oh, say, can you see, by the dawn s early light, what so proudly we hail d at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, o er the ramparts we watch d, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [speaking foreign language] [singing in foreign language] please welcome the general of the republic of the philippines. honored guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to be here to celebrate the philippine- american history month. we re honored to have the honorable city mayor of san francisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officials, friends. in celebrating this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite
banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [speaking foreign language] [singing in foreign language] please welcome the general of the republic of the philippines. honored guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to be here to celebrate the philippine- american history month. we re honored to have the honorable city mayor of san francisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officials, friends. in celebrating this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite appropriate to announce perhaps that the u.s. senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month as well. i think it is also appropriate to announce that govern merck governor edwin brown announced that he had signed ab 199, school curriculum, social sciences, filipinos in world war ii. i think that all of these events show t
this year, our next honoree broke barriers tonight, we honor bay area fashion week. over 25 designers, 40 models, and the finest designs, celebrating our art means celebrating our story. it is a documented, and as our designers showcase, this year we saw the first ever bay area fashion week. the event was made at a charity fashion extravaganza, hosted in the south bay. the san francisco bay area filipino-american communities eludes this milestone, a legacy of art, fashion, and the filipina solis ready to wear. here are the representatives of the bay area fashion week. [applause] thank you. ok, let s check out a snippet of this fashion show. sounds like a wonderful idea. please welcome the fashion. [applause] please welcome our designers. [applause] [inaudible] wasn t that breathtaking? very much so. a special thanks to our models, star choreographers, all of our makeup artists, and our designers who flew all the way from southern californi
and these are too many firsts that have taken way too long for our community. but it is one that we should always celebrate and embrace, because we have so much to be proud of, so much culture to share, and so much of our heritage to remember. on this month, we celebrate. but it is not just this month that we celebrate. this is something that we embrace 355 days a year. because we, as a people, are proud, and it is so wonderful to be a filipina and to be a filipina here in san francisco. we welcome you this evening to celebrate with us. thank you. [applause] please welcome chief financial officer here. hello, good evening, honorable mayor lee, honorable commissioners hydra mendoza, and the council general. everybody has talked about that it was only in september 2009 that california state legislature approved the resolution that officially declared october as a filipino american history month. the city and county of san francisco has been celebrating this for seven years.
these are all wonderful things for us to celebrate, and it is such an honor to work under our first asian-american mayor here in san francisco. and these are too many firsts that have taken way too long for our community. but it is one that we should always celebrate and embrace, because we have so much to be proud of, so much culture to share, and so much of our heritage to remember. on this month, we celebrate. but it is not just this month that we celebrate. this is something that we embrace 355 days a year. because we, as a people, are proud, and it is so wonderful to be a filipina and to be a filipina here in san francisco. we welcome you this evening to celebrate with us. thank you. [applause] please welcome chief financial officer here. hello, good evening, honorable mayor lee, honorable commissioners hydra mendoza, and the council general. everybody has talked about that it was only in september 2009 that california state legislature approved the resolution that o