BUENA PARK, Calif., Jul 07, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The largest Filipino festival on the West Coast will take place at Knott's Berry Farm on Saturday, July 18. The event, which includes cultural exhibits, Filipino food and a festival area, will also include live performances from Quest Crew, Kaba Modern, the Basco Brothers, Jasmine Villegas, Ashley Robles and Edwin San Juan.
The charismatic Quest Crew entertained their way into MTV viewers' homes and hearts to become "America's Best Dance Crew" season 3 champions. Accomplished dancers, each with their own specialty, they bring to the stage a great mix of humor, high-flying and eye-popping tricks and innovative choreography that consistently brings audiences to their feet. Quest has been featured on "So You Think You Can Dance," Season's 1-4, last season's American Idol and will soon be seen in Sony Production's "Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel" to be released in December 2009.
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Los Angeles, CA - Island Pacific is committed to serve the Pilipino American Community, wherever they are. Seeing that Pinoy families living in the western side of the San Fernando Valley has long been under-served, Island Pacific has decided to put up another branch in the SF Valley, approximately 7 miles away from its first store in Panorama City.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – Come join Gabe Bondoc, for his first solo live band concert titled, “One Night Only”, on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 7pm in the evening at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco, presented by The Luna Co. and Clubworks, Inc.
Fresno, CA – The “P.O.W.E.R.” (Pilipino Organizations Working for Emergency Relief) benefit event, hosted by “Magkaisa”, the Pilipino-American student group at Fresno State, along with the Pilipino-American student group of Buchanan High School, will take place on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 1-5pm at the Pilipino-American Community Center.
Historians agree that there have been three major immigration patterns or “waves” of Philippine immigration into the United States, starting from the U.S. occupation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th Century.
The World of Dance Tour; is the largest West Coast urban dance competition taking place in the Bay Area at the San Mateo Expo Center, Saturday October 3rd, 2009. With focus on the art of street dancing and today’s urban choreography, World of Dance is the largest touring event embracing Urban Dance and Youth Lifestyle. Hundreds of participants, the country’s top Dance Troupes, and thousands of spectators will partake in performance festival settings, awarding today’s top dancers with the most prestigious acknowledgements. The 2009 World of Dance Tour promises to deliver an unparalleled experience to both participants and spectators in an effort to build a reputation as the West Coast authority in Urban Dance Culture.
The City of Carson, in Los Angeles County, is one of the bigger Pilipino Enclaves in Southern California. As a matter of fact, according to figures from the 2000 Census, 18.8% of the total city population of almost 90,000 residents identified themselves as either Pilipino or Pilipino-American. These figures are definitely supported by the large number of Pilipino stores and restaurants in the area; including Seafood City, Tambuli, Jollibee, Chow King, Red Ribbon, Casa Filipina Bakery, DJ Bibinkahan, Manila Sunrise, Manila’s Lechon Manok, and Tita Celia’s, among others.
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