CST-R High School Reunion Oct 31 2010

It has become an institution in itself. When the Thomasians come thumping home every year at the end of October, all the beer kegs go dry! No other school reunion in the city comes close!!!

This year, here is the program of activities:

MASS

• Time - 7:00-8:00 AM

• Venue - covered court / quadrangle

•Mass Offerings – open for everyone

PARADE

•CAT officers and cadets/cadettes will assist on the order of parade and during the parade

•Observe team colors (same color as of last year)

•Walking is required with exception for senior citizens; where vehicle is allowed

•Proposed Route of Parade:

•CST-R

•Azcona Street

•Ylagan Street

•S. Carmona Street

•Broce Street

•CST-R

•Proposed Order of Parade:

•Police Marshalls

•CSTR Band

•Batch ’86 – Silver Jubilarians

•Golden Jubilarians - 1961

•School Faculty & Administration

•Band 1 – School of the Future/RMES

•Team 1 (1965-1970, 1983, 1994) – White Color

•Team 2 (1955-1960, 1971, 1972, 1982, 1997) – Gold Color

•Band 2 – South Elementary School

•Team 3 (1962-1964, 1973, 1974, 1990, 2000) – Green Color

•Team 4 (1976, 1986, 2002, 2003) - Lavender

•Band 3 – Florentina Ledesma Elementary School

•Team 5 (1977, 1988, 1992, 1993) - Tangerine

•Team 6 (1979, 1991, 1998, 1999) – Light Pink

•Band 4 - Tandang Sora Elementary School

•Team 7 (1981, 1996, 2006, 2007) – Fuschia Pink

•Team 8 (1984, 1995, 2008, 2009) – Light Blue

•Band 5 – Bonifacio Elementary School

•Team 9 (1975, 1987, 2001, 2005) - Black

•Team 10 (1978, 1980, 1989, 2004) - Violet

REGISTRATION

• Follows after the Parade

• Registration Fee per batch is P100.00

• Simultaneous with the Election of Alumni Officers until 1pm

PROJECT TURN-OVER CEREMONY

BINGO

• Tickets sold at P50.00 each

• Present tickets to the organizers in exchange of bingo cards

• 1 bingo card entitles you to 10 games

LUNCH

• Venue for lunch is at the batch’ assigned areas

•Softdrinks and beers will be exclusively sold at Batch 86 Kiosk with exception for those with catering arrangement

•No corkage fee will be collected for imported drinks

RAFFLE DRAW FOR CONSOLATION PRIZES

THOMASIANS GOT TALENT

CONTEST GUIDELINES:

•Open to all CST-R Alumni of all ages.

•Per team presentation

•Minimum of five (5) members per team

•The presentation must not exceed 10 minutes

•Use of props and costume is encouraged

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:

•Talent / Skills – 50%

•Stage Deportment/Choreography – 30%

•Costume – 10%

•Over-all Impact – 10%

PRIZES AT STAKE:

•First Prize – P3,000.00 •Second Prize – P2,000.00 •Third Prize – P1,000.00

2-HOUR BREAK

(In preparation for the Evening Program)

EVENING PROGRAM / LIVE BAND / DISCO

• Presentation of Officers

• Raffle Draw for the Major Prizes

San Carlos City Fiesta Celebration 2010

Limited Seats! Oct 9 Culinary tour of Pampanga

This tour will be enjoyed by HRM students of San Sebastian College-Recoletos Manila. There are still, however, a few seats left. Tour includes 3 buffet meals, AM snacks, aircon bus and entrance fees. Text or call me 09285082004 or email burgosrp2003@yahoo.com for details and final confirmation.

Red reunion

What could be more restful than, after 40 years, to reunite with one's elementary classmates? We are organizing so that we can capture as much of the fun and innocence of that bygone period. We just might recapture some of the fun but am not too sure about the innocence!

Here is our proposed agenda for the reunion which coincides with the San Carlos Fiesta and Pintaflores Festival.

