Filipino singer, Asian-American, Amapola Cabase - Woodward was born in Cebu, in the south-central part of the Philippines, to Manuel Kabahar Cabase of San Nicolas and Priscilla Vale Campugan of Tuburan, Cebu. Both parents were musicians and educators. Her first piano recital was at the age of five; she sang her father's compositions & her mother's lyrics in the Visayan movies the following year, and then co-starred in her first film at the age of seven. Her career blossomed & took her to Manila where her television, stage, recording and film career flourished. She sought more challenges on concert tours around Asia & the Pacific & eventually the US Mainland. She juggled performances at The Fairmont Hotels in San Francisco. Amapola is a singer, musician, songwriter, and actor, who achieved recognition for her television program which still holds the record for the longest running magazine-variety show produced locally in the Bay Area. Directed by Hollywood Producer/Director Dirk Dirksen, "Amapola Presents Show" was aired on Channel 20, KEMO-TV from 1977 to 1983 and syndicated during the shows 4th and 5th seasons. She is of Cebuano descent and currently married to Stephen Charles Woodward, a British Executive for Ocean Images, Ltd of England. Amapola performs headliner shows onboard cruise ships and on road tours. Her last World Cruise was onboard the Regent Seven Seas Cruise Liner - the Voyager.