Giving children opportunity thanks to Sampaguita Project who will be at Friendship Games 2010:

At our FG booth, Sampaguita Project is going to be accepting donations of mobile phones (& chargers, etc.) that folks are no longer using. As a token of thanks, donors can choose a free gift courtesy of MyBarong.com (P-Grad stoles, hats, visors, Philippines patches, etc.) They can see more info at:

http://www.mybarong.com/sampaguita-project-giving-children-opportunity-art-1965.html

Throughout the Philippines, we see living testaments of the lack of opportunity for children of the poor. The “Sampaguita child,” often barefoot, barely clothed and selling strings of the fragrant national flower in busy intersections, has become an all-too-familiar symbol of the plight of poor children in our motherland.

Sampaguita Project was established by the founders of MyBarong.com as a means to give opportunity & hope to children who need it most. From school nutrition programs to scholarships, Sampaguita Project is dedicated to helping children develop a life of opportunity.

How you can contribute meaningfully & immediately:

1. Donate your old mobile phones:

• - email us with subject line: “Sampaguita Project mobile phone donation”
• - please ensure that they’re in working condition, & include the battery
• - include the charger / accessories if you still have those
• - these will be sold in the “2nd hand” market to raise funds for Sampaguita Project

2. Donate your time & skills:

• - Sampaguita Project needs volunteers to:
• - help spread the word
• - build the new website
• - represent Sampaguita Project at community events

3. Contribute what you can:

• - in-kind donations
• - monetary donations

Please contact us for more information or to let us know how you’d like to be a part of Sampaguita Project & develop lives of opportunity.

FULLERTON, CA – PNOYAPPAREL.COM proudly brings to Friendship Games 2010 headlining half-time performer: BAMBU!

Bambu, from the city of Los Angeles, has been making his mark on the Hip Hop scene for almost a decade. His first album, “self untitled…” first saw the light of day on the 10-year anniversary of the LA Rebellion of 1992 and the climb has been forward since. Soon after releasing that first LP, Bambu joined fellow Los Angeles emcee, Kiwi and Bay Area transplant, DJ Phatrick to create the now defunct, Native Guns group. After the disbanding of the group, DJ Phatrick and Bambu continued to do shows around the country and eventually built a reputation as strong live performers. Bambu dropped his follow up solo album, “…i scream bars for the children…” in 2007 and “…exact change…” in 2008. His latest project, “…paper cuts…” dropped at the end of February, 2010 and has definitely solidified the emcee as on of Los Angeles’ best.

Check out BAMBU’s recently released music video, OLD MAN RAPS:

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PNOYAPPAREL.COM PRESENTS HEADLINING PERFORMER: ROCKY RIVERA

FULLERTON, CA – PNOYAPPAREL.COM proudly brings to Friendship Games 2010 headlining half-time performer: ROCKY RIVERA!

Rocky Rivera is a Hip-Hop journalist by day, MC by night, who found international acclaim by winning a Contributing Editor position on MTV’s docu-series “I’m From Rolling Stone” in 2007. After lacking inspiration in the literary world, she decided to finally pursue Hip-Hop as a participant, not only as an observer, and began to fill the void with thought-provoking music that you can dance to. (Think Lauryn Hill meets Public Enemy with West Coast beats) Her moniker and album theme is derived from a book entitled “The Gangster of Love” by Jessica Hagedorn, as Rocky examines love, war, and a young woman’s journey along the way.

Check out ROCKY RIVERA’s recently released music video, TRICK HABBIT:

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FULLERTON, CA – Friendship Games 2010 is proud to offically present Half-time performers: PAC MODERN! PAC MODERN has a long tradtion and history performing at Friendship Games and we are proud to bring them to you again for the 25th Anniversary!

PAC Modern is a division of the PAC, Pilipino American Coalition, at California State University Long Beach. Founded by a small group of friends in hopes of using dance as an outlet for the expression of today’s youth.

Originating as a mere pre-show act for PCN – Pilipino Cultural Night, an annual theatrical production that exhibits the culture and history of the Philippine Islands through acting, dance, and song – in 1995, PAC Modern has grown into an unstoppable force, earning a respectable name within a fierce and competitive dance scene.

PAC Modern displays a wide range of dance mostly influenced by various styles and forms of hip hop. Just a few of the styles exhibited by the group includes break dancing, grooving and new school. Their performance style and choreography has been known to be unpredictable, influential, original, and innovating, with routines to prove the team’s versatility in dance.

Aside from dancing, the group also enjoys hanging out with family and friends outside of practice. They still manage to continue their education, work either part-time or full-time jobs, participate in various community events and establish friendships within the performance and competitive dance community.

