Korean Cultural Festival to feature K-pop boyband Shinee

[ochee26.livejournal.com]

For Pinoy K-pop fans, November is the season to be jolly.

To cap the year-long celebration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and the Philippines, the Korean Embassy will hold on November 19-27 the Korean Cultural Festival, which will let Filipinos have a taste of Korean food, dance, music, theater, and arts.

But the most-awaited event in the week-long festival is the free K-pop concert scheduled on November 27. It will feature popular Korean front acts like boyband Shinee, jazz band Winterplay, and energetic rap duo Mighty Mouth.

In an email message to PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal), Blaise Regacho, Executive Assistant on Economic & Cultural Affairs for the Korean Embassy, said the concert was borne out of several petitions by avid K-pop fans in the country, to bring Korean stars to the Philippines. Shinee was the first group they were able to get, she added. (Click here to read related story)



Composed of five the boys Onew, Taemin, Jong-Hyun, Key, and Min-Ho, Shinee is known for the group's danceable contemporary R&B songs. Since their debut last year, they have won music awards including Best Newcomer Artist in the 18th Seoul Music Awards. Shinee's fashion style of high-top sneakers, skinny jeans, and colorful sweaters created the "Shinee Trend" that's popular among college youth in Korea.

Winterplay is a group that mixes several musical genres like pop, jazz, blues, and bossa nova, to create a unique relaxed sound. The band is composed of vocalist Moon Hye-won, and her band Lee Joo-han (trumpet), Choi Woo-joon (guitar), and So Eun-kyu (contrabass).

Mighty Mouth is well-known for collaborating with famous celebrities like Sun-Ye of Wondergirls and Yoon Eun-hye of Coffee Prince fame. Mighty Mouth is composed of rappers 237 and Shorty j.

The free K-Pop concert is scheduled on November 27, 3 p.m. at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Manila.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS. The Korean Cultural Festival will open with "Taste Korea! Food Festival," on November 19-23 at Shangri-La Plaza in Mandaluyong City. It will feature a cooking demonstration of popular Korean dishes, an exhibition of Korean agricultural products like Korean tea, and a presentation of Korean cookbooks and fine selections of special pots, pans, and dishes. Visitors will get a chance to eat samples of Korean food like japchae, kimchi, and bibimbap.

On November 25, the National Dance Company of Korea will present "Dance of Chun-Hyang," which will feature traditional Korean dances. Samulnori, a genre of percussion music that originates from Korea, will be presented on November 26 by the Noreum-Machi troupe. Both musical events will start at 8 p.m., at the CCP.

To cap the entire festival, a Philippines-Korea Friendship Parade along Roxas Boulevard in Manila will start at 10 a.m. on November 27. More than a dozen floats and thousands of marchers will demonstrate Korean customs and tradition. The free K-pop concert takes place on the same day.

For more information about the Korean Cultural Festival, contact the Korean Embassy at 811-6139 to 44.

Source: PEP.ph

I wanna go!
I WANT SUJUUUU!

Comments

[hey-insomnia.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Glad for the SHinee fans. I was wishing so much for 2PM when i signed that petition thing but maybe next year?

[shatterdayvinyl.livejournal.com]

i'll go if it's 2PM..i'll even give them a crate of dried mangoes. :)

[tokyo-freak.livejournal.com]

OMG IT'S FREE?! : O

[otani-no-suki.livejournal.com]

FUCKKKKK
I HOPE THAT DAY IS A FUCKING HOLIDAY PLEASE DDDD:<

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

SO JEALOUS RIGHT NOW. ;-;

[emiliecious.livejournal.com]

UNFAIRRRRR.
but it's okay. singapore gets BEG and FT Island in December heheheheheh.

[fidottt.livejournal.com]

YA... I WANT SHINEE FOR OUR KOREAN FESTIVAL TOO... ㅠㅠ

But it's okay, we have the OSM BEG and FT Island. :D But I still want SHINee too............................ >.

