<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513</id><updated>2011-04-22T11:28:40.188+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata - The Wedding Singers</title><subtitle type='html'>Make your wedding day more memorable by making music a key element to it.  Doing so will make you rekindle the melodies from your special day over and over again for years to come.  We are your choice when it comes to this, you'll be glad if you did.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-934850739294721477</id><published>2008-03-14T15:43:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T04:45:38.494+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Leave A Message at Sonata's Shoutbox</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sonata singers is doing away with the old guestbook and moving into having our web viewers and future couples' post their messages and inquiries in our shoutbox (located in the sidebar of this page, under "SONATA GUESTBOOK".  This way, our interaction with you will be visible and more prompt than ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always we are very thankful to all couples who  had us for their wedding, for their messages of thanks and encouragement, and to all web viewers who, from time to time, leave us comments and suggestions to further improve our website.  To view contents of our old guestbook, click &lt;a href="http://www.a-free-guestbook.com/guestbook.php?username=sonatasingers"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Though you may still be able to post messages in our old guestbook, we are encouraging you to use our shoutbox as a means to get in touch with us or you can directly email us at &lt;a href="mailto:sonatasingers@yahoo.com"&gt;sonatasingers@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-934850739294721477?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/934850739294721477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/934850739294721477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2008/03/leave-message-at-our-shoutbox.html' title='Leave A Message at Sonata&apos;s Shoutbox'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-404731596237442608</id><published>2008-02-08T03:44:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T04:44:22.131+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Great Start For 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Indeed, Sonata Singers had a good start for January 2008 as we had gracefully served 10 lovely couples for that month alone as compared to last year where we only had 2 couples and one homecoming party. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's also good to know that some of our clients dropped by a short message of thanks and appreciation at our &lt;a href="http://profiles.friendster.com/sonatagroup"&gt;friendster site&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.multiply.com/"&gt;multiply site&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.a-free-guestbook.com/guestbook.php?username=sonatasingers"&gt;in here, our main site&lt;/a&gt;.  All we can say is that we are equally honored to be part of their wedding and are happy to know that we have become an integral part of the success of their big day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've been around for quite some time now and we're still going to be here for years to come. :-) You can check on that as our &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;list of weddings we've serenaded&lt;/a&gt; will steadily grow in time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a good and thankful bye for the year 2007, and a big hello for 2008.  :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-404731596237442608?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/404731596237442608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/404731596237442608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2008/02/great-start-for-2008.html' title='A Great Start For 2008'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-8812761862645995497</id><published>2007-07-02T23:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T23:15:59.474+08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Time for Sonata to Multiply</title><content type='html'>We've had this multiply site for quite some time now. Think it was created the same month I started blogspot but I never really had the chance to populate it with web items up until now. For those of you who want to &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.multiply.com/photos/album/22"&gt;get to know us better through images&lt;/a&gt; and to &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.multiply.com/photos"&gt;see more photos&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;couple's we've serenaded&lt;/a&gt;, visit our &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.multiply.com/"&gt;multiply version of Sonata Singers site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://images.multiply.com/multiply/horizontal-headshot-badge.swf" width="300" height="112" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="user_id=sonatasingers&amp;enc=U2FsdGVkX18prn4.pPUXF2VjzqNEyzCA2MyPIfdbxVnqPpBv4.ARvLZNwydLCtGGh9cFJkzTpCwgM3Ti2M4o0AGDD2f1m2lk&amp;amp;env=PROD&amp;base_uri=.com&amp;amp;badge_class=promote" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-8812761862645995497?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/8812761862645995497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/8812761862645995497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-time-for-sonata-to-multiply.html' title='It&apos;s Time for Sonata to Multiply'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-4551647464156548345</id><published>2007-06-26T05:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T05:29:32.048+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Check Out Our Sample Songs</title><content type='html'>Hi there!  I've got not much to talk about this time (brain drain I think...  :-)).  However, I've made out an improvement to this site.  Check out the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;audio player of our sample songs&lt;/span&gt; on the left sidebar and you'll know what I mean.  No longer will you need to download the audio file.  You can now play it on our website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your suggestions!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-4551647464156548345?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/4551647464156548345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/4551647464156548345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/06/check-out-our-sample-songs.html' title='Check Out Our Sample Songs'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-7959857168123424458</id><published>2007-05-18T04:24:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T04:30:24.997+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Droppin' By...</title><content type='html'>It has been over a month now since my last blog here in Sonata Singers' site.  Been quite busy lately...  And one of those that had kept my hands full are the weddings we'll have this May, June and July.  Yeah, the peak season for weddings.  :-) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a latest update on the &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;weddings we've serenaded&lt;/a&gt;, click &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-7959857168123424458?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/7959857168123424458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/7959857168123424458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/05/just-droppin-by.html' title='Just Droppin&apos; By...'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-5422386507317155632</id><published>2007-03-29T03:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T08:48:14.750+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata Singers Goes To Boracay!