Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Lim and Gardy Labad

pioneer · June 05, 2007, 05:04:24 PM

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lumine · June 06, 2007, 07:38:51 PM

who is gardy labad?

Sigbin II · July 06, 2007, 12:09:59 PM

I don't know if there'd be enough space here to talk about Sir Gardy. But I'll try to give you an impression of him with as few words as possible.
He's a founding member of the PETA (the Philippine theater institution, not the ethical treatment of animals group), and a renowned and award-winning theater director, composer, factotum, and impresario. Just among the movies he has scored are Magnifico, Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, and Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon. He won his first FAMAS for the score of Ganito Kami Noon... at the age of 23.
For most of his life, he lived far from Bohol, though both his mother and his father were Boholanos. Then, in 1995, he came home to Baclayon to visit his mother, who had been wheelchair-bound after a traffic accident. One fateful rainy day that year, in Baclayon Church, he waited out the rain with the Loboc Children's Choir and Ma'am Alma Taldo, their conductor. They talked and, inevitably, he asked them to sing for him. The children sang and as their voices soared up to the rafters of the church, tears streamed down his face. Since then he has made his home in Bohol and has done everything in his power to help bring forth the next generation of Bol-anon artists and cultural workers and help protect Boholano heritage.
We can also call him the Godfather of Bohol's Cultural Renaissance. And, though I know a couple of people who might take offense if you ever called him that in their presence, that wouldn't make him any less worthy of the title.
I hope this is helpful, Lumine.

ryan · July 06, 2007, 01:15:28 PM

For more photos from this event, please go to this Flickr set.

Sigbin is quite right. Sir Gardy has been an icon these days in the culture and arts of Bohol. Actually he is currently sitting as the Chairman of the Bohol Arts, Culture and Heritage (BACH) Council.

Sigbin II · July 06, 2007, 04:47:10 PM

Thanks for the back-up, Rye.

lumine · July 06, 2007, 06:36:31 PM

I don't know if there'd be enough space here to talk about Sir Gardy. But I'll try to give you an impression of him with as few words as possible.
He's a founding member of the PETA (the Philippine theater institution, not the ethical treatment of animals group), and a renowned and award-winning theater director, composer, factotum, and impresario. Just among the movies he has scored are Magnifico, Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, and Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon. He won his first FAMAS for the score of Ganito Kami Noon... at the age of 23.
For most of his life, he lived far from Bohol, though both his mother and his father were Boholanos. Then, in 1995, he came home to Baclayon to visit his mother, who had been wheelchair-bound after a traffic accident. One fateful rainy day that year, in Baclayon Church, he waited out the rain with the Loboc Children's Choir and Ma'am Alma Taldo, their conductor. They talked and, inevitably, he asked them to sing for him. The children sang and as their voices soared up to the rafters of the church, tears streamed down his face. Since then he has made his home in Bohol and has done everything in his power to help bring forth the next generation of Bol-anon artists and cultural workers and help protect Boholano heritage.
We can also call him the Godfather of Bohol's Cultural Renaissance. And, though I know a couple of people who might take offense if you ever called him that in their presence, that wouldn't make him any less worthy of the title.
I hope this is helpful, Lumine.

thanks a lot, Sigbin II!

wow! he is very impressive! i will put in my mind and in my heart that Gardy Labad is the Godfather of Bohol's Cultural Renaissance.

Sigbin II · July 06, 2007, 06:42:43 PM

lumine · July 06, 2007, 07:09:10 PM

For more photos from this event, please go to this Flickr set.

Sigbin is quite right. Sir Gardy has been an icon these days in the culture and arts of Bohol. Actually he is currently sitting as the Chairman of the Bohol Arts, Culture and Heritage (BACH) Council.

thanks for the additional photos, ryan!

honestly, i was ashamed i didnt know him. but with sigbin's info, im really proud of him.