THE C CIRCLE

31 July 2009 was a memorable day for me. I happened to watch “Quick Change” - a musical comedy show that starred one of my favorite acapella groups, The Company, with the hilarious Jon Santos as the front act. I was joined by some office mates - Mac, Lelli, and Fats.

A dream come true for Mac!…Lea!!!

The hilarious Jon Santos, Ms. Fats, Ms. Lelli, and me

The show was officially opened by Jon Santos, impersonating a “sosyal” college girl attending the same concert, too. She was calling some of her boyfriends who can watch the show with her. Jon was in the middle of the audience while doing this comedy skit. Then, the stage was ready for The Company.

It was just unfortunate that I wasn’t able to take some pictures during the early part of The Company’s performances. I thought, taking pictures is not allowed. However, I observed that some of the audiences were taking pictures and some were even recording the show. And so, I did.

After the first set of The Company, Jon came in the stage. This time, he was impersonating “Armida Siguion Reyna”. He first acknowledged some great Filipino artists in both music and movie industry. He made mention of some Filipino artists who made big abroad like Lea Salonga (who watched the show, too), Ariel Pineda, Lou Diamond Phillips, etc.

Jon made a skit that talked about how Armida dislikes the lyrics of some foreign musics like those of Beyonce’s and Jennifer Lopez’. And so, she made her own rendition of Let’s Get Loud (popularized by Jennifer Lopez) changing the line “let’s get loud” into “aruy aruy aruy” (a popular old Filipino song).

Jon truly brought the house down!

The Company, during their second set, showcased not only their singing prowess but put some comic touch to some of their songs, also. I was really impressed with their talents - not only do they can sing but they can make people laugh, too! The Company also made a medley of their most popular hits like Now That I Found You, Muntik Na Kitang Minahal, among others.

Over all, the show was really great!

After the show, we went out to the “signing of the autograph” portion of the venue to buy some CDs of The Company. To our surprise, Lea Salonga went there, too. Perhaps, to congratulate the performers. We were really stunned! Imagine, Lea Salonga? The multi-awarded broadway singer? Miss Saigon? Mac and Fats weren’t able to help themselves. They asked Lea to have her picture taken with them which Lea gracefully agreed on.

Truly, t’was a night to remember!