Promote Cagayan de Oro to launch Kagay-an Festival

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kagay-an festival cagayan de oro city Cagayan de Oro City (22 June) — STRENGTHENING government and private sector collaboration in the city, the Promote CDO Foundation, Inc. is set to launch the 2007 Kagay-an Festival on Saturday, June 23.

Rudolfo Menes, president of the Promote CDO Foundation, said that the launch of the fiesta celebration on Saturday will be held at the Kiosko-Kagawasan at 5:00 p.m.

Ruben Vegafria, chair of the fiesta management committee and member of the said organization, said that henceforth, the city fiesta celebration will be dubbed as â€œKagay-an Festival.â€

During the launching, the fiesta organizers will unveil to the public the five core events of the annual fiesta celebration namely; street dancing competition, float parade competition, agro-industrial trade fair, river activities (dragon boat race, fluvial parade, river rafting and kayaking) and Miss Kagay-an Tourism 2007.

Promote CDO Foundation, Inc. will also unveil other accredited fiesta activities such as horse race, airsoft competition, and live-band competition, among others.

City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano and other city hall officials will grace the affair.

It can be recalled that the City Council presided by Vice Mayor Michelle Tagarda-Spiers approved in February this year, City Ordinance No. 10514-2007, granting the Promote CDO Foundation, Inc. the exclusive authority to manage and operate the city fiesta celebration effective August 2007, without cost to the city government. (Cagayan de Oro City Information Office/PIA-MisOrOccCam i-Net)