Senior student Shines in Nursing Idol Valentine’s Day Edition

By: Diannesa April F. Golosinda

In line with the 65th anniversary celebration of the University of Santo Tomas College of Nursing (UST CON), the Nursing Central Board of Students sought to unleash the singing prowess of the Thomasian student nurses in this year’s special edition of the Nursing Idol last February 14 at the Medicine Auditorium.
Hosted by Dane Gustilo, NCBS Vice President and Raiza Wan-Wan Chua, NCBS Assistant Secretary, the competition had eight contenders from different levels who gave their best rendition of different love songs.

Six respected personalities formed the panel of judges in this year’s competition: Ms. Sundee-Pearl Arroco and Ms. Estelle Rose Lerma, UST-CoN faculty members; Mr. Paulo Azul, member of the UST Singers; Mr. Ken Lizardo, member of Coro Tomasino and a three-time judge of the contest; Ms. Armarie Cruz, one of the top 12 finalists in the Philippine Idol and Mr. Danny Javier, a member of the music icon Apo Hiking Society, who graced the stage once again after the group’s retirement on May 29 last year and performed the songs Awit ng Barkada and ‘Di Na Natuto.

Donna Mae Sison (IV-9) brought home the bacon as she serenaded the crowd with her own adaptation of Shania Twain’s You’re Still the One. The second and third places were bagged by Julius Alvendia (II-1) with his version of Erik Santos’ I’ll Never Go and Jacob Solis (II-9) who sang Bryan Adam’s Heaven, respectively.