Dinagat Island Province, Philippines

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Dinagat Province, Philippines

Dinagat Islands became a separate province on December 2, 2006 after the approval of Republic Act No. 9355. It was a part of the First District of Surigao del Norte.
February 11, 2010 the Supreme Court of the Philippines declared the creation of Dinagat Islands province null and void. The province had insufficient land area and population as stipulated by the Local Government Code for the creation of provinces.
It was reverted back to Surigao del Norte.

Location of Dinagat Island, Philippines

Dinagat Island is located on the south side of Leyte Gulf. Leyte is to its west, across Surigao Strait, and Mindanao is to its south. Its main island, Dinagat, is about 60 km from north to south.

History of Dinagat Island, Philippines

The begining of Dinagat Island

People of Dinagat Island, Philippines

Total Population of Dinagat Island

Local Government Unit LGU of Dinagat Island, Philippines

Elected officials of Dinagat Island for the term of 2010-2013

Provincial Governor: Glenda Buray Ecleo
Provincial Vice-Governor: Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman
House Representative:Ruben Buray Ecleo Jr.
Provincial Board Members:

Elected officials of Dinagat Island for the term of 2007-2010

Businesses in Dinagat Island, Philippines

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Dinagat Island, Philippines supports Philippine Cycling

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Economy of Dinagat Island, Philippines

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Natural Resources of Dinagat Island, Philippines

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Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Dinagat Island, Philippines

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Here is a letter that Allen Moretsky sent in that came from a friend of his: Saturday, November 27, 2010 3:08 AM

A little introduction here. My friend, Michael, a Brit and former Salvation Army Band member has been teaching children in his small village on Dinagat Island to play Brass Instruments. This is his second Tubajon Brass Band. He’s managed to get friends back in the UK to donate equipment and with is time and teaching ability has done wonders with these village kids on the remote island of Dinagat.

Allen Moretsky

Hi everyone,

It is now just over twenty-four hours since the bands first public appearance and I am so pleased with them. The day, after a very shaky start, turned out to be a really good one.

The program for the event had stated an 8am start. I have been fooled by that too many times now here but I did arrange for the kids to be here by 7am so as to get them all suited and booted. I needn’t have worried though as by soon after 6am, the majority of the little angels were already here. Having finished breakfast I set about getting our battered old pick-up truck ready. It wasn’t having any of it and eventually I had to accept that it wasn’t going to start. Although the gym is in easy walking distance I didn’t relish the prospect of trying to get all the instruments, stands, music and everything else there by hand. I then remembered the motor bike trailer. It had been built when we had no proper bridge that allowed access in and out of Sta.Cruz. We now have a permanent full size bridge so the trailer gets very little use. Having put air into the flat tyres I took it to the bike. I then went to where I “Knew” the connecting bolt assembly was. Problem was, it wasn’t and despite searching everywhere it couldn’t be found. Luckily I am a habitual hoarder of nuts, bolt etc so eventually I was able to fashion something that although not as good as the original would suffice for the short journey.

I has showered the night before to save time but now my hands were all greasy and I was bathed in sweat so another shower was absolutely necessary. Luckily, the Bass player Edgar, a former player from the original band, is old enough to be left in charge of the transportation. Giving strict instructions that nothing was to be left unattended at the gym, he, along with a couple of the older lads set about the task while I got myself ready. By the time I was washed and dressed, Edgar had made four uneventful trips and was back for the last of the equipment. With me at the helm we set off for the gym.

While I showered, Joan’s Uncle, our next door neighbour and as barangay Capitan (village chief) the main participant in the oath taking ceremony, came to say that the band should set up to the right of the stage. The first thing to greet me as I entered was the sight of the band set up…………..on the stage. It seemed that the woman who was in charge of the set up thought it was a good idea for the band to be up there. It wasn’t for several reasons. One there was hardly enough room for the band. Two, I was sure that all the various councilors etc would be required to go to the stage to take their oaths and I was correct. Three, it was quite dark and very hot up there and four, with the ceiling just one or two inches above my head, the acoustics would have been lousy. Everything had to come down and eventually the band was set up to the right of the stage.

By the time we were ready, it was 8.30 am, half an hour after the scheduled start time. In true Filipino style, the event actually got underway at ten am.

After an opening prayer by a member of the clergy, it was straight into the band playing the national anthem. Jan was operating the cam-corder to record the bands performance and she told me as I sat down that as the band started to play there was a very obvious gasp from people around her. This was borne out by the fact that there was applause as they finished playing. I don’t think I have ever known a national anthem applauded before. People also came across to shake me by the hand. It had been requested that the band made one other presentation and I arranged with the organizer where this should be on the program. Problem is they didn’t stick to the programme so when it was announced that the band would play it took me completely by surprise. I had undone my barong (form of Filipino dress shirt) so had to hastily scramble to get ready. It may have been a divine retribution because I, along with others had been smirking at the sight of the Mayor, Joan’s cousin Romeo who had very noticeably fallen asleep. It was a very boring affair but he, in the most prominent position in the gym was nestled comfortably on his wife’s shoulder and well out of it. Joan and I couldn’t make out why his wife didn’t wake him up.

The bands number went down really well. OK. There were a couple of mis-pitched notes but overall I think they played really well. The audience applauded even during the performance and when they finished I was so very pleased with them. One thing I have noticed here is that people are very sparing with applause. Having customarily turned to take the applause I signaled for the band to stand. The applause by this time has stopped so I signaled for everyone to clap again, which they did.

It came as no surprise when the band were asked to play again. In fact I had rehearsed a second piece and the band already had it on their stands. Again it was well received and as the event came to a close many people came over to congratulate them Not least amongst the congratulations came from the woman Vice Mayor. She was so truly pleased with the bands playing and said it had made the hair on her neck stand. I always thought that was an indicator of fear but I’m sure she didn’t mean that.

So, Tubajon Brass Mk 2 is up and running. We have many engagements in the next few weeks so I will keep you up to date with those. One in particular is the annual Christmas bash of the Divisional Education Department.

They day even ended on a high note (almost literally). I had only recently asked the kids to recruit a drummer for the national anthem. You can hear the two of them playing and it does make a big difference even though at the moment they are really just ad libing (playing without music). They also brought along a girl who plays the musical lyre. She normally sits near me during practice and I have been amazed at how easily she picked up the music and played with the band. Even finding the right key without any trouble at all. They have all three expressed a desire to learn to play instruments. I had said to them it would be a pleasure as there were three trombones sitting idle and even another bass. The girl, Rhona, came last night and asked if I could start to teach her. Although shattered by the day’s events I was happy to, do so and went and got one of the trombones for her. I showed her the basic slide positions and to my amazement, within a few minutes she was rattling up and down the C scale as if she had been playing for ages. I then got a tutor book intended for valved instruments and pointing to some simple tunes (jingle bells, row row row the boat etc) asked her to try and play them. She was here for about an hour and when she left had the ability of a learner who had been playing for weeks. She came back today and with what only can be described as a lightening skip through musical theory she was playing tunes by herself without any help from me at all. She has never had any training but is now reading music as well as some of my players. I just find it so incredible. Before she left today, she was playing the trombone part of several carols with me playing the melody and she made hardly any mistakes. Her pitch, ability to read and appreciation of timing is just phenomenal. That’s the good news. The bad is that she leaves high school next June so will be going off to college. Never mind, the band can enjoy her ability while she is here.

Well, that is about all my very good news. I will get discs burned of the performance yesterday and get them to the UK as soon as possible.

Love and best wishes to everyone

A very happy Mike

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