PINOY NZ LIFE
REACHING FILIPINOS ACROSS NZ FOR OVER 18 YEARS! Vol 8 No 129 Published Fortnightly. Circulated Nationwide. SETTLING IN NZ Print. Web. Tablet. Mobile. FB. YouTube.
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10-year old Jazz Vidamo was selected to represent New Zealand at the World Championships of Performing Arts 2019 in Hollywood.
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Facebook: Filipino Migrant News Philippines and was known as ‘Princess Sopra-no.’ Jazz has performed in Waikato, Rotorua and Auckland. And she has won several comp e t i t i o n s : H a m i l t o n Competitions Society, NZ Opera Idol, Rotorua's Talent and Variety Show and the Waipa Music Festival. Last year, Jazz was selected to represent New Zealand at the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA). This event has been running for 23 years where singers, musicians, dancers, variety artists, actors and models compete for the coveted title of ‘Grand Champion of the World’. For months, the Vidamo family had been busy doing fundraising concerts and events to get them to Hollywood. Family, friends, companies, local communities, and several organisations have provided their encouragement and financial support.
Opera Princess
pg 2 Filipino-Kiwi Jazz Vidamo from Matamata is making a name for herself internationally as an opera singer.
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ing a famous opera singer in New Zealand and beyond. Her rise to fame began when Jazz Vidamo; back then she was 8 years old, caught the eye of a
By MEL FERNANDEZ
MATAMATA, Waikato - This rural township is world famous for being the cradle of Hobbiton. And now it has more exciting news to share with all
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and sundry - the fact that Matamata’s got talent and heaps of it in one small package. Folks in this sleepy hollow are delighted to have discovered a
ROGUE JOB AGENCIES IN THE FIRING LINE President Duterte is setting up a Department of OFWs to prevent abusive recruiters from harming more Filipinos.
young opera prodigy in their midst. A gem of a girl who is being nurtured and treasured by locals - because she is about to realise her dream of becom-
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reporter at The Matamata Chronicle, when she placed first in vocals and was the overall winner for her age group with Puccini's ‘O Mio Babbino caro’ at the Waipa Christian Music Festival. For a while Jazz preferred pop singing and loved Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor. But that changed when she heard sopranos Jacke Evancho and Laura Bretan on ‘America’s Got Talent’. Jazz shares her passion for music with her parents who are both musicians and her grandmother who is a music teacher. Her great grandmother was an opera singer in the
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