TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: January 2009 Visit of the Philippines- Pictorial

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

January 2009 Visit of the Philippines- Pictorial

There's a video of the sinulog dance at the Handumanan at the bottom.

Captions from the top:
Vice Mayor Mike Rama, Cecilia at the Handumanan Event
The entire Cast of the Handumanan Event
Lilu Gomez, Norma Lucero, Chinggay Utzurrum, Terry Manguerra
Joy Gerra, Cecilia, Norma Lucero, Lilu Gomez, Ambeth Ocampo, Chinggay Utzurrum
Old House in Carcar
Norma Lucero, Lilu Gomez, Terry Manguerra in old house in Carcar
Norma Lucero with antique Argao House she had lived in
Cecilia, Terry, Norma, Lilu in front of Argao House that Norma had lived in
Norma in front of Argao Church Bell Tower
Lechon in Parian Night
Chona Bernad, Chelete, Lynley Ocampo, Gavin Bagares, Terry
Jackie Werkman, Eva Gullas, Norma, Chona Bernad
Louie Nacorda, Terry, Erma Cuizon
Jackie Werkman, Eva Gullas, Norma, Chona and Cecilia (standing)
Erma, Inday Blanco, Chinggay Utzurrum, Lilu
Lynley Ocampo, Chellet, Gavin Bagares, Joy Gerra
Norma, Lilu, Chinggay
Norma, Cecilia, Lilu
STC HS 64 at the Sapphire dance rehearsal
Marissa, Tina, Marily, Cynthia (Ysip sisters)
Marily, Cecilia
Guia Lim, Cecilia, Tillic Lorayes
Darn, Mila, Lilu, Norma, Cecilia
The Manguerra Clan
Chinggay, Cecilia, Terry
Cecilia, Diana Ledesma, Helen Misa
Chinggay, Terry, Jing Ramos, Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.