Senior high school students from the first congressional district of Bohol will come under the spotlight next week as the Bohol Island Tour Guides Association of the Philippines, Inc. (BITGAP) quizzes them on Bohol’s tourism sights, standards, arts and culture.

Organized by BITGAP, an organization of Department of Tourism-accredited tour guides in the Province of Bohol, the Annual Provincial Tourism Quiz seeks to generate awareness and strengthen knowledge and appreciation of Bohol’s pride and ecotourism assets among young Boholanos.

Participants from various high schools in the first congressional district (except Tagbilaran City) will converge at the New Calape Cultural Center and Sports Complex on Friday, June 27, 2008, 1:00 pm for the 1st leg of the competition.

The academic feat is open to the public. The competition will feature teams composed of two senior high school students.

BITGAP believes that graduating students even in the towns should have a grasp on and exposure to the tourism industry in Bohol.

The Quiz will consist of two rounds — the elimination and finals.

The three teams with the highest scores in the elimination round will move on to the final round, and the team with highest score at the end of the final round (either municipal or city level) will be declared the Champion.

Fabulous prizes await the lucky winners in the elimination as well as the Championship round.

Two teams of overall champion shall be declared – one at the district level and another at the city level.

“We are having this and the succeeding year’s competition at the district level in order to give high school students from the various towns greater opportunity to participate in the contest,” says BITGAP President Danny C. Nazareno.

In the past eight years, the quiz was conducted only during the tourism month in September when high school students from the municipalities all over the Province usually come to Tagbilaran City for the competition.

“This year’s competition will be different as we will only be requiring the winners in the elimination round to come to Tagbilaran City for the championship round,” Nazareno stressed.

This is also to celebrate BITGAP’s ten years of professional tour guiding services for sustainable development in the Province of Bohol.

The second and third congressional districts elimination level will be in Ubay and Carmen, respectively.

It will be held on July 25 for the second district and August 29 for the third district.

Winners in the elimination round will vie for the finals in the morning of September 20, 2008 in Tagbilaran City.

The City high schools will have their elimination and final round in the afternoon of the same day.

The local government unit executives of the different host towns have already committed their all-out support to the competition.

In separate meetings with the Committee on the 9th Annual Provincial Tourism Quiz 2008, Mayors Sulpicio Yu, Jr. of Calape, Eutiquio M. Bernales of Ubay and Manuel R. Molina of Carmen did not hesitate to throw their hats of support as hosts to the yearly event.

They will provide the venue and other logistical requirements for the successful conduct of the competition.

Various tourism stakeholders who realized the significance of the activity also rallied behind BITGAP.

These include BQ Mall, Gerry’s Grill, Bohol Beach Club, Amarela Beach Resort, Panglao Island Nature Resort and Spa, Vest Pension House, JJ’s Seafood Village, Congressman Edgar M. Chatto and Vice-Governor Julius Ceasar Herrera, to name a few major sponsors.
Other supporters include Julies Bakeshop –Bohol branches, Weesam Express, Long River Floating Restaurant and Supercarp of Loboc.

Invitation letters have also been sent to the Department of Education, City Schools Division and the Bohol Association of Catholic Schools (Talibon and Tagbilaran City) for their schools within their jurisdiction to join.

Confirmation slips of participating schools can be submitted at the Department of Education Office or at the Bohol Tourism Office, Capitol building, Tagbilaran City.

Tourism Quiz 2008 Committee Chairman Mr. Marc Brian Mascariòas said that BITGAP expects high schools, most especially in the municipalities, to send two participants each to the Quiz.

“The participants from the municipalities will now have the opportunity to grab the championship trophy and fabulous prizes considering that we have made the competition accessible to them by holding it within their district and we will also be providing traveling allowance for the winners in the elimination round including their coaches who will vie for the finals in Tagbilaran City,” Mascariòas further explained.

BITGAP’s district level competition precedes the 9th Annual Provincial Tourism Quiz Championship Round— the search for the country’s young tourism whizzes — on September 20, 2008, as part of BITGAP’s activities for the National Tourism Week celebration.

Paukyab sa Calape gitakda na
Ni: Nick Sendrijas
Abril 6, 2008

Usa ka gala presentation nga giulohan og Paukyab sa Calape nga gipasiugda sa Calapsora Ambassadors karong May 8,2008 maoy usa sa mga kalingawan nga ipasundayag matag gabii atol sa pagsaulog sa kapistahan ni Señor San Vicente Ferrer karong Mayo 10,2008.

Si Mayor Siulpicio N. Yu, Jr., nagkanayon nga ang maong kalihokan usa ka dance extravaganza nga magalangkob sa folk dances, international dances ug modern hip hop ug jazz.

