Sagada grabs awards in Mt Prov Arts Festival

by Gina Dizon

SAGADA, Mountain Province --Young artists in this tourist town grabbed most awards of art contests among elementary and high school students in the recently concluded Festival of the Arts hosted by St Mary’s School here.

In same event conducted by the Department of Education Mt Province Division held Oct. 23 to 25, delegates from Mountain Province’s District 1 towns of Barlig, Paracelis, Sadanga and Bontoc romped off with winners of the cultural troupe competitions.

The following were the winners: For collage making contest , Grade 4 category: 1st place-Rosalyn Balisong of Antadao National High School (Sagada), 2nd- JericoBasilio of Lagawa Elem School (Bauko), 3rd- Dennis Oryan of Barlig Elem School. For Grade 5, poster making: 1st- Lloyd Gayagay of Sagada Central School, 2nd- Regine de Los Reyes of Madep-deppas Elem School (Sabangan) ; and 3rd-JoshrielBugnosen of Barlig Elem School . For Grade 6, painting: 1st- Benito Domanog of Antadao Elem School (Sagada), 2nd- Bless Annoque of Natonin Elem School , and 3rd-Crismer Culop of Cadad-anan Elem School (Tadian).

For the secondary level on the arts category, 1st place went to Delpead Gayudan of Mt Data National High School ( Bauko); 2nd place was won by Artemio Dapadap of Bacarri Trade National Agricultural School (Paracelis); and 3rd place to John Falag-ey of Albago National High School (Bontoc).

Art exhibit competitions for the secondary level was won by Luis EdpisJr of St Mary’s School (Sagada), 2nd place (Barlig), and 3rd place to Daphne Pearl Kinaud and Meah Garcia of SMS (Sagada). For the elementary level, 1st place was taken by Brix Sario of Sabangan Elem School, Joshua Edrosalam of Bontoc , and 3rd place to John Gayagay and EliyahMagsino of Antadao Elementary School and Sagada Central School.

Meantime, Eastern Bontoc Vocational Agricultural High School of Barlig took off 1st place on the cultural troupe competitions with their dance depicting the community practise of building a house. Talubin National High School of Bontoc got 2nd place with their rain dance ; and Bantay-Anonat Annex dancers of Paracelis with their courtship dance took off 3rd place.

For the elementary level, Anabel Elementary School of Sadanga with their agricultural dance romped off with the 1st prize while Bontoc Central School got 2nd place.

Bagnen Oriente Elementary School of Bauko made it to the 3rd place among nine participating districts of the Department of Education participating from the Mountain Province division.

For the choir competition, Guinaang National High School of Bontoc got 1st place followed by Barlig National High School for 2nd place, and Bauko National High School taking the 3rd place. Meantime, for the elementary level, Balugan Elementary School of Sagada romped off with the 1st place followed by Cagubatan Elem School (Tadian), and 3rd place to Tadian Central School.