Family Day for Good Causes Every year, families composing the Katilingbang Bisaya sa New Zealand (KBNZ) gather for the trust’s Family Day aimed at strengthening the bond and camaraderie among the organization’s members, but also families. The past celebrations had lots of food, lots of fun and games and lots of entertainment and prizes. In 2011, KBNZ will gather families together for good causes – to help one of its members, Alex Gandionco (see top photo), in her pursuit of a performing arts scholarship in the United States and to raise money for the KBNZ Emergency Fund. The latter fund is used to help needy members should there be no other avenue to secure assistance. Not only was there overwhelming approval among officers and committee members for the project to be pursued, there was the demonstration of the volunteering spirit of the musicians who have agreed to render songs for the programme officially called “GigAlive – a concert of inspirational and spiritual songs” to be held on September 4, 2011, 2pm at the Holy Cross Social Hall in Henderson, Auckland. The performers include US-bound Alex Gandionco, child diva Mia, the all-girls power pop group KIS, the mod band Muteboxx, the youth arm of TawagAwit – TaYo, and OBG!, a group conceptualized by Alvin Soniega. The organizers call on the members of KBNZ and those who appreciate Christian music to support this effort.
1|A Con cer t of Ins pirationa l and Spiritual Songs