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Buglasan Street Dance Competition and Parade 2013

October 19, 2013/in 2013, Galleries

The highlight of each year’s Buglasan celebration in Negros Oriental is the Street Dance Competition. Of course the Buglasan 2013 Street Dance Competition made no difference. Many thousand spectators lined up on the streets of Dumaguete to watch the competitors.

The Buglasan 2013 Street Dance Competition had 6 contestants, all of them in wonderful costumes with a great choreography. Some connected to the tradition of the region, some theme-based.

It already has been a long day for the groups. They started early morning to show their performance at the Festival Showdown at the Lamberto Macias Sports Complex. After a quick lunch, re-doing the male-up and resting a bit, they lined up in Hibbard Avenue to start the Buglasan 2013 Parade.

The weather was perfect. The sun was smiling and also watching the participants as they started the parade around 2:00pm. Towards the middle of the Street Dance Parade it got a bit cloudy, what was actually nice for the performer, as their job was already hard enough. … the wonderful smiles of the lovely ladies of Negros Oriental shined more than any sun could do anyway.

Bais at the Buglasan 2013 Street Dance Competition

The first group came from Bais City with a great choreography, even high above the power-lines of Dumaguete.(Click on pictures to enlarge)

Jimalalud at Buglasan 2013

The group of Jimalalud, representing the Hambabalud Festival had probably the most colorful performance . Enjoy the pictures below.(Click on pictures to enlarge)

Santa Catalina at Buglasan 2013

The stars of Sta. Catalina were like last year the small monkeys, which rolled all over the place entertaining the guests of this year’s Buglasan Festival from all over the Philippines.

Bayawan at Buglasan 2013

Despite the flooding not long ago, the City of Bayawan joined the Street Dance Competition with a very entertaining performance, representing the Tawo Tawo Festival

San Jose at Buglasan 2013

San Jose, representing the Ayuquitan Festival was the smallest group, but showed a lot of energy which made easily up for the smaller number of participants.

Tanjay at Buglasan 2013

Last but not least came the Street Dance Group representing the Saulog Festival of Tanjay. With a lot of participants in different sections, Tanjay was a great competitor.

Winner of the Buglasan Street Dance Competition 2013

There was not only one winner, there were thousands of them. Each and every one who came to watch the Street Parade of Buglasan 2013 dancing through the streets of Dumaguete City is a true winner and surely went home with a big smile.

Apologies if a picture went into a wrong group, just write us a note and we will change that.

From our side many thanks to all the participants who performed exceptional, gave us their biggest smile and worked so hard to perform at the Buglasan 2013 Street Dance Competition.

Miss Negros Oriental Tourism 2013

October 12, 2013/in 2013, Uncategorized

Buglasan started with a great event. The Miss Negros Oriental Tourism 2013 contest was hold on the stage of Freedom Park.

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Eleven lovely candidates competed for the title.This years winner comes from Dumaguete City.

Miss Negros Oriental Tourism

The Miss Negros Oriental Tourism 2013 event was well organized and started on the spot at 8:00pm (in Filipino time. The eleven contestants greeting the audience not only with words but also with a lovely smile.

Negros Oriental Miss Tourism 2012

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The Gown Competition

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At 11:00pm (real time), Monica was crowned as the new Miss Negros Oriental Tourism 2013. Monica is a lovely young lady, which we know already since a while. Not from her participation in the Miss Dumaguete 2012, but from her support great support for a charity Christmas project we are involved. She helped us to visit the kids admitted to Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital at Christmas last year, to give each and everyone of them a Christmas gift. Truly a great ambassador for Negros Oriental. Congratulations again to

MissNegros Oriental Tourism 2013 – Monica Infant Bartsch

Miss Negros Oriental Tourism 2013 Monica Infante Bartsch

The Celebration Of ALS DAY (Alternative Learning System)

September 16, 2013/in 2013, Galleries

The exited student and teachers, walk in the street of Dumaguete City, as proud persons, as they see the importance of knowledge. With the help of Alternative Learning System (ALS) and their enthusiastic teacher they are given the chance to finishing their studies. Make them believing into themselves, that it’s not too late to learn, to improve, and prove that they still can do it, is one of the main objectives of ALS Dumaguete.

It is not too late for those people, who want to learn and achieve something in their life! Just for dreaming, wanting and working hard to finish their studies is already a positive and great start.

Doing it and doing it right, with the help of the ALS-Faculty, their own will and the encouragement of their families and friends not to stop is a great achievement.

To all students and teachers and to those people behind this Alternative Learning System (ALS), congratulations to all of you.

