Dutch Pinoy youth synthesize talents for a cause

By Loui Galicia, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau 07/09/2009 11:39 AM

When one speaks of disc jockeys, Holland is the first to come to mind because of its famous top DJs like Tiesto and Armin van Buuren.

Hence it is not surprising to find Filipino disc jockeys or DJ wannabees here like Pinoy “DJ Esperanza” who has become a familiar name and face at parties and is now very popular in the Asian community.

DJ Esperanza led a group of Pinoy DJs at a big summer party for the youth organized by a group of young Filipinos who found a way to put their creative hobbies to good use.

Three 24-year-old Dutch Filipinos initially had the craziest idea to assemble Pinoy DJs to mix music for a cause.

Nobody thought it was feasible given that the young Pinoys have their own careers during the day and literally will not be able to find time to organize such a big gig.

But they pulled it off.

“We had the ambition to do something for the young people, also to motivate them and to discover their talents so we assembled the creative Filipino people here like the DJs, web designers, film crew,” organizer and businessman Howie Ross Valino said.

The youth who assembled at the Haarlem Park for the party couldn’t help but stare in awe at the young Pinoy DJs.

The event was a big hit among the youth because apart from dancing, they watched the DJs in action and listened to the unique mixing of beats and music in seamless transitions between tracks.

“The DJ guys contacted me if I wanted to entertain people and I said yes. Eventually my dream is to be an international DJ and I also produce my own music. I grew up with a musical family and I also wanted to do something with music,” organizer Roderick Estimada said.

Estimada, works in a bank during the day but is so into disc jockeying in his play time. The event is the start of a series of fund raising activities for the charities in the Philippines.

“Ito pong nagbebenta kami ng flag ngayon worth one euro. Lahat ng mabebenta namin mapupunta sa Terres des Hommes.

At yung Terres des Hommes paglululanan ng mga batang ginagawang prostitutes sa Pilipinas,” supporter Oney Torres said.

Apart from this, the group also aims to foster relationship-building with artistic young Pinoys and share common interests to harness their creative talents.

as of 07/09/2009 4:46 PM

SOURCE: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/

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