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22nd December, 2011
A resolution congratulating Mayor Evelio Leonardia and MassKara festival director Eli Francis Tajanlangit for the successful MassKara celebration was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.
Authored
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28th October, 2011
Champion: Himamaylan City District Jail
1st runner-up: Bacolod City District Jail-Female Dormitory
2nd runner-up: Kabankalan City District Jail
19th October, 2011
Crowd favorite and corporate sponsors’ choice Alexis Danica Drilon was crowned MassKara Queen 2011 at a jam-packed University of Saint La Salle (USLS) Coliseum Monday night (Oct. 17).
Sashaying gracefully
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17th October, 2011
With its elegant white float decorated in silver and performers wearing glittering masks and white pants, Barangay Taculing bested nine other contingents to win the grand prize in the performing float
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16th October, 2011
Champion – Brgy. Taculing
First Runner-Up – Brgy. 23
2nd Runner-Up – Brgy. 30
15th October, 2011
MassKara Queen candidate Alexis Danica Drilon, a B. S. Biology senior student of the University of Saint La Salle, keeps her lead in the ongoing online poll of Lifestyles Bacolod for its Readers’ Choice
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12th October, 2011
A new event that has been added to the ongoing MassKara Festival unfolds tonight (Monday) Oct. 10 at the Bacolod Public Plaza.
The "MassKara Nights of Mardi Gras" will bring live music from the city's
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9th October, 2011
The last of the three MassKara landmarks established for this year’s festival will be unveiled 6 p.m. today (Oct. 7) at the fountain area of the Bacolod City Government Center.
The landmark is
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6th October, 2011
The city government has launched the Lagaw Bacolod program Saturday in a bid to reposition its barangays as tourism destinations and to attract more tourists to the city.
“Lagaw” is dialect for
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5th October, 2011
Ten groups qualified for the final competition of the 1st MassKara Dance Showdown with GMA TV, in the elimination round Saturday held during the opening ceremonies of the 32nd MassKara Festival at the
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2nd October, 2011
It’s Petronas Day today, October 1, the opening day of the 32nd MassKara Festival.
Officials of Petronas Energy Philippines, Inc. (PEPI) led by its president and chief executive officer, Carlos Corpuz,
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30th September, 2011
The 2011 MassKara Queen (MQ) candidates paraded in colorful two-piece swimsuits Saturday (Sept. 24) at a pre-pageant held at The Chalet of L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod.
The Chalet is one of the new icons
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28th September, 2011
The Silver MassKara Festival Organization (SMFO), organizer of the festival since 2004, has once again partnered with the Bacolod Diocese to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Feast of Our Lady
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26th September, 2011
Construction works on the food and beer kiosks around the plaza have already started, in preparation for the 2011 MassKara Festival on October 1 to 19.*
23rd September, 2011
The search for the next Masskara Queen is one of the most anticipated events every year.
In line with this, contestants receive awards from sponsors whether chosen or voted by the public.
This year,
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14th September, 2011
The fountain area of the Bacolod City Government Center will turn into a “dreamer’s floating carousel” starting Oct. 7 when the 8th installation of Majica MassKara opens.
The floating artworks,
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9th September, 2011
The winners of the 2010 MassKara Festival photo and video contests were awarded last Friday (Sept. 2) during the switch-on ceremonies of the Billboard of Lights at the public plaza. In photo are (from
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6th September, 2011
The MassKara Billboard of Lights will be switched on in ceremonies starting 6:30 tonight (Friday) to officially launch the 32nd MassKara Festival, with the theme, “Celebrating the New Icons of Bacolod.”
The
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1st September, 2011
Streetdance choreographers and trainers will meet again Friday (August 26) for another set of workshop aimed at producing a unique beat for the streetdance competition this October.
The workshop will
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25th August, 2011
Application for the operation of MassKara Festival kiosks at the Bacolod Public Plaza will be accepted by the MassKara office starting Monday (August 22) at 9 a.m., festival site manager Ma. Carmen Arrieta
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18th August, 2011
For the first time in 32 years, the MassKara Festival Street and Arena Dance Competition barangay category will have a live music to accompany the dancers and each participating group gets a chance to
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13th August, 2011
Bacolod’s skyline and landmarks are changing, an indisputable proof of how the “City of Smiles” had soared higher from being a simple town more than 70 years ago, to the “growth center” that
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24th July, 2011
Travel journalist Izah Morales captures the colors and revelry of the MassKara Festival.
Filipinos celebrate festivals all year-round. The MassKara Festival, which happens every October in Bacolod City,
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27th October, 2010
Twenty barangays in Bacolod will compete in the Street and Arena Dance Competition starting 4 p.m. tomorrow (October 17) in the final week of the 31st MassKara Festival
Competing for the grand prize
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16th October, 2010
The MassKara Festival has become one of the country’s prime festivals, with more corporate sponsors coming in, confident in the capability of the festival organizers to deliver their marketing needs.
