Arts month celebration ends
IN ESCALANTE

A cultural show capped the National Arts Month celebration on the theme "Ani ng sining, yaman ng lahi," in Escalante City, Negros Occidental recently, a press release from the city said.

The month-long celebration, that culminated in time for the 6th Charter Anniversary of the city, was spearheaded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, city tourism, Sangguniang Kabataan Federation, MCC Shakespeareans Club and the Association of Barangay Captains.

Festival Director is Brenda Fajardo. Also held were creative writing and visual arts workshops with Dr. RJ Baldonado and Antonio Tejado as resources speakers; seminar-workshop on basic museology and cultural mapping; and theater presentation of the Mabini National High School Cultural group and Alternative Learning School.

Present at the closing event were Mayor Santiago Barcelona, Jr., with city officials Ester Ampil of the Tourism Development, Alicia Barcelona of the Committee on Women and Children, Education and Culture, among others, the press release added.*

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