Rosas Pandan by ENCORE-Dawson High School Choir of Pearland, Texas

[simplytheo]

WOOOOWWWW!! how can i repeat my like here in youtube? one LIKE for your choir group is not enough for this wonderful rendition... you know what? YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!, to the choir director... BRAVO.. you did it very well...

[anonymous77898]

OMG Awesome!

[Nickknockerz]

nice singing... nice accent

[JAnthony37]

Lots of nuanced dynamics- very effective with this song. Great diction too. Nicely done.

[6468765]

your choir sounds super awesome... it sounds like you're actually from Visayas. Ms. Roxan Silva, mabuhay po kayo!

[ryleryleryle]

Just make your pronunciation of ''t'' more Deeper, So you'll have like an authentic Filipino Diction.

Kudos!! Very good. =)

[magsasaka1960]

@ryleryleryle What if they told us to enunciate our Fs, Vs, and THs and soften our Ts when we sing English songs? PUH-LEAAAZE... This group does a much better job at pronouncing/singing Philippine words than we do at theirs.

[tarubski99]

SASAMPALIN KO YUNG NANAY NA MAY DALANG BATA NA IYAK NG IYAK...BUSEEETTTTTT

[magsasaka1960]

@tarubski99 Ay, naku...ako'y buwisit na buwisit d'in d'un sa batang ngawa nang ngawa. The parent(s) of that child was very inconsiderate. Dapat man lamang ay inilabas ang batang hindi yata namamaos sa pagngawa!!!

[ranhony]

WOW!! awesome you guys!

[bangkito]

great rendition of this song, words are properly pronounced, if you are not watching the clip and just listening to their voices you may mislead that these singers are pure Filipino. Bravo ENCORE-Dawson High School Choir!

[engrish2006]

Oh my gosh, what perfect pronunciation! Although it's only because you have a Filipina as a choir director, lol! But still, beautiful!

[magsasaka1960]

@engrish2006 Choirs in the Philippines will still have difficulty at pronouncing Fs, Vs, THs and soft Ts even if they had an American and/or English director. Let us not minimize this outstanding rendition of a Philippine song by a non-Philippine group by pointing out trivial details of the performance.

[engrish2006]

@magsasaka1960 But don't you agree that correct pronunciation of foreign words creates authenticity? As a native Filpino, I really appreciate choirs who take the effort to pronounce the words of our languages correctly. Heck, my chamber choir sang "Alouette" at a music festival, and the adjudicator, during feedback, corrected minor issues in our French. Correct pronunciation eloquently tells the song's story to the native speaker who may be listening; it's hardly trivial.

[engrish2006]

@engrish2006 Not to mention it spares the rare chance of saying the wrong word that could put the whole song out of context. And by the way, I've heard many Filipino choirs sing English songs with little to no accent. I don't know what you've been listening to, but...

[gumaming]

Bravo! Excellent performance. Galing nila!

[silverfireism]

MY GRANDMOTHER USE TO SING THIS ALL THE TIME GREAT JOB:)

[bshah2007]

baby wants to be in the choir too!

[TheRemz17]

sounds like real visayan,,, is this really authentic?

[rlngutchie68]

@TheRemz17 Yes! These kids are just awesome and are blessed to have a very talented choir director.

[impinai79]

I'm impressed! hehhee.... they sang perfect pronunciation

[PRAYDOM]

FB/LUDABI KA BA? proudly present orig. song from the Philippines...

[nsmanalo100]

excellent !

[paulcaspe]

wow! man, it's not easy to memorize foreign language that you don't hear often. great job!

[budlat19]

maayo gyud ang pagkakanta!!!!!!!!!!!

[julemps]

Rosas Pandan is a name of a Filipina woman coming from away from civilization. (E.g lived in a mountain) who came to join a celeberation in the town. Thats what it means in the song.

[julemps]

wow..well performed! They were singing like a Filipino! The visayan words are well pronounced! Excellent! Congrats!

[lebegue143]

does rosas pandan means the kind of plant cooked together with rice to make it smell good.

[MegaSigbin]

@lebegue143 : LOL, yes PANDAN is a plant variety with its leaf used to cook on top of rice to make it fragrant. However, Rosas Pandan is mythical maiden name in the song.

[MONCHIEF111]

Very Good!!! I love the timing, the pronunciation of words while singing was superb, the arrangement, what more? It was a 5 Star performance!!!!! Congratulation!!!!!

