Chez Ferdi Hunter Cabaluna of Talisay City belts a Broadway musical song “Tomorrow” during the 2016 Regional Children’s Month. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
THE cities of Danao and Talisay in Cebu dominated this year’s Regional Children’s Contest (RCC) spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7).
The contest is held every November to culminate the Children’s Month celebration.
The theme of this year’s celebration “Isulong: Kalidad na Edukasyon Para sa Lahat ng Bata!” was focused on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 4, which is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities to all.
DSWD-7 Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre stressed that education plays an important role in helping children develop their potentials.
Macapobre led the awarding ceremony, together with other DSWD-7 officials and invited guests at the University of Southern Philippines Foundation in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City.
With only a week preparation, the Danao City day care children topped this year’s folk dance competition through their “Bakya” dance that was performed by 10 children from Barangay Maslog. The group emerged as the grand winner out of the 11 contingents. Contenders from the cities of Cebu and Mandaue placed second and third respectively. The winners took home P10,000, P8,000 and P6,000 cash prizes respectively.
Eddie Almasin, the choreographer of Danao team, said that even if they only had one week to practice, the children and their parents were all supportive, making it easy for him to do his job.
Almasin said he has been doing choreography for the past nine years and teaching children how to dance is not new to him.
“But this year is very special because finally they won the top prize,” Almasin said.
“We have represented Danao City during the regional search for three years now, and I didn’t expect to win. All I want was to see the children perform their routine well,” he said.
Aside from winning the folk dance category, Danao City, through Kent Bryle Plamos, also won the top prize for the draw and tell category. Other winners were Czea Skyrah Niez of Siquijor, Siquijor (2nd place) and Shentelle Arcilla of Cebu City (3rd place).
Meanwhile, Chez Ferdi Hunter Cabaluna of Talisay City topped the singing competition while Karmel Rose Chiong of Naga City and Gerlyn Jane Lalem of San Juan, Siquijor emerged as the second and third placers.
Each of the top three winners of the draw and tell and singing category went home with P5,000, P4,000 and P3,000. All winners were given merchandise courtesy of the Regional Federation of Day Care Workers and Taisho Pharmaceuticals Philippines Inc.
Non-winners were given consolation prizes and early Christmas gifts.
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