Friday, September 29, 2006 Daughter of late ex-mayor to launch poetry book
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The daughter of former San Fernando mayor Virgilio “Baby” Sanchez, who was buried only last week, has decided to push through with the launching of her book on October 4, her birthday.
“If he were alive, he would have wished for this event to push through as scheduled,” says Teresa “Tec” Sanchez Tolosa, author of “Ing Bie Kung Delanan, Ing Bie Kung Balikan,” an anthology of original Kapampangan poems. The book is being launched by Holy Angel University’s Center for Kapampangan Studies, at the Domus Mariae International Center, University of the Assumption, City of San Fernando.
“Who would have thought that Mayor Sanchez’ little girl would grow up to be a poet?” the city’s poet laureate, Geronimo del Rosario, asks. The leader of the province’s most active poets society, the Aguman ding Talasulat Capampangan (Agtaca), will be one of the featured speakers at the book launching.
Lord Francis Musni, consultant/archivist of the Center for Kapampangan Studies, is the designated book reviewer and keynote speaker.
Excerpts from the poems will be performed by Alexander, Virgilio Jr. and Emmanuel, the author’s brothers, while her mother, Mrs. Nenita Fajardo Sanchez, will also speak.
“This book launching is an important event because first, we have an author who is young; second, because she’s a woman; and third, because as a dermatologist, she’s in a profession where you least expect a poet to come from,” says Robby Tantingco, director of the Center for Kapampangan Studies. “It’s also a bittersweet occasion, a brave decision by the author who has just lost a parent, and who is dedicating this event to his memory. She made many personal sacrifices to produce this book, and for all of these reasons, we salute Dr. Tec Tolosa. We also thank her for injecting fresh hope in the now rapidly shrinking circle of Kapampangan poets.”
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