WARAYNON INITIATIVE NETWORK (WIN), the same organization that brought you the poignantly entertaining masterpiece HA IMO LA ( For You Alone) in 2014 and the memorable musical showcase of love, pain, despair and hope in LAMRAG (Ray of Light) in 2015, PROUDLY PRESENTS an epic display of outstanding artistry – HALAD (Offering) – on July 23, 2016 at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. HALAD will feature one special talent, the one and the only SHERWIN FLORES MAGALLANES.
HALAD is Waraynon Initiative Network’s 3rd fundraising concert. DON’T MISS IT!
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“Sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.” – William Parrish
That quotation aptly describes what SHERWIN FLORES MAGALLANES, a.k.a. Xiao can do!
Sherwin graduated from Leyte Normal University in Tacloban, Philippines with a Bachelors Degree in Science Major in Natural Science. Although his field of study is science, his singing and dancing prowess is what has taken centerstage in his life.
Xiao, as he is fondly called by friends is a former member/choreographer of the world-acclaimed Leyte Dance Theater (a dance company in Tacloban) with focus on traditional Philippine folk dance concepts using western techniques.
While Xiao was still living in the Philippines, he became an award- winning choreographer of many festival competitions held in various cities there.
His talent in song and dance took him globe-trotting, but he has now made the US his home.
Currently, Xiao is the choreographer and artistic director of the Samahang Filipino Performing Arts of the Most Holy Trinity Church in San Jose, CA and of
The Sole Twisters whose members are mostly US-based former dancers of the Leyte Dance Theater.
This indefatigable guy is a freelance stand- up comedian/host/karaoke master at Edna’s Ichiban in South San Francisco and at Payaso Filipino Restaurant and Comedy Bar in Fremont. When not singing or dancing, Xiao tends to his day & night job as a House Manager/Administrator at Brownell Care Homes Community in San Jose, CA and as a licensed financial campaigner at World Financial Group representing various financial companies like
like TransAmerica, Nationwide, Voya, Pacific Life, and many other giant ones.
Xiao is the resident choreographer of Waraynon Initiative Network and is also the resident ethnic-folk costume designer of WIN.
As choreographer, he puts the music into a lively and expressive motion. His ingenious
costume designs provide a colorful landscape to the stage.
As a singer, he renders songs of varied genres- from pop, old school, to rap.
Don’t miss out! Come and see what Xiao has imagineered. Let him entertain you as he sings and dances with the WIN chorale and the WIN performing group.
See you at Barnsdall!
