Aloha!
In 1974, my parents, who worked for the Marcos regime and liaised for the church, gave me the task of arranging the venue for a performing group from BYU-Hawaii. I was then a freshman at the University of the Philippines and luckily, able to arrange for them to use the university's theatre for a night---and oh, what a night it was! To see a group of wholesome, happy young people who seemed so carefree, confident and talented was a huge inspiration to me. Within a few months, I would find myself in Laie, Hawaii and knocking at Randy Boothe's door, eager to audition to be part of this unbelievable group. I remember drumming up all the courage my spirit would allow me, to even ask. Luckily, I had my trump card with me: my beloved Yamaha G-60 classic guitar.
Steve Boothe was assigned the task of "checking out" my guitar-playing abilities. In due time, I was teaching him a few of my tricky guitar licks. Aloooooooooooha!
It's been over 30 years since then and I no longer play the guitar with the same boldness and dexterity---but hey---I can bake bread and do wonders with a hot glue gun. Well....ok, I've given those up a good two decades ago as well. I am just not cut out for that sort of thing. But ask me to get nostalgic and I go for the gusto! Every single Showcase Hawaii member has touched my life in incredible ways. For these gifts, I am profoundly grateful. More than anything, being a part of Showcase Hawaii gave me the clarity of vision I needed to believe in happy everafterings. Eternal families. Eternal ties. Eternal companion. I believed in the vision. I am now living that vision. Happily. Joyously.
In putting up this site, my hope is that members can have a place to "talk stories" and "hang-out" albeit virtually. I invite all to participate, reminisce and renew friendships. Life's just too short. And well, it's just time.
In 1974, my parents, who worked for the Marcos regime and liaised for the church, gave me the task of arranging the venue for a performing group from BYU-Hawaii. I was then a freshman at the University of the Philippines and luckily, able to arrange for them to use the university's theatre for a night---and oh, what a night it was! To see a group of wholesome, happy young people who seemed so carefree, confident and talented was a huge inspiration to me. Within a few months, I would find myself in Laie, Hawaii and knocking at Randy Boothe's door, eager to audition to be part of this unbelievable group. I remember drumming up all the courage my spirit would allow me, to even ask. Luckily, I had my trump card with me: my beloved Yamaha G-60 classic guitar.
Steve Boothe was assigned the task of "checking out" my guitar-playing abilities. In due time, I was teaching him a few of my tricky guitar licks. Aloooooooooooha!
It's been over 30 years since then and I no longer play the guitar with the same boldness and dexterity---but hey---I can bake bread and do wonders with a hot glue gun. Well....ok, I've given those up a good two decades ago as well. I am just not cut out for that sort of thing. But ask me to get nostalgic and I go for the gusto! Every single Showcase Hawaii member has touched my life in incredible ways. For these gifts, I am profoundly grateful. More than anything, being a part of Showcase Hawaii gave me the clarity of vision I needed to believe in happy everafterings. Eternal families. Eternal ties. Eternal companion. I believed in the vision. I am now living that vision. Happily. Joyously.
In putting up this site, my hope is that members can have a place to "talk stories" and "hang-out" albeit virtually. I invite all to participate, reminisce and renew friendships. Life's just too short. And well, it's just time.
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