Update Part 2 of 4: ABBA Night

Being ever so popular, my Tita volunteered to help with the Filipino VIC "ABBA Night," which was in the middle of the General Conference, October 1. It was a fundraiser for the victims of the floods over in the Philippines. She was singing in the choir and even doing the end dance number. They were taking the concept for their fundraiser from the Broadway show/movie 'Mama Mia.' Tita and I even went to watch the movie in the theatre before the show so she can get an idea of how the movie goes.

I somehow was roped into being an usherette and greet people as they come in. I even had to dress up in a 70s inspired outfit. The boys and Uncle Roland came and they already secured a table in the back with a bunch of Tita's friends. The food was buffet style and it wasn't bad. Alcohol was served of course. ABBA music wafted through the air as people streamed in and saw old friends. Apparently the night was sold out and lots of people still wanted to get in.

When the show started, Raffy and I were the photographers and we had to take pictures and video of Tita's performance. The end was awesome with her dance routine. She remembered her steps, which is a good thing and made the boys laugh, unfortunately.

Like in all Filipino functions, there had to be dancing. Of course I was sucked into dancing with Uncle Roland, as I tried to help him with "YMCA" and the cha cha. Raffy was pulled into dancing (with beer in hand) with one of his godmothers. I also met the boys' friend Serg who looks so much like my friend Daniel Thorne. I almost said "Hi Daniel" to him. He came in 70s gear too which was pretty cool to see that at least someone else would be willing to go with the theme of the party. Unlike the boys . . . :P

More or less it was a pretty fun time, but by the end of the night I was really exhausted from the GC that day and left early with the boys.