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrStahna8I/AAAAAAAAACs/SpRRZypu1ss/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047070219007650610" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrLn6hnazI/AAAAAAAAABo/KXlF2Qv1I5I/s200/sonatasingers_boracay5a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The last time I blogged, I remembered I was talking about an experience of being able to have a photo beside one of the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Philippines&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;’ most prominent persona (Former Chief Justice Davide).  Now, after 7 months of preparations and making arrangements, a different experience for Sonata singers went by.  This time we’re finally able to set our foot on the shores of Boracay.  Yup, this is, by far, the best thing that ever happened to us as Sonata Singers!&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thanks for the tremendous trust Rev Reyes (bride) gave to us.  All arrangements and requests were done basically through email.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Whew, how I love technology indeed! &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It’s the first time for all of us to go there and I just can’t tell you how excited all of us were.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Although the trip was almost a 6 hour ride from Cebu to &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Iloilo&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; to Kalibo to Caticlan then finally to Boracay, it was all worth it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrTC6hna9I/AAAAAAAAAC0/nj85wabcDSA/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047072787398093634" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrN9ahna0I/AAAAAAAAABw/74eOo43TA8A/s200/sonatasingers_boracay6a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The wedding was held along the beach front of &lt;a href="http://www.waling.com/index1.htm#1"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Waling-waling&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Beach&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; resort&lt;/a&gt;, located at Station 1.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And if you look at the photos I got, you can surmise that this is one unique wedding that’s worth remembering. &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;For this wedding, we prepared love songs as requested by Vince (groom) and Rev, like Beautiful In My Eyes, Your Love (composed by Jim Brickman) and the rest of it were taken from &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/06/sonata-wedding-song-collection.html"&gt;our collection of love songs&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;One of the many unique setup of their wedding was the way they’d setup their tables for their guests… &lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrStKhna6I/AAAAAAAAACc/oCQcTYDGTOk/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047070214712683282" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrLnqhnaxI/AAAAAAAAABY/Aggvpv7nK0Q/s200/sonatasingers_boracay3a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;yup, no chairs for some tables which is, on my opinion, a very cool way to go. &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It was also the first time I saw a wedding with all their guests dressed in white!&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It felt like I’m in heaven surrounded by angels (or am I just being so imaginative here). &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;There’s also this fire dance that totally blew me away.  He or she (if you get my point here :-) ) was so graceful and the stunt was nerve cracking, breathtaking and simply stunning and flawless.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Another first for me is the performance of the couple as they danced to the tune of “I’ve had the Time of My Life”.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Never have I seen a couple go through such preparation such as this one (sorry guys, I’ve no photo of their dance).&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But I tell you this, it was worth seeing them express their love and desire for each other through that dance.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And finally, to top it all, the wedding ended with a fearsome 15 to 20 minutes of fireworks display. &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Whew!&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I can’t describe how my neck felt like from watching it coz it’s almost a 75 degree angle from where I stand.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And that was it, the culmination of their wedding but the start of friendship between the couple and the Sonata singers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrTDKhna-I/AAAAAAAAAC8/pjGnHjfAF0M/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047072787398093650" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrN9ahna1I/AAAAAAAAAB4/ZsYKyC-Dzpo/s200/sonatasingers_boracay7a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrStahna7I/AAAAAAAAACk/kVRr15g5vdU/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047070214712683298" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrLnqhnayI/AAAAAAAAABg/6tOQW0t2wTo/s200/sonatasingers_boracay4a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrSs6hna5I/AAAAAAAAACU/Tqw4BAtnPfQ/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047070214712683266" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrLnqhnawI/AAAAAAAAABQ/EUEDBQ4SU7Y/s200/sonatasingers_boracay2a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrTDahna_I/AAAAAAAAADE/OxOvegcNuU4/s1600-h/P1070070.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047074020053707618" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrPFKhna2I/AAAAAAAAACA/-Y6nqygugZE/s200/sonatasingers_boracay8a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The next day, Sonata Singers went out early morning to face the sunrise of Boracay once more and have that soothing cold plunge on its coastline before going back to reality. &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I must say our stay was not enough but all in all, the experience was the best! &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrSs6hna4I/AAAAAAAAACM/DQm1oE5Q2Oc/s1600-h/sonatasingers_boracay1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047070210417715954" style="margin: 5px 10px 10px 5px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrLnahnavI/AAAAAAAAABI/3-WObiEPsdY/s200/sonatasingers_boracay1a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;And bringing my family there was twice as best!&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(Yup, I brought them with me too so that we can, at the same time, enjoy our first!)&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thanks to Vince and Rev for believing and opening this door for us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one now goes to the &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;list of weddings we serenaded&lt;/a&gt; and I'm pretty much having an idea now that this Boracay escapade won’t be the last for Sonata singers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-5422386507317155632?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/5422386507317155632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/5422386507317155632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/03/sonata-singers-goes-to-boracay.html' title='Sonata Singers Goes To Boracay!!!'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RgrLn6hnazI/AAAAAAAAABo/KXlF2Qv1I5I/s72-c/sonatasingers_boracay5a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-3760655947887525886</id><published>2007-02-23T06:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-25T01:15:26.323+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sounds Like We're Many, the Power of Three</title><content type='html'>Yes, that's the usual comment we got from our future clients each time we advise them our schedule and tell them to witness and listen to our performance and songs during wedding ceremonies. And the basic reason for this is that each of us sing a different tune for most of the songs we do and it creates an effect as if we're like a whole choir compressed into three individuals. &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;But if you're like St. Thomas, then don't believe anything I say here&lt;/span&gt;. Check us out! See and hear us sing and tell us what you think. