Frat Ball Culminates Tau Alpha's 75th Year Anniversary

Resplendent in Barong Tagalog, Coat and Tie

...What a sight! Some 300+ (is the number right Brod Romy Nones?) Tau Alphans flocked to the Rockwell Tent (Makati City) on the evening of February 24, 2007 to culminate the 9-day Diamond Jubillee celebration.

Shaking hands with Brods (from Young Residents to Senior Alumni of all decades) and reuniting with Contemporaries we haven't seen in a while...I couldn't help look back to the not-so-distant 80s college years when standard or popular outfit was a White Hanes T-shirt or Frat Shirt, maong, and sockless Robertsons sneakers (one of the more affordable brands then) and a Frat Jacket. But tonight, every brod was dapper in their Barong or Coat&Tie.

(L-R) Jeff Sinco '87, Arns Jara '87, Jolly Vir Benitez '93, Gerry Bicomong '90, Boyet Damot '86

(L-R) Boyet Damot '86, Mrs. Baby Damot, Mrs. Josephine Sinco, Jeff Sinco '87

A little trivia...Josephine is Aunt to ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Grand Winner "Kim Chui"...Jeff says Josephine bought ALL PBB text-vote pre-paid cards in a CEBU store to ensure Kim gets a good lead...seems it worked!

Tau Alphans join in song - "Tau Alpha in my Heart" composed by Herbie Rosales '61

Hey...an official CD commemorating the 75th anniversary was distributed that night which includes this song plus other tracks...Some tracks were recorded last year by the Tau Alpha Singers (Val Valiente '60, Herbie Rosales '61, Jun Mongcopa '63, Louie Tiongson '69, June Palugod '89, Ed Noveras '90, and Boyet Damot '86).

One of the opening highlights include the entry of the ARGO...

Jeff is one of the Onofre Banson Awardees...given to those brods with great achievements in the Private Sector...Jeff owns/manages one of the leading hardware/construction materials business outfits in CEBU and is the Philippine exclusive distributor of Armourwood.

Other highlights include the stand-up comedy act of Willie Nepomuceno (himself a UP Fratman - Beta Sigma) who took the audience on a comic and nostalgic trip down memory lane...and of course, doing his well known impersonation of President ERAP...as Erap's brother Brod Jessie Ejercito '57 gamely watched.

I was not able to take photo's of Willie's act...