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| ALTURAS SHOWDOWN
2007. All is set for the Alturas Drum and Bugle Corps
Showdown 2007 on November 24, at the CPG Sports Complex,
featruring the best and the finest drum and bugle corps
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The
best drum and bugle corps in the region will clash once again
for the respective crowns in the three categories of the Alturas
Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown 2007, scheduled at the CPG
Sports Complex this coming November 24.
Alturas
PR Manager and Showdown Project Director, Loy M. Palapos,
said that the competition is contested in three categories:
Category A for more seasoned drum corps most of which are
outside Bohol; and Category B and C for high school and elementary
drum corps, respectively.
Listed
in alphabetical order, the contingents in three categories
are Category A: CVSCAFT-Tagbilaran City Campus; Don Vicente
Rama Memorial High School, Cebu City; Pilgrim Christian College,
Cagayan de Oro City; St. Augustine Club, Carmen, Cebu; University
of Cebu, Cebu City; Category B: Bilar National High School;
Carmel Academy, Balilihan, Bohol; Immaculata High School,
Baclayon, Bohol; Mandaue City Comprehensive National High
School; St. Agustine Institute, Sagbayan, Bohol; Tabuan National
High School, Garcia-Hernandez, Bohol; and Category C: Cogon
Elem. School, Tagb. City; Corella Central Elem. School; Duero
Central Elem. School; Loon North Central Elem. School; Loon
South Central Elem. School; Manga Elem. School and Tagb. City
Central Elem. School.
The
prizes to be awarded are as follows: Category A: Champion,
P70,000 cash prize plus 48-inch trophy; First Runner-Up, P50,000
cash prize plus 42-inch trophy; Second Runner-Up, P40,000
cash prize plus 40-inch trophy; Category B: Champion, P60,000
cash prize plus 44-inch trophy; First Runner-Up, P50,000 cash
prize plus 42-inch trophy; Second Runner-Up, P40,000 cash
prize plus 40-inch trophy; Category C: Champion, P60,000 cash
prize plus 44-inch trophy; First Runner-Up, P50,000 cash prize
plus 42-inch trophy; Second Runner-Up, P40,000 cash prize
plus 40-inch trophy.
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A
three-thousand-peso cash prize plus trophy will also
be awarded to the drum corps in each category adjudged
as Best in Production Design, Best in Instrumentation,
Best in Choreography, and Best in Rhythm and Dynamics.
For all categories combined, a cash prize of P1,000
plus trophy is awarded to the Best in Uniform, Best
in Discipline, Best in Parade Impact, Best Corps Major,
Best Corps Majorette, Darling of the Crowd, Best in
Entertainment, Most Colorful Corps, Best in Boholano
Ambience, Best in Synchronization, Best in Jingle, and
Miss Alturas Showdown.
In
addition, handsome trophies are awarded to the Liveliest
Corps, Most Elegant, Best in Projection, Most Promising
Neophyte, Neophyte of the Year, Most Impressive Neophyte,
and Most Inspiring Corps.
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The
Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown, an annual competition
that is one of the most awaited events of the year in the
Province of Bohol, is now on its 20th year. The competition
is an outreach program on youth development focused on encouraging
high school students and elementary school pupils to channel
their talents and energy by joining their school's drum and
bugle corps.
The
main highlight in the 22nd Anniversary Celebration of Alturas
Supermarket, the Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown,
dubbed as "the greatest show in town," brings together
for one spectacular day the best drum corps in the Visayas
and Mindanao.
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