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TBTK 2009 Sneak Preview

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TBTK 2009: Boholanos worldwide are all set for the triennial grand homecoming in Bohol this coming July 14-26, 2008... where families, friends, chocolate hills, Panglao, sutukil (sugba, tuwa & kilaw) & tuba are but a touch away!

A welcomed visit from TBTK Communications Director, Douglas Hontanosas, in New York

TBTK Preview: BPHSN Reunion at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas with Hon. Lito Atienza and Bohol Governor, Erico Aumentado

Our ladies of the evening with TBTK Prez Betty Veloso-Garcia

A quick kodax moment with visiting Bishop Leonardo Medroso, Fr. Amora and Ms. Betty Balatero. Here, with U.S. Boholanos in San Francisco

TBTKish visit with Most Rev. Leonardo Medroso, D.D., in San Francisco who came over to the U.S. to greet his uprooted flock as the new Bishop of Tagbilaran

TOE-USA with Tagbilaran Bishop, Most Rev. Leonardo Medroso, D.D. and TBTK President, Betty Veloso-Garcia

A glimpse of Boholano camaraderie and love for tapok-tapok (fellowship). Here, celebrating Fr. Manuel Romerde's Mass of Thanksgiving in New York, graced by Paring Bol-anon and friends, and 2 Boholano bishops: Bishop Yiet Cabajog of Surigao (white barong) and Archbishop Bernardito Auza (middle), the new Papal Nuncio to Haiti

Another TBTKish gathering of our Boholano priests (Paring Bol-anon, USA), in NYC last August of 2008. This photo was taken at a concert held on the Terrace in the Park with Tagbilaranons, Fr. Doming Orimaco, Fr. Roel Lungay, Betty V. G. and Minda Mascariñas-Cadag and newly appointed Papal Nuncio to Haiti, Talibon's Archbishop Barney Auza, D.D. (2nd from L)

New York Concert with Bohol's Jeduthun Priests and The Paring Bol-anon, USA at the Terrace On The Park

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TBTK 2009 Sneak Preview

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Streamer around Roxas Boulevard welcoming TBTK Delegates during the 2006 Grand Homecoming

Then Mayor of Manila, Jose Lito Atienza, giving the symbolic key to the city of Manila to TBTK delegates in 2006

Meeting with TBTK Officers in Germany... and posing for posterity, of course. Pinoy's penchant for lasting friendship, aight?

TBTK Preview: BPHSN Reunion at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas with Hon. Lito Atienza and Bohol Governor, Erico Aumentado

Celebrating Bohol Day in 2006. Here with Mr. Chan and son and Tagbilaran Vice Mayor, Toto Veloso

The lovely Mrs. Bohol International candidates parading their beauties and colorful motiffs during the TBTK celebration in Bohol in 2006

TBTK Prez Family: Betty Veloso-Garcia, husband Bebe and children

TBTK Prez with Director of Philippine Tourism, Emma Ruth Yulo and Loboc Mayor Leon Calipusan in Manhattan

TBTK Prez with Ambassador Davide, DENR Sec Jose Lito Atienza, Mrs.Atienza and Mrs. Davide

TBTK Prez Betty Veloso-Garcia with Philippine sensation Manny Pacquiao at a Thanksgiving Celebration at Mandalay, Las Vegas

While we're at it (Pacman Meeting), let's include one with Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, again, at Mandalay

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TBTK Asia

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A few pics from a trip to Thailand. Mrs. Cynthia Ayco is Bohol-Thailand Coordinator. They claimed they are very few and most of the Boholano who are professional musicians sleep during the day and play in clubs at night (LoL)

This can't be in Bohol... Thailand it is!

Prony's Thai counterpart. While Bohol's Prony is in Alburquerque, the Thai counterpart I love to think must be in Al-Bangkok-que (no pun intended!)

