SAT, OCT 14 – Celebrate with apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas), Tia Carrere, Lou Diamond Phillips, and many more at the Filipino American Library’s 6th Annual GALA!
LOS ANGELES – Black Eyed Peas’ apl.de.ap will join Tia Carrere, Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheryl Burke, and many more popular entertainers in a star-studded affair to celebrate the Filipino American Library’s 6th Annual Spirit Awards and Dinner Benefit GALA on Saturday, October 14 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel (506 S. Grand Ave.) in downtown Los Angeles.
Allan Pineda Lindo, also known as “apl.de.ap,” will be honored with the Filipino American Library’s (FAL) Role Model Award. Tia Carrere, whose film credits include “True Lies” and “Wayne’s World,” will be performing, along with singers Stephanie Reese and III of a Kind. Special guests who are scheduled to attend include Lou Diamond Phillips (“La Bamba,” “Courage under Fire”), Cheryl Burke (ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”), Tamlyn Tomita (“Joy Luck Club,” “Karate Kid II”), and Denise Dador (ABC7’s “Eyewitness News”).
The GALA honorees also include John Chiang (Chair, State Board of Equalization), ABS-CBN Global, Filipino American Service Group, Inc. (“FASGI”), and Washington Mutual.
FAL’s annual Silent Auction will take place that evening, offering guests the chance to bid on more than $10,000 worth of items that include original paintings, jewelry by Filipino artists, mp3 players, and movie collections. A new tradition will also commence, as FAL proudly presents its 1st annual Ballroom Dance Exhibition.
This year’s GALA commemorates the centennial of Filipino migration to the United States. Among the many generous sponsors of the GALA are Burger King (Platinum), Sony Pictures Entertainment (Gold), Washington Mutual (Gold), as well as Corporate Sponsors (Kevin Acebo, Mona Pasquil, Steve Westly, and Verizon) and Silver Sponsors (Dichoso & Company and Union Bank of California).
Tickets are $125 in advance (payable by Friday, October 13) or $150 at the door, with net proceeds benefiting FAL, the only community-based Filipino American library in the country. For more information, contact Jonathan Lorenzo at 213-382-0488, filamlibrary@sbcglobal.net, or online at www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org or www.myspace.com/filamlibrary.
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