GenSan’s 70th Foundation Anniversary’s highlights in photos
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…..
Related posts:
- Photos of opening program of GenSan’s 69th Foundation Day
- Manny Pacquiao’s latest Gensan homecoming photos, Part I
- Manny Pacquiao enlivens Tuna Fest culmination
- 2009 Kalilangan Festival Poster commemorating GenSan’s 70th Foundation released
- Photos of Robinsons GenSan Grand Opening
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
gensanite Says:
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!!!
Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 8:54 PM
lito antoque Says:
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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Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 9:08 PM
anonymouse :) Says:
@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
Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Lyle, RN Says:
Nice photos, Sir Avel! I feel like I was there.
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Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Amie Says:
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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Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 10:56 PM
bariles Says:
@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.
Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 8:22 AM
JessQ Says:
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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Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 12:02 PM
purple24 Says:
nice shots kuya..especially yung sa amin..hehehe..ganda tlga!
tnx for featuring us as always! lav yah!
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Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 1:26 PM
CurrenT Says:
… in the post to be vacated by Congressman Erwin Chiongbian in Sarangani).. (???)
Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 4:10 PM
anonymouse :) Says:
@Manoy Avel, kailan pa sumunod sa yapak ni bb gandanghari si erwin chiongbian? congresswoman man gud ang title gihatag nimo niya sa itaas. ajejeje
Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 5:46 PM
dimple Says:
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!
Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Nate Marx Says:
@anonymouse hehehe..Spot on!!!
Awesome shots sir Avel!
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Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 8:29 PM
T_T Says:
speed typer tlaga!!!
pahiram po ako nitong pic na to… i want to overwrite these one…sir avel please
http://www.gensantos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kali19.jpg
Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Rhey Bacani Says:
MOre
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 7:55 AM
bariles Says:
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.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:10 AM
bariles Says:
The pleasure is mine, Lito.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:12 AM
bariles Says:
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!
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:16 AM
bariles Says:
Sayang! Anyway, promise sa Tuna Fest, will invite you here. Thanks for the kind words, Lyle.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
bariles Says:
Basta kayo, bakit naman hindi. The whole world needs to know how beautiful you girls are.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:31 AM
bariles Says:
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.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
bariles Says:
You’re welcome Nate. Medyo nawawala ka yata sa mga Plurk Fiestas natin. Hope to see you tonight at the Generals Brew.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:38 AM
bariles Says:
Go ahead sir. Acknowledge mo lang ang source. Thanks.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:39 AM
bariles Says:
Coming soon Rhey.
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 10:41 AM
orman Says:
in fairness ang ganda ng mga kuha mo ter… at maganda ang dove releasing shot ko… pretty girl, moi! hahahahahaha!
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Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 9:31 PM
lelen zab (cda) Says:
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
Posted on March 6th, 2009 at 9:34 PM
tanchi Says:
big time na jud ni si sir avel!
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Posted on March 7th, 2009 at 11:25 AM