Ang Calapsora ambassadors adunay 48 ka mga batan-ong estudyante ug mga out of school youths sa Calape kinsa napili gikan sa gatosan ka mga batan-ong nga misulay niadtong Enero ning tuiga.

Si Dr. Yu nagkanayon nga ang pulong Calapsora kombinasyon sa mga pulong Calape ug Sora, nga nagkahulogan og sayaw.

Anaa na karon sa ilang kahanas, ang Calapsora ambassadors mopasundayag sa tradisyon sa Calape, arts and culture matod pa sa choreographer sa grupo, Mrs. Henedina Y. Sendrijas.

Nagkanayon usab ang mayor nga mao kini ang unang higayon nga ang lungsod sa Calape nagmugna og dance troupe nga magsilbing ambassador sa lungsod.

Ang mga folk dances nga ipai-ila ni Mrs. Sendrijas mao ang Maglalatik, Pasakat ug Pinggan Pinggan Pino, samtang sa international dances mao ang Hawaiian, Spanish ug westerns samtang sa ikatulong bahin mao ang modern jazz ug hip hop diin si Winston “Wingoal” Sendrijas, ang house choreographer sa Diwanag Dance Troupe, Holy Name University, sa dakbayan sa Tagbilaran maoy nagtudlo.

Tuyo sa LGU-Calape ang katukoran sa dance troupe sama sa Loboc Children’s Choir sa lungsod sa Loboc, ang Pangkat Kawayan sa Alicia ug ang Rondalla sa Dimiao.

Higanting pasundayag sa nagkalain-laing sayaw sa kalibutan nga ginganlan og Paukyab sa Calape 2008 maoy mapaabot nga makita sa mga dumodo-ong ug taga Calape karong pista ni Sr. San Vicente Ferrer sa Mayo 8, 2008 diha sa Calape Cultural and Sports Center.

Kini maoy gibutyag ni Mayor Sulpicio N. Yu, Jr., M.D., kinsa maoy nagpatukod sa Calapsora Ambassadors, usa ka pundok sa mga mananayaw o “dance troupe” nga iyaha sa lungsod sa Calape.

Matod sa Mayor ang pulong Calapsora, kombinasyon sa pulong Calape ug Sora o sayaw ug gilangkoban kini og mga batan-on nga gipili human sa gihimong pagsulay o “try out” sa mga representante gikan sa 33 ka barangay sa Calape.

Sumala sa Mayor, ang gitudlong choreographer mao si Mrs. Henedina Ytac Sendrijas, gradwado ug kanhe membro sa Dance Troupe sa Southwestern University.

Si Mrs. Sendrijas gitabangan usab sa iyang anak, si Niño Winston “Wingoal” Y. Sendrijas, kinsa choreographer karon sa Diwanag Dance Troupe sa Holy Name University sa Tagbilaran City.

Ang pasundayag langkoban og tulo ka bahin, una- mga “folk dances”, ikaduha – mga sayawng internasyonal ug ang ikatulo – mga sayawng hip hop, moderno ug jazz nga maoy itudlo ni Wingoal.

Uban sa lumadnong sayaw mao ang Pasakat, Sayaw sa bangko ug Tinikling, ang muslim nga sayaw mao ang Tsaduratan, Nakaypay ug Singkil samtang ang internasyonal nga sayaw mao ang mga Polynesian, Spanish gypsy ug Tahitian.

Aron lig-on ang suporta, gihugpong ni Mayor Yu pinaagi sa usa ka Executive Order ang Culture and Arts Council of Calape, Bohol, Philippines.

Uban ni Mayor Yu isip Chairman mao sila si Mrs. Soledad Dumadag, Vice Chairman; mga membro sila si Kag. Jose A. Jumangit Jr., SB Chairman sa Komitiba sa Edukasyon ug Kultura; Mrs. Editha O. Damalerio, DepEd Supervisor; Unang Ginang Grace Esperanza Yu, Presidente sa Federated Women’s Association; Kag. Cohleen Rose Guantero, SK Federated President; G. Alvaro Gujol, Tourism Action officer; Mrs. Henedina Ytac Sendrijas, Calapsora Ambassadors Choreographer; Julie Hernandez, representante sa pribadong sektor ug Maria Uno Mata, Human Resources Officer.

Maoy tuyo ni Mayor Yu nga ang Calapsora mahisama sa ngalan o tatak sa Loboc Children’s Choir, sa Loboc, Pangkat Kawayan sa Alicia ug Rondalla sa Dimiao.

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