June 12, 2015, Friday –In line with the 117th Independence Day celebration, ACT high school students and St. Paul College students celebrated the national holiday with great enthusiasm at the South Town Centre.
At 8:00 a.m., selected St. Paul College students performed an invocation before the flag-raising ceremony at the South Town Centre’s parking area. Both schools, with right hands on their left chests, lined up in four rows as they sang the national anthem with profound nationalism despite the day’s heat.
The students ventured up to the Convention Area, third floor of the shopping mall, and in the fully air-conditioned hall, the program began with the opening remarks starting with the South Town Centre’s manager and the formal introduction of this year’s Independence Day theme: “Tagumpay sa Pagbabagong Nasimulan, Abot-Kamay na ng Bayan.”
ACT-ISD Theatre Arts Guild (TAG) dancers presented an inspirational contemporary dance with the special participation of their club moderator, Sir Rommel Alvarez. Selected St. Paul College students also showcased the beauty of the Filipino culture as they danced in traditional costumes.
Asianista singers, Shaneika Esgana and Chesty Flores, dressed in Filipiniana costumes, dedicated an OPM song with conviction that left the audience in awe.
Mangana, a grade eight student, said.
Throughout the entire event, students’ laughters and cheers were heard all around the hall. Activities and games were also executed which added up to the day’s fun.
“There were many people, but I was quite delighted with the event,” Joel Econas, a grade nine student, said.
The program ended with the viewing of the multi-awarded Indie film, Bonifacio, which tells the struggles of the Katipunan, , under the leadership of their Supremo, Andres Bonifacio, to claim back the Philippines’ independence from the clutches of Spanish conquerors.
-Maria Eloisa Garcia
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