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Got this from a friend (hi kf!). I’m a big fan of history and I think this is a pretty cool collection. We rarely have local spoken word recordings and this is a double treat. If anybody’s interested in ordering you can email daphne@platypus.ph. And no, I’m not connected with the people behind this project so please don’t ask me for details. I just think this is cool. Personally I want to hear Leo Martinez read Erap’s speech. :)

Dear Friends:

We will be launching our Maiden Project on September 7, at 6:30 pm, in the RCBC Tower 2 Lobby. Cocktails. I wish all of you who are in Manila could be there to lend the honor of your presence to the event.

I’d also like to ask for your support for this project by pre-ordering some copies for yourself, your loved ones, or for your outreach.

The publication is entitled “20 Speeches that Moved a Nation” and as you can guess, it is an Audio Book. It is a 5-CD set that features significant and moving speeches from Rizal, Conrado de Quiros, Joker Arroyo, Cory Aguino, Erap Estrada, Lope Ka Santos, and a whole range of other villains and heroes, who left their mark on our nation, through the Spoken Word. I’m pasting a whole list of all the speeches to the end of this email.

The speeches are not the original recordings, where there actually is a recording, but revitalized editions rendered by some of local celebrities of stage and screen like: Cherry Pie Picache, Subas Herrero, Eric Quizon, Janno Gibbs, Audie Gemora, Bart Guingona and many others.

The 5-CD Set, at P1,800 per set (USD 60 plus shipping and handling for those of you abroad), on such a significant theme and with such substantial talent is, I believe, a bargain. We are coming out with a limited first run so if you could please let me know before the end of August how many copies you will be getting, I can guarantee you a copy.

We can also accommodate bulk orders at preferential for companies that would like to use this set as a Christmas gift for their special clients, or if your business or church organization would like to donate this set, as your outreach, to public schools that should have a copy of this publication as a historical resource.

This special pre-selling price though is valid only up to the end of August. After the launch, we will be selling the set at P2,500 per set, so please reserve your copy of History now.

Thanks and I look forward to seeing you at our Launch!

=========== Project Description Follows ==========

Platypus Publishing, with the assistance of the Enrique Zobel Foundation presents

20 Speeches That Moved A Nation
An Audio Set in 5 CD’s

Selected and Produced by Manuel L. Quezon III

Directed by Peque Gallaga
Producer: Lore Reyes
Executive Producer: Jay Diego

Introductions by Zeneida Amador

Music by Ian Monsod

The speeches have been selected to provide listeners with complete recordings of important speeches, selected according to their eloquence, historical importance, and their ability to tell through sound and a new, fresh reading by our voice talents, the story of a nation and the words that have moved, for better or worse, generations of Filipinos. All speeches have been recorded uncut and in full. We hope by presenting what are objectively masterpieces of the genre -speeches- in a fresh new way, the series will be both instructive, and, educational serving to promote a leap forward in the style of oratory in this country, and giving listeners a vivid reinterpretation of significant speeches from our history. The audio set will released together with a CD notes containing the original texts of the speeches, translations if applicable, and commentaries by the series selector, together with a foreword by Sen. Loren Legarda-Leviste and a preface by Rep. Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.

Each set is priced at Php 1,800.00 or USD 60.00. Supplies are limited, so do order now. Delivery is assured by September 7, 2001. These sets will make the perfect Christmas present for your loved ones. We also suggest that you donate a set to your alma mater, or a public high school or college.

Contents:

1. Jos? Rizal: ?Homage to Luna and Hidalgo? June 25, 1884.
Read by: Audie Gemora

2. Emilio Aguinaldo: Pagpapayo bago sumapit ang labanan sa Imus ika-3, ng Setyembre, 1896.
Read by: Janno Gibbs

3. Andres Bonifacio: ?Manifesto Sa Marahas Na Manga Anak Nang Bayan? Pebrero o Marso, 1897.
Read by: Mario O?Hara

4. Clemencia Lopez: ?Women of the Philippines? May 29, 1902.
Read by: Tessie Tomas

5. Sergio Osme?a: Declaration of Independence June 19, 1908.
Read by: Mark Gil

6. Manuel L. Quezon: ?My Loyalty To My Party Ends Where My Loyalty to My Country Begins? February 17, 1922.
Read by: Jaime Fabregas

7. Salvador P. Lopez: ?Bataan has fallen? April 9, 1942.
Read by: Subas Herrero

8. Lope K. Santos: ?Ang Nasyonalismo, Amerikanismo, at Internasyonalismo sa Pilipinas? Pebrero, 1947.
Read by: Joel Lamangan

9. Claro M. Recto: ?Our Lingering Colonial Complex? June 24, l951.
Read by: Noel Trinidad

10. Francisco ?Soc? Rodrigo: ?Catholics in Politics? September 7, 1957.
Read by: Jaime del Mundo

11. Jose Ma. Sison: Kabataang Makabayan Founding Speech November 30, 1964.
Read by: Eric Quizon

12. Ferdinand E. Marcos: Second Inaugural Address December 30, l969.
Read by: Michael de Mesa

13. Fr. Pacifico Ortiz S.J.: ?A prayer for the nation? January 26, 1970.
Read by: Peque Gallaga

14. Felixberto Olalia, Sr.: ?Mensahe Sa Limang-araw na Pag-aayuno Para sa Pagpapalaya ng Lahat Ng Detenidong Lider-manggagawa At Iba pang Bilanggong Pulitikal? Disyembre 3, l983.
Read by: Pen Medina

15. Corazon C. Aquino: ?Restoring Democracy By The Ways of Democracy? September 18, 1986.
Read by: Cherry Pie Picache

16: Joaquin ?Chino? Roces: Response On being awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor, Degree of Chief Commander July 26, l988.
Read by: Miguel Faustmann

17. Wigberto Ta?ada: ?A Time to Heal, Unite And Rebuild Our Divided Nation? September 16, 1991.
Read by: Ronaldo Valdez

18. Joseph Ejercito Estrada: Inaugural Address June 30, 1998.
Read by: Leo Martinez

19. Joker Arroyo: ?We Cannot have a Nation Run by a Thief? December 7, 2000.
Read by: Freddie Santos

20. Conrado de Quiros, ?Tongues on fire? April 24, 2001.
Read by: Bart Guingona