Watching a
performance in the great outdoors always brings together people, and for a
community, it also brings neighbors together. And while the rest of Metro
Manila was withering under a 35 degree weather, people who watched the said concert
experience a cool night as the Evoliving Center is wonderfully located by the southern
end of the Nuvali lake.
Nuvali, the 1,840-hectare
mixed-use property that spreads over the cities of Sta. Rosa, Calamba and the Municipality
of Cabuyao in Laguna has been on the lips of people who are on the lookout for
a place that balances both nature and city life. And who would not want that if
it is possible, right? Nuvali has been developed by Ayala Land, Inc. together
with the Yulo family owners to be a wholly sustainable eco-city with its design
rationalized by its economic, social, and environmental sustainability, coupled
with programs on energy efficiency, water conservation and re-use, and waste
management.
Not surprisingly,
Nuvali’s concert to celebrate “Earth Day” is titled “Green Freedom.” The
concert pooled the talents of warblers Kyla, Juris, Zia Quizon, and crooners
Christian Bautista, and Jed Madela who opened the concert with the song “Let’s
Stay Together” by Al Green. After that,
was Kyla’s solo turn on the Natali Cole classic
“Orange-colored Sky” before she paired off again with Madela next for
the brilliant “Colour of the Wind” number, and where Madela’s tenor rang
clearest. Madela’s solo turn for the
song “Change the World” definitely floored the crowd. Zia Quizon, that young goddess
of a singer, and daughter of Zsazsa Padilla, emerged back on stage in a yellow
summer dress to the delight of the crowd. Quizon, a self-confessed Carole King
fan, released her honey-colored voice in the songs “You’ve Got a Friend,” “So
Far Away;” and “It’s Too Late.” Quizon sizzled right on to the songs “I Feel
the Earth Move” before cooling down to her currently popularly requested song:
“Ako na Lang.” Other high points of the concert include Juris’ version of Side
A’s “Forevermore, and Christian Bautista’s version of Michael Jackson’s classic
“Earth Song” before the group rejoined for the last song. It was indeed a
well-thought out concert with the spiels on the songs being turned smoothly
towards caring for the environment.
Backstage, two
of the singers in the concert share their “Earth” moments. Kyla remembers that
growing up, she experienced the joys of climbing up a tree, an Aratiles or
Cherry Tree, back in their home in Bulacan. Jed Madela, on the other hand,
admits to being a lucky “probinsyano,” having spent his childhood in Iloilo. “Umaakyat kami ng puno. Pumupunta kami sa
dike. Gumagawa kami ng bola mula sa dahon ng niyog” (We climb trees. We go
to the dike. We make a ball from coconut leaves).
To
learn more about NUVALI and its upcoming events, visit www.NUVALI.ph or call 0917-5ASK.NUV
(275.688).
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