{"id":243065,"date":"2016-12-22T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=243065"},"modified":"2016-12-22T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T20:00:33","slug":"manamko-give-concert-preview-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/manamko-give-concert-preview-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"Man\u2019amko give concert preview at Legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_243067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Manamko-pix-1-300x200.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several man\u2019amko serenaded members of the Legislature and their staff last Monday at the House chamber. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Commonwealth lawmakers and their staff got a much-needed holiday boost on Monday, with the man\u2019amko serenading them for a sneak peek of the man\u2019amko\u2019s concert on Wednesday night and their way of saying thank you to the work legislators have done the whole year.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third year for the man\u2019amko to sing Christmas carols to the legislators, who then hosted them for lunch. Vice speaker Joseph P. Deleon Guerrero (Ind-Saipan) started the annual tradition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives us something to talk about, we have to practice for our legislators. We just want to go out and visit different facilities and offices. We\u2019re happy for all the help they [Legislature] give. We just want to appreciate the hard work they do since they are making critical decisions,\u201d said Office on Aging director Walter Manglona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of our elderly feel that they [lawmakers] also deserve to have a break. Coming up here and singing to them was our special way of thanking them. We\u2019re happy that they are committed in giving back to our elders. We are thankful for their continuing support to our man\u2019amko.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manglona said they look past the donations, food, and hosting by the Legislature to the love and thought the lawmakers and their staff give the man\u2019amko. \u201cWe\u2019re really fortunate that they took care of our man\u2019amko.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deleon Guerrero said that playing host to the man\u2019amko is also their way of having them showcase their talents and also their gesture of thanks. \u201cWe\u2019re busy the entire year. We can appreciate our elders and the things they have done for raising us right. This is our way to also say thank you. It\u2019s also an opportunity for them to showcase their talents through Christmas songs and dances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019amko also used the event as a fundraising activity. \u201cThey also do a little bit of fundraising. They use a Santa hat and pass it around,\u201d said Deleon Guerrero.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Legislature wants the event to become an annual tradition, \u201cwhere every Christmas, we here at the Legislature, be entertained and host them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers and their staff also offered songs to the man\u2019amko after their performance.<\/p>\n<p>Manglona said there are close to 400 elderly under the Office on Aging\u2019s program, with Pedro Dela Cruz among the oldest. \u201cHe\u2019s a strong guy and it is always nice to see our elders in high spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commonwealth lawmakers and their staff got a much-needed holiday boost on Monday, with the man\u2019amko&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":243067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[152,42,7998,5333],"class_list":["post-243065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-deleon-guerrero","tag-food","tag-pedro-dela-cruz","tag-walter-manglona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}