City fiesta 2011 events
AFTER an apparent absence from the scene, the city’s fiesta organizers have now appeared, albeit in a press statement announcing that it’s “all systems go” for the Dagupan annual celebration.
The fiesta chairman, Liga ng mga Barangay president Guillermo Vallejos, and his co-chair, Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Kabataan (PSK) president Chester Gonzales, said the month-long event kicked off on December 1 with the opening and blessing of the Food Strip and Tinday Labi along Galvan Street on December 1, although the Tinday Labi has already been operating for weeks.
The formal opening of City Fiesta 2011 will be on December 15 with a Grand Civic Motorcade in the city’s downtown area followed by a ceremonial lighting the city plaza.
Among the events lined up include the Pangasinan Got Talent, December 14; Magic Idol Grand Finals, December 15; and Miss Dagupan Pageant Night, Dec. 18.
The highlight of the celebration, a thanksgiving mass in honor of the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, the city’s patron saint, will be on December 27 at the Metropolitan Cathedral, to be officiated by Socrates B. Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan.
In the evening of December 26, the grand fiesta program and ball will be held at the city plaza, where Miss Dagupan 2011 and the runners-up will be crowned.
The traditional night for balikbayans, the Pawil Dagupan , is scheduled on Dec. 26.
Culminating the festivities is the Rizal Day celebration on Dec. 30.
Honorary chairman for the celebration is Mayor Benjie Lim, with Vice-Mayor Belen Fernandez as honorary vice-chairman. (CIO)
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