DAGUPAN
CITY - Some participants of the 2019 Bayle sa Kayle (Street Dance)
hailed the accommodation given by the local government unit (LGU) here but lamented
the odorous highway of Cebu City when they used it for their street dance in
the last Sinulog Festival.
“We were impressed by the accommodation given
by Dagupan because she provided a set of stationary sound system at every
dozens of meters of the highway that jibbed with our dance movement in the street. Your
street here is clean unlike in Cebu where we were met by the whiff of
urine in some areas and the stinking smell of the garbage that permeate the air,” an official of one of the 17 regional delegations commented.
Secondary public school students from these regions strutted their stuff to get the top plum where they gyrate, jump, run, somersault, and other antics on the more than a kilometer stretch of highway in Barangays Tapuac and Lucao here.
Secondary public school students from these regions strutted their stuff to get the top plum where they gyrate, jump, run, somersault, and other antics on the more than a kilometer stretch of highway in Barangays Tapuac and Lucao here.
BAYLE - Street dancers from Region 12 strutted their winning form in the 2019 Bayle sa Kalye held in Dagupan City that catapulted them to win this year's street dance versus participants from 16 regions in the Philippines. Bayle is under the National Festival of Talents of the Department of Education. PHOTO CREDIT: DEPED |
“Pero iyong Dagupan po na part na maganda po talaga
at malinis at okay ang accommodation, okay po talaga iyon,” the source, who shared the sentiments of fellow delegates, quipped.
Garma made this appeal after she noticed uncollected garbage along the routes of several
Fiesta Seรฑor activities.
She said
that she saw uncollected garbage along the routes of the Walk with Jesus on
January 10, Walk with Mary on January 18, the post Fluvial procession on
Saturday morning, January 19, and the solemn foot procession on Saturday
afternoon.
Sinulog Festival is celebrated every 3rd
Sunday of January for the new year. Its main draw is the grand vibrant parade and
performances from teams from all around the world.
Police officers make sure that the solemn foot procession for the Sinulog Festival last January 20 was orderly and peaceful.|CDN Digital photo by Tonee Despojo |
The MacArthur
Highway here was closed by this city’s mayor Belen T. Fernandez to vehicular traffic
when the program started at 5:30 Am last January 29 so vehicles could not
hamper the street dance and the parade.
The
source cited that in other regions where Bayle (dance) was held they paid for a truck
that carry their mobile sound system that accompanied their dance steps while
in this city they just danced based on their choreography without worrying
about the payment for the truck and the sound effects.
“In other
regions the water supply if it did not stop at nigh time it was off in the
daytime it inconvenienced us. Here in Dagupan it was operating the whole 24
hours. You also have complete bedding for us at the City National High School, free
foods and 24 - hour coffee at our billet there,” he cited in Tagalog to this
writer.
NFOT,
hosted by this burgeoning city from January 28 to February 1, aims to provide
opportunity for learners from secondary schools and Alternative Learning System
(ALS) to exhibit their talents and skills in language, arts, social studies,
technology, and livelihood education.
DepEd
Dagupan Schools Division Superintendent Lorna Bugayong, in an interview last
Tuesday, cited that the Bangus City was chosen because she met all the
requirements for conducting such national event like having a gargantuan
air-conditioned stadium for the opening and closing program and other plenary
activities that can occupy at least 2,800 people.
The mayor
here offered the privately owned CSI Stadia and its other functions rooms for
all contests to be conducted.
The students, according to the source, were
wide eyed at the huge world class Stadia because it was air conditioned and a
lot of spaces for them to move.
“There are halls there where you can have photo
sessions while the other participants do their dance pieces at the other huge
hall. Not to mention it was only nearby a big mall CSI where we could buy our food”.
The
Stadia is operated by the family of Fernandez, the equivalent of the Gaisano
family who run chains of malls in the south, and a draw for this Northern Luzon
city for delegates from various places in the country to do their convention
and other events here
Aside
from the NFOT hosted by this city, some 5,000 participants of the National
Schools Press Conference (NSPC) were impressed by the provincial government
edifices like the Sison Auditorium and the huge Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic
Center (NRSCC) in Lingayen, Pangasinan last January 28.
At
her speech at the NRSCC’s grandstand, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis
Briones praised Governor Amado I. Espino, Jr. for a job well done in hosting
the 2019 NSPC.
“Ang
ganda-ganda ng level of preparation. Sanay na sanay ang Pangasinan sa national
events. Napakaraming national events ang ginagawa dito kaya para sa kanila, ano
lang ito ‘just one of those things,” Secretary Briones said.
Secretary
Briones gave distinction too to Pangasinan for having produced intellectuals,
politicians, leaders, and other national personalities.
Pangasinan is home to former President Fidel V. Ramos, U.S renowned writer Carlos Bulosan, and Five-Time House Speaker Jose de
Venecia.
The 2019
NSPC is anchored on the theme “Fostering 21st Century
skills and Character-based Education through Campus Journalism.”
The
NSPC and NFOT are considered two of the DepEd’s “flagship programs.
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