Panagbenga Festival 2011 formally launched

The City Government of Baguio formally launched the opening of the 2011 Edition of Baguio Flower Festival which is also popularly known as the Panagbenga Festival.
 

The launching was led by Baguio City Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan at the City Hall grounds, follows by a press conference at the city hall and at the evening a free concert at the SM Event Center with a fireworks display. One of the highlights of the opening was the unveiling of the 16th Festival logo by Panagbenga Executive Committee Chairman Anthony de Leon and Federico Alquiroz. Guests and visitors were welcomed by cultural dances and performances, and the Baguio Metamorphosis graced the occasion by their magnificent dance moves.

The Festival theme this year is : “The Environment and Community in Harmony.”

The most colorful parts of the festival are the street dancing of hundreds of children draped in colorful flower costumes amidst the music of drum and bugle corps, and the flower float festival where several tons of fresh temperate flowers are used to add to the galore of the occasion.

Here’s the a glimpse of the Baguio Flower Festival schedule for 2011:

November 16, 2010 – Launch of Panagbenga 2011

February 1, 2011 – Grand Opening Parade
February 1 - Mar 6, 2011 – Market Encounter
February 12, 2011– Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom

February 13, 2011 – Pre-Valentine Event & Fluvial Float Parade
February 26, 2011 – Grand Panagbenga Street Parade
February 27, 2011 – Grand Float Parade
February 28 - March 6, 2011 – Session Road in Bloom
March 2, 2011 - Pony Boys Day
March 3, 2011 - Central North Luzon Tourism Fair
March 6, 2011 - Grand Closing Ceremony & Grand Fireworks Display (Flowers in the Sky)

Be there at the Baguio Flower Festival 2011 (Panagbenga Festival 2011).

PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL