The versatile and exceptionally talented Fe delos Reyes continues to amaze audiences with her boundless energy and skill, easily able to switch from funny girl to Broadway singer at a whim.
A multi-media marvel, Fe began her career in 1979 as a member of Music and Magic, the Philippine's premier showband in the 80s that held highly successful shows in Manila, the Asian circuit and North American cities.
Fe has played in such renowned venues as Carnegie Hall, MGM Grand, San Francisco Civic Center and the Shrine Auditorium.
While staying true to her Filipino roots, she reaches out to a diverse world audience, enthralling crowds ranging from an intimate 200 to 20,000 strong.
An Economics graduate of Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, she divided her time with studies, the Glee Club and singing backup for then-unknown Kuh Ledesma, who formed Music and Magic.
After a successful seven year run, the group dissolved in 1986 and members chose to launch solo careers. As a solo artist, Fe combined standup comedy and sing and dance into an entertainment form known as “cabaret comedy”, whose practitioners include the famed Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin.
Fe led a flourishing career in the Philippines in 1993 to head to the US in search of a sister she never met, raise her own family and pursue a career in America.
Along the way, Fe contended with US Immigration and it's her experiences that gave life to her original musical "Amerikana ...Made in the Philippines.”
The musical spotlights challenges faced by Fe and her fellow immigrants, a subject that gains currency in today's times. In real life, Fe won permanent US residency and became a US citizen in 2002.
Fe also starred in the award-winning Filipino American film The Debut (2000, Columbia Tri-Star), playing Tita Alice. Fe is now working on a book, a collection of spiels, spoofs and song parodies set in several cities and against the backdrop of the ongoing social networking phenomenon.
Fil-Americans in the Charlotte, North Carolina community and neighboring areas can catch Fe delos Reyes in her April 22 concert entitled “#Trending Fe delos Reyes: A Night of Music and Laughter” at the International House Auditorium, Midwood International and Cultural Center, 1817 Central Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina 28205.
The concert is presented by Core Visions Productions with special guest Shane Ericks. The show starts at 6 pm and tickets are priced at $35. Seats are first come, first served. For tickets and sponsorship, please call 980.215.1307./Susan Palmes-Dennis
(Susan Palmes-Dennis is a veteran journalist from Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao in the Philippines who worked as a nanny and is now employed as a sub-teacher and a part-time teacher assistant in one of the school systems in the Carolinas.
Read her blogs on susanpalmesstraightfrom the Carolinas.com and at http://www.blogher.com/myprofile/spdennis54. These and other articles also appear at http://www.sunstar.com.ph/author/2582/susan-palmes-dennis.
You can also connect with her through her email susanap.dennis@yahoo.com as well as her Pinterest account at http://www.pinterest.com/pin/41025046580074350/) and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Straight-from-the-Carolinas-/494156950678063)
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