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Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company

Performances & Tours

The Leyte Filipiniana Dance Troupe

1961

  • First public performance of the Leyte Filipiniana Dance Troupe during the Holy Infant College Day Celebration in September 1961
  • Tour of Eastern Leyte

1962

  • San Agustin Gym, Iloilo City
  • La Consolacion College Auditorium, Bacolod City
  • Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City

1963

  • Subic Naval Base in Zambales
  • Cubi Point and Clark Airbase in Pampanga and Sangley Point in Cavite
  • Camp John Hay in Baguio City, Benguet Province

1964

  • Catbalogan, Samar.

1965

  • Philippine Official Cultural Mission to the United States designated by President Diosdado Macapagal
    U.S. Cross-country Tour; appeard in The Ed Sullivan Show

1966

  • An extensive tour of Northwestern Bohol

1967

  • St. Bridget's College in Batangas

1970

  • Philippine Official Cultural Mission to the Osaka Expo '70 for the Philippine Day Celebration in Japan

1971

  • Philippine-Guam International Trade Fair in Angana, Guam sponsored by the PhilippineMinistry of Trade & Industry
  • Cebu City sponsored by-the Philippin National Red Cross, Cebu Chapter
  • Cagayan de Oro City sponsored by the Rotary Anns
  • Maasin, Southern Leyte, sponsored by the Boy Scouts of the Phils, Leyte Chapter

1975 - 1985

  • Command performances for the State visitors and guests of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos in Olot, Tolosa, Leyte

1977

  • Camp John Hay, Baguio City sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism
  • Performance in Nasugbu, Batangas for the Batulao Village Club Foundation Anniversary Celebration
  • Three week daily lunchtime shows at the Tropical Palace Hotel in Manila
  • Asian Youth Conference in Manila
  • The Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater, April 23
  • "Celebrity Night", National Press Club, Manila

1978

  • Baguio City; IIocos Sur and La Union provinces
  • Dagupan City, Pangasinan; and in Daet, Camarines Norte.

The Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company (Name changed)

1979

  • Pili and Libmanan, Camarines Sur
  • Legaspi City, Albay
  • Cebu City in connection with the sacerdotal celebration of His Eminence, Cardinal Julio R. Rosales
  • Tour of Taiwan, covering three weeks under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and the National Dance Association of Taiwan
  • Philippine Official Cultural Mission to International Dance Festivals
  • Third Haifa International Folklore Festivals, Israel
  • Festivale di Musica et Danza, Rome, Italy
  • Rencontres Folkloriques Internationales, Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Dijon Festival International de Folklore, Dijon, France
    • Wins the Silver Medal at the Festival International de Folklore, the only regional dance troupe to win the award!

     
  • Koenigsfelder Festival of Classic Arts, Windisch, Switzerland
  • A special performance at the United Nations Theater to officially open the UN Cultural Season in Paris
  • A PAL-sponsored show at the Sheraton Hotel, Paris, in honor of the V.A.M.O.S. club members

1980

  • Invited by First Lady Imelda Marcos to perform at the Malacafiang Palace for the dinner party in honor of the delegates to the World Tourism Congress

1981

  • Philippine Official Cultural Mission to the Middle East to join in the Celebration of Philippine
    Independence Day in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and an eleven-day performance engagement to celebrate
    Philippine Arts and Food Festival in Saudi Arabia
  • Participation at the Kuwait Folklorique Festival, Kuwait
  • Special show at the Hilton Hotel in Bahrain

1982

  • Philippine Official Cultural Mission to the United States
  • 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • The formal opening of the EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
  • Inaugural opening of the 1982 Wolf Trap International Children's Festival, Virginia
  • Special performance during the Presidential Dinner held at the Corcoran Gallery Museum of Arts in Washington D.C.
  • Performance-tour of the US mainland and Hawaii
  • Participation at the 10th Festival lnternacional Cervantino in Mexico with perfonnances in its 15 cities

1983

  • Tacloban City Fiesta Celebration
  • Fifth Chapter Anniversary of the Rotary Club of Metro Tacloban
  • 8th Annual District Convention: Kiwanis International Visayas-Mindanao Chapter
  • RMS National Conference of the Min. of Transportation
  • Two-week, twice-a-day performances in Olot, Tolosa for Mrs. Juliet Romualdez' Wish-To-Know-You Socials for teachers and government employees from different towns in Leyte
  • Command performancefor the 39th Leyte Landing Anniversary Celebration

1984

  • Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Holy Infant College, Tacloban
  • Tacloban City 1984 fiesta celebration
  • National Convention of Electric Cooperatives
  • Command performance Grand 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Leyte Landing
  • One-hour dance and choral performance at the Sol Oil Co. Inc., Tanauan, Leyte

