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Awit Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry (PARI), once again recognized the Filipino musical talents, performing artists, producers and people behind the making of Filipino recorded music.

Being the prestigious and longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines, Awit Awards has five objectives:

1. To recognize exceptional works of music and the people working behind it;
2. To promote the Philippine music industry, artistry, and legacy;
3. To champion music making and production, at par with global trends and excellence;
4. To showcase talents in an event dedicated to music; and
5. To reinforce the fight against piracy.

PRE-AWARDING

Around 6:30 PM, Callalily and Pedicab started the pre-awarding program with powerful performance. Hosted by Richard Poon and Sitti, the pre-awarding revealed the worthy awardees for Best Inspirational/Religious, Best Christmas, Best Regional, Best Dance, Best Musical Arrangement, Best Vocal Arrangement, Best Engineered Recording and Best Album Package

To name a few awardees for this category:
Yeng Constationo’s Salamat won the Best Inspirational/Religious.
A Perfect Christmas by Jed Madela got the Best Christmas Song.
Kuya Angee Rozul’s Probinsyana was chosen to be the Best Engineered Recording. (Angee Rozul is my friend’s brother) Congrats Kuya!

Anyway, the pre-awarding ended with a Samba performed by Eileen Sison of Guarana together with the sexy dancers from Escola de Samba de Manila. The men were drooling while the dancers moved their hips. I can’t blame them as those girls really know how to move on the dance floor, or should I say on stage.

AWARDS PROPER

At exactly 7:45 PM, the stage lights were up again as 6Cyclemind and Sandwich performed a collaboration of Sandwich’s Betamax.

Hosted by Christian Bautista and Nikki Gil, the 21st Awit Awards was a combination of award presentations and musical performances. Aside from 6Cyclemind and Sandwich, bands like Itchyworms, Sino Sikat?, Parokya ni Edgar, True Faith, Cueshe, Hale also rocked the night. Nyoy Volante, Julianne, and MYMP had a back to back to back acoustic session. While Richard Poon and Sitti serenaded the crowd. It was really a night of music.

The “Dangal ng Musikang Pilipino Award” by the Philippine Association of Record Industries (PARI) was given to Ms. Lea Salonga during the 21st Awit Awards Night. Karylle, Ronnie Liang, Aicelle Santos, Raki Vega, Nikki Gil, Christian Bautista, and Toni Gonzaga paid tribute to the multitalented Ms. Lea Salonga with her hits. Unfortunately, Ms. Lea Salonga was not there to accept the award. Instead, she prepared a short video for all of her fans, family and friends in the industry.

WINNERS OF THE 21ST AWIT AWARDS

Performance Awards

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For more information, visit: http://www.awitawards.com.ph/

Pictures:

Ed, Me, Monch (my husband), Tin and Jaydj, Nice meeting you guys and of course thanks to Azrael (Photo Credit: http://popazrael.multiply.com)

Here are some of our pics. (using our cam phone. Too bad, we don’t have digital camera with us:

More pictures: My Multiply Part 1 , My Multiply Part 2 and http://popazrael.multiply.com