A dragon dance to commemorate the Chinese New Year will be held Jan. 30 at the parking area of the Association of Negros Producers Showroom at Lacson Street in Bacolod City, an ANP press release said yesterday.

The latest and new products creatively and beautifully-crafted from indigenous materials produced by Negrense talents and craftsmen will be on display, it said.

Those interested in participating in the dragon dance may call the ANP Showroom at tel. nos. 433-8833 or 434-1000, the press release added.*

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Cauayan holds fiesta today

The town of Cauayan, Negros Occidental, marks today its fiesta with the holding of the annual Lubay-lubay Festival and a celebrities night to cap the week-long celebration.

Mayor Jerry Tabujara said the Lubay-lubay competition will start at 1 p.m. while the celebrities night program, featuring television personalities from Manila, will start at 7 p.m.

Nine barangay-cluster tribes, led by Poblacion, represented by students of the Negros State College of Agriculture, last year's champion, will compete in the Lubay-lubay competition. Lubay-lubay, the mayor said, is a tribute to the resilience of Cauayan residents, reflective in the swaying of the bamboo, from which the name of the town is derived.

Among the celebrities to entertain townsfolk and their guests are comedians Arnel Ignacio and Tia Pusit as well as Catalina Perez and Kudeth Honasan.

Former Rep. Genaro Alvarez (Neg.Occ., 6th district) and Mayor Tabujara crowned last night fiesta queen Diaryl Magbanua.

The fiesta activities also included a food court, cooperative day, agro-industrial fair, the DYEZ drama talents' show, a basketball tournament, grand parade, horse show, a bamboo-sound competition and a benefit dance.

Also held were an off-road biking competition participated in by more than 100 racers and an inter-barangay bikathon.*

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