MassKara
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15th December, 2011
More than a million people have flocked to the MassKara Festival during its 19 days of celebration, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said last night (Wednesday) at the closing rites of Bacolod’s world-famous festival.
“This
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20th October, 2011
The 32nd MassKara Festival closing will be much more colorful with GMA’s roster of primetime Kapuso stars who will grace Bacolod City for the 1st MassKara Dance Showdown finals on October 19, 7PM at
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18th October, 2011
Barangay Banago was declared champion in the 32nd MassKara Festival street and arena dance competition Sunday night (Oct. 16), besting 14 other groups that competed in the barangay category.
Choreographed
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16th October, 2011
Champion: Barangay Banago
First runner-up: Barangay 17
Second runner-up: Barangay Tangub
Third runner-up: Barangay 23
Fourth runner-up: Barangay Alijis
Special Awards:
Best
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16th October, 2011
Bacolod visual artist Bamboo Tonogbanua, who has been commissioned to do this year’s MassKara festival logo, also painted this year’s festival trophy.
The trophies will be given to the winners in
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14th October, 2011
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11th October, 2011
The costumes for the MassKara Festival streetdance competitions get better every year, according to the judges during the MassKara Preview last Saturday (Oct. 8 ) at the BAYS Center.
The MassKara Preview,
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9th October, 2011
Traffic route from October 1 to 19, 2011
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6th October, 2011
Prior to the MassKara streetdancing competition barangay level on Oct. 16, the public will have a glimpse of the masks and costumes of the streetdancers on Oct.8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bacolod public plaza.
Rudy
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4th October, 2011
The 32nd MassKara Festival that opened Saturday (Oct.1) is expected to increase tourist influx to Bacolod throughout the 19-day festival.
Acting Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, in his message during the
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2nd October, 2011
The 32nd MassKara Festival will open tomorrow, Oct. 1, with organizers and police assuring festival goers that they are “ready, all set, and on top of the situation” in terms of traffic and security
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29th September, 2011
People of all ages can now enjoy the fun carnival rides at SM MassKara Village.
27th September, 2011
A broad spectrum of dance forms will be showcased by 20 competing groups on the elimination round of the 1st MassKara Dance Showdown with GMA TV on October 1, the opening day of the festival.
These
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26th September, 2011
Following the press conference for a one-of-a-kind dance showdown spearheaded by the Silver MassKara Festival Organization in partnership with GMA Network, Inc., dubbed as the “MassKara Dance Showdown”
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23rd September, 2011
Another breed of dancers is expected to be highlighted in the MassKara Festival with the launching of a dance showdown that is accessible to more people and will reflect the dynamism of the festival.
Festival
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12th September, 2011
The Bacolod Public Plaza will be illuminated with giant MassKara lanterns to make it a virtual MassKara park. The lanterns will be works of inmates of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and are
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7th September, 2011
The 32nd MassKara Festival on October 1-19, with the theme, “Celebrating the New Icons of Bacolod” will be livelier with more improvements and more innovations, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said.
Leonardia
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4th September, 2011
To keep the focus on the mask as one of the iconic symbols of the MassKara Festival, organizers are partnering this year with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for a mask-lantern competition.
Dubbed
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31st August, 2011
The second screening for the 10 finalists to the MassKara Queen 2011 pageant will be held at the ABS-CBN Bacolod studio Wednesday (August 24) from 2 to 6 pm.ABS-CBN Bacolod, the official production group
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23rd August, 2011
Groups from 15 barangays and 11 schools are participating in the 2011 MassKara Festival street and arena dance competitions, streetdance committee chairman Rudy Reveche said.
For the Electric MassKara
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17th August, 2011
The official theme, logo, and website of the 2011 MassKara Festival were unveiled today at the Business Inn, during a presentation before the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod.
This year’s theme, “Celebrating
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10th August, 2011
The 2011 MassKara festival logo was designed by Bacolod visual artist and fine arts professor Bamboo Tonogbanua who has also been commissioned to do the trophies that will be given to the winners in the
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7th July, 2011
By Carla N. Canet/ SunStar Bacolod/ October 21, 2010
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia said that this year’s MassKaraFestival has drawn the biggest crowd ever in the history of the festival in
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23rd October, 2010
The entry of Dan Douglas Ong titled “Celebration,” which shows a myriad of colors as dancers throw confetti during their performance, won the grand prize in the 2011 MassKara Festival photo contest.
