Mindanaotoday.com | Klarex vows bigger prizes for Higalaay’s dancing, parade winners next year
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Bigger prizes await the winners of both street dancing competition and the civic military parade and float competition in next year’s Higalaay Festival, Mayor Rolando Uy said Friday, Sept. 1.
In his weekly program “Ang Inyong Alagad: Mayor Klarex Uy,” Uy voiced his gratitude to the large turnout of people who watched the street dancing competition at the Misamis Oriental Integrated Sports Complex.
“Due to that large turnout, I will give emphasis on this event…and I will work to raise the prize for the champion to P1 million,” the mayor said in Visayan.
Uy said he will talk to the festival organizers led by the City Tourism Office and the City Council’s tourism committee to propose raising the prize for the winner of the street dancing competition.
For this year, Barangay Gusa bagged the P300,000 top prize in the street dancing event.
“I told the (festival organizers) to conduct a post evaluation of the 2023 Higalaay Festival (for this purpose),” Uy said.
Uy also said he will work to raise the prize for the winners of the civic military parade and float competition which was won this year by Palawan Pawnshop. The Palawan Pawnshop contingent won the P300,000 top prize.
The local chief executive also thanked the companies who joined the parade and extended financial support for the event.
“I also thanked Misamis Oriental Gov. Peter Unabia for attending the street dancing competition (despite just arriving straight from Manila) and he saw how lively the street dancing competition was,” he added.
Uy also thanked the Kagay-anon expatriates or balikbayans who arrived in Cagayan de Oro City to attend this year’s Higalaay Festival.
“I thank everyone who helped in making the festival a success. Also, I thanked the expatriates who attended some of the events like the fluvial procession,” he said.
More than 30 Kagay-anon expatriates were welcomed by City Hall in the “Duaw Kagay-an” Fellowship Night held at the City Tourism Hall the day after the city fiesta. (Stephen Capillas | City Information Office)
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