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'll have us for your reception then one of the advantages we have over a whole choir for the reception is our headcount. Yep, I'm sure most couples are looking for ways to fit in all their guests into their reception based on the no. of heads they can avail out of their wedding reception package. And we're glad to tell you that Sonata will only take three heads out from it if you'll have us perform during your reception. Our usual role in receptions is to sing for your guests while they're having their sumptuous dinner and to sing anywhere within your program as you deem necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, there are couples which have additional requirements than just having the three of us. Some may require a violinist, a guitarist and an additional vocalist. We're glad to tell you that we can provide that too. Just send in your inquiries through &lt;a href="mailto:sonatasingers@yahoo.com"&gt;email&lt;/a&gt; and we'll be in contact with you the soonest time possible if not right away. :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-3760655947887525886?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/3760655947887525886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/3760655947887525886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/02/sounds-like-were-many-power-of-three.html' title='Sounds Like We&apos;re Many, the Power of Three'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-2923944016010980283</id><published>2007-01-21T05:35:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T16:28:06.672+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding of Allan and Denise Blanco</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMjUcFlewI/AAAAAAAAAA8/-MSxeKfuSJ8/s1600-h/joemar_hdavide.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022396843492211458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMjUcFlewI/AAAAAAAAAA8/-MSxeKfuSJ8/s200/joemar_hdavide.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Who would ever thought being a wedding singer for Sonata would lead me standing beside former &lt;a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/profiles/j_davide.htm"&gt;Chief Justice Secretary, Hon. Hilario Davide Jr.&lt;/a&gt; Our lives do have its twists. Our couple here (Allan and Denise Blanco) had made him one of their principal sponsors for their wedding. I guess that makes the long story short. :-) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMbMMFletI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_TrZRexyWDY/s1600-h/Denise_allan4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022387905665268434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMbMMFletI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_TrZRexyWDY/s320/Denise_allan4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For this wedding, Allan specifically chose the songs based on our repertoire and the ones he chose were standard but revised songs. The ones popularized now by Michael Buble and Martin Nievera and the like. Allan, like me, does not deny the fact that he do love these songs of the past. Allan and Denise is another lovely couple of ours where with just one look at them, you can see how much they love each other, their outgoing spirit, the sincerity and romance. Allan's choice of songs was not only loved by him and Denise but by all their guests as well. You may read Denise's testimonial &lt;a href="http://www.friendster.com/sonatagroup"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Their reception was held at Cafe Laguna near Ayala Center Cebu. And I must say that their sound system was superb, their sound engineer is well versed and is capable to achieving what I required for my voice to linger over and mix well with the background music.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-2923944016010980283?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/2923944016010980283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/2923944016010980283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/01/wedding-of-allan-and-denise-blanco.html' title='Wedding of Allan and Denise Blanco'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMjUcFlewI/AAAAAAAAAA8/-MSxeKfuSJ8/s72-c/joemar_hdavide.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116924445353535443</id><published>2007-01-20T06:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T16:16:35.978+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Back to Back Wedding to Remember</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMhCMFlevI/AAAAAAAAAAs/tfYu_E2ihdM/s1600-h/Tristan_Giela_small.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022394330936343282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMhCMFlevI/AAAAAAAAAAs/tfYu_E2ihdM/s200/Tristan_Giela_small.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMg7sFleuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ScDw7SytK4k/s1600-h/Jineil_Felisa_small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022394219267193570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMg7sFleuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ScDw7SytK4k/s200/Jineil_Felisa_small.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;As the title implies, Sonata did two weddings in half a day last November 2006 and this was because the first couple (Jineil and Felisa Maranan) had us for the church ceremony while the second couple (Tristan and Giela Erojo) had us at their reception.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Luckily that time, Giela Laput came in and requested for our services for that same day but the problem was that they had the same time slot as with Felisa's wedding.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Giela would have wanted us to sing for her wedding ceremony but Felisa had us first.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;When told that we were available for her reception, she decided to have us for that part of her wedding as well.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;For us, it was worth the experience to try to make both ends meet, along with the initial fear that the planned ASEAN summit routing dry run will take place on that same day.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;That it may cause traffic.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I think God heard our prayers since it was then announced that the planned dry run was moved to another day.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Upon hearing that, out came the thorn and Sonata went all the way through both weddings with flying colors. &lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116924445353535443?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116924445353535443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116924445353535443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/01/back-to-back-wedding-to-remember.html' title='A Back to Back Wedding to Remember'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_VG0g7THWLBY/RbMhCMFlevI/AAAAAAAAAAs/tfYu_E2ihdM/s72-c/Tristan_Giela_small.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116924243853569343</id><published>2007-01-20T05:28:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-20T05:40:31.516+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding of Rick and Carissa Aznar</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/1600/757162/sonata_rickcarissa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/574236/sonata_rickcarissa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;These days, it’s all normal for me to constantly get a text message from someone inquiring of our package.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And meeting with clients is like a walk in the park now, but the day I met Carissa Garcia last November 2006 blew me away.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There, in front of me, was this vigorous woman who’s made herself a mark not only here in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Cebu&lt;/st1:place&gt; but for the whole country as well (or perhaps more than that).