BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
Barangay 17 bagged the grand championship, taking home P300,000 in cash after besting 12 other participants in the Electric MassKara Float and Dance-Off Competition at the Bacolod City Government Center Saturday.
Barangay 25 was adjudged first runner-up and won P200,000 in cash, while second runner-up Barangay 32 received P150,000 in cash.
The performance starting at Megaworld’s The Upper East, proceeding to the BCGC as spectators lined up the streets to take photos of the 13 illuminated floats and masked performers in colorful costumes, including floats of corporate sponsors.
The colorful float of Barangay 17 had a merry-go-round and other moving components while costumed performers danced to the MassKara beat.
Judges were Maricris Zobel, Hayden Kho, Dr. Vicky Bello, Alodia Gosiengfiao, and Tim Yap.
The event was witnessed by First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos, presidential sons Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos and Vinny Marcos, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Megaworld executive vice president and chief strategy officer Kevin Tan, Negros Occidental 3rd Dist. Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, and Victorias Mayor Javi Benitez, among others.*
