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Activities, Canada, Festivals, Lethbridge, North America

FCALA Joins the Northern Lights Festival

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October 4, 2019. The Filipino Association of Lethbridge, Alberta, together with other ethnic associations and some local businesses in Lethbridge, joined this year’s Northern Lights Festival held at the gym of Winston Churchill High School. It’s an event held to seek understanding of what people from all types of backgrounds contribute to the community. Attendees also asked what events are running throughout the year and it is a great platform wherein Canadians can get to know each other better.

It is an event filled with entertainment from the different neighbouring schools and from different ethnic communities. There were food trucks to fulfill your food cravings like Kona Shaved Ice and Churros. A flu clinic was also held to protect everyone from the flu this flu season.

Here are some of the pictures from the event.

This is a yearly event and we’re looking forward to see everyone again next year! =)

Activities, Canada, Festivals, Lethbridge, North America

West Fest: the Kids’ Festival in West Lethbridge for a Good Cause

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June 15, 2019. Save On Foods held its 8th Annual West Fest. The West Fest is the biggest kids’ festival in West Lethbridge.

It is held every spring at the Save On Foods West Lethbridge parking lot.

Kids get to jump up and down the bouncy castles and slide down inflatable slides. Smaller children were able to build sandcastles in the sandbox.

There’s also a fundraiser pancake breakfast and bbq hotdog lunch for a beneficiary local school. The proceeds of this year’s fundraising was given to Mike Mountain Horse Elementary School.

While you eat, you’ll be entertained by young bands and choirs from nearby schools.

You could also seat near the stage and watch the live performances.

This year’s special performers are the dancers from the Filipino-Canadian Association of Lethbridge dancing the “Sayaw sa Bangko” (Dance on a Bench).

With the amazing weather and the support of Lethbridge residents, we were able raise twice the amount of donations as compared to last year. Thanks to all the sponsors for making this event successful and contributing for the improvement of our schools in Lethbridge!

See you again next year!!! 😀👍🏼

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The Biggest Filipino Fiesta in Southern Alberta Started with a Bang!!!

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June 8, 2019 – The first-ever Filipino Heritage Celebration in Lethbridge started with a bang! The Filipino-Canadian Association of Lethbridge, Alberta’s hardwork definitely paid off! It’s a day filled with fun games, fashion shows of traditional Filipiniana costumes, lots of vendors selling your favourite Filipino food and a good number of goosebumps-inducing song performances.

There are also folk dances performed by our talented dancers led by Regina Jing-Jing Lopez. Standing out is the “Sayaw sa Bangko” (Dance on a Bench) which is definitely not for people with a fear of heights!


Sayaw sa Bangko (Dance on a Bench)

The Filipino-Canadian Association of Lethbridge, Alberta would like to thank our sponsors for this event: Save On Foods, Orange Blossom Food Imports, Tambayan Ni Kabayan, DAD Canada Immigration Consulting Inc, Norwex by Gigie and Analyn, ABM College, Davies GMC Buick, TFC, GMA Pinoy TV, FCM Live, Diaryo Alberta Society and Wacky Shots.

Most of all, we would like to thank everyone for joining the celebration and making this event the biggest Filipino Fiesta in Southern Alberta!!! People from Calgary, Taber, Pincher Creek, Coaldale, and even Montana joined the fun!!! See you again next year!!! You guys are awesome!!!