Ong,
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21st November, 2011
Champion: After Class Crew
1st runner-up: New Olds Crew
2nd runner-up: Real Jam Crew
19th October, 2011
A light show and grand fireworks will mark the 1st MassKara Festival Salute to Bacolod event at the fountain area of the Bacolod City Government Center at 8 tonight (Oct. 18).
The event, which will
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18th October, 2011
Luisa Medel National High School and Sum-ag Elementary School were declared champions in the 32nd MassKara Festival street and arena dancing competitions secondary and elementary levels, respectively,
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16th October, 2011
Elementary:
Champion: Sum-ag Elementary School
First runner-up: Asuncion Lizares Elementary School
Second runner-up: Banago Elementary School II
Third runner-up: Lopez Jaena Elementary
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16th October, 2011
The 32nd MassKara Festival fever peaks on its finale week with the opening of the Electric MassKara tonight (Oct. 14) and the streetdance competitions tomorrow (Oct. 15).
The Electric MassKara, now
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13th October, 2011
The online poll on the public's choice for the MassKara Dance Showdown is on.
Organized by Lifestyles Bacolod magazine, the poll will give a Readers’ Choice Award to the group who garners the most
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10th October, 2011
The successful launch of Majica MassKara Year 8 as part of the 32nd MassKara Festival highlights has brought the art works of Bacolod artists to a new level that many people, even children, can relate
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9th October, 2011
Festival organizers have launched the 2011 MassKara Festival Photo-Video Contest titled “Kari sa MassKara, Dala Kamera Year III.”
The Silver MassKara Festival Organization (SMFO), organizer
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5th October, 2011
After seven years, the La Consolacion College (LCC) School of Architecture, Fine Arts, and Interior Design (ARFIEN) has returned to the MassKara Festival after it stopped joining in 2005.
Festival director
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3rd October, 2011
The 32nd MassKara Festival opens today at 7 p.m. at the Bacolod public plaza, preceded by a living rosary at 6 p.m., festival director Eli F. J. Tajanlangit said.
The living rosary is part of the 9-day
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30th September, 2011
A MassKara Park of giant lanterns will be lighted up on Saturday (Oct. 1) as part of the opening of the 32nd MassKara Festival.
The park will showcase the 19 entries to the 1st BJMP Priso Mask-Lantern
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28th September, 2011
It’s going to be a more festive celebration of this year’s Electric MassKara which will be held on October 14 and 15 in two venues: the Tourism Strip along Lacson St., and Rizal St., between SM City
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26th September, 2011
The 2011 MassKara Queen candidates held their fashion photoshoot with members of the Camera Club of Negros at various venues named as the New Icons of Bacolod, over the weekend.
In accordance with this
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23rd September, 2011
MassKara Queen candidate No. 1 Alexis Danica Drilon, a B. S. Biology senior student of the University of Saint La Salle, leads in the ongoing online poll of Lifestyles Bacolod for its Readers’ Choice
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20th September, 2011
Ten finalists of the 2011 MassKara Queen joined a medical mission at 888 Chinatown Square last Sept. 8, a press release from ABS-CBN Bacolod said.
2011 MQ executive producer Carmela Arcola-Gamboa said
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10th September, 2011
The Bacolod Public Plaza Bandstand will be lighted up starting Oct. 1, the opening day of the 32nd MassKara Festival, as one of the three landmarks designed as photo opportunity sites for visitors and
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7th September, 2011
The 10 finalists of the 2011 MassKara Queen pageant will be presented to the local media at 11 a.m. Monday (September 5) at the L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod, organizers said.
The candidates are Alexis
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4th September, 2011
With the use of drums, percussions and various parade instruments, the MassKara streetdance competitions this October will make the celebration truly mardi gras-like.
Gerry Grey, music committee
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26th August, 2011
In order to produce a unique beat for the MassKara streetance competition this October, the choreographers of 15 participating barangays underwent a workshop on live music instrumentation, Friday (August
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21st August, 2011
Entries for the MassKara Festival barangay streetdance and the Electric MassKara performing float competitions will be accepted at the festival office Monday (August 15) starting 9 a.m.
There are seven
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14th August, 2011
The orientation for the streetdance competition and the Electric MassKara float parade competition is set Friday (August 12) at the MassKara Hall 3 and 4 of the Bacolod City Government Center, Rudy Reveche,
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10th August, 2011
A Bacolod photo and video production house almost swept the video competition of the recent MassKara Festival while a Cebu-based photographer topped the stills division.
Kieron Tan and Ronnie Diez,
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30th November, 2010
Street & Arena Dance Competition
BARANGAY CATEGORY
October 17, 2010
Champion:
Brgy. Mandalagan
First runner-up:
Brgy. 17
Second runner-up:
Brgy. Alangilan
Special
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18th October, 2010
