(From left) Miguel Valdez, Hannah Ambrocio and Rocky Rico with their mobile entertainment showcase. (Lei Adriano) By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff Reporter Paoay, Ilocos Norte —His set of musical instruments may be older than 74-year old retired musician Miguel Valdez but these are still working and he wants to share it with children in the barrios who could not afford to enter the music school or buy any musical instrument so they could learn to play them. In front of the picturesque St. Augustine church of Paoay where local and foreign tourists converge, Valdez and several children who are on holiday break this Christmas season play Christmas carols and other musical pieces for them for free, using a kurong-kurong (motorbike with a side car) where a set of drums, piano and amplifier operating on rechargeable batteries are in place. Playing his guitar at the open grounds of the church with the children makes his retirement years more fun. “I tr
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