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Thanks for sharing this one.  I can almost see the Dad/grand dad beaming
with pride.  Congratulations!  Hey, you have any CD's of the concert?  the
CD player in my vehicle is working again (or hope it is. Haven't tried it
since I got it back from the shop).

Ben Soloria

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I made one for you, bud..Will mail it ASAP!The DVD version will follow later cuz it involves a more complicated procedure whereas the CD( audio only ) does not..The CD will arrive soon!

My favorite tracks are the 2 Elvis songs ( maybe due to the fact that I am an avid Elvis fan ). The 2 girls have their own style in singing HOUND DOG  and CANT HELP FALLING IN LOVE that I think the King will be pleased if he hears it..Reminds me again of a certain time when I was growing up. Remember the days of the homespun combos when the instruments are ukeleles, a guitar, some maracas ( if available )?. The bass guitar is a gasoline drum equipped with a  wooden handle. A plastic coated clothes line was the string. This kind of jug band was popular all throughout the Philippines during this era.

 . Asingan caught the combo fever at that time  and me, Nestor Villanueva, Alex Tanwangco, Butch Agtarap and some other guys whose  name I can't remember anymore formed a combo. The name? Blue Eagle Combo. A competing  faction, was formed by Jose Paringit ( son of the ex police chief of Asingan) ..The name? Red Lion combo.( Surprise, surprise ).We had a "battle of the bands" one New Years Eve in the plaza sponsored by the Municipio and witnessed by many Asinganians. The Red Lions won, we were close 2nd. Their prize? 10 pesos! Our prize? A can of  Selecta crackers! The Blue Eagles wanted to crucify the members of the committee in charge..But tempers subsided and we went on practicing regularly at night at the residence of Mr. Melecio Villanueva under the Ilang Ilang tree. It was fun. I  was one of the soloists and I did  nothing but the vintage Elvis songs. Hey, I didnt even had a haircut for many months! Then College work came and the band split, the members going their separate ways..That was one summer holiday to remember.

Vic Costes