My Audience In BOTOKS Cebu Was Incredible!

Last night was pure dynamite. But I think it’s better if an “attendee” talk about the concert. So I’m going to paste here a letter from Daisy Baad. By the way, Daisy is also an accomplished Producer & Director of many stage plays and musicales..

Radiant smiles, energized minds, joyful hearts, lifted spirits, renewed vigor -- just some of the things I saw from the people who underwent the BOTOKS experience. Yes, the comedy concert did exactly what it promised--take 10 years away from your face. Unlike the real Botox, this “face lift” procedure did not have the usual “constricted facial muscle” after-effect. On the contrary, it allowed most of the audience to become more expressive and animated as they left the theater recalling what this and that preacher did etc.. it even made some become more bold and daring as they squeezed their way to hug, greet, kiss and ask autographs from the preachers right after the performance.

From that alone, you would know the show was as success especially when you talk about pleasing the Cebu audience. It is no secret that Cebu is a place that many professional concert artists dread to face for the first time. It has become the so called “testing ground” of marketability, as marketing people often quip, ”if you can make it in Cebu, you can make it anywhere”. Yet, unlike the usual Cebu audience who go to watch shows, the Botoks audience was pleasantly surprising.

Let me explain. I’ve been in the performing arts for decades and have gone to various types of concerts from classical, to rock, to ethnic, to pop, to contemporary Christian concerts, featuring local, national and international artists— and believe me when I tell you that Cebu audience can be unforgiving. The technical glitches could have ignited complaints--- the so called “dead airs” could have prompted heckles, the miscued lighting could have brought on a wave of murmurs and the sound mix could have instigated a roar of disapproval. Amazingly, the Botoks audience was very forgiving, attentive, participative, open, warm and loving. This could only mean two things – the preachers emanated their love for God in their willingness to do unexpected things to give joy to those whom they serve and that the audience was composed of regular Kerygma Feast attendees who have come to a point in their lives where they saw not as the “world sees things but as God sees things”.

I must admit that as a stage director my first impulse was to see the things that needed improvement in a production, after all, in a live performance there is no such thing as “take 2”. All technical problems must therefore, be fixed before the actual performance. It was not surprising to find myself whispering “blackout!” or ask “what’s happening to the sounds.” As the show moved along however, all these technical things no longer mattered much. The attention was on the teachings now being thrown by these multitalented preachers who had their own unique style of delivering their punch lines and their sharing.

What I found amazing was the fact that the preachers’ respect for one another emanated in their production numbers. Not one was upstaging the other, not one was ego tripping, not one was “trying hard”. Each preacher was simply sincere, each one displayed their love for God in their distinct way, each one radiated God’s light--- they were simply truthful and passionate about what they were doing and were all having fun while doing so. These are the things that made the show grand, spectacular, awesome, breath taking and fun-filled.

It is indeed, a one of a kind concert! It taught lessons by example. The audience experienced how preachers can be relevant and funny at the same time, how the so called “worldly” songs can become songs of praise, how broken people can become powerful instruments of God’s love, how it is to look beyond the obvious mistakes to see the miracle of the moment, how unity in diversity can be achieved in the love of God, how possible it is for us to live a joyful life when our driving force is unconditional love and how younger we look and feel when that same unconditional love is in us and given freely to those who come into our lives!

BOTOKS is one holistic surgery I would highly recommend to anyone seeking the secret to younger looking being.

Daisy Baad
Cebu City


Note: BOTOKS will also be held in Bacolod (Nov 24), Iloilo (Nov 25), Davao (Nov 26), Ormoc (Dec 8), and Bohol (Dec 10). For more information, email beaconlight at beacon@philonline.com.ph BOTOKS is for the benefit of our many ministries—Anawim, Shepherds Voice TV and Radio Ministry, and our Gawad Kalinga village in Montalban.