On its second year, Banyuhay Aotearoa successfully concluded the Sabayang Pagbigkas Online Video Contest for 2024.
We received a total of 18 entries spanning the length of Aotearoa New Zealand:
3 entries from Auckland
1 entry from Palmerston North
1 entry from Wellington
12 entries from Christchurch
Of the 18 videos we received, 1 was for the PAMILYA/BARANGAY category, and the rest are for the PAARALAN/BARKADA category.
Out of the 18 entries, we received 11 submissions from different Primary Schools, and 4 Secondary Schools. There was one school that had 2 entries in this year's contest.
It goes without saying that we were completely blown away by this year's entries. The amount of effort and care that we witnessed exceeded all our expectations, and we are endlessly amazed at what our community can produce in such a short period of time.
All the entries were showcased on our Facebook page and Youtube channel for the whole month of August.
PANEL OF JUDGES
Judging of the entries was done during this period as well. We'd like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our judges who sacrificed a significant amount of their time to provide their critiques for each entry.
Emma Carreon
Auckland-based. Wife, Mother & Grandmother. Founding member of Banyuhay Aotearoa. Poet & writer.
Joey Domdom
Wellington-based. Teacher & Team Leader of Post Graduate Programmed at Weltec & Whitireia-
NZ. Originally from Bicol and now lives in Lower Hutt.
Jocelyn Atara-Mckenzie
Christchurch-based. Cultural support worker for Oak Development Trust. Founder of Supling Filipino Language & Culture Playgroup, operating in East & West Christchurch. Ugnay Filipino Breastfeeding Support Group member.
SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS '24 CHAMPIONS
We announced the winners via a live online event on the 2nd of September. We are proud to share that this year's champions are:
PAMILYA/BARANGAY CATEGORY
Banaag ng Tala bagged the championship title for the Pamilya Barangay Category.
PAARALAN/BARKADA CATEGORY
Of the 17 entries we received for the Paaralan/Barkada category, Edgewater College prevailed and garnered the highest score to claim the championship title.
Congratulations to our winners. Many congratulations and thanks also goes to all our participants for giving us a wonderful showing for this year's Sabayang Pagbigkas Online Video Contest!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We'd like to also commend our volunteers who shared their time and talents for this activity, namely:
Becky Buada
Project Manager for Sabayang Pagbigkas 2024 and lead marketing officer.
Vanhessa Roset
For creating additional marketing assets to promote Sabayang Pagbigkas ‘24 and for preparing the Judges’ Online Scoresheets.
Lois Carlos
For coordinating with our judges and making sure we received the scores.
Em Cardeno
For designing and sending the certificates for all our Sabayang Pagbigkas ‘24 participants and for helping finalise the score tally.
We'd also like to thank the generosity of our sponsors:
SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS '25
Sabayang Pagbigkas is definitely coming back next year and will now be transformed into an inter-school competition.
We will be sending the official invitations in February 2025 in order to allow all participating schools a lot of time to master the contest piece and put together their video entries.
Stay tuned for more updates for next year's contest!
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