Asian Journal- The Filipino-American Community Newspaper

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle joins Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato for show’s sequel

The original Camp Rock was so successful that having a sequel was a no-brainer. It was, for all intents and purposes, 2008’s #1 cable TV movie. Now, kids, tweens (and their parents) have something to look forward to: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.

In a nutshell, Camp Rock 2 is a contemporary movie musical that is brimming with musical passion, electric dance moves and songs that resonate with heartwarming messages.

The film follows Mitchie Torres (Demi Lovato) and her friends as they return to Camp Rock for another summer of music and fun. The rock band Connect 3 (the Jonas Brothers, playing Shane, Nate and Jason Gray) is hanging at their uncle’s Camp Rock all summer, too.

The fun begins when they realize that across the lake is a promising teen paradise called Camp Star, which glistens with glitz and glamour. The other camp has succeeded in luring away many instructors and campers, putting the entire future of Camp Rock in jeopardy.

The Camp Rockers step it up and challenges the egocentric Camp Star to a Final Jam—and end-of-summer performance duel. It’s passion, talent and commitment versus resources, infrastructure and money. May the better camp win.

"The movie celebrates the power of music in our lives, and will hopefully inspire kids around the world to express themselves through music," said Steven Vincent, father of three and Vice President, Music and Soundtracks, Disney Channels Worldwide.

Disney invited us for a few days of fun as we met and interviewed the cast of Camp Rock 2, previewed the movie and watched a live concert of the cast with Jonas Brothers at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ.

Among the more colorful characters in the cast is Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, more famous in the Filipino-American community as the granddaughter of screen legend Sylvia La Torre. The younger kids know her better though as the ditzy girl from the Hannah Montana franchise, and of course, her role of yet another ditzy girl in the original Camp Rock.