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And I am very honored and proud to be part of her wedding.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Anyway, along with the first meeting was Jude Bacalso, a very known host of “Jud Morning” under ABS-CBN.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carissa had a simple but elegant wedding which was held at ABACA, Mactan that same month.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This is somewhere near Hillton Hotel.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She had only one important request for us and that was to sing her favorite song “For Always” by Josh Groban/Lara Fabian and a revised version of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” from the soundtrack album Love Actually.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;In the end, like most of the weddings we attended, all went well and Sonata Singers had another graceful exit and another thank you note to cherish. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/1600/582098/sonatamessage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/408536/sonatamessage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116924243853569343?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116924243853569343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116924243853569343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2007/01/wedding-of-rick-and-carissa-aznar.html' title='Wedding of Rick and Carissa Aznar'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116494309411830971</id><published>2006-12-01T11:17:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T17:47:46.633+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding of Elder &amp; YoAnn Silva</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/elderyoann_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/124170/elderyoann_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I got a call from a friend in the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;U.S.&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; a week or two before the wedding of her nephew, Elder Silva, to confirm that she’ll have Sonata Singers’ services for his nephew’s wedding.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Luckily, we were still free that time and so we started off by communicating with the future couple through email.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All agreements were based solely on trust as we were not able to personally meet the future couple who were in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Manila&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; that time.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But still, everything went smoothly except for the couple’s first dance where Elder and YoAnn had a requested song for us to sing.  There was a slight miscommunication between us and the host of their program since their host insisted that their recorded song be played during the dance which was a different song than what was expected by the couple.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Overall, though, it was another job well done for Sonata Singers with the couple attesting to it.  Thanks Elder and YoAnn for the &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/elderyoann_5.jpg"&gt;thank you note&lt;/a&gt; you sent us.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Mirasol for believing in us!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I do hope to see you again someday my friend. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/elderyoann_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/260982/elderyoann_3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/elderyoann_4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/227802/elderyoann_4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/elderyoann_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/168064/elderyoann_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116494309411830971?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116494309411830971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116494309411830971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/12/wedding-of-elder-yoann-silva.html' title='Wedding of Elder &amp; YoAnn Silva'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116494305247795164</id><published>2006-12-01T11:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T12:00:33.050+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding of Renzo &amp; Joy Belardo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/renzojoy_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/522582/renzojoy_3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The wedding of Renzo and Joy Belardo was quite a challenge for Sonata Singers since they required a lot of new versions of religious songs that they want to be sung in their wedding ceremony.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Nevertheless, Sonata accepted it since there was ample time to rehearse the songs.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;All of their favorite religious songs were actually sung by a choir so our task was then to pick out the tunes coming from the melody, bass and tenor basing on the recorded songs they gave us.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The songs are as follows: Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas Palad, Kordero Ng Diyos, Take and Receive, Ama Namin, Sa Yo Lamang, Tanging Yaman and including the musical soundtrack Seasons of Love.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It took a lot of rehearsals than usual for Sonata to finally get those notes flowing and when it came for us to finally sing it for them, it was good to know that it’s not just Renzo and Joy who loved it but the whole crowd as well.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Joy even said and I quote: “Everyone loved your performance and I also didn’t expect the music to be as lovely as it was.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;CLICK IM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;AGE TO ENLARGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/renzojoy_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/959849/renzojoy_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/renzojoy_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/659967/renzojoy_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/renzojoy_5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/851755/renzojoy_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/renzojoy_4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2711/3172/320/668277/renzojoy_4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116494305247795164?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116494305247795164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116494305247795164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/12/wedding-of-renzo-joy-belardo.html' title='Wedding of Renzo &amp; Joy Belardo'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116274255719794378</id><published>2006-11-05T23:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-21T04:42:03.663+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding of Lee &amp; Jeanette Go</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_leejeanette.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_leejeanette.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Let's hope it won't rain, but if you look at it (as he looked out to the sky), I don't think there's hope it won't... That's what emcee Ken told me as he was about to open up the wedding program of Lee and Jeanette Go in their reception at Chateau de Busay. The usual venue for a wedding reception in Chateau&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_leejeanette1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_leejeanette1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is located outside where the couple's guest are entertained by the beautiful scenery of the whole city of Cebu, the relaxing breeze and a spectacular view of nature at its best. The earlier parts of the program went along fine but halfway through the program, the inevitable happened... it rained.