Oroquieta City wins Kinabayo Festival 2015 Street Dancing competition

 By JONG CADION

DAPITAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte (July 27, 2015) --- The City of Oroquieta, Misamis Occidental bag the championship in the invitational Street Dancing Competition during the week-long celebration of the ‘Kinabayo Festival 2015’ in Dapitan City Saturday.

City Tourism office Apple Marie Agolong said Oroquieta City contingent also won the Best in Street Dancing show down and Best of Costume while Dipolog City got the Mardi Gras Queen Award.

Dipolog City got the second place while Aloran, Misamis Occidental got the 3^rd place, Agolong said.

The winners won Php200,000 for the champion, Php150,000 for second place and Php100,000 for 3^rd place, Agolong said.

For the category B Street Dancing competition intended for the local participants, Barangay Cawa-cawa harvested the awards for the first place and the special awards of Best in St. James Horse Mascot, Best in Costume and Mardi Gras Queen Award while Barangay San Vicente got the second place, She added.  

The Kinabayo Festival started last July 16 culminated last Saturday with the invitational competition for the revival of the street dancing, she said.

Agolong also assured the participants for the next year competition that with the revival of the street dancing competition this will be institutionalized in Dapitan City during the Kinabayo Festival.