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TBTK Bohol

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Celebrating Bohol Day in 2006. Here with Mr. Chan and son and Tagbilaran Vice Mayor, Toto Veloso

Loboc Youth Ambassadors Band at a reception in Malacanang hosted by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The band is conducted by Mr. Rene Balbin. They will perform during the TOBAW Ceremony on July 25th, 2009 at the Bohol Tropics

Impressed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo congratulating each and every member of the Loboc Youth Ambassador Band after a brief performance for the Presidential staff and dignitaries

The Ambassador Band under the tutelage of Prof. Rene Balbin getting ready for the night's show

A young member of Loboc's Ambassador Band performing for the patrons and guests at a concert in Loboc, Bohol

Loboc Children Choir: Bohol and the Philippines' young ambassadors to the world

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TBTK Canada

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TBTK Europe

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TBTK Faithful Germany: Rosemarie Bruening from Bonn, Mr Hans Schoof now of Baclayon, Betty Veloso Garcia and Mrs. Lani Schoof. One of many prep meetings attended by TBTK President, BVG, this one at the Peacock Garden Luxury Resort and Spa in Baclayon, Bohol.

TBTK Prez Betty Veloso-Garcia meeting with TBTK Officers in Germany... and posing for posterity, of course. Pinoy's penchant for lasting friendship, aight?

TBTK Europe: A visit to the great Cologne Cathedral (Köln Dom) of Sts. Peter and Mary in Cologne, Germany

Berlin, Germany (L-R) BVG (TBTK Prez), Rose Marapao Bruening (Pres. Boholano Community-Europe), Betty J. (US Consulate), Veronica Aldepolla Boensch (Pres. Berlin Boholanos), Alice Jabonillo Pfuhl (Boholanos-Berlin Official), Socorro Parras (Reigning Mrs. Bohol Int'l) and Mrs. Rica Ligan (Mrs. Boholano Community-Europe).

Just a lazy pose of our little side trip to Berlin

Bohol's very own Anna Maris Igpit, Miss Philippines-World, vying for the Miss World crown in Warsaw, Poland

David and Goliath. Bohol's Leo Udtohan posing with Miss Netherland during the Miss World Pageant in Warsaw, Poland. Believe it or not, Miss Netherland is half-Filipino whose ancestry is from Leyte and Bohol. Lucky Leo!

Beauty and the bared, Leo Udtohan, Bohol's Madame Auring

Ramble in Warsaw: Novotel este Levoton Ko Ang Tibuok Poland

Bohol contingent to Poland to support Boholana beauty, Anna Maris Igpit's bid for Miss World

Rosemarie Marapao Bruening, President of the Boholano Community in Europe

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TBTK Hongkong

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TBTK BOHOL 2009

TBTK Manila

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TBTK Middle East (BOWACCC)

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BOWACCC is Boholano Overseas Workers
Community Credit Cooperative

Officers:
Dong Bonite - BOD Chairman - Mobile No. +966502846317 elias.bonite@aramco.com
Jun Ayag- BOD Vice Chairman - Mobile No. +966502869910 junayag@yahoo.com
Raymond Ferniz - Treasurer - Mobile No. +966564133685 jimboy_real@yahoo.com
Richard Bayron - Secretary - Mobile No. +966557021382 chai_colors@yahoo.com

BOWACCC Chair, Dong Bonite, delivering his annual address to the coop members in Al-Khobar , Saudi Arabia

BOWACCC Officers’ Oath Taking administered by Labatt Delmer Cruz of POLO-OWWA

Shaking hands with Labatt Delmer Cruz after the Oath Taking ceremony

BOWACCC Chair, Dong Bonite and OWWA Officer, Danny Flores attentive to the Power Point Presentation of the coop’s financial status

Message of Labatt Delmer Cruz of POLO-OWWA Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

The Emcees: Husband & Wife Raymond and Mary Ibanez

BOWACCC Board Member, Flor Dolotina’s message to the coop members

Dance number by the children of the coop members

BOWACCC members listening to the presentation

BOWACCC members listening to the presentation... and smelling the food already!

BOWACCC Vice Chair, Jun Ayag, delivering his message and report

Slicing of Ceremonial Cake by BOWACCC Chair, Dong Bonite and Labatt Delmer Cruz of POLO-OWWA Al-Khobar , Saudi Arabia
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TBTK USA

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Bohol Provincial School of Nursing (BPHSN) Class Hygeians '77 Reunion in North Carolina promoting TBTK 2009... best decribed as A Preview Of What Is To Come...
"Tara na paisanos! Pauli sa Bohol, pinangga tang Bohol!"