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luckily though, minutes before it totally poured out to spoil the fun, Ken had already ordered for all to transfer inside Chateau and Chateau's personnel were so professional to respond to that demand that within minutes they were able to set it up inside and the program continued as if nothing happened. It's simply a walk in the park for Chateau's personnel and a smart move by Ken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_leejeanette2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_leejeanette2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For this wedding, Sonata prepared a lot of new love songs and this includes new versions of When I Met You, The Way You Look Tonight (wherein the couple just can't help but dance to the tune), Just The Way You Are, You and lots more. It is good to see their guests baffle what song is currently playing, and it was even better to see their faces as they realize they're familiar to the songs we're rendering only that the accompaniment is somewhat new to them. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_leejeanette3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: right" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_leejeanette3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After the program, the couple were so kind enough to request to have photos taken with us and the rest of the suppliers that were part of their wedding event. They mentioned they'll have their wedding event posted on their website. Hopefully, I'd be able to get the web address and post that link here. I'll update this post as soon as I'll have it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updates: NOV. 11, 2006 - 1:30am&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, this just proves that wishes do get granted as I just received an email tonight from the bride's sister, Emily. And true enough, i now have their web address. Here's the link to &lt;a href="http://www.lejansonandjeanette.com/"&gt;Lee and Jeanette's website&lt;/a&gt;. And here we are, &lt;a href="http://www.lejansonandjeanette.com/customers/15550/dsc_3484.jpg"&gt;yours truly alongside Jun on the background&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.lejansonandjeanette.com/customers/15550/dsc_3484.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on one of her wedding photos. And finally, &lt;a href="http://www.lejansonandjeanette.com/customers/15550/sonata.jpg"&gt;here we are with the gorgeous couple&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you Emily! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116274255719794378?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116274255719794378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116274255719794378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/11/wedding-of-lee-jeanette-go.html' title='Wedding of Lee &amp; Jeanette Go'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116273951288918507</id><published>2006-11-05T22:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T20:18:09.740+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding of Christian &amp; Melissa Vesina</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_chrismelissa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_chrismelissa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Their wedding is yet another day in Sacread Heart Church for Sonata Singers as we belted out once again our songs and serenade the lovely couple.  Reception this time is in Waterfront Lahug which is not also something new for Sonata.  :-) Perhaps the most memorable part for me on this wedding was the last part of their wedding program.  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_chrismelissa2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_chrismelissa2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was where they were told to kiss in front of their relatives and friends.  I took a photo of that moment using my handy dandy cellular phone (lol).  What I've captured though is the time after they have kissed wherein they hugged so tightly for a minute or two. I bet all the love was there for each other and that they're so much happy to have a successful wedding.  For them, it's one memorable event that is carved in their hearts for the rest of their lives and Sonata is happy as well to be in the background and be part of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the right is a photo of an ice sculpture which sits so tightly on one corner of their wedding reception to serve as an eye catcher for their guests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116273951288918507?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116273951288918507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116273951288918507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/11/wedding-of-christian-melissa-vesina.html' title='Wedding of Christian &amp; Melissa Vesina'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116273688320241941</id><published>2006-11-05T22:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T20:15:44.223+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Recommended Wedding Resources</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_sacredheart.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_sacredheart.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's almost always that Sonata singer's clients ask from us for other wedding suppliers like wedding planners, emcees, wedding invitations and some other wedding related stuff.  That is why we've decided to come up with a web page where we'll place all of &lt;a href="http://sonatasingerslinks.blogspot.com/"&gt;our recommended wedding suppliers&lt;/a&gt;.  This is simply our way of helping future couples plan out their wedding.  Remember, that these are just our recommended suppliers, we are recommending their services here since we have worked with them and they have proven to be effective in their field as well.  The final say is still with you, we're just here to help you pick out the best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can check out the link by clicking &lt;a href="http://sonatasingerslinks.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116273688320241941?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116273688320241941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116273688320241941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/11/recommended-wedding-resources.html' title='Recommended Wedding Resources'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-116064415721053034</id><published>2006-10-12T17:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T17:54:01.270+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata at Michael and Cheryl Conner's Wedding</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sonata singer's month of September is not just another month.  This one's special.  Indeed it was special, as we witnessed, yet again, another unique wedding.  I'm talking about the wedding of Michael and Cheryl Conner.  Her wedding and reception was held at Montebello.  I can't help myself to take photos of it.  But I apologize for the small photo sizes as these are just taken by a cellular phone.  If only I had a good camera to take pictures with.  That's the sad part. :-(&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/SonataSingers_Conner1.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/SonataSingers_Conner1.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/SonataSingers_Conner2.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/SonataSingers_Conner2.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's so unique with this wedding is that the bride is a teacher of the deaf and I was so touched by the thought and the effort that she made to reach out and touch the heart of her students. By the look of it, on their happy faces, you can see that she was successful in doing it. So few individuals now have dedicated their life to make not just a difference to theirselves but to others as well.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/SonataSingers_Conner6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/SonataSingers_Conner6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was kinda used to seeing gifts for the newlywed, but this time, it was a bit different from the usual.  