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Sinulog 2012 Winners

FLOAT
1ST- IPI
2ND- M. LHULLIER
3RD- ROSE PHARMACY

SINULOG BASED CATEGORY
1ST- CULTURANG PLACERENO with MASBATE DANCE COMPANY
2ND- TANGUB CITY- SINANDULOY CULTURAL TROUPE
3RD- CITY OF CARCAR
4TH- STA. CATALINA, NEGROS ORIENTAL
5TH- ABELLANA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

BEST IN COSTUME- CULTURANG PLACERENO

FREE INTERPRETATION
1ST- TRIBU LINGGANAY- ALANG-ALANG, LEYTE
2ND- TRIBU HIMAG-ULAW- PLACER, MASBATE
3RD- KARATONG FESTIVAL OF DULAG, LEYTE
4TH- LUMAD BASAKANON- CEBU
5TH- TOLEDO NATIONAL HIGH VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

BEST IN COSTUME- TRIBU LINGGANAY- ALANG-ALANG, LEYTE

BEST IN MUSICALITY
SINULOG BASE- CULTURANG PLACERENO

FREE INTERPRETATION- TRIBU LINGGANAY

STREET DANCING

1ST- CITY OF CARCAR
2ND- TANGUB CITY
3RD- CULTURANG PLACERENO

VISUAL MERCHANDISING
1ST- ELIZABETH MALL
2ND- GAISANO COUNTRY MALL
3RD- GAISANO MAIN

ON SITE DECOR
1ST- ST. CECILIA’S COLLEGE INC.
2ND- BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS
3RD- SOUTHERN PARTNERS AND FAIR TRADE CENTER

PUPPETTER CATEGORY
1ST- ANGELIQUE MAE ARANAS
2ND- GIOVANNI ABOS
3RD- UC MAIN ANIMATION

HIGANTE CATEGORY
1ST- LAPU-LAPU- ARNULFO ENJAMBRE
2ND- MAGELLAN- ARNULFO ENJAMBRE
3RD- PRINCESS

Festival Queen 2012 Winners

Since its inception in 2004, only representatives of out-of-town contingents were named as Sinulog Festival Queen! The seven-year reign of the out-of-town contingents was broken last year, when a Cebuana, Steffi Rose Pearson Aberasturi of Lumad Basakanon, won as Sinulog Festival Queen 2011. It’s a back-to-back win for Lumad Basakanon as their lead dancer this year, Apriel Smith, won as Sinulog Festival Queen 2012 at the Sinulog Festival Queen Competition held earlier at the Cebu City Sports Center.

Steffi Rose Pearson Aberasturi - Sinulog Festival Queen 2011

The search for the Sinulog Festival Queen aims to look for the best female lead dancer based on how they carry themselves as they carry the image of the Sto. Niño while they dance. This year’s staging had 14 participants.

The event was scheduled to start at 7:30pm but heavy rain affected the grand finals of Sinulog Musicfest Band Competition and Sinulog Best Dance Crew which were supposed to be held at Fuente Osmeña so both events had to be transferred to the Cebu City Sports Center and precede the Festival Queen Competition.The main event only started at 9pm.

The Cebu City Sports Center was really full! I guess the attendance earlier was the most for any staging of the Festival Queen Competition.

This year, there were four main parts of the competition: first was the opening production number, then followed the group production, which is basically a 2-minute preview of what these groups will bepresenting on Sunday during the Sinulog Grand Parade, third was the solo performance where the leaddancer portrays how one should carry the image of the Senyor Sto. Niño, and lastly, the showdown, where each candidate danced on stage in threes.

This is my 3rd time to attend the Festival Queen Competition and I really try to spare some time for this event as the performances by each group would give you an idea of who to look out for in the Sinulog Grand Parade. This year, two groups really caught my eye and they are Tribu Himag-ulaw of Placer, Masbate and Tribu Lingganay of Alang-Alang, Leyte. A few days ago, I saw a feature report in a local news program wherein the choreographer of Tribu Himag-ulaw shared that their theme for this year is to portray “wildlife”. I really did not expect that they would go all out as they had dancers dressed as life-size tigers, lions, crocodiles, giraffe, gorilla, and zebra among others. It was like a zoo on stage! Meanwhile, I saw how Tribu Lingganay performed at last year’s Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals in Leyte. (They were the winning group in Kasadyaan 2011 by the way) and I was really surprised by the vast improvement of the group in such a short span of time. The costumes are way different from what they wore last year, and they had more elaborate, eye-popping props! I really had goosebumps when they performed that I almost cried, LOL.

