8 all-Ilonggo environment
song entries up for judging

Eight entries to the 2nd Environment Song contest will be judged at 2 p.m. today at Robinsons Place Bacolod as part of the 20th Provincial Environment Week celebration, a government press release said.

The all-Ilonggo song entries, that will be interpreted, either a cappella or with musical accompaniment, should be based on this year’s focus on the environment, like issues, threats, assets, initiatives, milestones, challenge or call to action, in any genre except rapping, the press release also said.

First prize winner will receive P10,000 cash; second prize P8,000; the third prize P5,000; and P1,000 each for three consolation winners.

Entries will be judged according to melody, that include originality, meter efficiency and coherence of phrases, 30 percent; lyrics, including substance and relevance, syllabications and length of lyrical thought, 60 percent; and interpretation, with considerations on the voice quality, diction/timing/mastery, stage presence and audience impact, 10 percent, the press release added.*

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‘Friday Madness’ party set

It’s Friday Madness Party at Dugout Sports at Lacson Street, Bacolod City, on June 15, a press release from organizers said.

The event will rewind, relive, and remember the 80s and 90s with songs of Ace of Base and Apache Indian, Cher, Whigfield, and Jocelyn Enriquez; and hits like “September”, “Do You Believe In Me?”, “If You Could Read My Mind”, and “Raggamuffin Girl”, the press release also said.

The party will feature the mixes of DJ Jao Varela, DJ Rex Tenio and DJ White, the press release added.*

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Ascalon’s exhibit to open

A one-man exhibition called Dekahon, an alter ego boxed collection by Dennis  Francis Sianson Ascalon, will be open at the Gallery Orange, at Lopue’s Mandalagan annex, Bacolod City, from  2 – 9 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays  starting tomorrow  to July 7.

The exhibit is composed of short stories-in-a-box in four fresh works of 2x2 acrylic on canvas as well as six provocative large works of 4’x6’ and four works of 4’x3’ in mixed media etched on wood.

The little tales told in Ascalon’s frames are his figurative take on his community’s socio-political double life, a narration of the boxed stories of his island and country in a visual microcosm of such a society.

His four works on canvas, “Out-of-the-Closet”, “Azucarera-de-Mama”, ”Azucarera-de-Papa” and “Star-Box”, are comments on a person’s inner truth and dreams oftentimes contained in a box  that when sprung in the manner of a jack-in-a-box, will tell of a distinctly different, sometimes opposing reality.

Ascalon constantly redefines himself through serious play with unconventional materials as well as cross training with other creative fields.  Born in Iloilo City and educated at the University of the Philippines-Visayas, Ascalon is presently based in Negros.

He has had several national and international one-man shows and group exhibitions, and his works have become part of notable individual and museum collections here and abroad.* 

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