The couple, at the same time, also prepared gifts for their most treasured loved ones.  I was so moved when  the bride handed over a gift to her parents.  And do you know what it is?  It was a wedding ring for the both of them.  A wedding ring which they haven't had but we're longing to have for a very long time.  Guess that just proves the pureness of heart of Cheryl.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/SonataSingers_Conner7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/SonataSingers_Conner7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got to meet the groom's sister too!  Her name was Lori Conner Buffin.  Guess what?  She's a singer too!  And she belted out some breathtaking songs especially dedicated to the couple.  And like the bride, she too has the same passionate character within her which is truly visible even if it's the first time we got to know her.  I'm hoping that as time goes by, more and more people will start to think and act like these two women had.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And lastly, kudos to the guys behind Montebello's sound system.  We got the sound quality we wanted.  :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-116064415721053034?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116064415721053034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/116064415721053034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/10/sonata-at-michael-and-cheryl-conners.html' title='Sonata at Michael and Cheryl Conner&apos;s Wedding'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115737571302649032</id><published>2006-09-04T20:50:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:49:23.260+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding Photos of Dexter and Annie Pajaren</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_dexannie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/400/sonatasingers_dexannie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was browsing through my gmails this afternoon when a chat message from a friend popped out.  It was Annie.  She's one of those friends of ours who've entrusted us to render songs for their wedding.  Without them, Sonata Singers won't be here.  She got married with Dexter (whom we've also befriended and is likewise a good and trustworthy friend) last June 2004.  And ever since that day, we made sure to drop by a few messages to each other from time to time.  They now have a cutie daughter who looks just like her mom ( sorry dex...  :-)) and I'm even one of the ninongs (godfather).  Below are priceless images of their happiness during their big day, which was held at The Natl. Shrine of St. Joseph church (in Mandaue City, Cebu), as they became one in the eyes of God.  And of course, a classic photo together with the old J3 now known as Sonata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*****************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_dexannie3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/200/sonatasingers_dexannie3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_dexannie1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/200/sonatasingers_dexannie1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_dexannie2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/200/sonatasingers_dexannie2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115737571302649032?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115737571302649032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115737571302649032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/09/wedding-photos-of-dexter-and-annie.html' title='Wedding Photos of Dexter and Annie Pajaren'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115599665927720088</id><published>2006-08-19T22:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:48:09.386+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata Singers: Singing is Our Passion</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_sacredheart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/400/sonatasingers_sacredheart.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just like the month of July, August will soon come to pass.  Time do pass by so quickly isn't it?  For Sonata Singers, July was again another month where we witness more couples binding themselves forever through the blessing of God and for us being there to &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;serenade that moment&lt;/a&gt;.  Nothing beats being wed in the church... i can tell you that.  You feel more satisfaction and contentment out of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards, though, it's on with our daily lives with one of our familiar daily routines --- work, work, work...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being at Sonata's forefront,  I'm the one who usually meets the clients, talks with them and share some wedding ideas, and come up with a list of songs which they prefer (most of them, though, just leave it all to us).  I really enjoy meeting them in person, seeing the glitter in the future couple's eyes and feeling the excitement they both share for their upcoming wedding.  You'll really get, first hand, how they want their wedding to be... by all means perfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_rehearsal.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_rehearsal.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We, the Sonata Singers of Cebu, share the same level of perfection and that is why aside from our personal work, the group finds time to do rehearsals constantly in order to stay up to date with some of the latest love songs and or run through some old ones but most of the time, it's just for the mere fun and enjoyment of it.  Our passion for music is what all of us share in the group and we intend to make it that way for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'd like you to take a visit to &lt;a href="http://www.estudiopartagas.nl/nuptial2.htm"&gt;Mr. and Mrs. Perkash Nokhai's wedding photos&lt;/a&gt;, which was the last wedding we attended for the month of July.  Who knows, you might get additional ideas for your very own wedding upon viewing their lovely photos.  ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Joemar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115599665927720088?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115599665927720088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115599665927720088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/08/sonata-singers-singing-is-our-passion.html' title='Sonata Singers: Singing is Our Passion'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115496030629353770</id><published>2006-08-07T22:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:46:40.090+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata Singers at Archbishop's Palace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_christeresa3.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/200/sonatasingers_christeresa3.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Singing without a microphone is a challenge the Sonata Singers always meet when we do weddings at the Archbishop's Palace, Cebu. Below right, you can see that we are belting our hearts out as we sing our wedding songs. Having a violinist comes in handy as it adds up more symphony to sonata. Simply put, there's just no microphone provision for wedding singers there. In Archbishop's palace, the choir is situated at the endmost part (near the entrance of the church). Not to worry though, since the church's area is unlike most churches here in Cebu. It only has a small area which is just enough for those who only have a few church attendees and just enough no. of persons for an entourage. If you belong to this category, you might want to consider The Archbishop's palace. Left photo shows Christopher and Teresa on their way to their bridal car after finally making and sealing their vows last May 2006. