DAGUPAN HYMN, BALON DAGUPAN MARCH

THE Dagupan City Council has proposed an ordinance officially adopting the Dagupan Hymn and the newly written Balon Dagupan March entitled “Balon Kabuasan” (New Dawn) as part of the city’s heritage.

The two songs were written by Rex Catubig, a member of Class 1965 of the Dagupan City High School (DCHS) whose batch is holding its jubilee celebration coinciding with the city fiesta this year.

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Catubig, who formally presented the two songs to the city council last week, said both the Dagupan Hymn and Dagupan March are his gifts to the people of Dagupan.

Councilor Jose Netu Tamayo acknowledged that the Dagupan Hymn was already being sang in the city during the terms of then mayors Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Benjamin Lim spanning 20 years but no ordinance was passed officially adopting it as part of the city’s history and culture.

The Dagupan Hymn was written by Catubig before he migrated to the U.S. sometime in the 80s. He said he wrote the lyrics of the Dagupan March (Balon Kabuasan) in California where he now resides, in time for the observance of golden jubilee of his DCHS Class 1965.

“As a jubilarian of the Dagupan City High School, we want to give back to the city and our school by presenting the Balon Kabuasan March which I would like to present to the good people of Dagupan,” Catubig told the SP presided by Vice Mayor Brian Lim. 

“It is often said that commerce and industry determine a city’s progress. But it is the culture that determines the quality of city’s progress,” he added.

It is in these two songs, he said, that his DCHS 1965 “wish to contribute its share to the quintessential identity of the city.” 

The ordinance is expected to be passed after the city council’s committee on culture and sports headed by Councilor Jeslito Seen conducts its hearings. (Leonardo Micua)

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