Charice was in New York City yesterday, making the rounds of interviews with magazine biggies. Yesterday, she visited Seventeen (circulation: monthly, 2.3 million), Rollingstone (circulation: bi-weekly, 1.4 million), and US Weekly (circulation: weekly, 1.8 million) and performed Beyonce’s “HALO,” exclusively for the staffers there.
The editorial staff was so enchanted by Charice’s sweet voice that they let the fans know via twitter:
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A chaster was on hand to record what happened!!!
Quote from the video uploader: “We met Charice, her publicist, her manager, and another girl at the reception area of Wenner Media, NYC. Liz offered to take our pictures! Wow! Had a short meet and greet chat on our way to the US Weekly Dept. to meet and perform for some of the Rollingstone and Us Weekly staffers.
– rca45na
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Video: Halo
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“Here she covers the song Halo for the staffers. Actually she also sang Pyramid to warm up her vocals and Baby by Justin Bieber due to popular demand or staff request. But I know I will run out of space which I did during the recording of these videos. Sorry I have to skip some portions of Charice’s performances. Hope you enjoyed the show. God bless Charice! And thank you to Liz, Mark, and Charice for being so accommodating. 2 Thumbs up!”
– rca45na
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The Day I Met Charice
by rca45na aka krazyforyou
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I apologize to the reader for my frantic style of writing. My friends here know that I am the ultimate Charice fan. Charice’s album is always playing and on replay mode during office hours on my work station computer.
There was this contest for passes to see Charice showcase her new album before the media biggies in NYC which I joined but did not win. The last time Charice visited Us Weekly Online w/ Ian Drew, which I believe was recorded in our office studio just next door to where I sit and I missed that entirely. And the hall of fame song writer’s awards where Charice honored her godfather David Foster by singing his most famous song at the awards night. The least I wanted to do there was to see Charice walking on the red carpet. Because all this happened in the city I am in made it bitter sweet not seeing Charice in person.
I was imagining I could by chance meet the mother and daughter in Times Square. Impossible! It was too hot outside! I also played the Charice trivia game and was given the title Ultimate Fan hoping to win the chance to meet Charice one weekend too.
First time I saw Charice in the flesh was riding on the Macy’s float in 2008 which I took a video of and was when I officially became a fan. Next I saw her perform at the Prudential Arena in a DFF concert tour last year. And just like you charicemanians spend hours watching Charice Youtube videos. My only wish is to meet Charice face to face and have a complete fan experience.
Then I read from the pages of Charicemania that Charice is flying to the US again to meet magazine publishers including my company’s Rollingstone magazine. That was Monday morning when she left the Philippines and will be arriving at night of the same day. So I calculated that she will be meeting these publishers starting Tuesday. She said she will work for two days making that Tuesday or Wednesday when she may come to our office building. She did not come Tuesday or Wednesday, but learned from a reliable source that Charice is scheduled to appear Thursday 2PM. So imagine me and my co workers being able to meet and greet with Ms. Charice upclose and personal with the timely help of my friends and coworkers that Thursday.
I got a sudden personal invite from one of the senior editors to sit and watch Charice perform only that day, two hours before she was to arrive and only because by a slim chance another editor called my supervisor friend about an entirely different matter and the name of Charice was inserted in the conversation. She mentioned out of context that I was dying to meet Charice.
I was prepared with my Charice cd, Pentel pen (July 6), Sony Cybershot camera (July7), even brought a white fedora hat for her as a gift just in case (July 8); things any fan should have when they meet Charice.
I was able to have pictures and video taken from the reception area to the board room also because the person in charge of security to bring Charice’s group to our floor is a friend who knew I am a big fan and called me only minutes before our idol’s arrival. I did not get that call by the way but my office mates did, so my friends went looking for me in a hurry. And this was happening while I was waiting at the end of the building where I was not aware it’s not supposed to take place. I knew that 2PM is the set time of the meet. I got suspicious that I was at the wrong area. So I decided to go to the reception area after I circled the whole 2nd floor wondering what is going on. He, the one in charge of security whispered to Charice that she has one of her biggest fan in the building dying to see her while riding the elevator.
So I learned from my friends that we have to be ready to meet Charice at the reception area and that I was the only non editorial staff allowed to be inside the board room to watch Charice perform. I pulled my camera out of my trousers and got ready to shoot.
