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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Winning three consecutive times should not stop Barangay Granada from joining the MassKara Festival Street and Arena Dance Competition, the organizers said.
For the third consecutive year, Granada proved its supremacy in the Barangay Category after dominating 16 other contenders on Sunday.
In festival contests, three-time victories are commonly referred to as “grand slam,” and they are usually a signal — unless expressly provided in the rules — for the winning group to take a break.
Granada barangay captain Alfredo Talimodao Jr. reportedly said they will not join next year’s competition, having reached the “Hall of Fame.”
In MassKara street dance, “there is no such thing as Hall of Fame,” stressed Eli Tajanlangit, director of the Silver MassKara Festival Organization (SMFO).
He prefers that Granada joins the contest next year so it would be “the benchmark with which the rest of the barangays can compare themselves.”
The grand-slam winner can encourage the losing villages to “strive for excellence,” said Tajanlangit.
And the SMFO won’t stop it, he stressed. “Stopping an excellent group from joining is a recipe for mediocrity.”
While the concept has become a contest “mentality,” Tajanlangit said the SMFO has no rule that prohibits three-time-winning contenders from joining the Street and Arena Dance Competition.
Meanwhile Mayor Evelio Leonardia wants the Sangguniang Panlungsod to fix the last day of the festival on the third Sunday of October.
Leonardia said he learned that some visitors thought MassKara was only until Oct. 19 so they booked hotel accommodations only until that date.
In 2015 the MassKara Festival was held from Oct. 1 to 19./PN
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