Some of the Philippines’ top bands and performers collaborated with Dumaguete’s local artists Aug. 20 for the Earth Day Jam at Rizal Boulevard.
Dumaguete music lovers gathered along Rizal by 5 p.m. for the free concert that included local groups: Take Two, Odd, Five Volts, Banda Mangga, Skillage, Silliman University Jazz Band and Empithri. The crowd was amazed when the Philippines’ unofficial queen of rock and roll, Lou Bonnevie, hit the stage; followed by Brownman Revival, Rivermaya, Rocksteddy and Parokya ni Edgar.
“It was fun, the artists really caught the audience,” Kimberly Cadiente, St. Paul University student, said.
FU’s fine arts students got in on the action by using their artistic talents to promote the spirit of environmentalism.
They started the event by showcasing their paintings depicting the natural environment and later presented on stage during the event.
“I’m proud and happy that we joined a once-in-a-year event and it’s about our course,” Florenz Dionisio, third-year fine arts student, said.
Led by Lou Bonnevie, the Earth Day Jam Foundation Incorporated is now in its 15th year of putting on highly anticipated music events nationwide, which the organization says brings Filipino music artists together to promote environmental awareness.
“As students or as ordinary people, konting pagmamalasakit lang, not to waste water, not to waste energy, para naman mas mamaintain at livable ang ating planet. Kahit hindi na yung sobrang malaki basta in our little own way, we can do it,” Bonnevie said.
She also said the world is at a critical stage and that everyone needs to admit the truth about what is happening to the planet.
“Ang mission po namin ay makahatid ng more awareness, lalo na sa kabataan,” Bonnevie added. (Jomar Allan Solania)
