Jim Paredes First Solo Concert on October 11, 2012

When In Manila, songs from the  jeepneys can be heared with the sounds of foreign artist or local singers from the radio. Whether one is at the heart of Metro Manila or at the posh and newly established Resorts World Manila at Fort Bonifacio at Taguig, one will never missed a melodic, relaxing and very calm voice of Jim Paredes or Jaime Ramon "Jim" Paredes (born 31 August 1951) who according to the dictionary is a Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist best known for being one-third of the APO Hiking Society, along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garovillo.

Official Poster

On October 11, 2012 at Newport Theatre, Resorts World Manila, the first and the historical solo concert will be held at 8:00 in the evening from Mauve Entertainment. This will be historical because it is the FIRST SOLO Concert of the Jim Paredes. Just recently at No other bar restaurant at 7:00 in the evening, he met up with the media for a birthday celebration and to introduce the concert. He will have Yeng Constantino, Noel Cabangon, Ebe Dancel and Jett Pangan.

 At No Other Bar Restaurant with Sarah Meir, Erika Paredes, Andrew Nicolas, Grace Bondad Nicolas, Jim Paredes, Cindy Escobar and Azrael Coladilla

According to this concert FB fan page "No other concert can promise you this kind of up-close-and-personal encounter with your favorite artist amid a wonderful dining experience. Mauve Management and Entertainment and Ticket World will determine who the first 10 ticket buyers who are entitled to attend this special dinner."

Poster courtesy of Mauve Management and Entertainment

The world according to Jim Paredes

On Social Media " The world is a stage, parang lumaki lang ang kabarkada mo."
About his new songs " There are new materials, I am taking the risk, Im going to bet this is interesting."
On APO Hiking Society " I am nervous when APO ended, but I am the newest recording oldies star."
On Politics "Some people hate my guts but I am a true democrat. I take political risk."

When In Manila on October 11, 2012, there is no better time and place but at the Newport Theatre to watch Jim Paredes Live.

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Pistahang Cebuana from Cebuana Lhullier

Fiesta, a Spanish word that means "party", "feast" or "festival" and on August 28, 2012 at 7:00 in the evening at Smart Araneta Coliseum, the Pistahang Cebuana showed everyone, young and old the Filipino tradition and celebration with a Feast or Fiesta inside the coliseum. Multi talented singer and actress plus the Cebuana Lhuillier Brand Ambassadress Sarah Geronimo attended the event with equally talented artist like Anja Aguilar, Baladdeer Erik santos and Mark Bautista, melodic singer Rachelle Ann Go and actor and former Pinoy Big Brother Teen 
sensation Gerard Anderson.

Attended by the whole Lhuillier family, Ambassador Philippe J. Lhuillier, Señorita Edna Diago- Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier CEO and President Jean Henri Lhuillier, CLSC Vice President Philippe Andre Lhuillier, Christine Lhuillier-Limjoco, Jacqueline Lhuillier-Hess, Angelique Lhuillier-Miranda, Camille D. Lhuillier, and Madeleine D. Lhuillier, were there to celebrate Cebuana’s Silver anniversary with their loyal clients and dedicated employees from all around the Philippines to attend this historical event. 

The entrance is free to all it's 24k clients and the media enjoyed also the concert in a lifetime. Aside from the magnificent song numbers, thre was also contest. Cebuana Lhuillier also gave its loyal supporters a number of prizes including My Cebuana phones, Canon Ixus 115, Samsung netbook, LCD TV 32" (Sony Bravia), Blackberry phones, and a lot of cash prizes. 

The whole evening, the audience were serenaded first with the "Musiko" or Musical band with an upbeat and modern tunes with Payaso and Tall men wearing festive and colorful suits amazed everyone. 

According to the Company website, "Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier."