Dinagyang 2010 competition results

GRANDSLAM
Tribu Paghidaet is Ati-ati champ for 3 straight years
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
January 25, 2010

TRIBU Paghida-et of LaPaz National High School (LPNHS) achieved a grand slam win in the Dinagyang Festival after retaining the championship in the 2010 Ati-atihan dance contest Sunday.

Paghida-et, managed by Judith Benjamin and choreographed by Erol Jave Villalobos and Gerlin Francisco, also won the Ati-atihan championships in 2008 and 2009. Paghida-et hauled in almost all of the special awards (headdress, costume, costume designer and choreographer) and minor awards (costume, performance, choreography, music and musical director). The champion tribe will represent Dinagyang to the 2010 Aliwan Festival in April in Metro Manila.

Paghida-et won the P150,000 grand prize and a special trophy.
Tribu Bola-Bola of Iloilo National High School, also a former grand slam winner of the festival, settled for 1st runner-up honors.
Tribu Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School is the 2nd runner-up aside from wining the best in street dancing and discipline awards.
The 3rd runner-up honors went to Tribu Salognon of Jaro National High School while Tribu Silak of Iloilo City National High School settled for 4th runner-up.

Benito Jimena, Iloilo City tourism officer, said the results of the competition were very close and the judges had to deliberate on the results which eventually delayed the awarding rites.

KASADYAHAN

Tribu Kasag of Banate, Iloilo retained the championship in the Kasadyahan festival and won P100,000. It also garnered the special awards for best in performance, choreography, music and costume. Kasag’s choreographer Rommel Flogen also won the best choreographer plum.

Tribu Tubong-Tubong of Tubungan town settled for the 1st runner-up honors while Patubas of Barotac Viejo was 2nd runner-up. Tribu Pantat of Zarraga, Iloilo was 3rd runner-up while Tribu Mandurriaonon of Mandurriao National High School was 4th runner-up.

In the Luces in the Sky fireworks competition, Chintang Fireworks of Bulacan dethroned two-time champion DSS Fireworks of Dumaguete City to win the P80,000 grand prize. DSS Fireworks won P60,000 while Iloilo City’s Supreme Fireworks settled for the 2nd runner-up honors and P50,000 cash prize.

Jaro Fiesta 2010

[excerpts from an article by Mera Joy Aniolga and May Franzell Obieta]
GROWING up in such a scenic place, I must admit, I took for granted the beautiful spots that Jaro offered. I have spent most of my waking hours walking, looking, smelling and witnessing almost everything that Jaro offered me. I was too blind to see that I live in one of the most beloved districts of Iloilo City.

Being a Jareno, the annual fiesta celebrated every 2nd of February is such a grand event. People from different parts of Iloilo would flock to Jaro to participate in the festival. Some would go to the church to honor the district's patron saint, Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, said to be miraculous. Some would go there to visit their relatives and friends.

History showed that Jaro used to be a bustling town in Panay even before the Spaniards came. It was the seat of governmental power and business activity and center of Catholicism in the entire Iloilo Province and not the other way around as it is today.

Tribu's TOP OUT

The Tribu Outdoor Climbing Facility Iloilo City presents "Top Out" a sportclimbing/wallclimbing competition to be held at the Caribana Bar (formerly Shelsyd bar), BS Aquino Drive, Diversion Road, Iloilo City, on January 30, 2010 saturday from 9 AM to 9 PM

Longboard Iloilo's Palumba 2010

Longboard Iloilo and Free Spirit skate & extreme sports shop, in cooperation with Aftersyx Radio, Sneeze Magazine, Online Iloilo, and Hotbox Rec presents PALUMBA ILOILO 2010

LONGBOARD ILOILO, which is an organization for longboard enthusiasts and those who basically enjoy skating or longboard skating and extreme sports in general, are going to have their first big event which is THE PALUMBA ILOILO 2010 on January 22 & 23, 2010. January 22 will be a downhill event to be held at San Rafael, Iloilo and January 23 will be the 10 km Push Race to be held within the Iloilo City proper (details of the route to be announced later on). Other details such as registrations will be announced later on. Just keep posted, and visit the Longboard Iloilo forum site ASPALTO for further details.

More Art Exhibits this January

Aside from the Art exhibit series entitled Heartistry, two more art exhibit series are set to give our January the vibrant color to match the Dinagyang season.

First is the Koloryakot Art Exhibit which will be held at Red Steakhouse & Gallery from January 18 to February 7, 2010.

And then there's the Contemporary Reflections Art Exhibit, to be held at the UPV Art Gallery, Univ. of the Philippines, Iloilo City, from January 20 to February 5, 2010. The exhibit will feature works from Amacio, Arro, Castillo, Cerbas, Laparga, Lozañes, Ordoyo, Tilos, and Zoluaga. The opening will be held on January 20, 5 PM, after that the exhibit will be daily from 8:30 AM to 5 PM up until February 5, 2010.