The Loboc Children's Choir after a concert in New York City (2008)

The LCC promoting TBTK 2009 in New York

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TIGUM PARING BOL-ANON

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Our Paring Bol-anon, too, are not immune to Boholano's penchant for panagtigum or panagtapok. For the 23rd year in a row since 1985, without "paltos" or fail, they have led the priest groups as well as all other Boholano groups in exemplifying how important this yearly gathering is for its members to continue strengthen the bond, unity and friendship that exist among members of a particular group as well as introduce and entertain new members, and friends, into such a wonderful and blissful fellowship

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TIGUM BOL-ANON AUSTRALIA

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Not surprisingly Boholanos in Australia (KaBAI) are not to be underestimated when it comes to "tigum-tigum" Bol-anon activities. Here, we see a few snapshots and poses of our paisanos during one of their panagtigum at Mordialloc Beach in Melbourne.

Melbourne TBTK Coordinator:
Kaliwat Bolanon - Australia Inc (KaBAI)
Joshua Lawrence Balaba
joshualawrence2003@yahoo.com.au

A simple gathering that definitely reminds us of home, family and home-cooked cuisine that are uniquely Pinoy and Bol-anon...
a good antidote for homesickness and being away from home

Kaliwat Bolanon - Australia Inc (KaBAI), Melbourne Chapter

Family away from home: Bol-anon ka sa babayeng tanan ug Bol-anon usab ang bunga sa tiyan mo nga si Hesus (no blasphemy intended!)

The famously Boholano smile that reaches all the way to Bohol...

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TIGUM BOL-ANON GERMANY

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Boholano Charity Event, Bonn, Germany

Boholano Charity Event, Bonn, Germany

Boholano Charity Event, Bonn, Germany

Rosemarie Marapao Bruening, Pres. of the Boholano Community in Europe based in Bonn, Germany

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MRS. BOHOL INTERNATIONAL 2006

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The lovely Mrs. Bohol International candidates parading their beauties and colorful motiffs during the TBTK celebration in Bohol in 2006

1st Mrs. Bohol International, Socorro "Inday" Sarabosing-Parras who flew to Bonn, Germany with TBTK Prez, Betty Veloso Garcia, to crown Mrs. Boholano Community-Europe

1st Mrs. Bohol International, Socorro "Inday" Sarabosing-Parras. As reigning Mrs. Bohol INTL Mrs. Parras will crown the next Mrs. Bohol International on July 17th at the Metro Center Ballroom

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BOL-ANONG TIMBAYA 2006

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TBTK 2006 "BOL-ANON TIMBAYA" held at the City Hall Atrium:

One of the Philippine's most popular bands, the JB Band of Jagna, entertaining attendees of Bol-anon Timbaya during TBTK 2006

Actress-comedian Giselle Sanchez performing before a Boholano crowd at the the Timbaya evening joined by J. Ann Talisic and other JB Band members

A pose with Boholana Giselle Sanchez, artista and comedian

TBTK Prez, BVG and company celebrating the evening with Giselle Sanchez

TBTK Prez and family with actress-comedian, Giselle Sanchez

Bohol Patriots...

Timbaya revelers dancing the night away

A Bol-anon sense of contentment after a Bol-anon timbaya: pose for posterity

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TIGUM SCANDINAVIA

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Even in the Northern hemispheres of the Scandinavias the Boholanos shoot for "tapok-tapok" still...

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TIGUM SAUDIA

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When homesickness, loneliness and boredom set in
(it doesn't matter which order), one realizes that we humans
are not meant for solitary existence nor were placed on this earth
to be an island. "Naw!" is one chorus I can hear us crying out...
Nor are we people destined to get uprooted from where we all come from and sojourn the mighty orient king's path - the desert - of some two thousand years back in search for a most special star that still brightly shines even to this day in the lives of many who are on a quest for the mighty buck to keep us afloat somehow back where our respective families are which we call home. "Naw!" is some chorus we never tire singing... and rightly so. For no man is an island even if we're clearly some island people who hail from this so-called beautiful paradise, not of Eden, but home we proudly call Bohol. And so here we are, islanders-turned-desert people but nonetheless conglomerate into a much bigger island in the middle of a sand desert we simply call "Tigum Bol-anon." Whether in Saudia or someplace else, we can't help ourselves but shoot for "tapok-tapok" and "tigum-tigum."

Saonz, di man jud maluom! Like it or not, the inkling is like a bomb waiting to explode... but our unique provincial fellowship is one good anti-dote for such inner explosion (hahaha!). So here's Saudi Boholanos' contribution to TBTK 2009:

TIGUM BOL-ANON DESERT STORM (".)

