UPCOMING EVENTS

  • 10/19-10/24: Tickets for ROCK FOR HOMES 2009 on-sale at GSU Link!
  • 10/24/09 (7:00pm): ROCK FOR HOMES 2009 @ TSAI PERFORMANCE CENTER.
  • 10/30/09 (7:00pm): BUFSA's 2nd General Meeting- Halo-Haloween!

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

BOOOOFSA! POWWWWWW! bam! WEEKLY UPDATE.

EYYYYYYY BOOFS!

We hope everyone had a guhhhhhreat weeek! ISA Pump up Rally was great.. D1 Sosyal was a blast.. mini Spanish suite tour twas amazing..  practices are looking incredible!

We are now ONLY 11 DAYS, 8 hours, and 40 minutes until our big show ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE and we have lots and lots of FSA in store for you until then. Here's the low down for the week and some dates in the future to look forward to! ready ready ready?! Sorry, this email is LONG but please try to read it all cuz there's aloooot of important info regarding the next 2 weeks hereeee. k go!

FAMILY DINNER/EXTRA PRACTICE DINNER/WERK CUZ ISA IS ONLY 11 DAYS DINNER (4/08/09 from 6:30 P.M. - 10 P.M.)
Family Dinner this week will be held in B43 in the basement of the PSYCHOLOGY building on Cummington st.   We will be holding extra practice during family dinner so we can look EXTRA HOT at our show in less than 2 weeks.  Please get your food before coming! If you aren't  dancing in any of the scheduled practices come, hang out/cheel, play!

The Fam Din Extra Practice schedule is as follows:

6:30-7pm  -   I Gotcha (Juan Castro)
7-8pm       -   Popular (Tim Ramos)
8-9pm       -   Senior Dance
9-10pm     -   Kids (Christian Rivera)

All-University Relay for Life at Harvard University (4/10-4/11)
Come support BUFSA and District 1 as come together to help save lives and raise money for cancer victims and celebrate the strength of cancer survivors! Nothing's better than having fun while supporting a great cause! Relay for Life is essentially a giant sleepover- BOOFSA will be meeting/leaving from the TSAI center lobby at 9 P.M. right after Friday night practice and will travel to Harvard together.  Once we get there we will be meetings up with our D1 friends and walk around the track, play games, enjoy some free food, and chill with the fun peeps we love. BUFSA will travel back to BU together at 6 A.M. Saturday morning. You get a free shirt with registration! If you haven't already please sign up for the BUFSA team on the Relay for Life Website. If you are not able to sign up online, you can sign up on location Friday night.

For more info on how to register with BUFSA  for Relay for Life click here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=61746177969&ref=ts


EASTER SUNDAY MASS at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge =) (4/12/09)
Per BUFSA tradition, we will be be attending Easter Sunday Mass in Cambridge, MA! Mass is scheduled for 9 A.M. so we will be meeting at the BU EAST T-Stop at 7:30 A.M. =) so we can all travel there together as one big fam bam.   Easter Sunday Mass is extra special in this beautiful beautiful church and the mass also features some awesome music from a boy's choir.  We will have easter lunch/brunch together after mass! yayyyy for BOOFSA family fun on Easter Sunday =)


INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR BUFSA E-BOARD FOR 2009-2010?!
If so, please send over a letter of intent explaining what position your running for and why you think you deserve this position to Mo (mortega@bu.edu) or Rob (supanova@bu.edu) by  12 P.M. on Monday, April 13th! Your name will be put on the ballot for your desired position. Elections will be held on Monday, April 20th at 12:30 P.M. at the Terrace Lounge at the GSU. 


ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE 2009
A. LAST CALL FOR ADJOURNAL SUBMISSIONS! (Due 4/08 to Rivs or Auburn)
Want to make and AD for your Big or your Little? Want to personalize a message to someone you love that is going to the show? Want to give a big shout out to your class? We go the puuuuurfect way to do so! If you are interested in putting in an AD in this year's program booklet for our BIG show ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE the time is now =) ALL submissions are due by TOMORROW, April 8th to Christian Rivera or Auburn Santo.  Feel free to be as creative as you want!

