Here is a cool story from GMANews.TV
Canada-based Filipino ice carvers Armando Baisas and his nephew, Ross Baisas, won first place in the 21st International Ice-Carving competition held in Canada on February 1 to 3, 2008. The duo's winning piece is Tunggalian (Encounter), which depicts the legendary battle of Filipino warrior Lapu-Lapu and Spanish voyager Magellan.
Their impressive ice sculpture placed first in the Pairs category and earned the People’s Choice award, besting 37 other participants in a grueling 30-hour challenge where they carved, chiseled and sawed blocks of ice into masterpieces completely frozen in time. Ross, who hails from the woodcarving town of Paete in Laguna, also brought home gold in the One Block Challenge, a two-hour competition where he transformed one block of ice into an icy sculpture to the theme of Arctic Art.
Armando is currently the chef instructor and sculptor instructor of Le Cordon Bleu, Ottawa ’s premier culinary institute.
Prior to the 21st International Ice-Carving competition the uncle-nephew tandem has joined other sculpting contests.
In the 2003 Designs in Ice competition, they masterfully rendered, from ice, the life-size image of Frodo Baggins and White wizard Gandalf from the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers where they won gold and $1,000 in cash.
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Cultural Champions
Madrigal Singers
The Madrigal singers won the grand prize in the Florilège Vocal de Tours 2006 in Tours, France. It also won the grand prize in the 1997 European Grand Prix.
Choir
The UA&P Chorale won three golds in three separate categories - Mixed Choir, Mixed Youth Choir, and Chamber Choir - in the 23rd International Choral Festival of Preveza held in Greece in July 2005.
Loboc Choir
The Loboc Children's Choir of Bohol garnered the first prize at the 6th International Folksong Choir Festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Dancers
The 72-member Shirley Halili-Cruz School of Ballet took the overall title in the 2006 Asia-Pacific Ballet Dance competition in Singapore and brought home 23 gold trophies and 35 medals.
The group won in all five categories including neoclassical ballet, classical ballet, modern ballet, natural ballet and demi-character ballet.
Ballerina
Christine Joy Rocas won the silver medal at the 8th New York
International ballet competition.
Photographers
Filipino scuba divers Scott Tuason and Eduardo Cu Unjieng, who published the book "Anilao" won the International Prize for Underwater Images at the 27th World Festival of Underwater Images in France in November 2000.
Hiphop
A Filipino dance group won the 2006 World Hip Hop dance competition in Southern California.
Bloggers
Myla Villanueva, head of Philippine-based MDI Group, has developed BlogStar, a blogging tool used by Hollywood celebrities like Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Wesley Snipes, Caprice, Juliette Lewis, Bam Margera, Kelly Slater, David Arquette, Nick Lachey, The Game, Alicia Silverstone, Nicky Hilton, Jack Osbourne, Tom Green, West Coast Customs, and Ryan Cabrera.
Montreal Film Fest
The Philippines-made film "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros" won the first place in the First Films World Competition at the 29th Montreal World Film Festival in Canada.
The Madrigal singers won the grand prize in the Florilège Vocal de Tours 2006 in Tours, France. It also won the grand prize in the 1997 European Grand Prix.
Choir
The UA&P Chorale won three golds in three separate categories - Mixed Choir, Mixed Youth Choir, and Chamber Choir - in the 23rd International Choral Festival of Preveza held in Greece in July 2005.
Loboc Choir
The Loboc Children's Choir of Bohol garnered the first prize at the 6th International Folksong Choir Festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Dancers
The 72-member Shirley Halili-Cruz School of Ballet took the overall title in the 2006 Asia-Pacific Ballet Dance competition in Singapore and brought home 23 gold trophies and 35 medals.
The group won in all five categories including neoclassical ballet, classical ballet, modern ballet, natural ballet and demi-character ballet.
Ballerina
Christine Joy Rocas won the silver medal at the 8th New York
International ballet competition.
Photographers
Filipino scuba divers Scott Tuason and Eduardo Cu Unjieng, who published the book "Anilao" won the International Prize for Underwater Images at the 27th World Festival of Underwater Images in France in November 2000.
Hiphop
A Filipino dance group won the 2006 World Hip Hop dance competition in Southern California.
Bloggers
Myla Villanueva, head of Philippine-based MDI Group, has developed BlogStar, a blogging tool used by Hollywood celebrities like Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Wesley Snipes, Caprice, Juliette Lewis, Bam Margera, Kelly Slater, David Arquette, Nick Lachey, The Game, Alicia Silverstone, Nicky Hilton, Jack Osbourne, Tom Green, West Coast Customs, and Ryan Cabrera.
Montreal Film Fest
The Philippines-made film "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros" won the first place in the First Films World Competition at the 29th Montreal World Film Festival in Canada.
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