When radio guys rock the night away

GUEST artist Rachel Alejandro joins dzMM boss Peter Musngi in a romantic jazz duet.

It’s not every day that one gets to see Cory Quirino, Jun Banaag a.k.a. Dr. Love, Henry Omaga-Diaz, Ariel Ureta, Winnie Cordero and other radio personalities dancing to “Boogie Wonderland” and “I Love the Nightlife.” And that was just the first number that jump-started “Silveradyo,” dzMM’s 25th anniversary concert held on Friday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The rainy weather could’ve kept people from the Big Dome, but they trickled in not long after the show began.

Delighted shrieks greeted the announcement of winners of raffle prizes, which consisted of cash, mobile phones, LCD TVs, computer school scholarships, hotel accommodations and business startup packages.

TED FAILON warbles “Open Arms.”

The loudest cheers went to the performers—Anthony Taberna, Gerry Baja and Randy Santiago rocking out in a medley of Bamboo’s “Noypi” and Buklod’s “Tatsulok”; dzMM boss Peter Musngi doing a duet of jazz

GUS ABELGAS and Ahwell Paz ham it up.

standards with Rachel Alejandro; Ted Failon covering Journey’s “Open Arms”; and the likes of Bernadette Sembrano, Niña Corpuz, Kaye Dacer and Jasmin Romero singing Christmas tunes.

We only hope Taberna, Musngi and Failon don’t have to lipsynch their numbers next time, since they’re gifted with exceptionally good voices, anyway. Pocholo Concepcion

photos by joseph agcaoili