Philippine Independence Centennial Celebrations in Austria 1998

Date Event Venue March 17 Unveiling Blumentritt bust (by FEC president Maderthaner) Rizal Park, Luneta June 5? tree planting with Mayor Häupl Rathaus Domo furniture exhibit June 6 Barrio Fiesta Am Hof June 7 Children’s Centennial Mural Avda de los Artistas June 7 100 Stitches in Time Philippine centennial fashions Vienna Hilton June 12? Ecumenical prayer/flag raising Embassy chancery Open house & inauguration of Rizal Reading Room (RRR) Embassy chancery Plippine cultural night photo exhibit Marriott hotel June 13? Philippine Centennial Ball Rathaus June 14 Filipino community mass St Nepomuk Kirche June 21? Philippine Madrigal Singers Musikverein Manny Baldemor exhibit Salzburg September 19?-26 Hallamasch Giant Festival of Cultures Philippine Centennial Parade First Filipino Film Festival Poetry reading & tea musicale Youth elocution & essay competition September 27 Sunico & Baldemor: Awit ng Himagsikan Yamaha concert hall Lenore Lim exhibit Avda de los Artistas Katti Sta. Ana exhibit September Book launching: Isang Buhay Austrian para sa Pilipinas Afro-Asian Institute October 15- December 15 Eduardo Masferre photo exhibit Völkerkunde Museum December Founding of Vienna chapter Order of Knights of Rizal Diplomatic Academy Rizal-Blumentritt lecture series Diplomatic Academy   100 Stitches in Time Philippine Centennial Fashions Vienna Hilton Ballroom Sonntag, 7. Juni 1998 1800 Uhr Steve de Leon was cited in 1988 as one of the Ten Outstanding Fashion Designers of the City of Manila. He was the country's official representative to the 1989 Yokohama Exposition in Japan. Steve received the Maria Clara Award for Best in Filipiniana as well as the Designer of the Year Award, given by the Manila Fashion Designers Awards Foundation in 1990. He showcased a 150-piece couture collection in Manila Hotel (1989) and mounted a major exhibit of clothes called The Mysteries of the Virgin Mary at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila (1990). Since then he has turned to painting and collage. Salvador Bernal is an active costume and stage designer for dance, opera and drama and is a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University. He is well known for his sets and period costumes for the productions of Ballet Philippines and Tanghalang Pilipino Theater. Years of research on the Philippine saya resulted in a book called Traje de Mestiza. A companion volume on Filipino male dress is forthcoming. Bernal also dresses pop stars like Kuh Ledesma, Sharon Cuneta, Cynthia Patag and Nora Aunor. For further information contact the Philippine Embassy in Vienna: phat@ping.at Have a look at Picturesque Old Philippines: Womens Fashions [Austrian-Philippine Homepage] [Culture and History] [Top] Document created: April 20, 1998 updated: May 19, 1998 APSIS Editor Johann Stockinger