Seniors’ recreation center marks 8th year

Seniors’ recreation center marks 8th year
=Sunshine Place president Lizanne Uychaco (third from right) with painting instructor Fidel Sarmiento (rightmost) with Robert Fernandez, Meliza Gonzales, Dr. Tetz Giok Liong, Angela Yu, Connie Cadelina

Sunshine Place members and guests recently celebrated its eighth anniversary with a tea party theme.

Conchitina Bernardo at the memory wall

“I just want to thank everybody for your friendship, for the camaraderie, for making the Sunshine Place what it is today. We have so much to look forward to, and are grateful that we can get together again, a little bit, a little more in a safe way,” said Sunshine Place president Lizanne Uychaco.

Lawyer Tony Pastor plays classic piano pieces.

It was an evening of great music as the Pastors—lawyer Tony Pastor on the piano, and his brother Rafael—traveled all the way from Batangas to serenade members.

Rafael Pastor belts out “Gaano Kita Kamahal.”

It was also an evening of dance as members performed to the beat of “Uptown Funk” and “Macarena.”

Baby Babao wins Best Dressed Award.

Sunshine Place raffled off gift certificates, tickets to Sunshine Classics 2022 and handbags in colorful prints. An award was also given to the evening’s best dressed.

Artist Meliza Gonzales receives a colorful handbag raffle prize from center head Gilda Reyes.

The celebrations also featured a throwback corner where photos from milestones and activities in the past years were shown.

Tap dance choreographer Danny Vinculado and his students Ruby Sumabat, Cherry Co, Erlinda Velasco and Bella Pilapil.
Choreographer Mark Soler Cruz and his student Edita Antolin perform the “Macarena.”
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