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SFA-AGR-090-07                                                                                                                                                            22 February 2007

PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL, LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES NATIONAL ARTS MONTH  

22 February 2007 – Consul General Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Consulate featured video screenings at the Filipino-American Cultural and Trade Exposition held on 17 February 2007 at the San Diego Concourse Hall in celebration of the National Arts Month.  

Some 5,000 attendees at the Expo availed of the following video screenings: Documentary on Philippine Architecture, written and directed by Rodrigo D. Perez III; Documentary on Philippine Dance, written by Basilio Esteban S. Villaruz and directed by Ramon Obusan; Documentary on Philippine Visual Arts, written by Alice G. Guillermo and directed by Lito Tiongson; and the Documentary on Philippine Theater, written and directed by Nicanor G. Tiongson.  

The video screenings will be featured again at the Rizal Hall of the Philippine Consulate General from 21 to 28 February 2007.  

The video screenings coincided with a consular outreach program in San Diego led by Consul Hellen Barber and Vice Consul Jim San Agustin. END

/jay

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