Last Thursday, February 27, 2009 was the culmination of the 2009 Kalilangan Festival and the 70th Foundation Anniversary of General Santos City. President GMA almost forgot to sign the E.O. declaring it as a Special Non-Working Holiday that the City Mayor’s Office only received the confirmation from Malacanang on February 26, midmorning.
Anyway, everything turned out fine, from the Thanksgiving Mass at the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish attended by all the local government employees, to the Salubong Reenactment at the Pioneer Avenue Junction, to the Opening Ceremony and Flower Offering at the Gen. Paulino Santos Shrine up to the Kadsagayan Street Dancing and Fireworks Display later that night. Kapuso sexy star Francine Prieto even joined the closing ceremony at the oval plaza stage.
Cultural Affairs Officer Jahal Adat, Festival Director Orman Manansala, former Congresswoman Lu Antonino, Tourism Council Vice Chair Rey Billena, First Lady Dr. Rose Acharon, Vice Mayor Flor Congson, Gen. Santos’ great grandson Ramon Munda & Mayor Jun Acharon
Spotted Senator and Presidentiable Mar Roxas and the former Congresswoman Lualhati Antonino (who is rumored to run against Manny Pacquiao in the post to be vacated by Congressman Erwin Chiongbian in Sarangani) among the visitors. I also met the Lakbay Aral guests from Cagayan de Oro (35-member strong); Roxas City (18 members) and six members of the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines.
The Oval Plaza was so super mega full of people that it could have been the most jampacked Kalilangan Festival Culmination I have ever witnessed. Yet, security was so tight, complete with CCTV cameras on the the 3 entrances/exits, K-9 units and metal detectors that everybody, including moi felt very secured even while inside the carnival where I rode the rickety Roller Coaster.
Here are the pictures taken during the day’s activities. Please click on each picture to enlarge them. Captions may be seen by hovering your mouse over each one.
To be continued…..
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big time na jud ni si sir avel! 😀
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thanks manoy for the photos…parang andiyan na rin kami for the kalilangan fest. great job, as always.
sana next time, hindi na lang sa pics ako makikinood…in person na talaga 🙂
in fairness ang ganda ng mga kuha mo ter… at maganda ang dove releasing shot ko… pretty girl, moi! hahahahahaha!
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Coming soon Rhey. 🙂
Go ahead sir. Acknowledge mo lang ang source. Thanks.
You’re welcome Nate. Medyo nawawala ka yata sa mga Plurk Fiestas natin. Hope to see you tonight at the Generals Brew. 🙂
Amateurish pa nga iyan dimple if you compare them with the shots of the GenSan Camera Club members. I am learning a lot from them, especially Leonard Pe (www.leonardpe.com), Ronald Velasquez and Dong Pading. 🙂
Basta kayo, bakit naman hindi. The whole world needs to know how beautiful you girls are. 🙂
Sayang! Anyway, promise sa Tuna Fest, will invite you here. Thanks for the kind words, Lyle. 🙂
You have to use Mozilla Firefox and not Windows Explorer to enjoy the enlarged pics.
As usual, takot na naman siguro ang ABS-CBN Talent Center na makidnap mga artista nila. Nakalimutan yata nila na taga-Gensan si Gerald Anderson.
With regard sa mga kalapati, kay Vice Mayor ang mababa ang lipad no? Ikaw ged! Pag nakita kita sa personal, nakuuuu… kukurutin kita ng pinong-pino! 🙂
The pleasure is mine, Lito. 🙂
Thanks rye. Di mo ba nakita when we had coffee last Xmas? It was a Canon EOS 300D and the lense I use is a EF 28-135 F35-5.6.
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speed typer tlaga!!!
pahiram po ako nitong pic na to… i want to overwrite these one…sir avel please
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@anonymouse hehehe..Spot on!!!
Awesome shots sir Avel!
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kaw na ged sa mga shots Mr. Bariles.. youve done it again.. i love your shots for the enchanted Gensan, this time i love it more!
@Manoy Avel, kailan pa sumunod sa yapak ni bb gandanghari si erwin chiongbian? congresswoman man gud ang title gihatag nimo niya sa itaas. ajejeje
… in the post to be vacated by Congressman Erwin Chiongbian in Sarangani).. (???)
nice shots kuya..especially yung sa amin..hehehe..ganda tlga!
tnx for featuring us as always! lav yah!
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Very sharp pictures you have here, Avel!! Congrats. I hope I could see video footages on this event over at YouTube.
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WOW! Kalilangan has always been spectacular but this one seems like the grandest so far…great pictures kuya Avel, lalo na yong mga pictures mo ng mga dance groups, I wished na sana may caption yong photos mo hehehe!
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@Amie, Hover your mouse over the pictures…lilitaw ang mga captions. Or click on each one to enlarge them, may accompanying captions ang kada picture. 🙂
Nice photos, Sir Avel! I feel like I was there. 🙂
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@Manoy Avel, di lagi maenlarge ang ibang pics, kailangan pang iforward o irewind, kailangan ba remote control para maview mga pics mo? ajejeje
As yuswal, walang iwanan pa rin ang e-be-is se-be-in kasi wala gyud nisipot maski isa ka star nila. maayo pa ang ji-im-ee sibin, fried star (prieto, getz mo?) ilahang gipadala. ajejeje
Pakitanong pala kay Sir Orman, Manoy Avel, bakit mababa yata lipad ng kalapati nya? o kay Madam Lu Antonino ba un? ajejeje
i have been anticipating for this blog.thanks it finally came.di kc ako nakapanood .thanks for the pics .para na rin akong nakapanood.
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ganda ng shots mo, KUY… anong camera ang gamit mo? you’re really getting very good at this… cheers!!! 🙂
sad to say i missed this… but there’s always a bigger and brighter festival next year… congratulations to the city government, the kalilangan foundation, the business sector, and the “generals” for another wonderful staging of the kalilangan festival… uuwi ako next year… and i’ll be home for the tunafest!!!