The Giant Head Triumphs

SoMA WEEK FLOAT COMPETITION

          This was it. The moment we've been preparing for. For almost month, all of the first year ABMA students have been preparing their own floats with the theme "Philippine Mythology." There were friendships broken, time consumed and materials used, generally all of us were beleaguered.

          But this was it, the first day of the School of Multimedia and Arts Festival has come and main event on the first day was the Float Competition. Aside from the floats, this was also a competition on who can do the best performance that will coincide with the floats made.

ABMA-153 Group A (Agtawak)

ABMA-153 Group B (Zigbin) Tied for the second place with the Agtawak.

          The competion was difficult, we were up against four sections and each of those sections were divided in to two groups, except for two, which was ABMA-154 and ABMA-155 because there were only a few students in those sections.

The champion, ABMA-151 Group A (Ibong Adarna)

          Everyone made such cool floats and all of them aligned with the theme, so it was difficult to tell who was going to win. The floats of the first block, ABMA-151, were the majestic "Ang Ibong Adarna" and the fearsome "Bakunawa Dragon." ABMA-152 had the two biggest floats which were the "Tiyanak" and the " Si Pagong at si Matsing." I can confidently say that our (ABMA-153) two floats were the most terrifying, the "Agtawak," a zombified hybrid of the "Agta" and the "Wak-wak" and the float from my group the "Zigbin," a zombified "Sigbin" creature. The last two blocks, ABMA-154 and 155 made the "Si Malakas at si Maganda" and the "Sarimanok," respectively.

ABMA-151 Group B (Bakunawa Dragon)

          In the morning, all of the blocks and their floats, took part in the Float Parade from Asia Pacific College, going along Lapu-Lapu Street and back, this parade showcased the talented and creative skills of first year ABMA students. When we came back to APC in the afternoon the show wasn't over yet, instead it was time to show off the performances of each of the blocks.

ABMA-152 Group A (Tiyanak)

         It was certainly a diverse competition. There were different kinds of performances, some acted, some sang, some danced and some did a little bit of everything. 

ABMA-152 Group B (Si Pagong At Si Matsing)

          After the event, the finalists were announced. The five block who made it were: ABMA-151 Group A, ABMA-152 Group A, ABMA-153 Groups A and B and finally, ABMA-154. After a few days the winners were announced on the SoMA Awards. ABMA-154 grabbed the third place, ABMA 153 Groups A and B were a tie in the second place and ABMA-151 was the champion. 

The third placer, ABMA-154 (Si Malakas At Si Maganda)

ABMA-155 (Sarimanok)