Location: Paseo De Roxas Street corner Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
This day marks the anniversary of my visit to the Ayala Triangle Gardens’ Gallery of Lights, where I was with my
pregnant wife then. Look at my blog post
of Ayala Triangle Gardens on a non-Christmas time. Ayala Triangle Gardens is a 2-hectare
landscaped urban park in Makati City of the Metropolitan Manila, Philippines.
As its name suggests, it is indeed a triangular public garden and courtyard in
the center of the Makati Central Business District. It was
named after its owner and developer Ayala Land, and was opened to the public in
November 2009.
Witnessing its somewhat sound and lights show coined as the ‘Carol of Lights’
is really a 3D spectacular show to behold showcased at the dome of Tower One
and Exchange Plaza totally free of entrance fee for everybody. It opened then on November 12, 2019 and ended January
12,2020 and being showcased every half hour from 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. It was indeed a long-running treat to
everyone feasting on the jaw-dropping lights and sounds show coupled with
magical music theme. Actually, this has been an annual celebration already, but not during this pandemic time.
This Gallery of Lights 2019 has been equipped with new
design concepts of lighting director
Voltaire de Jesus and Luther Garmia, with classic Christmas staples which
tickles the fancy of everyone of reminiscing Christmasses when everyone was
still kids and evolving as grown-ups.
This danceable and classical lights and sounds show vary in tunes of three
different medleys from a Filipino medley by Von de Guzman familiar to kids of
our times when we do have carolling at the neighborhood and beyond; another one
is a techno-inspired piece from Tris Suguitan, and the last one is the
jazz-inspired tunes of the Big Band medley from Mel Villena.
What makes this 3D video amazing are its dome projection of
immersive images inspired on famous churches’ ceilings like that of
Vatican and historic churches with colorful stained glass windows of
famous cathedrals. This digital graphics is the masterpiece of Epson
Philippines as designed by G.A. Fallarme and conceptualized by Henk-Gert
Lenten.
I really miss this Gallery of Lights this year. Hoping this will be showcased again as the pandemic is over for the next Christmas in 2021.
