We were invited by Janice Villanueva of Mommy Mundo to perform at Expo Mom 2012 at Rockwell tent on May 5, 2012. It was our second time to play for a Mommy Mundo event. The first was at Mercato Centrale for Mommy Milkshake 2011, a family-friendly run advocating breastfeeding. We love performing at Mommy Mundo events! Thanks for having us again!
Launched in 2008, Expo Mom is the "premier lifestyle event for moms in Manila. It is a trade expo, all-day workshop, shopping destination, mommy party, family occasion, mompreneur lab, all rolled into one."
Here are some photos taken by our friend Joy Dela Victoria. Thanks Joy!
The event was hosted by Patricia Bermudez-Hizon.
We were scheduled to open the event at 10:00 in the morning. It was touching to read the twit of Janice Villanueva of Mommy Mundo: "Morning blessings to all! @GentleUniverse welcomes all moms to #expomom2012 :)"
(Stanley Castelo, Valerie Faye Bautista, Cris Garcimo)
We played original ambient music for about 30 minutes. We also played our tracks "Saglit" and "Tree House Playroom".
Here is the video for "Tree House Playroom", which we projected as visuals while we were performing. Thanks Yen!
(Valerie Faye Bautista - toy piano, casio sk-1 and glockenspiel.)
(Stanley Castelo - toy piano, soft synths, shakers and melodica)
Shey and our son Dylan.
Stanley having fun. :-)
After our set, Shey, Dylan and I checked out the participating exhibitors and booths. We finally found Googoo & Gaga! We bought a cool shirt for Dylan. It was nice to meet Audrey Dimarucot, the mommy-in-charge for Googoo & Gaga. I told her that I met her husband AJ while he was still providing visuals for Morse. I've been a fan of AJ's works and designs ever since.
We also spotted Tiny Buds! I wrote about Tiny Buds last year after Shey discovered Tiny Buds Rice Baby Powder. It is a baby powder made from 100% real rice grains, biodegradable and hypoallergenic.
We also checked out the lovely photos from the STORK STUDIO
and the clothes for kids made of 100% Organic Cotton.
Mommy Matters is a shop that sells cool and interesting products for pregnancy, breastfeeding and parenting. http://www.shopmommymatters.com/
INDIGObaby promotes attachment parenting-breastfeeding, co-sleeping, babywearing and use of all natural products for mom, dads and babies.
We also listened to the discussions about parenting, including Family Congress' Maribel Dionisio and Maribel Aligbay talk about back to basic parenting in modern times. We learned a lot from the discussions. Congratulations to Mommy Mundo, all the exhibitors, guest speakers, organizers and sponsors of Expo Mom 2012. It was fun and enlightening! Hope to see you all again next year.
Thank you for visiting!
Truly yours,
Cris Garcimo
For Gentle Universe
For bookings and inquiries please e-mail
csgarcimo@gmail.com
PS. We stayed until 6 pm atExpoMom. Then, we proceed to Heima LRI to perform at the release of their summer collection. We will post more pictures soon. For news and updates subscribe to Gentle Universe Newsletter. Thanks!
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