SoMA Music and Arts Festival: SOMA Kabilang Daigdig

SoMA Music and Arts Festival: SOMA Kabilang Daigdig

         March 30, 2016, the opening of SoMA week, celebrating this year's SoMA Music and Arts Festival with its theme "Philippine Mythology and Folklore". As for the opening for the celebration of SoMA week, our professors allowed us to participate in its activities. If you're an ABMA student, you already know what's the tradition for the celebration of SoMA week. And that is the Float Parade, wherein we 1st year multimedia arts students are to showcase our artistic talents through making the float that we've been doing since the start of the term.
 

         During SoMA week celebration, most awaited events were the Float Parade, the Mr. and Ms. SoMA pageant, and the Bomba Night. But there is one event that poked my attention and that is the "Creative Storytelling and Confessions of a Bookaholic Competition" that was organized by the English Resource Center (ERC). Now I'm not good in public speaking, but I enjoy watching competitions wherein your public speaking skills are tested. I don't have anything to do that day and so I went to the auditorium and watched the event.

      The first thing that was on my mind when I watched the event was to support my friends who was also part of the competition. Since they were to present, I have no choice but to stay the whole event and good thing I stayed, because I really enjoyed it. As I watched the event, I felt the emotions of the participants as they tell the story of parables in the Philippines. As an artist, I enjoy hearing stories that are creatively told to the audience. It's like the storyteller is walking you through their imaginations.



Winners of Creative StorytellingChampion:

ECE 151Jemima YucocoJohn Martin Yokoi

1st Runner up:

CPE 151Antonio De La CruzSheila Mae Manongsong

2nd Runner up:

ABMA 134Gertrude ParadoAra Conza


Winners of Confessions of a Bookaholic
Champion:

ABMA 134Justine Pallado

1st Runner up:

AC 132Emman Apolinario

2nd Runner up:

Leo Guinid
ABMA 133