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Cagsawa Festival 2012 Drum & Lyre Competition

DRUM CORPS COMPETITION



GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION

• Participation to the Drum and Bugle Corps Competition shall be Province-wide, to be extended to all elementary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions in the Province of Albay.

• An entry form should be filled-out and shall be submitted to the Secretariat:

Cagsawa Festival 2012
Daraga Tourism Office, 2nd Floor Municipal Building, Daraga, Albay

• The contest shall be open to elementary, secondary and tertiary schools. The contest will be held on February 20, 2012, 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Daraga Covered Court. The parade will start at exactly 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon. Assemble Point: 12:30 noon at Bicol University Campus grounds.

• Each participating school is given five (5) to seven (7) minutes Exhibition including entrance and exit. A deduction of one (1) point overtime/exceeding time will be made from the total points earned.

• The decision of the judges is final and irrevocable.

Source: Daraga Tourism 

Artwork by Jan Edmund Dominic Bailon
   

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Cagsawa Festival 2012 Schedule of Activities

Birit Cagsawa

Qualification/Requirements:

• This contest is open to all Albayanos aging from 16 – 21 years old

• Original birth certificate and one (1) Xerox copy. (Original certificate will be returned after validating the Xerox copy)

• One (1) passport size colored picture

• Contestant will bring his/her canned music accompaniment during the elimination.

Elimination : February 5, 2012
5:00 pm
Daraga Covered Court
Grand Final : February 12, 2012
6:00 pm
Daraga, Covered Court

Source: Daraga Tourism

Artwork by Jan Edmund Dominic Bailon

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Cagsawa Festival Schedule of Activities

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Ibon-Ebon Festival 2012

"Lipad Candaba, Lipad"

Schedule of Activities

February 1

• Harvest Festival
• Dress Rehearsal of main Street Dancing Groups 

February 2

• Trade Fair and Tiangge
• Free Concert | Genuino Park

February 3

• Grand Street Dancing Parade
• Agri Trade Fair and Tiangge
• Start of Birdwatching, Simang and other sites
• Start of River Cruise | Pampanga River
• Start of Kite Flying Exhibition | Pasig/Mandasig

February 4

• 2nd Day Grand Street Dancing Parade
• Start of Itik Contests
• Start of Kite Flying Exhibition | Paralaya
• Main Concert | Ms. Earth Park, Mandasig

February 5

• Dragon Boat Race Exhibition | Pampanga River

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Details:

• Assembly: 5:00 am at Daraga Municipal Hall
• Gun Start: 6:00 am
• Categories/Registration: 8K - P300.00 & 16K - P300.00

Tourist arrival in Albay up by 44%

by Sally A. Atento

Source: www.pia.gov.ph

LEGAZPI CITY, January 8 (PIA) -- Tourism Bicol regional director Susan Ravanilla has affirmed the impressive growth rate of tourist arrivals in Albay from January to June 2011 which so far is the highest in the past years.

Legazpi Airport

Tourist arrivals in Albay has considerably increased to 234,081 tourists in 2011 compared to 162,506 in the same period in 2010, a 44 percent growth rate compared to the previous year.

Tied up with the 44 percent boost in the number of tourist arrivals is the 51 percent growth in foreign revenue for the first and second quarter of 2011, from P122 million revenues for 2010 to P180 million generated.

This growth also generated 836,623 jobs for the 1st quarter of 2011.

According to Ravanilla, tourist arrivals peak during the first two quarters of the year.

"The people are the direct beneficiaries of this tourism boost,” the director furthered.

The tourists' countries of origin included the United States and the United Kingdom which also comprised the biggest tourist arrival rate in Sorsogon.

Ravanilla also said that Donsol contributed a lot to the tourism growth rate in Albay since their foreign visitors usually stayed in this city for accommodation, bar hopping, shopping and other stuff that they can try and enjoy.

Mayon Volcano

Also boosting the number of tourist arrivals in Albay is Albay’s month long Magayon Festival in April, including the nightly beer plaza and presentations at Albay Park and other festivities and events that appealed to both domestic and foreign tourists.

From the median term development plan, the tourist arrival target for 2012 is 2 million which was already achieved in 2010 and is expected to be surpassed in 2011. The challenge then for 2012 is to go beyond the said target, the DOT Bicol director said. (MAL/SAA, PIA V/Albay)

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