ACOJE ONLINE COMMUNITY

Hi to everyone,
Am sure most of you don't know the original Acoje song (lyrics and music composed by Mrs. Legazpi- she was our music teacher) but some would recall. Ask the privileged batches. Wisdom comes with age, you know.
Let's have a contest. Research on this and come 2010, the alumnus /alumna would receive something. Of course it's not the gift but the joy of reminiscing the song. Believe me, it's worth digging up.
Just dropped by to tickle your minds.
Guro

Hi Mam,

Gosh! I never heard of the song since I was in grade 5 and I have been thinking of it just recently as part of my research. Yes, what a good idea you have for the Reunion.

i dont think , i have ever heard the song but am for sure will be digging for that. " I shall return" at "La Cucaracha" and memoryado ko, thanks to Mrs. Loba...

If you have heard it when you were in grade five, at least you now have somewhere to start with.
And if you have never heard of it, that's a challenge.

But just wondering mam, do you really have with you the song and the lyrics? And do you still remember the history how it was composed? Hear from you soon.

i never heard that song before, i guess. thus, it would be a great satisfaction for me to listen to the song this time. Ma'am Legazpi must be so deeply inspired when she composed the song. i hope someone could post it here for the benefit of everybody...and when comes the reunion, everybody could sing it so loud.

...and the first to post the song here could be the winner of the contest...ah ei... Sir/Ma'am, pardon my mischief po we just really need it here (or it is just me only who want the song to be posted here? hmm )

...anyway, and so far po, this is what i've found: acoje song or acoje jingle?


of course, it is just a song for Acoje and not the original Acoje song or theme. But good God, BB used the old 'thee' pertaining to Acoje and...right!, i think it's romantic hehe.

just passing by

regards to all

yes Miguel.
I still have it. In fact it is embedded.
Mrs. Legazpi was a very dedicated music teacher, who always had her pitch pipe with her.
She organized a choir and wrote the lyrics and music. (wayback late early 70's maybe). (there was also a banduria group, am not sure if it was her who organized though.) It was accepted as the Acoje song.
btw, may i know your family name? I might know someone from your family.
regards

Yes!!!! I remember Mrs. Leagazpi!....our music teacher....I don't remember any acoje song though that she composed. The banduria teacher was Ms. Matias our first grade teacher in the late 60s!.....I graduated 1967!!!...what a year to remember!....but I probably will recollet some of our happy days and sad days way back!...I am really happy that we have this Acoje...whoever constructed it...KUDOS to you!!I was born in Acoje and my dad was the late Vicente Fabricante. I am his fifth daughter and is now residing in Saipan. I am a retired teacher,taught here for 25 years. I sure am excited to find out my long lost friends, classmates, neighbors and anyone that have lived in Acoje that knows or familiar with my family. I remember some of the...the Damasco familly, Cabaccang, Galinato, Abalos, De Castro, Ms. Fiagoy, my English teacher...and many more!....if anyone of you out there knows me, please......get in touch with me! Thanks!...

Here's my e-address....just in case some of you out there knows me, retiredsensi@yahoo.com
Linda Fabricante Arriola
P.O. Box 501932
Saipan, MP 96950
tel# 1 670 256 3710

hi lindaarriola
am sure you know it.
the first line goes... We will roam in the mountains of Acoje.....

ring a bell?

Who were your batchmates then?
I might know you.
regards

hi linda!

this is nida de castro if you can still remember me. i'm glad you have registered here. nice to hear from you. i'm working here at the tourism department of subic bay metropolitan authority. here is my email ad. adin_ojor@yahoo.com

hi Nida!!!!! Naku it's been sooooo long! siguro about 40 years ago na ang nakaraan after we left Acoje! Of course naman I remember you! In fact my mga old pictures pa nga kami ng mga parents mo at ate Yoly mo! We were neighbors back then right?!....but I guess you were only 10 or 12 at that time. Glad to know you still remember me too!

Hello there, guro....baka nga ka batch kita....why don't you identify yourself?...o baka teacher pa kita??!!!I might know you too!

Acoje Loyalty song poh ba tinutukoy nyong song mga uncles at aunties?

Hi Ate Linda,

Is this your batch?
BATCH 1969 – 1970
Boys:
1. Acosta, Lorenzo Jr
2. Aquino, Resurreccion
3. Bangcawayan, Nic
4. Busa, Chito
5. Cañoza, Roberto
6. Cariño, Orsenio
7. Cruz, Teddy
8. Ferrer, Jose
9. Lozano, Rogelio
10. Minimo, Teofilo
11. Nonan, Jaime
12. Panelo, Danilo
13. Paz, Leonardo
14. Tumbokon, Virgilio
15. Ydia, Rodolfo
Girls:
1. Agron, Dolores
2. Agsaoay, Leonardo
3. Aguilar, Erlinda
4. Banigued, Elvira
5. Batoyoy, Rosa
6. Bautista, Pacita
7. Cabaccang, Loida
8. Cacabelos, Susan
9. Cobilla, Herminia
10. Credo, Ledesma
11. Edejer, Marilou
12. Fabricante, Erlinda <------------------------------****
13. Galinato, Rosario
14. Garcia, Elvira
15. Guisaed, Grace
16. Guitangan, Felina
17. Layno, Imelda
18. Lorenzana, Erlinda
19. Lozano, Natividad
20. Mila, Zenaida
21. Movida, Lilia
22. Omoweng, Catherine
23. Pocsidio, Juanita

Funny, there are several Erlinda in your class.

correct ka dyan gayyem!.dami naming erlinda sa class namin! ewan ko ba bakit very popular ang name namin!....nagpipintas pay met!!!thanks for posting it ading ko! Si Imelda Layno at Juanita Pocsidio...mga gagayyem ko dagita!...we used to call us the tres muskeeteras!...my!!!! we three had fun those days! I miss those two...if you know of their whereabout....please let me know, ok?!!!!thanks!

hi linda,
my sister rosario is your batchmate.
i am rebecca.
rosario is in new york and i am in jakarta
nice to hear from you.

Well guro is this the lyrics of the song???

ACOJE SONG

We will roam in the mountains of Acoje

In her stopes and tunnels we will be

We will strive for prosperity and glory

and for the

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ACOJE LOYALTY SONG


WE WILL ROAM IN THE MOUNTAIN OF ACOJE
IN SLOPES AND VALLEYS WE WILL BE
MINING CHROMITE FOR PROSPERITY AND GLORY
FOR ACOJE, FOR OUR LOVE ONCE IN OUR COUNTRY

DEAR ACOJE, YOUR NAME AND YOUR STORY
WE’LL RAISE OUR GLAD VOICES, TO THEE
WE WILL STRIVE FOR SUCCESS AND ITS GLORY
FOR THE A. C. O. J. E. (ACOJE)

AND FOR YOU OUR LOYALTY WILL NEVER END
AND OUR MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS BE WITH OUR FRIENDS
IN TIME OF CRISIS WE WILL OFFER YOU OUR HELPING HANDS
TO MAKE THIS MINE A PEACEFUL LAND