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_christeresa4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Though the church’s area is small, the solemnity of the wedding ceremony is still there and it's even more solemn. Its ample space gives out a natural acoustic and &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_christeresa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 10px 10px 0px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_christeresa.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;sustain to our voices. So even without microphones around, we still feel the fullness of our voices. But, this is of course when everyone else is listening. :-) The hardest part, is when we try to project our voices during pictorial since almost everyone else is talking and busy, whether congratulating the newly wed, meeting an old friend or simply enjoying the moment... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115496030629353770?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115496030629353770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115496030629353770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/08/sonata-singers-at-archbishops-palace.html' title='Sonata Singers at Archbishop&apos;s Palace'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115494818980547595</id><published>2006-08-07T18:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:45:01.470+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wedding Pic of Marlon and Twinkle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonatasingers_marlontwinkle.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/320/sonatasingers_marlontwinkle.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Sonata Singers were elated to receive a souvenir pic from one of the many lovely couples whom we've crossed paths in our journey as wedding singers. Here's their souvenir, taken last June 2005 in Guadalupe Church, Cebu. Click on the photo to enlarge it. &lt;p align="left"&gt;Marlon and Twinkle, thanks and best wishes to you and your handsome baby!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115494818980547595?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115494818980547595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115494818980547595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/08/wedding-pic-of-marlon-and-twinkle.html' title='Wedding Pic of Marlon and Twinkle'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115245945077920121</id><published>2006-07-09T23:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:43:35.533+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata at Work and More...</title><content type='html'>Due to persistent demand from our visitors, the Sonata Singers decided to post a link to a &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/promiseoflove.mp3"&gt;full version of the song "Promise of Love"&lt;/a&gt;.  We've also updated our list of &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;weddings we've serenaded&lt;/a&gt; and we finally get to load up some &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/wedding_missalette_gways.jpg"&gt;photos of our collected missalettes and giveaways&lt;/a&gt; of the weddings we've attended here in Cebu. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'd like to acknowledge Mrs. Nadette Rudinas for sharing to us some &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/wedding_johnnadette.jpg"&gt;photos of her wedding celebration&lt;/a&gt;.  You may take a peek of it &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/wedding_johnnadette.jpg"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/1600/sonata_four_550.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2711/3172/400/sonata_four_550.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Also, we are proud to be able to perform at &lt;a href="http://laphilippines.com/portal/article.php?story=20060109154312472"&gt;Parklane International Hotel&lt;/a&gt; last July 8.  The hotel is not officially opened yet but it will soon have its soft opening within this month, July 12 to be exact.  We're glad to have marked a spot there as early as that!  Thanks to Danny for counting us in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Cebu's wedding singers, we are very particular to the quality of the sound system.  In case we share the same need, you might want to check out The Sacred Heart Church who had nailed out what we needed.  They're using Ramsa speakers and good quality microphones.  We'll post additional photos soon so keep in touch.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115245945077920121?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115245945077920121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115245945077920121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/07/sonata-at-work-and-more.html' title='Sonata at Work and More...'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115072525157534209</id><published>2006-06-19T21:41:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:40:26.146+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sample Song Interpreted by Sonata</title><content type='html'>First of all, we'd like to thank those who trusted and guided us during our first venture in this area. We can't thank you enough! You've sparked our enthusiasm, creativity and helped us build a strong love for music.  It paved the way for the Sonata Singers to push through and finally deciding to make this a regular gig for us.  We've been in many weddings now here in Cebu and we'll continue to do so as long as you want us to be around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks also to Nhix who have just left us a comment under our &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/06/sonata-wedding-song-collection.html"&gt;Wedding Song Collection post&lt;/a&gt;. We, appreciate that Nhix. And for those who've requested a sample song from us, here you go guyz! I'm posting here a short sample of the song "Promise of Love".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/promiseoflove_sample.mp3"&gt;Promise of Love&lt;/a&gt; - rendition by Joemar.  For a full version, click &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/promiseoflove.mp3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'll soon be placing more samples here as soon as it is available so drop by from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115072525157534209?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/feeds/115072525157534209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29707513&amp;postID=115072525157534209' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115072525157534209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115072525157534209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/06/sample-song-interpreted-by-sonata.html' title='Sample Song Interpreted by Sonata'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115065477020733468</id><published>2006-06-19T01:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T05:35:21.456+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weddings We've Filled With Our Songs</title><content type='html'>Finally, we've got to document some &lt;em&gt;(and i mean only &lt;strong&gt;some&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/em&gt; of the many &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;weddings we have serenaded&lt;/a&gt; since J3 up until becoming Sonata Singers.  :-)  This is not much but it's all we can remember for now.  Pretty soon, we're going to upload some images.  So stay tuned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is merely a glimpse. ;-)  Click &lt;a href="http://sonatasingers.googlepages.com/weddinglist.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to view the list.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115065477020733468?