February 24th marks the Street Dance Competition - one of the big events of Panagbenga Festival here in Baguio city. There were three divisions for this event - elementary division, high school division, and the open division.
This 2018, Baguio expected to have 1.2M visitors to watch the street dance. The route would start at the top of Session Road, Baguio's main thoroughfare, down to Maharlika Livelihood Center, then turn left to Harrison Road, and end up in Athletic Bowl. Upon reaching the oval, participants are going to perform and be judged.
There were 8 schools participating in the elementary division:
- Aguinaldo Elementary School
- Apolinario Mabini Elementary School
- Tuba Elementary School
- Dominican Mirador Elementary School
- Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School
- Josefa Carino Elementary School
- Jose P. Laurel Elementary School
- Baguio Central School
These schools showcased their talents in a 7-minute span which already included the time setting up. The judging was strict in this matter that for every performance, the time spent was announced. Manuel L Quezon Elementary School was the second runner up and recieved 150,000 Php. The first runner-up went to Apolinario Mabini Elementary school recieving 200,000 Php. The champion for the elementary division this 2018 is Baguio Central School taking home 250,000 Php.
Five schools competed in the High School division where the University of the Cordilleras Senior High School was proclaimed the champion. The other participating schools were:
- Remnant International School
- Pines City National High School
- Baguio City National High School
- St Louis University Laboratory High School
There were 14 participants in the open division where St. Louis University took home the crown. Some of the other participants were:- Gardeners' Tribe
- Umili Ay Kalalaychan Cultural Group
- Tribu Rambak
- E Kalinga Performing Group
- Caba National High School
- Tribu Bugkalot
- Chenmo Cultural Performing Group
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