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Monday, December 19, 2005
Costanilla: Carol chaos
By Sam Costanilla
Spot light
OBSERVATION. Southwings band drummer/vocalist Val Dinopol e-mailed to share with us his observation on the 2nd Christmas carol singing competition. The contest was organized jointly by the Capitol, Univ. of the Phils. Cebu campus and SM City Cebu whose entertainment stage was the venue. According to Val, there were 14 local government units that took part in the competition, but only five were picked to compete in the final round or championship phase to be staged at the Capitol social hall this week. Those that made it to the magic five were Talisay City, Minglanilla, Barili, Moalboal and Toledo City.
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BLUNDER. Val wrote that the judges, all achievers in the field of music, committed a big blunder because “they were visibly amazed by the contestants’ costumes and props, instead of focusing more on the musicality of their respective carols.” Is that so, Val? If the judges are all achievers in the field of music as you earlier stated, how come they didn’t pick the top five local government units based on the musicality of their pieces? Maybe those judges thought the event was more of a Christmas costumes and props contest, not necessarily a carol singing competition. Have you checked on this, Val?
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SAMBOAN. Val added that except for Toledo city, the four other local government units or their carolers were only good in terms of costumes and props, but were wanting in musicality, which constituted 40% of the competition. “Most of the judges were women, so their focus was more on the aesthetic appearance of the contestants. If only the likes of Msgr. Rudy Villanueva sat in the board of judges, Samboan would have been chosen as one of those in the magic five,” Val stressed. He is from that southern town.
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MY COMMENT. I can’t comment much on Val’s observation regarding the 2nd daygon competition because I was not there during its staging. I can only presume that there’s a proviso in the rules and guidelines that says the judges’ verdict is final and uncontestable, or something to that effect. However, I encourage the judges, or even only one or two of them, to explain their verdict, although doing so is not necessary and obligatory on their part. They have already spoken by picking the top five winning local government units - and I guess they are not willing to revise or change their verdict even if they have already noticed their blunder by now. I am more than willing to give the judges substantial space in this corner should they feel they need to clarify matters in reaction to Val’s observation. How about it, judges?
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SHOW. Members of the Repertory of Young Professionals In Theater (Rypit) are all set to stage a Christmas variety show on Dec. 23 at the SM City Cebu entertainment stage. Rypit founder-director Jamna Gicole says the free presentation is going to be a very colorful and exciting one. She also announced that Bang Bang, You’re Dead, a stageplay about campus activism, will be staged in January with the Univ. of San Jose-Recoletos and Univ. of Cebu jointly producing it. All Rypit members are its stars.
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HAIR. This hair tale involves a local civic figure who used to have her hair fixed by a popular gay hairdresser. The matron befriended the hairdresser to avail of his services for free. Apparently, the job was literally a tough one. Her hair gathered dust for six days because she sees the hairdresser only once a week, on the seventh day. The hairdresser and his staff would not have complained had the matron not displayed her arrogance despite the fact that she was getting her hair fixed regularly for free. She would always demand that she be attended to immediately, even if the hairdresser and his staff were so busy with paying customers who came in ahead of her. The matron’s actuation eventually took its toll; the hairdresser decided to stop giving her free services. The hairdresser is now calling his counterparts not to accommodate the arrogant non-paying matron when she comes to their shop and asks for free services.
(E-mail:samcost@yahoo.com or text 0906-9596888).
(December 19, 2005 issue)
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