48th Samahang Pilipino Cultural Night

On Saturday, May 24, 2025, Samahang Pilipino will present its 48th Annual Samahang Pilipino Cultural Night (SPCN). SPCN serves as an expression of the experiences within Pilipinx and Pilipinx-American culture as a means of raising awareness and appreciation through a cast of 300+ students performing in traditional dances interwoven with an original script and music.

For nearly five decades, SPCN has served as a means of showcasing the vitality and perseverance of the Pilipinx community. Our aim is to uphold this commitment and unity in education and entertainment, guided by SPCN’s core values of one family and cultural edutainment.

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Below is a budget breakdown of this year's production costs and what your donation will go towards. 

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Love. Immigration. Family ties. These values ground our show, “Pangako”, the Tagalog word for “Promise.”

Our story explores the weight promises carry, in the lives of our main characters, Charli Danise and her parents, Dante and Charisse. Dante’s ambition to immigrate stands in opposition to everything his mother, Nanay Encarnacion, believes in. Despite her wishes, he brings Charisse with him to start anew in America. Charli is soon born, and the family faces a myriad of challenges— societal, marital, and cultural. As time passes, the Philippines becomes a distant memory, until an unexpected opportunity to revisit arises, laden with unkept promises waiting to be revealed.

Productions such as these offer students like us the chance to delve into their heritage while also educating the audience on the broader significance of keeping stories alive, allowing us to carry forward the legacies and traditions born from them. Your donation allows us to keep this production alive.

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