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January 8 - 21, 2018
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Cover Story
Vancouver’s Sweetheart Ms. Joey Albert
is home for Valentine’s
For the first time since she
came to Canada in 1995, OPM
icon and Vancouver’s Sweetheart,
is finally having a Valentine Con-
cert here in Vancouver!
Every year, Joey has been
returning to her first home, Ma-
nila, for Valentine’s Concerts. “I’ve
been so blessed that way … that
even though my family and I have
moved here, they still ask for me
in Manila every single year for Val-
entine’s concerts for the last 22
years. … that doesn’t happen to
many concert artists … in fact, I
think I’m the only one who’s been
exceedingly blessed that way”, re-
calls Joey.
After 22 years of doing Valen-
tine Concerts in Manila, Joey feels
it’s time to bring that old, familiar
Manila Valentine season feeling
to the Filipinos here in Vancou-
ver and has aptly called her con-
cert “That Loving Feeling”. It is a
known fact that Valentine’s is the
second most celebrated occasion
after Christmas in Manila. Each
Valentine’s Day, rose vendors line
the streets … valentine cards line
the bookstore shelves … malls
explode with displays of valentine
sales … hotels and concert ven-
ues boast of their concert offer-
ings and no matter what day of
the week it falls on, restaurants
are packed to the rafters! No-
where else in the world is Valen-
tine’s Day celebrated like it is in
Manila and like many of our old
Manila traditions, Filipinos miss
it here, in their home away from
home.
“Filipinos are hopeless ro-
mantics by nature and they
adore love songs … higit sa la-
hat, ang Filipino love songs …
kasi iba ang hugot sa puso ng
mga awiting katutubo” muses
Joey.
And so, after producing
two highly successful concerts
in Vancouver with foreign music
icons David Pomeranz and Den-
nis Lambert, Ms. Albert shifts
to homegrown artistry with her
forthcoming Valentine concert.
Performing with her this Febru-
ary 17, 2018 is romantic bal-
ladeer Nonoy Zuniga to sing
his timeless hits like “Kamusta
Ka”, “Love Without Time”, “Live
for Love”, “Init sa Magdamag”
and of course his most beguiling
hit “Never Ever Say Goodbye”,
among many others. Coupled
with Ms. Albert’s equally timeless
hits like “Iisa Pa Lamang”, “Ikaw
Lang ang Mamahalin”, “I Remem-
ber the Boy”, “Million Miles Away”,
“Yakapin Mo Ako”, “Without You”,
“It’s Over Now” and her eternally
captivating anthem, “Tell Me”,
you can be sure that the evening
promises to be a Vancouver val-
entine to remember!
Showtime is Saturday, Feb-
ruary 17, 2018, at the Executive
Plaza Hotel Ballroom at 8:00 pm.
Regular tickets are $70 and IP
tickets are $120 inclusive of wine
and appetizers in an exclusive VIP
Reception at 6:00 pm in the ball-
room lobby.
For ticket inquiries, please
call Harana Entertainment at
#604-763-2590 or email at
[email protected]
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