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

OMFG OMFG OMFG I WILL CAMP OUTSIDE CCP THE DAY BEFORE

[eraserfish.livejournal.com]

ME TOO OMFGGGGGG I WILL BE SKIPPING CLASSES FOR THISSSSS

[ai-sumairu.livejournal.com]

I'M GOING!!!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!! But I want to see 2NE1 and BB too as well as SJ and DBSK despite their issues. As well as 2AM & 2PM and many more but Shinee is awesome too!!! <3333333333333333

[pinefir.livejournal.com]

omona~ you're pinoy too? anyways...i'd like to go but i'm too much of a nerd to skip classes :| i can't afford to miss classes and gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah it's shinee i'm freaking faliling here...

[jecca-o9.livejournal.com]

[nisenchi.livejournal.com]

SO. EFFIN`. EXCITED.

Ttly going. But wth the concert is at 3 and I`M OUT AT 2:30 DAMN DAMN DAMN. ASKJFASF

[28a.livejournal.com]

I am tempted to skip classes aghldkd screw the fact my dismissal is at 12 and that I need an adult to come with me and I have no means of getting there as of now

eeeeeee *A*

[shatterdayvinyl.livejournal.com]

cool but i would have wanted an SNSD visit instead.

[eraserfish.livejournal.com]

THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[katriuh.livejournal.com]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

I am so glad I'm in college. TIME TO CUT.
If I was still in my private high school, LIKE HELL would they let me out early =))

[iman-tan.livejournal.com]

I'm in high school and I'm going to cut. HAHAHA.

[ageneshi.livejournal.com]

WAAAAAAAAAAH SGAKJHDKJDHSKA YEZZZZ FFFFF XDDDD

[iman-tan.livejournal.com]

OH YES. Finally, it's confirmes! I am so going to skip class on the 27th. It's a Friday, after all.

[iman-tan.livejournal.com]

*confirmed

[reonreon.livejournal.com]

kyaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! lol

[pokerface911.livejournal.com]

;__________________; I want to skip classes.

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

I COMMAND ALL SHINEE FANS WITH CLASSES ON THAT DAY TO SKIP.

[jongina.livejournal.com]

The free K-pop concert takes place on the same day.



SHINee. *__* Omona ladies. D: We seriously need a meetup or something. (Lmao, thank god for being from DLSU-M. I has no Friday classes~.)

[pocketofskies.livejournal.com]

NO ONE IMPORTANT EVER COMES TO SINGAPORE JFC :-(

[iman-tan.livejournal.com]

BEG and FT Island. They're going there on December.

[ilovessyou.livejournal.com]

FUCKING GOING!!!!

[aijin-jin-17.livejournal.com]

It's not a season to be jolly if you can't get to see them. Oh bbs, why so near yet so far? D;

[chibi-rukawa.livejournal.com]

CAN'T SOMEONE SPONSOR ME A PLANE TICKET?!!!! LOLXD ILOILO IS WAAAAAYYY TOO FAR FROM MANILA. WE CAN'T GO!!! I HATE IT!!!

[larkspurple.livejournal.com]

well, that's good news! :) I'm highly anticipating this especially that I'm starting to like SHINee's songs. and it's for free? wow, classes for me ends at 4pm on fridays but I might srsly cut classes and go grab the chance of seeing kpop stars performing live. xD

also, I'm thankful and all for the efforts of everyone involved in this event for bringing the group here but I do agree with the other comments that reception would probably be greater if SNSD, Super Junior, Wonder Girls and/or 2ne1 were invited as well. tbqh, songs by these groups are more popular here than SHINee's...

[paulaaaaa.livejournal.com]

i hate it.. ;_; i have a class on the 27th and it doesn't end until 9pm ;______________________;

[jongina.livejournal.com]

CUT CLASSES BB. 8D;;; (Omg I'm such a bad influence akdhjaskdn)

[cristela.livejournal.com]

ZOMG!!! i think imma just book a flight from davao to manila!!! someone needs to organize an OMONA MEETUP so i can has frendzzzz to be ~KILIG~ with when i get there!!! let's make some banners? take videos, pictures, the works? :D:D:D

[extraenchanted.livejournal.com]

lol hello there fellow davao fangirl! greetings~ :D

shinee's going at the wrong time. i'll be on manila in december, and i am too caught up with work to go to manila in the 27th. i hope you can go! :)