Big winners in yesterday’s spectacular Festivals of the North Competition were Mapandan’s Pandan Festival Dancers who took home the Php 150,000 Grand Prize for Category One. For Category II, the Grand Prize was a virtual lock for crowd favorites Agoo whose Dinengdeng Festival dancers typified energy, enthusiasm and poise even with the humid summer heat.
It could arguably be said that this year’s staging of the Bangus Festival achieved its purpose of growing out of its skin as merely a festival confined within Dagupan City. The presence of even entire municipal and city officials accompanying their respective delegates to the competition and lending them support lent a truly regional feel to the event.
Accepting the award in behalf of the Pandan Festival Dancers was Mapandan Mayor Freddie Calimlim who received the check from festival chairs Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and Councilor Alfie Fernandez.
Stiff competition was provided by contigents from Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan through its Corn Festival, Manaoag with Galicayo Festival, Umingan with Kalansay, Payak Manok Festival, Mapandan with Pandan Festival, Laoag City with Pamulinawen Festival, Dagupan City with its own Bangus Festival; Villasis with its Talong Festival, San Carlos City this province with Mango- Bamboo Festival, Balungao with Goat Festival, Bayambang with Binasuan Festival, Infanta with Mangga Festival, San Fernando, La Union with Pindangan Festival, Rajal National High School with Goat Festival, Bauang, La Union with We Love Bauang Festival, and Binmaley with Sugpo at Malaga Festival.
1 comment:
im a viewer of your fetivals of the north. and im just wondering, if they didn't have 2 categories, who won the championship?...
in my perspective, as a viewer with all my knowledge in judging street dancing competition, with its criterias. I think the Agoo Dinengdeng Festival deserved the title Champion of the Festival of the North. The Agoo Dinengdeng Festival should be the champion with or with categories. thank you.
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