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| Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion |
Visitors to Bacolod are amazed at our unique Sunshine Boys Club. This was told to me by a gentleman from Manila, whom I met during the joint birthday celebration of the Sunshine Boys, held recently at the Bacolod Pavillon Hotel.
He was so impressed by the vitality of the club members, who have managed to retain their youthful charms despite their advancing years. He was even more impressed when he saw the “boys” dancing with vim and vigor most of the night. “Wow”, he said, “how do they manage to stay so young and active?”
The party was in full swing as the birthday celebrators, Dr. Ricardo Yanson, Pompeyo Querubin, Drs. Serafin Jimenea Jr., Ed Mercado and Johnny Villahermosa, and Milquiades Benedicto were serenaded with the Happy Birthday song by the guests, composed of their family and friends. The evening's emcee, Monet Rojas, kept us all in stitches with his witty comments and naughty jokes. How can anyone feel old with such delightful company as this?
Dinner was a sumptuous feast of everyone's favorite dishes, washed down with excellent red wine that helped set the mood for a fun evening. The music provided by the band evoked memories of bygone days, with old favorites such as “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing”, “La Vie En Rose”, etc. The mood suddenly quickened with ballroom dancing music which had the crowd swinging, boogieing, and reggaeing in between the raffle, which gave away cash prizes, from P1,000 to P10,000, to the lucky winners. Too bad Ninfa and I had already left when our names were called out as winners. Better luck next time.
Kudos to the Sunshine Boys for a super fun party!*
