SPU Manila INTER-OFFICE BULLETIN - St. Paul University Manila

SPU Manila INTER-OFFICE BULLETIN
Vol. IV No. 17 14 February 2011
LOOKING BACK
We present the first set of photos of University Week 2011 activities. These are the batch
pictures of jubilarians and other classes taken during the General Homecoming on 30
January 2011:
Silver Jubilarians-
High School 1986:
“Last of the Mohicans”
Pearl Jubilarians
High School 1981

Coral Jubilarians
High School 1976
Ruby Jubilarians
High School 1971
Sapphire Jubilarians
High School 1966

College Sapphire Jubilarians
1966
Emerald
Jubilarians
High School
1956
Golden Jubilarians
High School 1961

College Golden Jubilarians
1961
Other attendees…
College graduates…
High School buddies…
Sisters …

SPMAFI and friends…
CMPA PRESENTS FIRST MALE GRADUATE IN CONCERT
On 23 February 2011, the College of Music and the
Performing Arts will present Richard Alcoy, its first male
graduate, in a concert entitled “Music of the Seven String
Guitar.” A 1983 BM-Music Education graduate, Richard, now
known as Ric Ickard, is a U.S. based guitarist. The concert
will be held at 4:00 P.M. in the newly opened St. Paul
University Manila Museum.
A write-up published in the U.S. states:
Growing up in the Philippines, Richard Alcoy, who adopted
the stage name Ric *Ickard, started playing guitar at the age of eight by studying the
recordings of Andres Segovia, Laurindo Almeida, Charlie Byrd, and Chet Atkins. At
seventeen, he began performing in guitar concerts. Until he began formal studies in St. Paul
College in Manila, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in music education, he was entirely
self- taught. At his graduation, his Alma Mater presented him a special award in musical
performance.
He won first prize in both classical and jazz guitar competitions in the 1980 Philippine Guitar
Festival and was the first guitarist ever to win in both categories, on the same day. Ric's
talents blossomed as a young artist. The Philippine Government granted him a scholarship
to study classical guitar. Ric has performed in many five-star hotels and cruise ships. Aside
from performing around the world, Ric is a regularly featured artist at the annual Chet
Atkins Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, the Pasadena's Guitar Nights, as well as the
Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists. After moving to the United States, based in Los
Angeles, Ric continued to pursue his music career doing solo concerts, arranging/
producing/performing with artists, such as Charmaine Clamor, Florante, Tateng Katindig,

Mon David and at the same time, engaging in other activities such as giving master classes
to such notables as Scott Tennant and David Grimes.
In 2006, Naxos took his talent to world attention by releasing a CD called "Popular Guitar
Music of the Philippines." He currently has four CDs available, all of which contain wonderful
guitar renditions of popular, jazz, classical, and contemporary music.
*Ickard is pronounced as: ai-kard
Ric’s concert repertoire includes : Amelia (dedicated to Iwan Tanzil) by Jubing
Kristianto; Andante from Concerto for Two Mandolins by Antonio Vivaldi; Tango in D by
Isaac Albeniz; Waltzer Op. 39, No. 9 by Johannes Brahms; Para Estar En Amor by Chet
Atkins; Air (Originally in Dm) by Henry Purcell; Bethena (Concert Waltz) by Scott Joplin;
October, Op. 37b (Autumn Song from the "Seasons") by Peter Ilyich Thaikovsky; El
Cachimbo ( Colombian Folk Song); Hibik Ng Diwa (My Soul's Lament) by Francesco
Beuncamino, Sr.; Waltzer Op. 39, No. 3 by Johannes Brahms; Bourree by George Philipp
Telemann; Sonata in Fm, K. 19, L. 383 by Domenico Scarlatti; Choro Brazil by Hector
Ayala; Solfeggio by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach; and Soleares by Joaquin Turina.
FORMER SPU MANILA FINANCE VP PASSES ON
Sr. Carmelita Chua, SPC, former Vice-President for
Finance Services of St. Paul University Manila,
passed away on 6 February 2011 in the Perpetual
Succour Hospital, Cebu City, after a lingering
illness. Sr. Carmelita, 61 years old, had been a St.
Paul Sister for 30 years. On 9 February 2011, she
was interred in the Angelicum Garden of Angels,
Canduman, Mandaue City after the 7:00 A.M. Mass
at the PSH Regional House Chapel.
MISSION ASSIGNMENTS IN ST. PAUL MANILA
1985 - Assistant Finance Officer
1991- 1993 - Finance Officer; Assistant Superior of Malvar Community
1994 -1997 - Finance Officer; Superior of Malvar Community; Canteen Head
1998 - Finance Officer; Superior of Malvar Community; Canteen Head;
Personnel Officer
2000 -2003 - Finance Officer; Superior of Malvar; Canteen Head
2004- 2006 - VP for Finance Services; Superior of SPU M Community; Head of
HRMTC and Canteen
Sister Carmelita’s last mission was in St. Paul University Surigao (2006 - 2011) where she
served as VP for Finance Services, Local Bursar, Assistant Superior, and eventually,
Superior from 2009 till the time of her death.

ALUMNI AFFAIRS
High School 1962
Lunch for balikbayan classmates,
Joy Garcia-Carlos and Rosalinda Amor
(seated, 2 nd and 3 rd from left).
Oyster Bar, Rockwell
1 February 2011
Others in the photo are: Celine Unson-
Empalmado; Monette Ocampo-Martinez,
Susan Reyes-Grau, Patsy Concepcion,
Magu Ubago-Ripoll, Amor Narvaez, Elvira
Ochoa-Realica, and Fely Silva-Santos.
HS 1968
Gathering for visiting classmates,
Teofila Taganas (from Washington
DC) and Corteza Dizon -
Guanco (from Sydney, Australia)
Residence of Cho-cho Que-Garcia
Corinthian Gardens, Ortigas
8 February 2011
In photo: (seated) Wynna
Medina, Malou Sanchez, Loowee
Andal, Fely Tolentino, Cynthia
Reyes-Galindo, Teza Dizon-
Guanco, Catalina Baltazar, Nina
Basa-Lopez; standing (left to right) Arleen Cruz-Ticzon, Teoffy Taganas, Odet San Juan-
Constantino, Geegee Oñate-Rodrigo, Mita Tesoro-Gutierrez, Cho-cho Que-Garcia, Malou
Hernandez-Reyes, Doris Nuval.
High School 1963
Lunch for balikbayan classmate,
Sylvia Salvador
Tau Yuen, Resorts World
10 February 2011
In photo are: (seated) Cecille Santi,
Nadine Joven-Liu, Betty Lee-Gantan,
MOM, Lucy Uy, Judy Sandejas-Bacosa,
Aida Lina Bautista; (standing) Ruby
Lim-Tanyu, Maureen Noble-Sandejas,
Marides Balda-Buhain, Esperanza
Palacol, Chit Aluquin-Araw, Sylvia
Salvador, Vicky Pardo-Martinez, and
Teresing Reyes-Hocson.