Titas de Bacolod

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!*

Behind the Scenes with Ivy Visitacion

 When two dynamic ladies, like Inday Pefianco, president of Wow Club, and Baby Bonnin, chairman of the Fellowship Committee, combine their talents and expertise in organizing an event, you can be sure that it will be a big success.

The Wow's 2 nd joint birthday celebration for this year was held recently at Ambience Hall of Pavillon Hotel in Bacolod. Despite the heavy rains, the ladies came in their Bacolod chic attire, all ready and willing to have fun. The place was all lit up, with loads of prizes displayed for the games and raffle.

Baby does have a knack for choosing the right kind of prizes that would delight the Wow ladies. The evening began with a specially prepared dinner of mouthwatering dishes, which everyone enjoyed with the crispy lechon, that was still hot to the touch. Diets were swiftly forgotten at the sight of the scrumptious array of goodies.

The program, hosted by Babes Sola, began with an exciting game where the contestants raced while acting out their favorite actions i.e. swimming, fencing, dancing, etc. Luckily, our group won and we got a load of prizes. Fun!

Birthday celebrators Cecile Smith, Inday Pefianco, Pacita Adeva, Lourdes Caram, Eva Cruz, Mely Gonzales, May Hanlon, Yoly Kilayko, Jane Lizares, Charito Parreño and Emily Zayco blew the candles on the huge cake after the members sang Happy Birthday. Slices of the cake were distributed to the ladies.

Judge Lorna Demonteverde looked really judicious as she inducted the new members wearing the judge's black robe. The raffle gave the members a chance to win exciting prizes, which had them squealing with delight. Then it was time to dance, dance, dance ‘til you drop! The fun-loving Wow ladies trooped to the dance floor shaking, swinging, tango-ing (!) while having a ball!

Wotta night! Kudos to the organizers for a really fun evening.*