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As the heat of the sun rises, NDDU heats up summer as it celebrated Summer fest 2013 with the theme “SumMarista 2013: Keep calm and beat the Summer Heat through the Marist Spirit” on April 30, 2013 at London Beach Resort, Bawing, General Santos City.
The celebration
started around 9 am with hosts, Mr. Jay Paul Binas, Ms. Tessa Mae Alejado, and
Mr. Alvin Francis Ambe. The opening program kindled the heat when the PEHMA
Society performed a dance number to welcome the newly-elected SSG officers who
are present at that time, namely: James Astilla- SSG President, Louis Gwen
Taborete- SSG Vice-President, Mark Adama- SSG Vice-President, Maria Fatima Kaye
Reyes- Treasurer, Merajoy Tabal, Elaiza Feb Feleo, Patricia Sarmiento, Ian Kim
Bancaerin, Maico Demi Aperocho, Mikaela Guerra, Mark Anthony Hatulan, Aries
Pagaling, John Edward Ciocon, and Mary Anne Jude Hizoler. They facilitated this
summer event by rendering their time in planning for the activities and did all
the preparations. There were SSG volunteers, including clubs and organizations
that extended their help to enact the program successfully.
In this year’s summer fest, four participating teams namely, red, green, yellow, and blue team, competed to different games such as Pinoy Tug of War in which the participants were blindfolded without knowing their competitors. This funny game allowed the audience to really enjoy the hot weather, especially when some participants continued to pull the rope which was tied in a coconut tree. It paved way to have fun despite the competition. As the temperature rose, each team showed determination to win in the following games: amazing race, eat all you can and sack race. At the end, it was the Red Team that grabbed the limelight for the games category.
While the
students rested as they end up the tournament, other students enjoyed the warm
weather while staying under their respective cottages delighted with the foods
that they bought and prepared at lunchtime. To entertain them, there were
successive intermission numbers from the NDDU Music Bands and Dance Groups like
Zsoshie5 who performed Korean Pop Dances.
As the clock
struck 3 pm, the heat continues as the summer showdown follows the scene for
this year’s Mr. and Ms. Summer fest 2013. Each
team is represented by 1 pair of candidates. Each team supported their bets as
they ramp their best in their Summer Attire and showed that they had not only
beauty, but also brains in the Question and Answer Portion which is divided
into two; the informal and the formal. The Dameans
applauded the contestants’ answers because of their sense of
humor in the informal question and answer and their wit in the formal one.
Finally, the pageant ended as the last year’s Mr. and Ms.
Summer fest, Mr. Ricky Bustos and Ms. Hannah Sunico , both from the Blue Team,
passed the crown to Mr. Rhyll Kearney Pilipil from the Yellow Team and Ms. Merabel
Tumulak from the Blue Team who were declared as the Mr. and Ms. Summer fest
2013.
Based on the
overall results, it was the Red Team that gained the big percentage in all
games, so as also to be announced as the champion.
MC Fajardo and JProngco
