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>Lengthy Aliw Awards honors live acts >By DENNIS LADAW > >Although the Aliw Awards was established to pay >tribute to live shows, its 18th awards night on >Wednesday wouldn't rate a nomination in any of its own >categories. The show took five hours to finish, >leaving what audience was left either exhausted or >indifferent to whoever won. > >Even a winner told this writer the production was >disorganized, what with the production glitches, the >delays and the faux pas. At one point, presenter Gabby >Valenciano, tasked to announce the Male Best Lounge >Performer declared Ana Fegi the winner. It took at >least 15 minutes to correct the error. > >The evening’s top award was given to Valenciano’s >father, Gary Valenciano. The singer/dancer/songwriter, >who turns 41 this month, picked up his third >Entertainer of the Year award, making him eligible for >the Aliw Hall of Fame. Only one other singer has been >named to the Hall of Fame, Martin Nievera. > >Other big winners of the night were Ana Fegi and >Robert Seña, who copped the female and male category, >respectively of the Best Performer in Hotels, Music >Lounges and Bars. In the Group category, the winners >were Spirit of ’67 (for Classic Songs) and MYMP (Pop). > >The show also paid tribute to the best live concerts >staged in 2004. Winners included Gary Valenciano >(male), Lea Salonga (female), Bamboo (group), and the >joint concert of Sarah Geronimo, Rachel Ann and Eric >Santos (collaboration). > >In the theater circuit, Monique Wilson bested fellow >Miss Saigon Lea Salonga in the Best Actress in a >Musical category for her performance in New Voice >Company’s production of Cabaret. Salonga was a nominee >for Baby. > >Wilson, however, wasn’t around to accept the award as >the actress/director is presently in London. On hand >to accept the award was her brother Jaime Wilson, who >performed an excerpt from the musical. > >Ricci Chan won the Best Actor in a Musical for Penis >Talk. The winning musical, however, was Oyayi. > >The awards were held at the Manila Hotel’s Fiesta >Pavilion, which was transformed into a transit lounge >of sorts by the winning celebrities. A number of the >awardees, such as the members of the Spirit of ’67, >arrived late but in time to collect their trophies. >Valenciano and his family entered the venue before >midnight but they had to wait another two hours before >he could seize the stage and accept his accolade. A >few who accepted their awards decided not finish the >show. > >The lovely and talented Mishka Addams waited patiently >for her category (Best New Artist) though ‘Life & >Times’ congratulated her in advance. Only her manager >accompanied the winner. > >Thankfully, the speeches were brief and the evening’s >rousing moments came courtesy of the theater groups, >which performed the nominated musicals, a la Tony >Awards. Hosts Vernie Varga and Christian Bautista also >charmed the audience with an impromptu rendition of >"All I Ask of You" during the long breaks. > >Special Lifetime Achievement awards were given to >balladeer Victor Wood, ballet maven Shirley >Halili-Cruz, jazz pianist Romy Posadas, the Mabuhay >Singers, German Moreno and former First Lady Imelda >Marcos. > >In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Marcos noted that when >she was First Lady, she said she had set out to show >off the "great beauty and talent of the Filipino >people to the world. It’s why she established Cultural >Center of the Philippines, she continued. As she went >on and on, the band started playing a slow, soft tune, >perhaps to signal it was time for her to get off the >stage. > >That’s no way to treat a gracious winner who arrived >on time (at 6 p.m. sharp as indicated in the >invitations) to just wait another three hours for the >program to start. > >--------------- fan talk --------- > > > > >Regine was nominated at the Aliw Awards > >Regine gets 2 nominations. One with Pops Fernandez >in concert? One for her solo concert last December.. > >A "good" Regine fan asked this question : > >" Why hasn't Regine win the Entertainment of the Year >Award? Thru all these years, we all know (fans or >otherwise) that she deserves it. It's been long >overdue.." > >mmJun: > >" Why indeed.." > >----------- Aliw Awards article -------- > > > >Lengthy Aliw Awards honors live acts >By DENNIS LADAW > >Although the Aliw Awards was established to pay >tribute to >live shows, its 18th awards night on Wednesday >wouldn't rate >a nomination in any of its own categories. The show >took five >hours to finish, leaving what audience was left either >exhausted or indifferent to whoever won. > >http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=12341 > >------------ > > >Music Inside Buzz >http://insidebuzz.tripod.com

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