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MRS.BOHOL INTERNATIONAL 2009

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Crowning night is finally here. A night unforgetable for quite a few. Every corner of the ballroom and every movement - all worth observing. Happy faces and smiles galore every which way you look. Flashes of cameras like the frequency of lightning on a real stormy day. Colours and intricate works of clothing designs aplenty. People meeting people. Scent not only of expensive perfumes but also of endearment from friends and long-lost acquaintances all gathered at this one moment. A certain aroma of pride and joy for making it home safe and be present on such an eventful evening. Truly a night to remember and an evening made for posterity: MRS. BOHOL INTERNATIONAL 2009 NIGHT

And the winner is... Mrs. Rose Soy, Mrs. Bohol INT'L 2009

Mrs. Bohol INTL 2009, Rose Soy with the evening's hostess, Fiel Arao-arao-Gabin and TBTK Chairperson, Betty Veloso-Garcia

The Garcias with pageant hostess, Fiel Arao-arao-Gabin (host) and City Councilor Mariquit Derikito-Oppus, Chairperson of Mrs. Bohol INTL 2009

Sandugo Family Club Table

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MISS BOHOL INTERNATIONAL 2006

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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEST!!!

Miss Loida Tiza Lagunoy is Miss Bohol International 2006

To view video of this gallery, go to: Miss Bohol International

Miss Bohol Committee: The Chocolate Hills Lady Jaycees. Here with then President Pureza Veloso Chatto

The Chocolate Hills Lady Jaycees with the candidates of Miss Bohol International - TBTK 2006

Miss Bohol International local candidates that includes Star Struck winner, Rachel Angalot now known as Rich Asuncion

Yeah, that's right! One of these beauties is now celebrity actress Rich Asuncion, Rachel Angalot in real life.

2006 Miss Bohol International candidates in their swimsuit attires

"Tall and tan... young and lovely..." the girls candidates they call Boholana beauties

Boholana beauties vying for the title of Miss Bohol International during the TBTK 2006

Another sample of beauties that are Boholanas

Here they are, all the candidates of Miss Bohol International - TBTK 2006

Loida Tiza Lagunoy, as University of Bohol candidate

Rachel Angalot a.k.a. Rich Asuncion of GMA's Kapuso

Winner of 2006 Miss Bohol International, Loida Tiza Lagunoy

2006 Miss Bohol INTL Loida Tiza Lagunoy with Mr. Irving Spivey, director of Respiratory Dept at the VA in San Francisco

BOHOLANA - TBTK 2006 BY BONNIE QUIROG

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TBTK THEME SONG (REPOST)

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TBTK Theme Song written by Boholano composers,
Romeo C. Mascariñas and Fr. J. Roel Lungay (Roro Tandem)
Copyright © 2009 Roro Music. International Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved

(TBTK 2009 Theme Song)

Words by Fr. J. Roel Lungay BMI

Music by Romeo Ceniza Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo! Romeo! & Wendel Taladua

1
Panahon sa kasadya
Ania na usab
Dakong panaghudyaka
Kanato nagtawag
Kita mag tapok-tapok
Kita mag tigum-tigum.

2
Hala tibuok banay
Pangandam na kamo
Ma nanay man o tatay
Ma dodong man o inday
Kitang tanan mo byahe
Kitang tanan pauli.

Koro:
Tigum Bol-anon tigum
Dili na gyod maluom
Tigum Bol-anon tigum
Dili na gyod mahilom
Mahal natong probinsya
Nagsige nag pangagda
Bol-anon tib’ok kalibutan
Sundon nato ang dalan
Pauli sa Bohol,
Pinangga tang Bohol.

3
Kalambo, kahiusa
Pagadamgohon ta
Yuta natong natawhan
Atong pangalagaran
Ayaw kamo kalimot
Tandaon ta siya.

4
Bol-anong panawagan
Kaninyo nga tanan
Bol-anon sa kalibutan
O dungga ki’ng tanan
Salamat, o Bol-anon
Magkita-kita tang tanan

(Koro)

Tulay:
Tigum Bol-anon tigum
Bol-anon tib’ok kalibutan
Bol-anon tib’ok kalibutan
Uban kamo sa panagtigum.

(Koro)

Koda:
Tigum Bol-anon tigum!
Tigum Bol-anon tigum!
Tigum Bol-anon tigum!

Copyright © 2009 Roro Music. International Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved

Fro
3/26/09

Source: TBTK @ Songwriters' Page

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