GMA-Ayala Millennium Party (partially found Filipino millennium new year countdown; 1999)
Title card.
Status: Lost
The GMA-Ayala Millennium Party is a Filipino television special that broadcast the countdown to the millennium 2000. GMA partnered with Ayala Corporation for the special, and along with other participating broadcasters, with 2000 Today, an international broadcast television special.
Info
The special started at 5:30 pm as a 25-hour broadcast and it is known that it will show the millennium on other countries like the Pacific Islands and later, the US West Coast.[1] It is known that several people will perform such as Gary Valenciano, Nolyn Cabahug, Regine Velasquez, Jaya, Side A, Parokya Ni Edgar, Eraserheads, Bolipata Brothers, Philippine Madrigal Singers, APO Hiking Society, Kuh Ledesma, and Cecile Licad.[2]
10 minutes before midnight, Regine Velasquez performed "Written in the Sands" with 200 children in the roof of The Peninsula Manila.
Availability
Several footage of the special exists on the internet but he full 25-hour broadcast hasn't yet resurfaced. In 2020, a channel named ThrowbackRegineVelasquezPH uploaded the 10 minutes before midnight footage but was deleted.[3] A 2 minute of the video was re-uploaded by Roselle Marasigan in 2021.[4] A live version of Written in the Sands was uploaded by Danny Tan on 2020[5] (this version was not live[6] and Eraserheads performing during the special.[7]
Videos
External Links
- Blogspot about the special.
- Snippet of the promo advertising the special (Timestamp, 2:34).
- Original source of the promo.
References
- ↑ Manila Standard issue on December 31, 1999. Retrieved 02 Nov '21
- ↑ PinoyExchange discussion about the millennium party. Retrieved 02 Nov '21
- ↑ Wayback Machine capture of the video Retrieved 02 Nov '21
- ↑ Reupload by Roselle Marasigan. Retrieved 02 Nov '21
- ↑ Written in the Sands LIVE version. Retrieved 02 Nov '21
- ↑ This version of Written In The Sands was not live. Retrieved 02 Nov '21
- ↑ Eraserheads on the millennium special. Retrieved 02 Nov '21