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Guia Rivera on front page of Philippine Weekly
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 8:33AM / Standard Entry / Members only
Friday, September 25, 2009
Divas Ball 2009 features special guest Guia Rivera
Glamour lightens up recession in Chicago
Front page of Philippine Weekly
By CYNTHIA VELEZ
Special to Philippine Weekly
Chicagoans turn to entertainment to chase away the Windy City blues as unemployment peaked at 9.6% in the United States this year, as bared bya recent study of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Today event organizers in Chicago are working hard to keep up the spirits of Chicago's citizens.
Chris Devins, Executive Producer of Hot Wax Chicago TV, who has been involved in the entertainment business for twenty years says "It's only typical that when the economy is down,entertainment always tends to increase in demand and value." So, while the stock market looks to China for hope, event promoters in Chicago call upon a particular Filipina entertainer to dazzle the evening.
Many of you know the secret weapon as Guia Rivera.
Riverawill walk the red carpet at Divas Ball 2009 on Friday, September 25,2009 at 7 p.m. Attendees will get a chance to dine with the chanteuse at Regency Banquet Hall on 5319 W. Diversey Ave in Chicago. Rivera and house music artist Liz Torres will be highlighted as special guests for the evening gala. The real focus of the night, however, is making
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sure all the ladies in attendance feel like the divas they are.
Rivera's rise to popularity comes simply from sharing with fans and friends what really goes on inside the music business.
Exactly two weeks ago, record producer Vince Lawrence invited Guia Rivera tovisit R & B legend R. Kelly's mansion. She decided to ring her girlfriends Vanessa Hill and Darleen Deocariza to accompany her to R.Kelly's party. The Japanese lantern fixtures lining R. Kelly's driveway subtly reveal the King of R & B's affinity for culture. Upon Rivera's arrival to the Tiki-lit barbecue a la R. Kelly, Vince Lawrence greeted her and im-mediately introduced Guia Rivera to R. Kelly himself.
"It's simply a dream," Rivera remarks. "I kept asking myself, am I really here with my girls in R. Kelly's living room? Then I got more comfortable at the R. Kelly party. Mister Kelly was a gracious host toall his guests."
Naturally Rivera tweet-ed her rendezvous with R. Kelly on her various web pages. This is a day and age in which you will find internet users Tweet-ing, or using a website called Twitter,to update everyone in their social network about their lives. To most people who haven't yet tested the workings on the information revolution, sending an event invitation on Facebook can be quite powerful in respect to advertising via traditional media such as printed event flyers or buying air time on television or radio. Forexample, last weekend four different promoters were bidding for her birthday event. Guia Rivera decided to hold her official birthday celebration which included a featured performance for deejay promotions company Club Mix at a nightclub venue in Schaumburg. Her Facebook event invitation reached Andre Numa, a guest who drove all the way from Michigan to Illinois to partake in the festivities with Guia Rivera and her close circle in the VIP. As soon as DJ Mike B of Club Mix announced her performance, club goers were already dancing to her song "SnakeCharmer (Hot Mix Hans Remix)."
It was deejay Hot Mix Hans who surprised her in July by spinning the club remix that he created for her popular song "Snake Charmer" at the Z Party at the Intercontinental O'Hare. Event organizer Jason de la Cruz from the 3Doves Foundation invited her as a special guest for their charity benefit to raise money for orphanages in the Philippines. De la Cruz says he is really motivated to help deliver funds to cancer patients in the Philippines to honor his mother who passed away from cancer. De la Cruz and his partner Aris Topacio definitely publicize their events with the assistance of Facebook event invitations. You can catch Guia Rivera performing live with deejay Hot Mix Hans at the T.I.B.O.S. Halloween Bash on Friday, October 30, 2009 at White Eagle Banquet Hall in Niles,IL. All of the proceeds will go to help children with cancer in the Philippines.
Lately, the performer is known for her flirtation with style. The evening of Saturday, October 24th marks the date of Rivera's second fashion show performance for couturier Victor Miller atthe Westin O'Hare. (Philippine actress Maria Isabel Lopez just wore ared sequined gown by Victor Miller to the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival.) Miller entertained his clientele with the debut of his fall collection Fashion in Fashion presents Elegant Woman. The designer requested Guia Rivera perform "Snake Charmer" on his catwalk. She donned a black cocktail dress with applique detail by Victor Miller in early September at the Wyndham O'Hare.
"I feel like I'm living from event to event each week," Guia Rivera says. "It never ends."
Riverasays her following is more attracted to the glitz factor of her more upscale event appearances because average nightclubs just don't stir up the same magic. Yet, surprisingly, Guia Rivera never ceases to showcase gritty, artistic sensibility through her music. She will be releasing a new Latin rock single "Escondido" with her distributor BFM Digital. Viewers are looking forward to her performance of the new acoustic composition E<N<E Rocks television show. Multimedia company Enchufate TV is taking seat reservations for the television show taping of Guia Rivera's rock debut. The episode will air on the upcoming season of E<N<E Rocks by Enchufate TV on Cable Channel 25 Chicago. "Escondido" also hits iTunes stores on October 18th.To reserve a FREE seat for Guia Rivera's performance on E<N<E Rocks, email Enchufate TV producer Sandra (info@enchufate.com). Must be 21+ to be part of the live television studio audience in Chicago.For a complete listing of Guia Rivera's events schedule, visit http://www.myspace.com/guiarivera.
(Photo credit: Evan Ngo of E & J Photography)
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