Mister Bais 2015

Mister Bais 2015

Mister Bais 2015 was the most awaited pageant for Baisanon and for the young generation of Bais City as well as the visitors that night of course.

Miss Silliman 2015

Miss Silliman 2015

The Miss Silliman 2015 Coronation Night was held on August 24, 2015 in the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural complex. A full packed house witnessed 12 enthusiastic contestants from different colleges competing for the title on an evening many won’t forgett

Miss Silliman 2015 Pre-Pageant

Miss Silliman 2015 – Pre-Pageant

The Miss Silliman 2015 – Pre-Pageant was held on Thursday evening at the Luce Auditorium. Despite the Eath Day Event taking place at the same time at the boulevard, the auditorium was packed with cheerful supporters.

Sinulog Sa Tanjay

Sinulog sa Tanjay 2015

Sinulog Sa Tanjay

The Sinulog sa Tanjay 2015 Street Dancing and Showdown was the highlight of the celebrations. 12 participants showed their interpretation of Tanjays history in colorful costumes.

Miss Tanjay 2015

Miss Tanjay 2015

Friday evening is perfect for a big event, especially when the next day is the big Fiesta and everybody is in a great mood and ready to party. Thousands of Tanjayanons were in a packed Osmeña Park to watch the coronation night of Miss Tanjay 2015.

Wayboga Festival Amlan

Wayboga Festival 2015 in Amlan

Overall the Wayboga Festival 2015 in Amlan was a successful day of celebrating the 6th Anniversary of the smoke-free municipality. We met fantastic people and gathered a lot of information which we will publish soon on our Amlan section of Dumaguete.com

Miss-tayasan-2015 Winners

Miss Tayasan 2015

The Miss Tayasan 2015 Pageant was  a big success. People were all exited  and couldn’t wait any longer. The cheering and screaming was overwhelmeing when finally the house-lights went off and the stage-lights start to heat up the podium.Miss Tayasan 2015

People backstage were still busy and preparing and putting last touches on the candidates, while the organizers were welcoming the guest and judges from neighboring cities and municipalities.

The admision for Miss Tayasan 2015 pageant was free and the gym was packed with noisy crowd which cheered their heart out for their favorite candidates entering the scene for the first time in their ethnic attire .

The swim swear round was kept very short. One of the reasons might be that the design of the slighty weird white plastic-wraps reminded more on grand-granny style from 1950, another might be that they were not really fitting well and the underwear was shining through.

The round for giving the minor awards and appreciation was thankfully also not that long, and the pageant came to the last stage of the event.

The final round presented the candidates in gowns. The contestants presented elegant Filipiñana dresses very gracefully and as the final decision who will bring the crown home moved closer, the excitement of supporters was hitting the peak.

Witnessing many events of this kind we must say that the crowd at Miss Tayasan 2015 was probably the loudest this year and never get tired cheering. Compliment to all organizers and people behind this events for a successful beauty pageant.

Miss Tayasan 2015

Congratulations Miss Tayasan 2015

Tayasan Festival

Tayasan Fiesta 2015 – Street Dancing

Tayasan Fiesta 2015 - Street Dancing

Street Dancing – Tayasan Fiesta 2015

Once again the DC Team went north to visit a municipality. We were invited to the Tayasan Fiesta 2015 by the honorable Mayor Nonong Ruperto to the week-long celebrations. One of the first Highlights was of course the Street Dance Competition. It started like announced “spot on”at 8:00 AM… Nah, we are joking

Tayasan Fiesta 2015 - Street Dancing

When we arrived at 7:30 AM to get some preparation shots, there was only ONE (1) contingent could be spotted at the very far left corner of the big Tayasan Plaza. The next group arrived some when around 8:20 AM. Anyway, the Street Dancing in Tayasan started finally around 10:00 AM.

Tayasan Fiesta 2015 - Street Dancing

When the contingents where finally released from the covered court, the dancers put on their brightest smiles for the thousands of Tayasanos along the streets of the municipality.

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Tayasan Fiesta 2015 - Street Dancing

Miss Silka 2015 - Bikini Round

Miss Silka Dumaguete 2015

Miss-Silka-2015The search for Miss Silka Dumaguete 2015 was a big success. All candidates are well prepared and ready to show their beauty to the spectators in a well filled Convention Center. The show was only 10 minutes delayed from the original 8:00 PM scheduled starting time, which is very rare in a Philippine event.  The crowd was extremely excited when the host came out from back stage and kicked off the show.



Miss-Silka 2015 Bikini round Like always the crowd was more exited and getting hot when the Bikini round began.

Miss Silka Candidates in their Evening Gown

All participants did a great job. For the 6th time Miss Silka Dumaguete was a great event. The organizers need to be mentioned again. They showed that a beauty contest can start in time without much delay and before that audience falls asleep like it is the case in mist local events.

Miss-Silka-2015Winners

Congratulation Miss Silka 2015 – Elaiza Beretta Lorraine Caoleng

Miss-Silka-2015 Elaiza Baretta Lorraine Caoleng

Guihulugan Festival 2015

Guihulugan Festival 2015

Guihulngan City Fiesta
The City of Guihulngan celebrates Guihulugan Festival 2015 (<– a real tongue twister for foreign tourists and expats) with a colorful street dancing parade followed by a not less entertaining showdown in the covered court. Five contestants were participating. All of them did an outstanding job. Following some picturs in no particular order.

While the street dancing was announced for 7:00 am, the Freedom Park in Guihulngan was rather empty at that time. The first contingent arrived past that hour and it took another few hours until the street parade of the Guihulugan Festival 2015  finally started.

It makes somehow sense. Why should they actually perform when it is not that hot, when they are still fresh, when they are still in a great mood… Nah, no need – better wait a few hours until the sun burns down…

Guihulngan City Fiesta 2015

The show-down of the Guihulugan Festival 2015 started in a packed covered court some when around 2:00 pm. Most of the five contingents had some additional dancers as support and of course more props. The judges had a tough job to decide who will be the winner of the grand prize. For the DC-Team it was very clear: All were winners!!

Guihulugan Festival 2015


See you next year in Guihulngan at the Guihulugan Festival 2016