Some Pictures of the ALS Day 2013 in Dumaguete

ALS Day -Parade

ALS Day Program with DINS

Mr & Miss Negros Oriental High School 2013

September 2, 2013/in 2013

The Lamberto Macias Sports Complex was the appropriate stage for this years Mr. & Miss NOHS 2013 beauty pageant. Thousands of students and guests were witnessing when the winner of this year will be crowned. Like always, the pageant started perfectly in time … in Filipino time.

While we didn’t take note of the host name, he was (unlike many hosts we experienced before pretty impressive and guided through the program without any unnecessary words, wasting no time to leave the stage to those, who came to compete in the contest.

A nervous tense atmosphere which could almost be cut with a knife was present. But all preparation and practice turned out to lead to a great outcome on stage.

The lights in the house finally went out and the show began. After the national anthem and a short prayer, he announced the rules and the show could start. The stage was set to introduce five lovely ladies and five young gentlemen to the cheering audience.

Already at the very beginning of the competition was clear, that it will be a very tight competition for the Minor Awards and the Major award of Mr. & Miss NOHS 2013. Of course the talent-round could not be missed, but we had a small camera problem, and therefore not much pictures taken. Same for the Q & A session. The Highlight of the Mr & Miss Negros Oriental 2013 contest was like at each event the presentation of the evening gowns.

All of the contestants and the audience were the big winner

Miss Santa Cruzan 2013 in Tabuc Tubig

June 1, 2013/in 2013, Galleries

2013 Miss Santa Cruzan Tabuk tubig

Parallel to the big Santa Cruzan celebration of Dumaguete City, the small Barangay of Tabuc Tubig had also its annual Fiesta, which has a long tradition. Along with the Fiesta, the Barangay holds a contest for the Miss Sta. Cruzan. We received an invitation and took some pictures of the competing loveys.

All Sta Cruzan 2013 contestants with the Baragay councilor of Tabuc Tubic

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The event was successful, even it was only a small barangay beauty pageant.

Miss Dumaguete 2012

December 10, 2012/in 2012, Galleries

Miss Dumaguete 2012

The Miss Dumaguete Beauty Pageant is without any doubts one of the highlights of each years Fiesta in Dumaguete. Like each year, the Macias Sports complex was filled with thousands of spectators, cheering for the candidates. But before it got there, they all had to go through some weeks of screening and endless presentations.

Before the lovely ladies entered the stage we were able to sneak backstage and take some snapshots during their preparation for the show.

Backstage at Miss Dumaguete 2012

The Miss Dumaguete 2012 beauty pageant started with the production number followed by casual- and beachwear.

Finally the ten stunning candidates got into beautiful gowns for the last round and the awarding of all minor and major awards.

Congratulations Miss Dumaguete 2012

Motocross at Robinsons Place Dumaguete

December 2, 2012/in 2012, Galleries

Dumaguete is also dubbed as the unofficial “Motorcycle Capital of the Philippines“. It is therefore not surprising that the City has an active Motocross Scene. Several Motocross events are taking place in Dumaguete and Negros all around the year. Thousands of spectators along the racetrack cheering for their favorites and getting excited.

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Each event has different categories, from Junior Motocross on their small bikes to semi-pros on their high-tech racing machines. The smell of gasoline, the noise, the tension which can be felt everywhere puts all what a motorsport event needs can be found at the Motocross Events in Dumaguete.

Pictures of Motocross in Dumaguete

There is no admission fee to the motocross racing events in Dumaguete and the best places are taken very fast. However, if one comes a little bit late, there is always a branch in a tree.

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See you at the next Dumaguete Motocross Event.

Mr & Miss Buglasan 2012

October 19, 2012/in 2012, Galleries

Last nights Mr & Mrs Buglasan 2012 competition, and what a colorful event it was. While the seats in the audience were filling up, we sneaked backstage to get some shots of the candidates.

When the candidates entered the stage, they were welcome with loud cheers from the audience. They all looked stunning and we could not decide who should win. But judge yourself who is your:

Mr & Miss Buglasan 2012

Buglasan 2012 – Civic Parade

October 17, 2012/in 2012

The sun was smiling, when the Buglasan 2012 Civic Parade made its way through the hot, blistering streets of downtown Dumaguete. Check out some of our pictures of the colorful parade here:

Kabulaka Street Dance parade in Dumaguete Festival 2011

Kabulakan Festival 2011

November 29, 2011/in 2011, Galleries

The Kabulakan Festival was first introduced in the year 2007, organized by the Tourism Council of the city and it is ineluctably attracting and inviting both for the local and foreign tourists. The Kabulakan Festival 2011 was scheduled in the entire month of May, intended to promote the tourism trade in the city even more.