Regine Velasquez And Ariel Rivera Topbill GMA-7's Christmas Special, 'Himig Ng Pasko'

REGINE VELASQUEZ topbills GMA-7’s Christmas special, “Himig ng Pasko”. A musical drama especially for the Yuletide seasonb, it will air for two consecutive Saturdays this December. Joining her is Kapuso homegrown artist Julie Ann San Jose.

“Himig ng Pasko” also revives the team up of Regine and award-winning actor Ariel Rivera who last worked together in the Telebabad series “Forever in my Heart”, which aired on GMA7 ten years ago.

Also in the cast are artists Kapuso artists Rita de Guzman, Gerald Santos, and Jeric Gonzales together with award-winning performer Rachel Alejandro and theatre artist Joey Paras.

Regine plays an overseas worker who returns to her hometown at Christmastime to fulfill her three wishes – that is to get closer to her daughter, to revive the family’s parol-making business, and to rekindle an old flame. With all the cast members being first rate performers, viewers should not miss the singing showdown among the artists.

'Himig ng Pasko" airs this December on GMA7. This is directed by Zig Dulay, a young scriptwriter-director who has an entry in the new wave section of Metro-Manila Filmfest, “M, My Mother’s Maiden Name”, starring Zsa Zsa Padilla and Gloria Sevilla as two mothers both suffering from the big C, produced by Quantum Films.