Land of Beauty and Bounty, Lanao del Norte

Pasaka Festival of Tanauan, Leyte

Anyway, here are the winners of Sinulog Festival Queen 2012!

PRE-PAGEANT – held yesterday at the Northwing, SM City Cebu

Best in Runway – #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)
SM City Cebu Glamour Girl – #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)

FESTIVAL QUEEN 2012

Corporate Awards:

Miss Photogenic – #5 Bulacao Community School
Miss PLDT – #13 Apriel Smith (Lumad Basakanon)

Sandurot Festival of Dumaguete City

2012 Shopwise by Rustan’s Queen – epitomizes the good life – #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)
Miss Teletech – #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)
Miss Globe – #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Best in Festival Costume (solo) -#13 Apriel Smith (Lumad Basakanon)

Lumad Basakanon
Best Festival Costume (group) – #13 Apriel Smith (Lumad Basakanon designed by Danny Booc)
Best Instrumentalists – #7 Conchitina Cleofe Cloma Yu (Tribu Lingganay of Alang-Alang, Leyte)
Best Solo Performer – #13 Apriel Smith (Lumad Basakanon)

Tribu Lingganay
Best in Group Performance – #7 Conchitina Cleofe Cloma Yu (Tribu Lingganay of Alang-Alang, Leyte)
Best in Opening Production Number – #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)

#10 Angel Lou Pates (Lanao del Norte)

4th Runner-Up: #10 Angel Lou Pates (Lanao del Norte)

#4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)

3rd Runner-Up: #4 Shekina Rose Lasola (Sandurot Festival, Dumaguete City)

#7 Conchitina Cleofe Cloma Yu (Tribu Lingganay of Alang-Alang, Leyte)

2nd Runner-Up: #7 Conchitina Cleofe Cloma Yu (Tribu Lingganay of Alang-Alang, Leyte)

#8 Nerissa L. Modesto (Pasaka Festival, Tanauan, Leyte)

1st Runner-Up: #8 Nerissa L. Modesto (Pasaka Festival, Tanauan, Leyte)

#13 Apriel Smith (Lumad Basakanon)

SINULOG FESTIVAL QUEEN 2012 – #13 Apriel Smith (Lumad Basakanon)

Sinulog Festival Queen 2012 Winners!

Back-to-back Sinulog Festival Queens from Lumad Basakanon

VIVA PIT SENYOR!

Source:   http://www.libotero.com 

Miss Cebu 2012 Winners

The winners of Miss Cebu 2012 was announced last January 11, 2012 at Waterfront Hotel Cebu.

Here are the list of winners:

Miss Cebu 2012 Grand Winner: Candidate No. 6 Pierre Anther G. Infante

Miss Cebu 2012 1st Runner-Up: Candidate No. 4 Rachel Chloe T. Palang

Miss Cebu 2012 2nd Runner-Up: Candidate No. 7 Ella Beverly P. Sarmago

Miss Cebu 2012 3rd Runner-Up: Candidate No. 10 Jonnie Rose Louise R. Wee

Miss Cebu 2012 4th Runner-Up: Candidate No. 8 Herlie Kim T. Artugue

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Miss Friendship by Waterfront: Candidate No. 7 Ella Beverly P. Sarmago

Miss Photogenic by NGenius: Candidate No. 1 Michelle Angelique A. Tan

Kapamilya Star of the Night: Candidate No. 7 Ella Beverly P. Sarmago

Best in Evening Gown and Ms. Glamour Girl of Cathay Pacific: Candidate No. 6 Pierre Anther G. Infante

Best Evening Gown Designer: Cary Santiago

"CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS' 

"PIT SENYOR"

Cebu Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan 2012 Winners

Here are the winners of the Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan 2012!

ELEMENTARY DIVISION:

1st: Danao City East District, Danao City Central School
Best in Costume: Danao City East District, Danao City Central School
Best in Musicality: Danao City East District, Danao City Central School
2nd: Tuyan Central Elementary School, Naga City, Cebu (first time to join)
3rd: San Roque Elementary School, Talisay City (last year’s champion)
4th: Bogo City Division
5th: Santa Filomena Elementary School, Alegria (last year’s 2nd placer) 



SECONDARY DIVISION: 

1st: Carcar City Division (defending champion)
Best in Costume: Carcar City Division
Best in Musicality: Carcar City Division
2nd: Toledo National Vocational School (last year’s 5th placer)
3rd: Lawaan National High School, Talisay City
4th: Medellin National High School (first time to join)
5th: Maslog National High School, Danao City