Thursday, March 21, 2013

Discon 2013, RI District 3830

The District Conference (DisCon) of Rotary International (RI) District 3830 will start tomorrow afternoon at the Manila Hotel. It will be a 1 1/2 days plus 2 nights of various activities. The hotel President, also Past President of RC Makati Central, Joey Lina, is my classmate President during RY 2006-07, under Past District Governor Butch Francisco. Here is the program of Discon 2013.


DAY 1                                    MARCH 22
PLENARY                              1:30PM

TIME
ACTIVITY
8:00AM – 8:010AM

OPENING OF EXHIBIT AND ROTARY MEDIA WALL
·         RI PRESIDENT’S REPRESENTATIVE  PAUL PO-YEN HORNG
·         DISTRICT GOVERNOR SUZANNE STA. MARIA
·         PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR ED & SPOUSE MARIZ ALVAREZ, SENIOR RIPR AIDES
·         DISCON CHAIR AND DISTRICT SECRETARY MARYCRIS OPLAS
·         PAST PRESIDENT PETER AND SPOUSE MABEL KAWSEK, RIPE AIDES, AEG CHOCHIT TOBIAS
9:00AM – 12:00NN

SHOPPING AT BOOTHS, FOYER AREA
10:00AM – 12:00NN

REGISTRATION AT DISTRICT SECRETARIAT’S ROOM, GALLERY ROOM
12:00NN – 1:30PM
ASSEMBLY AT FOYER AREA FOR PROCESSIONAL

(GOVERNORS AND SPOUSES TO BE SEATED AT VIP TABLES IN PLENARY HALL AND WILL BE ESCORTED OUT FOR PROCESSIONAL AT 1:15PM)
1:30PM – 1:50PM
ENTRY OF DIGNITARIES (PROCESSIONAL MARCH)
1:50PM – 1:58PM
DOXOLOGY
KUNDIRANA, LA SALLE GREENHILLS HIGH SCHOOL
1:58PM – 2:25PM


ENTRY OF COLORS
PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD

MALAYSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
KOREAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
TAIWAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM
2:25PM – 2:30PM
CALL TO ORDER
GOVERNOR SUZANNE STA. MARIA
2:30PM – 2:45PM
WELCOME REMARKS / CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
DISTRICT SECRETARY AND DISCON CHAIR, MARYCRIS OPLAS
ROTARY CLUB OF MAKATI URDANETA, DISCON HOST CLUB
2:45PM – 3:00M
INTRODUCTION OF DIGNITARIES
PAST PRESIDENT AND DISTRICT LEGAL COUNSEL  RAFFY AQUINO
3:00PM – 3:20PM
ROLL CALL OF CLUBS AND PEACE PRESIDENTS

·         DISTRICT SECRETARY AND DISCON CHAIR MARYCRIS OPLAS
·         EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT GOVERNOR CHOCHIT TOBIAS
3:20M – 3:30PM
MESSAGE
DISTRICT GOVERNOR CHUNG MIN HO
DISTRICT 3620, KOREA, SISTER-DISTRICT OF DISTRICT 3830
3:30PM – 4:00PM
MESSAGE
GOVERNOR SUZANNE STA. MARIA
4:10PM – 4:50PM
INTRODUCTION OF THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S  REPRESENTATIVE  (RIPR)
 PAST DISTRICT  GOVERNOR ED ALVAREZ

MESSAGE
RIPR PAUL PO-YEN HORNG
4:50PM – 5:05PM
MINI CONCERT OF BROADWAY SONGS
KUNDIRANA
5:05PM – 5:10PM
ADJOURNMENT
BY GOVERNOR SUZANNE STA. MARIA
5:10PM – 5:15PM
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPONSOR CREDITS
END OF PLENARY DAY 1



TALENT NIGHT       7:00PM

TIME
ACTIVITY
7:00PM – 8:15PM
DINNER
8:15PM – 8:30PM
ANNOUNCEMENTS: START OF SHOW
8:30PM – 8:45PM
OPENING MESSAGE
GOVERNOR SUZANNE STA. MARIA
8:45PM – 8:55PM
HOSTS ENTRANCE
·         PEACE PRESIDENT LIZA MAGPAGU, RC MUNTINLUPA FILINVEST
·         PEACE PRESIDENT JOHN VINTA, RC PARANAQUE ST. ANDREW
8:55PM – 9:05PM
INTRODUCTION OF JUDGES AND MECHANICS
·         JOY VIRATA (CHAIR OF BOARD OF JUDGES) ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMERS OF REPERTORY PHILIPPINES; BOARD MEMBER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, REPERTORY PHILIPPINES CHILDREN’S THATER
·         LIESL BATUCAN, ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMERS OF REPERTORY PHILIPPINES
·         PROF. RAMON MA. ACOYMO,  FORMER DEAN, U.P. COLLEGE OF MUSIC; FORMER DIRECTOR, KUNDIRANA & ATENEO GLEE CLUB
·         RAMON SILVESTRE, ABS-CBN PERFORMANCE COACH FOR “PINOY DREAM ACADEMY”;  MEMBER OF SINGING GROUP, “THE TUX”
·         ANNA DAVID, EVENT PRODUCER, CTV MANILA INC.
9:05PM – 9:17PM
GROUP 1 : LION KING (ROTARY MAKATI 1 CLUBS)
9:17PM – 9:29PM
GROUP 2 : BOMBAY DREAMS (ROTARY PALAWAN CLUBS)
9:29PM – 9:41PM
GROUP 3 : CATS (ROTARY MAKATI 2 CLUBS)
9:42PM – 9:55PM
GROUP 4 : CABARET (METRO SOUTH CLUBS)
9:53PM – 10:05PM
GROUP 5 : PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (PARANAQUE CLUBS)
10:05PM – 10:20PM
HOSTS (WHILE JUDGES ARE DELIBERATING)
10:20PM – 10:20PM
HOSTS’ INTERVIEW OF JUDGES
10:17PM – 10:450M
AWARDING OF WINNERS
·         FIRST RUNNER UP
·         GRAND WINNER
10:40PM – 11:00PM
CLOSING
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPONSOR CREDIT



DAY 2                                    MARCH 23
PLENARY                              8:00AM