Masskara 2007 draws 32 entries
Posted by on September 29, 2007
The local newspaper, Visayan Daily Star reported that as of this writing, 32 baranggays have already signified their interest in joining the 2007 Masskara Festival Streetdance Parade. That’s more than half of all the baranggays in Bacolod City!
“This is the biggest number of barangays ever to have been listed as entries, and I think this is an indication that the festival has grown a notch higher in maturity,” festival director Eli Tajanlangit said.
Tajanlangit also said that the P4 million fund approved last week by the Sangguniang Panglunsod, will be used as assistance to 29 barangay and 11 school entries.
He clarified that the Silver MassKara Festival Organization Inc. will only act as a conduit of funds for the P4 million, which will all go to the barangays and schools. Not a centavo of this budget will go to any other festival activity, he said in a press release.
Only the first 29 barangays that have listed up are qualified for funding. To process the fund assistance, the SMFO is asking each of the 29 to submit a letter from the barangay captain requesting for the funds detailing the budget, plus a list of the names of its choreographers, trainers and dancers who will comprise their street dance entry.
To ensure that the funds are properly spent, they will be released in two tranches. The second tranche will be released after the first has been liquidated.
The festival will revolve around the theme “Icons of Bacolod.” It will start Oct. 1. The streetdance and arena competition is set Oct. 18, for schools; Oct. 20, barangays; and Oct. 21, for the open category.
A civic military parade will be held Oct. 19, during the Charter Day celebration, the press release said.
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good morning.
may i ask if you can kindly advise me of the contact details of the silver masskara festival organization inc?
thank you
roger chua