Araw ng Wika 2009

Our Lady of Pilar Montessori Center presented their Araw ng Wika 2009 with the theme “Magkaisa – Malawakang Pagdiriwang ng Pambansang Wika” at  SM SouthMall Activity Center yesterday. 

The program was divided into two parts – from 10:30 am to 12 noon was dedicated to pre-schoolers and elementary students.  Eight different dance interpretations were seen by the viewing public – subli, bulaklakan, carinosa, kalapati, pistahan, itik-itik, salakot and maglalatik.  In-between these dances were Sabayang Pagbigkas were done by three groups.

The second part, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm,  was the turn for the High School students, were my son Marc did participate.  The program opened with a parade of the participating muse and escort from casa to high school. 

The dances this time were Singkil from the 4th year students…

Binatbatan  from the first year students…

Sagidsid at Banga  presented this time by the third yr students…

and Maglalatik at Kappa Malong  from the second year students….  

And luckily, the 4th year students were declared the champion that afternoon.  Congratulations to my son Marc and to the rest of the group… the Singkil dancers -  Eliza (Singkil Princess), Carmela, Inna, Myra, Kelly  and Grace while the War Dancers – Victor, Patrick, Landrex, Cedric, John C, Dominique, JP, Kevin Taloyo, Shota and Kevin.

I took a video of my their performance…so amateurish ha ha, somewhat shaky…. sorry for that :-)  !!!!

Note:  That’s my son Marc, the second to the left…

And did some snapshots too of the events…

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