[Aikamatsu]

holy crap my pants!

[jconz01]

amazing..... :)

[jconz01]

amazing.....  :)

[cruishall]

two thumbs up! great pronounciation of words; as if you were from that visayan region.

[xTatyanna]

I was listening an I'm like this sounds like a Filipino Song.

[babyarnlove]

i like this better because they perfectly pronounce the lyrics very well! very amazing !

[samsung36ful]

so eloquent in pronouncing the words.

[musicforever711]

in my choir we sing this and i sing those high notes, whoever it was is alot better than i am. great job! :)

[rlngutchie68]

Dawson High School's uber talented choir director, Roxan Silva is a Filipina!

There were 3 filipino kids in the group (Angelene Superable, Ressa Gallardo, DJ Delrosario) and one filAm (Christian Madison).

This was just one of the many awesome performances of Dawson High School's ENCORE choir.

[agerod4nhoj1969]

Were there filipinos in the group? what made them decide to include this song in their line-up? Nice choice.

[bowthruster69]

beautiful guys...

[MusicandPrayer]

yall i didnt know we sound that good DANG!! go SILVA!

[Xjreme18]

Oh wow.. There's a freaking baby. >_<

[SirCaseyHollywood]

wow... Brilliant

[HattoriYakuza]

lol no american accent with it too! nice!

[lovencare62]

it is soundslike philippines christmas carole to me. Nice

[hanoneehw]

i'm seeing this video at around 12 midnight with my headphones.. i was concentrating on the vid and it really freaked my out when i started to hear baby sounds!

but thanks to the comments i was relieved to know that it was part of the vid.. for a moment i thought i was hallucinating.. hahaha

[aljatapan]

Excellent performance..it stirred my emotion and made me even prouder as a filipino-american..thank you and congratulations..this is one of the best choir on the web

[anoifromlondon]

BRAVO !

[jurbinsky77]

Very,very good! Excellent!

I salute the choir master and each member of this high school choir.

[uberathlete]

What the fck is a baby doing in there!??!?

[kidrainenfina]

istorbo nman ung baby >.<

[haidrus82]

@kidrainenfina budding singer si baby, gusto nya choir member pud sya, hala practice na sya :-)

[leonguevarra]

superb! an u got the T right. first non-filipino choir able to

[paxcssr]

perfect!!!!

[TorontoCA2]

SUPERB PERFORMANCE! Perfect pronunciation & accent. These high school choir did a great rendition of Rosas Pandan.

[jikes07]

Cool, they really sang it well with the correct Cebuano-Visajan accent.. Bravo!!! From republic of cebu (queen city of the south)

[jomark8]

Just awesome..

[agerod4nhoj1969]

WOW! GREAT RENDITION. PRONUNCIATION IS VERY CLEAR ESPECIALLY THE LETTER "T" WHICH IS VERY NATIVE. SOUNDS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR SINGING THE SONG. BRAVO! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR CONDUCTOR. AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO PERFORMED IT VERY WELL.

[magsasaka1960]

@agerod4nhoj1969 What impressed me more than their pronunciation of blunt or hard "T" was how well and clearly they pronounced "NG" or "NANG". Next to "MGA", every native English speaker I've met finds "ng" or "nang" most difficult to pronounce.

[jerryboi511]

Wonderful job! One of the best renditions of Rosas Pandan piece that I've heard. Superb articulation and diction :) Great use of dynamic changes. It sounded like the kids had fun with this piece.

[gpaco78]

Now that's attention to detail. Your conductor is good...even to the pronunciation of the letter "T" which is often difficult to some one who does not speak the language. Very good rendition of the song. Thank you.

[julros12]

WeLL sung.



[MisterRodriguez]

probably one of the best renditions of this song that i've heard. your diction in bisaya is near perfect! :D

[rexesvon17]

im from visayas central philippines.. all i can say is BRAVO... maayo kaau cla, lupigan pa gani ta mga visaya

[Lalaine8U]

hahaha . . . kalingaw pud sa mga estudyante . . . they sang it beautifully and said the words correctly. =)

[aprasmo1]

@Lalaine8U maayo pa sila ganahan mukanta sa atong kanta... pero ang uban nato nga mga filipino dili ganahan maminaw aning mga klase sa kanta...

[jpbbernardo]

they sang like a native! bravo!