APO Hiking Society

The APO Hiking Society first gained recognition in 1973 when they
gave a farewell concert at the plush Meralco Auditorium (now Meralco
Theater) in Pasig City, Metro Manila Philippines. Just out of college,
the group was the talk of the Ateneo University and adjoining campuses
for their music and humor.
It was only when two of its four members were about to retire from
the field of amateur music, however, that the APO, then known as the
Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, finally had a city-wide audience. One
of them was scheduled to leave for Turkey as an exchange student. The
other had a position waiting for him in his father's advertising firm.
Why a talented young man of 21 would want to go to Turkey, every
young man in the early seventies would probably understand. But what
the APO could not understand was their fourth member's decision to
leave the irresponsibility of being unemployed to join the ranks of the
corporate world.
The trip to Turkey did not materialize and the APO, now a tentative trio, pushed on steadily towards fame and fortune.
Looking back, the APO members Danny Javier, Boboy Garrovillo, and
Jim Paredes do not regret never having been regular wage earners. Their
farewell concert, which had SRO audiences for two stormy nights, not
unexpectedly became a hit record the following year.

For more info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APO_Hiking_Society

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For APO's Website:

http://www.apohikingsociety.org/main.shtml