It has taken sometime for the "Viva Marinduque!" terminal report to be submitted to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Handed over a copy to visiting NCCA Cultural Officer Ron Rosel who was instrumental in getting Marinduque to be part of this year's 2008 Philippine Arts Festival. Managed to provide a DVD copy of the "Viva Marinduque!" tour of the province that involved 100-120 artistic and production staff, inspite of documentation problems.
Problems we encountered included losing all still shots we took during the tour, (mysteriously deleted from my laptop), losing my videocam (stolen while in the middle of Ang Kristo:Pasyondula performance in Gasan), and slow government process in liquidating our expenses... But shortly after the project the municipal council of Gasan and the provincial council of Marinduque adopted separate resolutions commending our efforts, which we're only too happy to include in our belated report.
Posted the report in the Teatro Balangaw website at this link: http://www.geocities.com/teatro_balangaw/viva
I enjoyed reading this very detailed report. Too bad you lost your pictures of this memorable event. Macrine and I were already in Boac at that time. But due to the weather and other personal activities, we were not able to attend any of the presentations, but we heard about it through the local media and banners.
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