Dinagyang is the Iloilo City cultural festival of street dancing and food. While we were unable to attend the festival parade, we did had the pleasure of a social hour with the American Ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg and his staff. It was wonderful to be given the chance to talk with such an experienced diplomat and to learn from the embassy staff members who were accompanying him on his visit to Iloilo. We send our thanks that PC staff members Lynn Vista (bottom left) and Bill Moore (far right) for setting this up for us.
Top left to right: Tyler Hassig, Geoff Hightower, Ambassador Goldberg, Alan Willis, Lauren Willis, Jess Gulbranson, Terry Perez, Lauren Ciesiensky, Merrill Noser, Bill Moore, Lynn Vista
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Afterwards we walked around the festival and found a street side food area amongst the ballon venders and henna tattoo artists.