PAC Modern continues to grow as a talented and dedicated family, whose positive energy will prosper for years to come. PAC Modern embraces the meaning of family and emits the essence of community to those around. Celebrating 15 years in existence, this family will strive to continue the passion, the love, and the hunger to represent the past, present, and future of PAC Modern dancers.

For more information about PAC MODERN, visit their website at www.PACMODERN.com.

More special guests, performers, and news about Friendship Games 2010 – The 25 Anniversary! – coming soon! For more information about Friendship Games visit us online at FriendshipGames.net and follow us on twitter for all the latest updates, contests, and more! Twitter.com/FG_2010

FULLERTON, CA – Friendship Games 2010 is proud to offically present Half-time performers: TEAM MILLENNIA! TM has a long tradtion and history performing at Friendship Games and we are proud to bring them to you again for the 25th Anniversary!

Established in 1998, Team Millennia (TM) representing Orange County, CA is celebrating its 12th year as one of Southern California’s premiere hip-hop dance teams.  TM is comprised of 41 passionate, driven and experienced dancers who carry on the traditions of class and professionalism.  They are under the TM Family, who now makes its home at Dance Precisions in Placentia, CA. 

The TM mission is to develop leaders through the expressive art of dance by keeping community youth involved and inspired…

One goal… One Family… Infinite Possibilities… Team Millennia

For more information about TEAM MILLENNIA, visit their website at www.TMDance.org.

More special guests, performers, and news about Friendship Games 2010 – The 25 Anniversary! – coming soon! For more information about Friendship Games visit us online at FriendshipGames.net and follow us on twitter for all the latest updates, contests, and more! Twitter.com/FG_2010

FULLERTON, CA – Friendship Games 2010 is proud to offically present Half-time performers: THETA DELTA BETA! TDB has a long tradtion and history performing at Friendship Games and we are proud to bring them to you again for the 25th Anniversary! Theta Delta Beta is the first Filipino Fraternity to be established in California.

In 1990, a spirited group of Filipino college students attending the University of California, Irvine conceived a new organization. Ostensibly labeled as "The Dark Boyz" because of their dark skin and Ilocano heritage, they sought a community where brothers and sisters could thrive in a kinship guided by the principles of intellectual awareness, social responsibility, personal integrity, and brotherly love. In May of that same year, these seventeen founding fathers united to create "The Dark Boyz", reclaiming the label as their own. In the spirit of true brotherhood, and in jest, the brothers adopted the first letters of "The Dark Boyz", TDB, and quasi-translated them into the letters Theta, Delta, and Beta, to mimic the traditional Greek fraternal system.

What began as a lighthearted attempt to organize a closely-knit group of friends quickly grew in popularity and population into an organization spanning four chapters. After its founding in 1990 on the UC Irvine campus, Theta Delta Beta expanded to Cal State Fullerton in 1991. Three years later, they established themselves at UCLA in 1994. In 2002 a chapter was created at Cal State Long Beach. More recently, in 2008, a chapter was created at Cal Poly Pomona.

From its humble beginnings, Theta has evolved into an organization of the heart. And embedded at its heart is the unconditional love that inspired the seventeen founding fathers to create the brotherhood. The brotherhood has quickly grown into well over a hundred strong and has evolved into a true family. The name, "The Dark Boyz", that our entire family continues to embrace, with its roots and rich history, certainly fits the organization’s timeless values and culture.

Theta Delta Beta cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative and humanitarian promise of each its brothers and lil’ sisters in a family that encourages education, practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires a passion for unconditional love.

For more information about THETA DELTA BETA, visit their website at www.FullertonTDB.com.

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FULLERTON, CA – Friendship Games 2010 is proud to offically present Half-time performers: KABA MODERN! Kaba Modern has a long tradtion and history performing at Friendship Games and we are proud to bring them to you again for the 25th Anniversary!

Kaba Modern is an urban collegiate dance group established in 1992 by Arnel Calvario. As a proud part of the Filipino-American club Kababayan, at the University of California, Irvine, he founded the group to perform in the modern dance suite of their annual PCN (Pilipino cultural night). The group has since evolved to be one of the most cutting edge Hip Hop dance crews in California. Kaba Modern’s legacy has lived on, first and foremost, as a family of artists, while embracing diverse styles of dance to create a name for themselves in the dance community.

Kaba Modern has a rich history of award-winning performances at competitions such as Bust-A-Groove, Bodyrock, Fusion, and Vibe. On the global scale, they recently placed 3rd in US nationals and was a finalist among 52 competing international teams in the world for the 2009 Hip Hop International Dance competition. Kaba Modern was also most recently featured as one of the final crews on the first season of the hit MTV show, America’s Best Dance Crew, and continues to accrue a fan base in countries all around the world.

Often Imitated, Never Duplicated… Kaba Modern.

For more information about KABA MODERN, follow them on twitter at Twitter.com/KabaModern.

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