Date Activity Class activity To-Dos Friday, 10/1/2010 Opening of Carnival and Trade Fair Friday, 10/15/2010 Opening of Pintaflores Garden Show Sunday, 10/24/2010 3rd Pintaflores National Invitational Football Cup Monday, 10/25/2010 Invitational Lawn Tennis Tourney Saturday, 10/30/2010 to Wednesday, 11/03/2010 Invitational Football Festival Saturday, 10/30/2010 Chess tournament Invitational Boxing Tournament Acquaintance Night Bring your own red t-shirt. And old photos of the class. Be prepared to join in some memory games! Sunday, 10/31/2010 Senior Citizens and Veterans Night Halloween costume party Come in a costume. Best costume wins a prize! Dance the night away. Monday, 11/1/2010 Vamos San Carlos Night Lunch at Whispering Palms, Sipaway Tuesday, 11/2/2010 Pintaflores Body Painting Competition Pot luck lunch and Hot scrub at Mainit Pools, Bgy. Guadalupe Wednesday, 11/3/2010 Volleyball Cup Morning Visit to School Ms. San Carlos Pageant Thursday, 11/4/2010 Men's Invitational Football Match Feast of Patron Saint Charles Borromeo Friday, 11/5/2010 Pintaflores Festival: street dancing competition, jamming, fireworks Saturday, 11/06/2010 Negros Tour Sunday, 11/07/2010 NegrosTour

Independence Day Tour 2010

Historically, the first and only anniversary celebration with Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo of the proclamation of Philippine Independence was held in 1899 in a beautiful mansion in the center of Angeles City. Today the Pamintuan mansion still stands, an awesome monument to our struggle for a national identity, thanks to the Bangko Sentral which has preserved this heritage structure. Every year, whether or not the sitting president proclaims it a national holiday, the City of Angeles and the Kuliat Foundation mount a fitting celebration on June 12, where everyone comes in Filipiniana attire, and participates in the reenactment of that historical event, complete with actors in period costumes, marching brass bands, choirs, and other performers.

Theme: “BAGONG PAGSASAMA. BAGONG BAYANIHAN. BAGONG PAGBABAGO.”

5:00 a.m. Leave Manila
7:00 Flag Raising Ceremony at Pamintuan Mansion
7:05 Entrance of Generals on Horses & Entourage
7:20 Wreath Laying on the Commemorative Marker, 21 Gun Salute by the Angeles City Police
7:30 Re-Enactment of the 1899 Independence Day Celebration held at the Pamintuan Residence with a script developed by Jose G. Paras, Jr., Director, Museo ning Angeles
8:15 Breakfast at Museo ning Angeles
9:30 Tour of heritage sites of Angeles
10:30 Visit Nayong Pilipino in Clark
12:00 Lunch
2:00 p.m. Visit the Kapampangan Studies Center
4:00 Shop for local delicacies
5:00 Return to Manila

Cost:
PHP 2,500.00 per pax prepaid covers breakfast, lunch, airconditioned transport, tour guide, tour souvenir

Book now ! Limited seats !

For more details, contact:
Richard P. Burgos, 0918-9224655, burgosrp2003@yahoo.com

Too hot to handle!

We would have been on the road to the second best-preserved heritage town in the country this Sunday, May 23, except for one thing: it's freakin' hot outside and guests are rethinking their travel and leisure plans. Well, I guess, we will have to cool off a bit and shelve that for another more propitious day. ;(

That Visita Iglesia

Rise and shine! We left Manila bathed in glorious sunshine on the road to what promised to be a memorable day of rest and renewal of our faith. There were 25 tour paticipants, some with their photo gear, others content to tag along, every single one ready to capture images that awakened us to the reality of faith in ourselves and in others.

Because I made a check drive through the suggested itinerary a week before, I was able to make changes from this



to this



This meant we were going to drop Calamba and St Mark's chapel in Makiling's National High School for the Arts, add new destinations like Sariaya, Tayabas and Kamay ni Hesus, and gain distance and time since we would end closer to Manila instead of farther!

But as it turned out, man proposes and God disposes.

Traffic was horrendous. Everyone seemed to be going to the same direction. What should have been a 2.5 hour drive to our first destination in Sariaya took us 6 hours! To top it all, our bus had irreparable trouble in Kamay ni Hesus and we had to wait for a replacement bus from Manila. By the time it arrived at 10 pm we were still 3 churches short of our plan and had only 2 hours to complete the seven churches before they close at 12 midnight. Thankfully, we were rather full, thanks to the meals at Patio Rizal courtesy of the bus company (hurray!). Given the late hour we could no longer visit Liliw, Nagcarlan and San Pablo. Instead we were gifted with other remarkable churches in Pagsanjan, dedicated to our Lady of Guadalupe, in the beautiful heritage town of Pila and in the old town of Bay from where the Laguna de Bay derives its name. We left the eerie church, covered by cloud formations half revealing a full moon, at the stroke of midnight. Nothing could have been more memorable to our group.



Some were asking, kailan muli?