Elevator doors opening no Charice yet. The door number one opened and I saw Ms.Charice with Liz Rosenberg and an assistant. Bloopers! I pressed the off button instead of snapping a picture of our idol. Liz Rosenberg noticed how nervous we were, but she realized we were fans. She offered to take a picture of me with Charice. Wow! But Bloopers again! I dropped my copy of Charice’s cd for my autograph request. It was captured in one shot. Clumsy me!
My face was contorted. My pen and cd and envelop spilled on the floor with a bang. I hurriedly gathered everything back to an envelope. Liz Rosenberg patiently waited and shot a perfect picture of me and Charice. Bing!
Charice was all calm. I believe this has happened before in her many meet and greet sessions. These were not captured in my video clips. Watch my 6 part videos for everything else.
After she sang Halo I approached her to request an autograph on my copy of her latest music cd. I shook her hand, smiled, looked her in the eye and said “I’ll see you at your concerts”. She gave me a big smile. They were still conversing with the editors when I left the room. I believe the big topic for this meeting is about her being in Glee. So I left quietly with a huge sense of satisfaction. And I thank the Lord for one great and unforgettable day.
Expect, the Lord willing, that Charice will appear on Us Weekly issues repeatedly come Glee season. Who knows she might even be featured in Rollingstone magazine. I only wish but it would come as the biggest surprise if she by any chance happen to land any of the covers of all these popular American magazines. The end.
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You won’t see part 6 of my video in Youtube anymore because Warner Brothers took it down due to infringement of rights, which I don’t know why they did it also to my upload. But I can tolerate their move even though I don’t perfectly understand their motivations. I can only guess. So be it. Anyway we can still enjoy the copy I sent to Charicemania.
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i don’t like people reuploading videos and then renaming or tagging differently. it’s only misleading people and it takes away the credit from the original uploader.
so in future, for chasters who are planning to upload videos you took personally, better put title or watermark on it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO4cKfnsjn8
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To the top, Charice!
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True and I agree but one has to give credit to the original uploader especially if no watermark was provided in uploaded video. It is worse when someone would claim it as their own. Chasters would easily recognize those is that happens. However, to the uninitiated that would be mis/mal-information.
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It is disheartening to know that some Youtubers already copied this video and uploaded it as their own. These people really possesses epidermis of pachyderms.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsUbk5ZnZs&feature=PlayList&p=3EEAC3436D9FF54B&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=12
(this reminds me of a comment made of her video of one of her performances at TLUC in Italy, where the commenter didn’t know about her, but simply said something like “that girl in the white cap is really talented”, which struck me as an understatement)
another thing after the song is when she reverts to her conversational voice and sweetly says “Thank You”, you could not believe that came from the same person that just gave that powerful Halo rendition.
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btw the Lady Gaga Tribute video posted by UsWeekly 10 weeks ago only has 23,000 hits… they should have recorded this one! But what makes this one so amazing is that it is so raw, no microphone! Just Charice, the ultimate performer, having fun with Ian at 52secs. and also improvising with the hat krazyforyou had just given to her as a gift and using it as a prop to great effect at 2:10 in the second half of the song.
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Charice – Best singer LIVE!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Jxf2ijUrA
listening to this again just amazes me with her vocal power and control, and I am amazed as well at the composure of the videographer.
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by the way, like everyone I want to thank you for your wonderful videos. What struck me was when you asked Charice to say something for the Chasters, she lightened up and remarked that you were also a Chaster, and even recognized your screen name. Isn’t it amazing how ChariceMania can make us immediately make connections when we meet?
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my husband and i are so jealous but happy for you. why can’t we be so lucky to have the connections and the job that you have. why can’t we live in New York or California or any other cities that she visited. I just find comfort in believing in patience that someday we’ll have the pleasure of meeting Charice and that will be a day we’ll treasure with fondness and joy. Thanks for sharing your experience and again confirming what a nice person Charice really is.
tc from va
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Thank you for sharing this chaster experience of yours. Interesting, funny, exciting, and rewarding as happy endings should go. Or should I say, the great beginnings of new found levels of experiencing Charice, now that you’ve finally met and greeted and shook her hand, up close and personal? I’m so happy for you and wish you many more pleasant encounters with Charice.
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