1985

  • 7th National Tourism Conference held in Tacloban City
  • Tour of Manila, Clark Airbase in Pampanga, Ilocos Norte and Dagupan, Pangasinan
  • A special performance for the Santiago A. Fonacier Centennial Celebration in Laoag City, Ilocos, Norte
  • A Manila Bay Cruise choral performance in honor of Manila Advertisers and Publishers
  • Performance-Tour of DGeneral Santos City and Marbel, South cotabato with a special showat Dole Philippines, in Polomolok. South Cotabato
  • Performances for:
    • The Regional Commanders and Officers of the Phil. Navy, AFP and Philippine Air Force of Region 8
    • The United Architects Association of the Philippines, Region 8 chapter convention
    • The newly-installed Archbishop of Palo, Msgr. Pedro R. Dean, in Palo, Leyte
  • Command performanceDOE THE 41st Leyte Landing Anniversary celebration

1986

  • 25th Anniversary of the Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company with 2 gala shows on March 8 and June 28, 1986.
  • District Conference of the Rotary Clubs in the Visayas & Mindanao areas;
  • National Conference of Amateur Radio Hams Association of the Philippines
  • Hermanos Pasados of Tacloban Fiesta.

1987

  • Special performance at Dole Philippines. Polomolok. S. Cotabato, in honor of visiting VIP Mr. David Murdock, Chairman of Castle & Cooke International
  • Fund-raising Gala Performance at the Main Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, November 10, 1987

1988

  • Dole Philippines, Polomolok, South Cotabato, February 9 in General Santos city sponsored by the Solar Task Force Committee
  • Special Gala Performances at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Manila, September 23 and 24 as CCP Dance Venue Grantee for 1988, co-sponsored by the Kerygma Foundation, Inc.

1989

  • Town fiesta celebrations in the towns of Liloan, Southern Leyte; Abuyog, Leyte'; Baybay, Leyte
  • For the VIP Guests of the Province of Leyte in connection with the 45th Leyte Landing Anniversary Celebration, held at Leyte Park Hotel
  • Department of Science and Technology National Conference at the People's Center
  • Coronation Pageant of the Centennial Queen of Tacloban City
  • Leyte Samar Kauswagan Festival held at the Nikko Manila Garden International Hotel, Manmila
  • Performance-Tour of Legaspi City, Iriga City and Buhi, Camarines Sur

1990

  • The Taiwan TV Corporation at Leyte Park Hotel
  • National Reunion of the Lee Family
  • RTR Medical Foundation on its Graduation Exercises
  • Town fiesta celebration of Tanauan, Leyte sponsored by Assumption Academy PIA.
  • Performances in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, as part of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Exchange Artists Grant
  • Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, and at St. Mary's College, Meycauayan, Bulacan, as part of the CCP Cultural Exchange Artists Program
  • St. Bridget School, Buhi, Camarines Sur
  • University of Nag a, Nueva Caceres, Naga City, Albay
  • Colegio de Immaculada Concepcion, Cebu City, as part of the CCP Cultural Exchange Artists Grant

1990

  • Official Philippine Delegate to the 1990 Asian Folklore Festival trom January 30 to February 7 in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Alor, Setar, Penang, Ipoh)

1993

  • A three-month performance-tour from June to September to represent the Philippines at the International Folkflore Festivals held in Spain (Badajoz, Jaen, Cadiz, Burgos, Mallorca, Gijon, Viveiro, Ourense, Moixent, Villablanca and Ronda) with a special show in Madrid for the members of Diplomatic Corps sponsored by the Philippine Ambassador to Spain
  • A special participation at the International Folkflore Festival at Luz de Taviera, Portugal

1995

  • June 13 to August 25, 1995, represented the Philippines at the International Folkflore Festivals held in The Netherlands (Burgum, Enschede, Warffum, De Steeg, Nederweert, Sas van Gent, Appelescha and Odoorn); in Belgium (Aalst and Schoten) and in the United Kingdom to participate at the Bournemouth Philippine Festival, England and two special shows for the Philippine Festival held in London

1998

  • A two-month tour of Europe which began in Germany with special performances for the Philippine Centennial Celebration in Mainz and Passau from July 4 to 11, 1998. Then, participated at various prestigious international folklore festivals held in Minturo, Pescara, Assemini and Sardignia, Italy trom July 15 to August 5, 1998; in Viviero-Lugo, Ourense, La Coruna, Villablanca-Huelva, and Zaragosa, Spain from August 8 to September 6; and in Viana do Castelo, Portugal from September 7 to 16, 1998

2000

  • Tour of Greece

2005

  • Performances in Taiwan
  • Performances in Beijing