The Filipino Renaissance Man's Tribute to Lady Offy Garcia

Danny C. Sillada Launching his suite of ethnic song compositions based on Mandaya "bayok" and "dawot", which are part of his forthcoming ethnic album "Sang Kanami Daya" (In Our Land of Promise), a Mindanaoan poet-painter-musician-philosopher Danny Sillada will give a tribute to his art patron Lady Offy Garcia on her first death anniversary at Ricco-Renzo Galleries and Café in Makati City, Philippines. He will also launch his Hip Hop single, a political satire titled "Bulag" (I Am Blind).

The event is a unique blend of exotic ethnic songs, heart-warming love poems, and an exhibit of colorful and exuberant paintings from the multi-talented artist Danny Sillada, also known as the "Filipino Renaissance Man", slated on February 19, 2006, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., Ricco-Renzo Galleries and Café, LRI Design Plaza, 210 N. Garcia St. (formerly Reposo), Makati City, Philippines.

To accompany Sillada's musical performances are Noli Aurillo, one of the leading acoustic guitarists in the country; Eghai Roxas, a well-known Filipino abstractionist, performance artist and percussionist; JP Hernandez, a multi-talented musician playing didjeridu, jimbe, bamboo flute and kobeng, among other musical instruments.

Guest performers are Cesare A.X. Syjuco, a literary iconoclast and a famous multi-media Filipino artist, and Sonny Villafania, an award winning Pangasinan poet and founder-publisher of "Dalityapi", an international online literary journal.

Entrance is free with cocktails. For inquiry, please e-mail art@riccorenzo.com, tel. no.: (+632) 898-2545.

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