Over 1,000 artists, performers, and coaches from 11 state universities and colleges (SUCs) across Western Visayas will bring in color, music, and festivities to Carlos Hilado Memorial State University, from March 23-26.
The 11-member SUCs of the Regional Association of State Universities and Colleges (RASUC) VI are set to gather and compete in the RASUC-VI Culture and the Arts Conference and Festival, with the grand opening Saturday morning, March 23, at the Bacolod City College activity center.
“This year, the RASUC-VI Culture and the Arts Conference and Festival will highlight the healing, resilience, and hope as we move forward from the pandemic and natural disasters that hit the region in the previous years,” CHMSU president Norberto Mangulabnan, RASUC-VI regional president, said in a press release.
This year’s event, hosted by the CHMSU, focused on the theme, “Bidlisiw: Paghilom, Pagbangon, at Pagsulong”, the same theme for the national culture and arts festival.
PASUC president Tirso Ronquillo, who is the Batangas State University president, together will the official delegations, will be welcomed by host CHMSU on March 23 in the opening ceremony at BCC at 9 a.m., followed by a conference with all coaches.
In the evening, over 200 officials of the 11 SUCs, led by their presidents, along with Mayor Alfredo Benitez and invited government officials will be also welcomed in a Fellowship Night at the Bacolod City Government Center.
The 11 SUCs will compete in 22 culture and arts events.
The competitions will begin on March 24 with the CHMSU Talisay gym as venue for the vocal solo, duet, and kundiman, and solo instrumentals for piano, and violin.
At the CHMSU Talisay function hall, entries for the charcoal rendering, pencil drawing, and on-the-spot poster-making contests will go head-to-head.
The instrumental solo participants for guitar, and bandurria will compete at the CHMSU audio-visual room.
Meanwhile, entries of the indigenous, folk, contemporary, and street dances will battle it out onstage at the Silay City gym.
A live band at the CHMSU football field will then entertain both the university students and festival delegates at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
On March 25, the CHMSU Talisay gym will be the venue for the choral and show choir competition; while the radio drama and short and sweet plays (dialogue and musical) will be staged at the function hall.
The CHMSU Talisay campus will also become the playground of photography and outdoor painting contestants.
On March 20, the 2024 Mr. & Ms. RASUC-VI candidates from the 11 SUCs paid courtesy calls on the mayors of Bacolod, Silay, and Talisay.
They also attended a media presentation and competed in a talent competition at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central March 21.
The grand coronation will be held at the Silay City gym, starting at 3 p.m. on March 25.
The awarding of overall winners and closing ceremony will follow. The winners of the 22 events throughout the festivities will represent Western Visayas to the 11th PASUC National Culture and the Arts Festival. ||
