Wednesday, June 21, 2006
More countries to join NegOr's music festival
By Victor L. Camion
MORE countries have signified their interest to participate in the 2nd International Rondalla Festival, which the province of Negros Oriental will host on February 19 to 25 of next year at Macias Sports and Cultural Center.
Governor George Arnaiz confirmed the music festival would push through and that the Provincial Government has initially allotted P2 million for the event.
Arnaiz told a press conference at the provincial tourism office Wednesday morning that he would have augmented the budget for the festival but was optimistic it would draw many sponsors.
In the same press gathering Provincial Board Member Mariant Escaño-Villegas said a number of big business corporations in the country have committed to sponsor the event.
Dr. Ramon Santos, project director of the University of the Philippines College of Music, who was also at the conference, said two groups each from Mexico and Australia and a group from Russia have confirmed their participation.
Santos said he is also expecting a group each from Hawaii and Spain and had invited other artists from the United Arab Emirates, China, Argentina, Brazil, Jordan, India, Singapore, Norway, Iran, Cambodia, the USA, and Israel.
The event will carry the theme, Cuerdas sa Panaghiusa or String of Unity.
It is a flagship project of the National Music Committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, in cooperation with the Musicology Society of the Philippines and the province of Negros Oriental.
(June 18, 2006 issue)
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