Dear Friends and Supporters,

DANCE PHILIPPINES Performing Arts Company, Inc. (DPPAC) will be presenting “Hiyas ng Pilipinas”, a two-hour extravaganza of Philippine folk dances, songs, music and costumes. The event will be held on the evening of June 21, 2003 at the Casey Theatre at the Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts.

DANCE PHILIPPINES is a non-profit organization composed of professional Filipino-American volunteers from the Boston area drawn together generally by their love for dancing but most specifically by the spirit and character of Filipino folk dance. Its mission is to preserve, present and promote the richness and diversity of Philippine culture through music, costumes and dance.

Proceeds from the show will benefit Bagong Kulturang Pinoy (BKP), a non-profit organization promoting love of reading among children in low-income communities in the Philippines by establishing and maintaining mini-libraries and read-aloud programs. BKP’s goal is to supplement the instruction of very young children in reading and fluency in English, two basic skills in building a better future for oneself. For more information about BKP, please access their website: www.aklatan.org

The show will also benefit and jumpstart DPPAC’s “SAYAW PAMBATA” Program, the company’s folk dance group for children ages 5 through 17. The junior program not only provides our young children their cultural identity but also gives them the opportunities to learn, present and keep the cultural heritage, which their parents have worked hard to continue and maintain.

The presentation is set to attract the patronage of Filipino-Americans in Boston and its surrounding communities including Rhode Island and New Hampshire who support the ideals of DPPAC and BKP. May we invite you or your company/organization to advertise or send greetings in the Souvenir Program we are printing for the event? The advertisement rates are as follows:

Page Size	Amount
One Page (8 ½ x 11) Half Page Quarter Page Business Card Size	$100.00 $50.00 $25.00 $15.00
Additional $25.00 if photos are included in ads.

Please print and fill up the Souvenir Program Advertising Contract attached.

We greatly appreciate and value your support. We hope to hear from you on or before April 15, 2003.

Sincerely,

Marijo C. Torres
Director/Choreographer