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January 2012 | Volume 05, Number 01

Philippine Pavilion Wins 2nd Prize in Entertainment Category

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This year the Servus Heritage Festival 2010, the biggest event in Edmonton celebrated its 35th year of annual occurrence showcasing cultures from all over the world.

The Philippine Pavilion has participated in this festival since its inception . This year 63 Pavillions and 83 Cultures were involved to this event at the Hawrelak Park  July 31 to August 2nd, 2010 attended by over 500,000 spectators from all over the world. The Philippine Pavilion entertainment with the participation of Karilagan Dance Society was one of the crowd pleasers with its international calibre performances. The Philippine Pavilion was voted as the second best in entertainment out of 83 cultures. The Council of Edmonton Filipino Associations headed by President Jun Angeles, the Overall Chairman of the Philippine Pavilion and the President and Choreographer of Karilagan Dance Society, Memen Cochingco received the award from the President and Directors of 2010 Servus Heritage Festival. Karilagan Dance Society was an international gold winner at the Barcelona Dance Competition in Spain this year.



 

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