Amasons' Performance at District 28 Ladies Night

Mga mahinhing "dalagang" Filipina.

Sis Nanette and Sis Marilyn strike a pose.

From left: Sis Do, Sis Irene, Sis Ellen, Sis Nanette, Sis Odeng, Sis Remy and Sis Marilyn pose after their "Footloose" dance number.

Sis Remy (left) all smiles after the dance and the changeover of DGIW for District 28. With her is Sis Irene.

Amasons Give Gala Performance at Pole Depot By Bro Louie Reyes

The ladies and FilMasons daughters on stage. (Story & photos courtesy of Bro Louie Reyes).

The Amasons and the Filmasons young ladies (daughters of Filmasons members) stole the show at the Pole Depot Gala and Fete last Saturday, 24 May, at Penshurst, with a fabulous performance of the Pandango Sa Ilaw, a Filipino cultural dance.

Arrayed in the usual resplendent costumes prepared by Sis Odeng Santos, the ladies (Sis Dodo Placido, Sis Marilyn Reyes, Ms Rosanna Placido, Ms Roxanne Romerosa, Ms Ruby Robiso, and Ms Louise Reyes) easily won over the audience with the ease and grace with which they executed the intricate choreography of Sis Dodo Placido.

The audience were among those who were taking pictures of the dancers at the end of the dance and some of the girls were even interviewed after the performance by a reporter from the St. George Leader, the local community paper.

VWBro Fidel and Sis Pen Pamplona, WBro Rudy Romerosa, VWBro Manny Maniago, and Bro Gerry Reyes, Bro Louie Reyes and son, Mr Mark Reyes were also present to give moral support, a helping hand where needed, and acted as the official photographers and movie recordists for the occasion.


One of the many pictures taken after the performance. From left, Sis Marilyn Reyes, Ms Rosanna Placido, Ms Roxanne Romerosa, Ms Louise Reyes, Sis Dodo Placido and Ms Ruby Robiso.


The organizers were already talking to our officers about next year’s performance which is a strong vote of confidence for the Amasons, and bodes well for the young ladies who joined them this year.

(By Bro Louie Reyes, via email).



May Membership Meeting by Bro Mario Baylon


The Amason Ladies posed for a picture for posterity. From left, Sis Pen, Sis Irene, Sis Evelyn, Sis Remy, Sis Dodo and Sis Marilyn. (Photo courtesy of Bro Louie Reyes)

The group then headed to VWBro Manny and Sis Remy Maniago's home for lunch, meeting and fellowship.

Aside form the initial group, present at the meeting were Bro Mario & Sis Irene Baylon, Sis Remy Maniago, Sis Evelyn Robiso, Secretary Bro Dan Elizes, Bro Jun Capili, the incoming Worshipful Master of Lodge of Sydney No 11 (Installation 18 June 2008), Bro Ariel Gonzales and Bro Joe Deroy.

After the meeting, WBro Manny Reyes called to tele-conference and to personally thanked the brethren and the ladies for their support and prayers on his recent hospitalization. He said that there is a delegation of FilMasons brethren and former workmates from Subic Naval Base Facility right there visiting him.

Also VWBro Ray (also on the phone with WBro Manny) and Sis Madelene Porras will be attending a Debutantes Ball to be held at Nowra RSL on Saturday, 24 May. This ball is being organised by Masons of District 113 and Hands Across NSW, and they took the opportunity to visit WBro Manny and Sis Vivian Reyes. The way WBro Manoy spoke, it sounds all's well.

Informal Ladies Night: Dooleys Catholic Club, Lidcombe: 29 February

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With the "leap day" falling this coming Friday (29 February, of course!), the brethren; with much prodding, decided to give the Ladies the TLC they much deserved.

An informal Ladies Night is slated at this date at Dooleys Catholic Club, Church St (nearest corner John & Church Sts; car park entrance at Church St, click here for directions/map), Lidcombe at about 7 PM (you can come as early or as late as you like, depending on your schedules). This is just a simple get-together of sorts to honour our Amasons.

According to Wikipedia, leap years were conceived:

"...to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, February would have 29 days in a leap year instead of the usual 28. Seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact number of full days, so a calendar which had the same number of days in each year would over time drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year which is not a leap year is called a common year."

This is a good as any day to also "synchronise" and touch base with our FilMasons' friends and ladies. "Life is too short" not to hold any fellowship, least of all before the end of this "love" month.

As per traditions, this is the "traditional time women can propose marriage. In many of today's cultures, it is okay for a woman to propose marriage to a man. Society doesn't look down on such women. However, that hasn't always been the case. When the rules of courtship were stricter, women were only allowed to pop the question on one day every four years."

This is also good day to be with our ladies, lest someone takes fancy (as if!) and indecently propose to us! So we hope to see you there with your ladies.

'carpe diem quam minimum credula postero' - 'Seize the day, trusting little in the future'

Horace