Sports seminar in the Philippines

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This photo measures 10×4 inches. I’m grateful for the writing on the back to help me figure out what’s going on here. Click below to enlarge the back if you want to double-check my attempt at deciphering her handwriting, but here is what it says:

“Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Oct 19, 1962

Dear Engr. Reyes,

Here’s a remembrance of our Seminar in Volley Ball and Basketball in Laoag, Ilocas Norte where we got lots of your nice and very fruitful lecture and demonstration.

(Mrs.) Victoria Q. Vu [?], Coach-Delegate of Sarrat Central School, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.”

So it seems that these are school sports coaches who have gathered for a seminar on sports, and particularly American sports like basketball and baseball, given her comment and the equipment in the photo. Is Engr. Reyes an American? Perhaps military? Did he bring assistants to help with the demonstration? Are all these people athletic coaches, or a mix with others? And while the writer claims the seminar was “nice” and “fruitful”, their expressions make me wonder if they were actually having fun.

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