TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte
– The petite young girl stood out from among the other contestants
not only because she is the smallest and the youngest but because she
has a voice as sweet as her name –Honey.
The eight year old
Grade III pupil from a public elementary school whose young angelic
voice rang sweetly to the ears of the judges won as champion in the
Pasikatan sa Kantahan 2006 besting older but also terrific singers
from as far as Hilongos, Baybay, Mayorga, Tacloban, Palo and other
places of the province of Leyte.
Honey Molon whose
father is from Barangay Catmon, an interior barangay of Tanauan, Leyte,
was the recent guest of the Panindugan CATV program of PIA. She
appears like any other eight year old children, playful, always
smiling but unusually evoking wisdom and self confidence.
At the Panindugan
program, Honey rendered the tagalong song, Bukas na lang Kita
Mamahalin and the staff and the crew were all mesmerized at her
rendition. Even the vice President of PNOC EDC who was also guest in
the program was all praise of Honey.
When asked how she
learned how to sing, she said she has been singing as far as her young
memory brings her. Her mother encourages her to sing well by teaching
her the lyrics and the right way to pronounce the words. How is she
able to emote the song? She said her mother explains to her the story
of the song and so she is able to put herself into it. She is a wise
girl, indeed!
Right after the
Pasikatan sa Kantahan during the 15-day celebration of the Tanauan
Day and the Feast of the Patroness, Our Lady of Assumption, Honey got
the attention of many people, among them one of the best musical
artist in the region, Mr. Clark Gravoso, who accepted the proposal of
Mayor Roque Tiu for him to give voice lessons to Honey and twenty four
other young singers of the municipality. This way, the singing voice
and potentials of Honey and the other young singers will be honed and
developed.
At the set of
Panindugan, she caught the attention of a media practitioner who
is also a piano instructor at the People’s Center in Tacloban City,
Engr. Jim Bermejo who offered her a scholarship at the piano school.
The girl’s eyes sparkled upon hearing the offer. She said it is one of
her dreams to be able to play the piano but she knows that her Papa
and Mama might be over-burdened so she has not opened this up to them.
Now that Engr. Bermejo has offered, she and her parents gladly
accepted for her to have piano lessons every Saturday.
Hopefully good things
will continue to come to this girl whose sweet as Honey name and voice
continue to catch the attention of people and goes on to bring
inspiration to other young children who have the talent for singing to
develop their God-given talent.
