COMPOSTELA VALLEY, March 04-- Compostela Valley celebrated the first
night of its 8th Bulawan Festival and 17th Founding Anniversary from
March 3-8 at the provincial capitol with songs and dances.
Dubbed “DepEd Goes Broadway,” Elementary and Secondary school
teachers from the 11 towns of the province battled it out to win the
best Broadway rendition. It featured much acclaimed theatre musicals
such as Miss Saigon performed by the Maragusan teachers, West Side Story
by Compostela, Sister Act by Maco, Cabaret by Mawab, Grease by Monkayo,
New York by Mabini, Chorus Line by Nabunturan, Pantukan’s rendition of
Chicago, Montevista’s Cats, Nabunturan’s the King and I, and Laak’s
Moulin Rouge.
The musical performances, from their costumes to their routine and
accompanied with appropriate VTRs as backdrop, all made the show grand
and impressive—one could hardly think they were performed by teachers
and not by the seasoned theater artists, themselves.
The show got the nod of Gov. Arturo Uy, Department of Education
(DepEd) Reg. Director Alberto Escobarte and Provincial OIC Schools
Division Superintendent ReynanteSolitario.
It was also a treat and an opportunity for most as not all are expose
and privilege to watch Broadway shows which normally fetch pricey
tickets.
Though each municipality only performed a segment of the whole show, it is no less entertaining and exciting.
“Lingaw man diayning Broadway, naga-acting pudsila while naga-kanta,”
one first-timer audience observed. While a Special Program for the Arts
(SPA) student said “Though I have never been to a Broadway show before
but this experience already gives me a glimpse of what it’s like. Wala gyudkonagmahaymitan-aw ko.”
In the end, Nabunturan’s “The King & I” bested other
performances receiving P60,000 as cash prize followed by Compostela’s
“West Side Story” winning P40,000 and Montevista’s “Cats” bringing home
P25,000 as cash prize. Non-winners also received P15,000 as consolation
prize. (Fe Maestre-PI0 Comval)
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