OCTOBER 7, 2002
For immediate release

ROMEO CANDIDO AND OTHER LOCAL MUSICIANS TO PERFORM AT THE 2002 APA FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL

Washington, D.C. - As part of the 2002 DC Asian Pacific American Film and Music Festival, Romeo Candido will perform his multimedia program, "The Romeo Candido Karaoke Show" on October 14, 2002. Also performing is Grace Chung, jazz singer, and her accompanying band.

The event will begin at 8pm and feature opening acts from local groups girl @ th bus stop and Inqilab. The hosting venue is HR-57 Center for the Preservation of Jazz and Blues, 1610 14th St., Washington, DC 20009. Donations of $5 will be collected at the door.

About the artists:
Originally from Hong Kong, Grace Chung began singing jazz more than ten years ago, performing with a quartet in Sydney, Australia, where she grew up. Over the past years, she has played with big bands and her own jazz trios in Hong Kong, New York, Boston and now Washington DC. While in graduate school in Boston, she co-founded WhoSheBe, an all female jazz combo, with avant-garde elements. They have since recorded a first CD, Bygones. By day, Grace works as a computer scientist and computational linguist based in Virginia.

Romeo Candido is a Canadian born Filipino filmmaker, composer, musician, and producer. Through years of hard work and dedication, he became the musical director of the Harana Filipino Dance Company, and studied various forms of traditional Filipino music from the renowned Barangay cultural troupe based in the Philippines. His latest film, "Lolo's Child" is the featured opening selection of the 2002 DC APA Film and Music Festival. Previous to his work on "Lolo's Child", Romeo performed with the Canadian Company of Miss Saigon, recorded and released a song with the R&B group KUYA, and has written a book entitled "Ugly Flower", which was commissioned by OISE to bring awareness to the problem of domestic violence against women and children.

For more information about the show please contact Anna Petrillo.

For more information about the film festival please visit www.apafilm.org.