome of every showcase participants. Just like Jack, the showcase participants embarked on their own tale of adventure in pursuit of fame by utilizing the four elements – Fire (passion), Water (resilience), Earth (hope), and Wind (freedom) to their advantage (enrolling at JRP International). With Aether (luck) on their side, the future is looking good for this season’s participants.
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| The Casts of Elements Of Fame |
Congrats to the respective segment directors namely; Revo Dungca, Onyl Torres, Raymund Recto, Kevin Dugan, Ingrid Nieto, Ding-Dong Eduque, Ning Corteza, Raymund Recto, Rayn Ordiales, Lei Ponce, Mars Nave, Issa Litton-Garrido, and overall production, Ricky Santos.
Thanks to Ms. Monette Ibañez for the invite. It was sure nice to meet, converse, and learn how passionate Mr. Richard C. Upton (President and CEO of John Robert Powers International) in enabling JRP International students realize and maximize their potentials toward a successful career.
John Robert Powers International has been in the forefront of Image Enhacement & Personal Development since 1923. Unleash that potential within you and achieve new heights of success. You owe it to yourself. Make it happen. For more details, visit http://www.johnrobertpowers.com/ or call 927-0465 (QC), 892-9511 (Makati), 659-0052 (Alabang).
