Stunning Opening of the 37th District 3860 Rotary Conference, 2011!!

Around a 1000 Rotarians in District 3860 attended  a spectacular opening of their 37th Annual Conference to singing, dancing and extraordinary fellowship!!
The Conference, hosted by the Rotary Club of Port Centre, was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cebu with the theme 'Rediscover Cebu'.
The Aussie GSE Team was introduced and paraded into the venue with much applause and welcome!

This was the first real chance 'to bond' and get to know the Philippines GSE team bound for Australia, departing Tuesday 8th March.

The large audience were entertained by traditional Philippine folk songs and welcome dances (Putungan) which were very much enjoyed by all.

GSE team leader Ian was invited to pose in this pic with seven past presidents of D3860 Rotary Clubs who later danced magnificently to assist open The Global International Night!

What a transformation!!!
The theme was  'International' and so the Aussie team came as 'you would', enjoying a day on Bondi Beach!!

Everyone loved it!!!

The 1000 strong crowd all had different themes and costuming and the evening was opened by the Governor of Cebu, Gwendolyn F. Garcia.

It was a fabulous evening and the team had a ball!!

The Philippine team joined the Aussies and asked many questions about Bondi beach!!!

There were many forms of entertainment through the evening with extraordinary solo artists and various (invited) Rotary clubs putting on their 'set piece' of different types of modern dance.

Absolutely stunning!


An excellent rock and roll band played throughout the evening and the team did not waste any opportunity to 'enjoy' the occasion!

A great time had by all.

The Philippine Team:

Pictured left is Rucel Cayetano, a lawyer, working the Regional Trial Court and right, Lorna Mandin, a women's advocate advancing the rights of women in all fields of development.

Pictured left is Ben Masungcad, a College Biology Professor, at San Pedro College and right, Chris Carmona, a Loans and Credit Analyst with the Development Bank of the Philippines.


The team leaves for Australia in a few days and all are very excited about the experiences that await them!!

The Australian GSE team will meet up with them again when they visit the Hawkesbury region on Sunday 3rd April and attend the Alumni Dinner to be held on Tuesday 5th April.





The GSE team eventually made their presentation at 10am on Saturday 5th March to an enthusiastic audience and were very well received. It was hugely successful and the team are to be congratulated!!
Not long to go now.....with the team proceeding to Ormoc on Tuesday!

Only 6 days to go!!