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/feeds/115065477020733468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29707513&amp;postID=115065477020733468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115065477020733468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115065477020733468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/06/weddings-weve-filled-with-our-songs.html' title='Weddings We&apos;ve Filled With Our Songs'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115039775119319469</id><published>2006-06-16T02:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T03:00:32.330+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who We Are...A Brief History</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The Sonata singers are Cebu-based (Philippines) wedding singers. We started doing this gig since our college days and had been regularly doing it since 2001. We were formerly called J3 (Joemar, Julie, Jun – our initials) and had just decided lately to rename our group to Sonata since we’ve now grown as a group (with the inclusion of Gilbert and Mailyn). It would be awkward to name ourselves J3GM :-) and also, the name “Sonata” closely relates to what the members of this group really love…music! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115039775119319469?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115039775119319469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115039775119319469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/06/who-we-area-brief-history.html' title='Who We Are...A Brief History'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29707513.post-115029835528268469</id><published>2006-06-14T23:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T15:46:01.927+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sonata - Wedding Song Collection</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Here are some timeless love songs to fill up your wedding celebration:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.) Afraid For Love To Fade ( Jose Mari Chan )&lt;br /&gt;2.) All My Life ( America )&lt;br /&gt;3.) All Of My Life ( MYMP )&lt;br /&gt;4.) All The Love In The World ( The Corrs )&lt;br /&gt;5.) All The Way ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;6.) All You Need Is Love ( Lynden Hall )&lt;br /&gt;7.) An Affair To Remember ( Nat King Cole )&lt;br /&gt;8.) Anything For You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;9.) Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko ( VST and Co. )&lt;br /&gt;10.) Beautiful In My Eyes ( Joshua Kadisson )&lt;br /&gt;11.) Because of You ( Keith Martin )&lt;br /&gt;12.) Because You Loved Me ( Celine Dion )&lt;br /&gt;13.) Best Of My Love (  )&lt;br /&gt;14.) Beyond The Sea ( Frank Sinatra )&lt;br /&gt;15.) Bongga Ka Day ( Hotdogs )&lt;br /&gt;16.) Born For You ( David Pomeranz )&lt;br /&gt;17.) Butterfly Kisses ( Bob Carlisle )&lt;br /&gt;18.) Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;19.) Celebration ( Kool and the Gang )&lt;br /&gt;20.) Cherish The Treasure (  )&lt;br /&gt;21.) Closer You and I ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;22.) Colour Everywhere ( Christian Bautista )&lt;br /&gt;23.) Destiny ( Jim Brickman )&lt;br /&gt;24.) Do You Believe In Me (  )&lt;br /&gt;25.) Each Day With You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;26.) Endless Love ( Lionel Ritchie )&lt;br /&gt;27.) Everything You Do ( Christian Bautista )&lt;br /&gt;28.) Fever ( Michael Buble )&lt;br /&gt;29.) For Always ( Josh Groban )&lt;br /&gt;30.) From This Moment On ( Shania Twain )&lt;br /&gt;31.) Gaano Kita Kamahal ( Pilita Corales )&lt;br /&gt;32.) Got To Be Real (  )&lt;br /&gt;33.) Grow Old With You ( Adam Sandler )&lt;br /&gt;34.) Hanggang ( Wency Cornejo )&lt;br /&gt;35.) Happy (  )&lt;br /&gt;36.) Harvest For The World ( Gary Valenciano )&lt;br /&gt;37.) Here, There and Everywhere ( The Beatles )&lt;br /&gt;38.) Household of Faith (  )&lt;br /&gt;39.) How Did You Know ( Gary Valenciano )&lt;br /&gt;40.) I Believe In Dreams ( Janno Gibbs )&lt;br /&gt;41.) I Honestly Love You ( Olivia Newton John )&lt;br /&gt;42.) I Left My Heart In San Francisco ( Tony Bennet )&lt;br /&gt;43.) I Love The Night Life (  )&lt;br /&gt;44.) I Need You ( Mark Bautista )&lt;br /&gt;45.) I Think I'm In Love ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;46.) I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You ( Marc Anthony / Tina Arena )&lt;br /&gt;47.) I Will Be Here ( Gary Valenciano )&lt;br /&gt;48.) Ikaw ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;49.) Ikaw Lamang ( Janno Gibbs / Jaya )&lt;br /&gt;50.) I'll Be ( Edwin McCain )&lt;br /&gt;51.) I'll Be There ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;52.) In Your Eyes ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;53.) It Might Be You ( Stephen Bishop )&lt;br /&gt;54.) I've Got A Crush On You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;55.) Just The Way You Are ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;56.) Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko ( Rey Valera )&lt;br /&gt;57.) Kailangan Kita ( Piolo Pascual )&lt;br /&gt;58.) Love Is The Answer ( Gary Valenciano )&lt;br /&gt;59.) Love Moves ( MYMP )&lt;br /&gt;60.) Love of My Life ( Jim Brickman / Michael W. Smith )&lt;br /&gt;61.) May Minamahal ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;62.) Minahal Kita ( Michael Laygo )&lt;br /&gt;63.) Misty ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;64.) More Than You'll Ever Know ( Michael Ruff )&lt;br /&gt;65.) Never Say Goodbye ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;66.) Of All The Things ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;67.) On This Day ( David Pomeranz )&lt;br /&gt;68.) Overjoyed ( Stevie Wonder )&lt;br /&gt;69.) Perfect Combination (  )&lt;br /&gt;70.) Promise Of Love ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;71.) Rainbow ( Southborder )&lt;br /&gt;72.) Seasons of Love ( Rent )&lt;br /&gt;73.) September ( Earth, Wind and Fire )&lt;br /&gt;74.) Shake Your Groove Thing (  )&lt;br /&gt;75.) She ( Elvis Costello )&lt;br /&gt;76.) She's The One ( Robbie Williams )&lt;br /&gt;77.) Smile In Your Heart ( Ariel Rivera )&lt;br /&gt;78.) So It's You ( Christian Bautista )&lt;br /&gt;79.) So Much In Love ( Colour Me Badd )&lt;br /&gt;80.) Something Good  ( OST Sound of Music )&lt;br /&gt;81.) Somewhere Out There ( James Ingram )&lt;br /&gt;82.) Sway ( Michael Buble )&lt;br /&gt;83.) Take Me To Your Heart ( Michael Learns To Rock )&lt;br /&gt;84.) The Gift ( Jim Brickman )&lt;br /&gt;85.) The Love I Found In You ( Jim Brickman )&lt;br /&gt;86.) The Prayer ( Josh Groban / Charlotte Church  )&lt;br /&gt;87.) The Promise ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;88.) The Promise ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;89.) The Way You Look At Me ( Christian Bautista )&lt;br /&gt;90.) The Way You Look Tonight ( Michael Buble )&lt;br /&gt;91.) This Guy's In Love With You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;92.) This Is The Moment ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;93.) This Is What I Dream ( David Pomeranz )&lt;br /&gt;94.) Through The Years ( Kenny Rogers )&lt;br /&gt;95.) Till There Was You ( Beatles )&lt;br /&gt;96.) Tonight I Celebrate My Love (  )&lt;br /&gt;97.) True Love ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;98.) Unforgettable ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;99.) Valentine ( Jim Brickman )&lt;br /&gt;100.) We Are Family (  )&lt;br /&gt;101.) When I Met You ( APO Hiking Society )&lt;br /&gt;102.) When You Say Nothing At All ( Ronan Keating )&lt;br /&gt;103.) You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;104.) You ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;105.) You Are My Song ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;106.) You Raise Me Up ( Josh Groban )&lt;br /&gt;107.) Your Love ( Jim Brickman )&lt;br /&gt;108.) You're My Everything ( Martin Nievera )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29707513-115029835528268469?l=sonatasingers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/feeds/115029835528268469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=29707513&amp;postID=115029835528268469' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115029835528268469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/29707513/posts/default/115029835528268469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonatasingers.blogspot.com/2006/06/sonata-wedding-song-collection.html' title='Sonata - Wedding Song Collection'/><author><name>Sonata Singers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17636650719614158216</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