B. PRACTICE/EXTRA PRACTICES
Dances are looooookin hawt! You're all doing such an awesome job! Please remember to keep up with the email's from your lovely DC's and choreographers so you don't miss extra practices by accident. With the show coming up soooo soon.. extra weekday practices will probably held for some dances! so yee keep checking your emails and be sure to let your DC's know if you can't make it. Remember, practices are now mandatory! =) 


B. SAVE THE DATE! ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE FINAL RUN-THRU (4/17 from 6 P.M. - 12 A.M.)
This is going to be a very very special night! AND will also be your FINAL PRACTICE/RUN-THRU for your dances and attendance is absolutely mandatory.  Please save this date and be expected to be there the WHOLE time. There will be a sign-in sheet and sign-out sheet distributed during that day so that we know when everyone arrives and leaves so that we can account for everyone. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS DATE (as a few of you have already mentioned to one of us) PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO RIVS (r1vera26@bu.edu) OR AUBURN (ausanto@bu.edu) AGAIN FOR REFERENCE. 

C. TICKETS
ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE 2009 tickets will be ON SALE at the GSU LINK starting Monday, April 13th at 10 A.M.! They will be sold daily starting Monday, 4/13 to Friday, 4/17 from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Plan to get your tix early because we are expected to sell out! 

D. FB PROFILE PICS
Please help BOOFSA promote the event by changing your profile pics to the sexy/colorful ISA flyer created by BUFSA's own, Cookie Puno. The flyer can be found on our ISA event page just right click and save =)

E. ISA WEEKEND (4/18-4/19)

THE SHOW (4/18)
APRIL 18TH... TSAI CENTER... 7 P.M. TO 9 P.M.... 2 HOURS OF MULTICULTURAL AMAZINGNESS. 
Doors open at 6 P.M... COME ENJOY FREE ETHNIC CUISINE BEFORE THE SHOW =)

Performers include: BU GIDDHA, FUSION, JAPANESE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, VIBES, AND STEP ABOUT BOSTON
Special Performances by: MTV ABDC Season 2's Boogie Bots Crew, Hip Hop Artist Hydroponikz, and Liz Lohnes! 

Invite your friends, family, and loved ones! It will be a night to be remembered!


THE BOOGIE BOTS WORKSHOPS (4/19 from 12 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.)
presented in association with BU's Fusion

End your ISA weekend by learning choreography from MTV ABDC's Boogie Bots! They will be teaching 3 separate workshops in the SAO Dance Studio located at 1 University Rd!

featuring guest choreographers:
Mike Arellano "Magic Mike"
Miguel Almario
Karla Garcia & Bryan "BOOGIEMIND" East (Co-founder of Boogie Bots Crew)


DISTRICT ONE SOSYAL 
We hope everyone had a great time this past Friday at D1 Sosyal despite our early return. Attached to this email is an official statement from District One explaining matters that occurred on the boat and why D1 and the boat crew came to the decision to end this year's Sosyal early.  Please give it a read!

sooooo quick recap (mark your calendars!):

Now, 4/7 =)- Change your FB profile pics to ISA flyer!
Wednesday, 4/8- FAM DINNER/EXTRA PRACTICE @ B43 of Psych Building
Wednesday, 4/8- AD Journal submissions due
Friday, 4/10 to Saturday, 4/11- Relay for Life at Harvard.. Register now!... MEET AT 9 P.M. IN TSAI CENTER LOBBY RIGHT AFTER FRIDAY PRACTICE
Sunday, 4/12- Easter Mass at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge- MEET AT 7:30 A.M. AT BU EAST T-STOP
Monday, 4/13 to Friday, 4/17- ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE TICKETS ON SALE AT GSU LINK from 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M
Monday, 4/13- BUFSA E-board Letter of Intent due by 12 P.M.
Friday, 4/17- ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE FINAL RUN THRU** Mandatory
Saturday, 4/18- ISA: THE WORLD IS ONE 2009
Sunday, 4/19- THE BOOGIE BOTS WORKSHOPS


We know things are getting crazy with school so remember to keep up with your school work! Take it one thing at a time =) Work hard, play hard! Lez dooo it!!!

<3EBIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

--
Boston University Filipino Students Association Executive Board 2008-09
     questions, comments, suggestions, email:      bufsa@bu.edu

President:           Michelle Ortega                     mortega@bu.edu
Vice-President:      Robert Antonio                 supanova@bu.edu
Treasurer:           Marie Rodriguez     mrodz@bu.edu
Secretary:           Emmeline Wallace              emmeline@bu.edu
Internal Affairs:    John Prestosa                jvpp718@bu.edu
External Affairs:    Carlo Dumandan                  carlod@bu.edu
Productions Coordinators:  Christian Rivera                r1vera26@bu.edu
                    Auburn Santo                  ausanto@bu.edu
Recreations Coordinator:   Juan Castro            jucastro@bu.edu
Freshman Representative:   Tim Ramos            tramos@bu.edu
For more information, view our website! http://people.bu.edu/bufsa/

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