DIMPLES ROMANA is such a chatterbox. She can talk a million miles a minute. If an average person utters about 124 million words in a lifetime, Dimples must have already spoken 200 million and she’s not done yet.
Because of her gift of gab, it’s no surprise that Dimples was tapped to again host the Promil Pre-School I-Shine show.
For its fourth season, Promil Pre-School and ABS-CBN are bringing the talent search closer to more parents and their children by launching the first online talent camp (www.ishine.abs-cbn.com) to encourage and help mothers to nurture and develop their children’s gifts through comprehensive workshops.
This year the talent camp expands as workshops will now include lessons in both performing arts (singing, dancing, acting, music), and visual arts (painting, drawing, crafting). “What’s great about this season is that we can reach out to more people now. We’ve been getting feedback that some are having a hard time to go to our on-ground auditions, so what better way for the kids to audition for the show than via online—in the comfort of their homes,” Dimples says.
To join the online talent camp, moms need to register and choose where to enroll their kids, whether performing arts or visual arts, in the web site (www.ishine.abs-cbn.com).
“Once enrolled in the online course, moms and kids will have the chance to watch and learn from video lessons each week taught by celebrity mentors. Nandiyan si Karylle Tatlonghari-Yuzon, John Prats and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo for the performing arts. And then we also have Xian Lim, who is returning to the show as a mentor naman this time for visual arts. Alam niyo ba na he paints—and he’s very good at it. Kasama rin niya si Agot Isidro and Christina Dy for visual arts,” Dimples adds.
The Promil Pre-School I-Shine Talent Camp will have weekly video challenges for students in line with the workshop, which will serve as their audition videos.
The students who will emerge as the Promil Pre-School I-Shine online talent camp champions (one winner per category), as chosen by the mentors, win a cash prize, a roster of TV guest appearances, and a contract with ABS-CBN’s Chicken Pork Adobo, among others.
The Promil Pre-School I-Shine Talent Camp aims to help exceptionally talented preschoolers develop their full potential. It is the product of Promil Pre-School’s advocacy in developing talented Filipino children with the help of their parents, proper care and proper nutrition.
Dimples is understandably excited for this season. “I can’t wait to meet the kid-contestants and be a witness to their journey to something great in their lives. Iba talaga ang feeling na kasama ka dun from the start—na napanood mo kung paano na-nurture ’yung gifts nila, ’yung talents nila. Walang makakapantay nun.”