| Start: | Jan 8, '08 09:00a |
| End: | Jan 8, '08 10:00p |
| Location: | UP Manila and UP Diliman |
9:00 – 10:00 am
Mass in UP Manila
10:15 – 12:00 nn
Celebration Program in UP Manila
12:00 – 2:00 pm
Motorcade from UP Manila to UP Diliman
- Assembly of celebrants at the University Ave. in UP Diliman
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Motorcade from UP Manila meets other UP College Units contingents in front of Lung Center
In Quezon Ave.
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Motorcade proceeds to University Ave.
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Arrival of Motorcade at the University Ave.
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Sky jumpers with banners land in open area near Plaridel Hall
4:30 – 4:45 pm
Tambuli and `Kwitis' signal start of ceremony
4:45 – 4:55 pm
Doxology
4:55 – 5:00 pm
The Philippine National Anthem
5:00 – 5:05 pm
UPAA President Ponciano E. Rivera, Jr. Opening Remarks
5:05 – 6:00 pm
Centennial Flame is passed around the academic oval by 100 UP alumni
6:00 – 6:10 pm
UP System President Emerlinda R. Roman lights the centennial cauldron
Carillon is played with 100 gun salute by the the UP Rifle Team
6:10 – 6:12 pm
President Emerlinda R. Roman opens UP Centennial Year
6:12 – 6:17 pm
Assembly singing of "UP Naming Mahal"
6:17 – 6:30 pm
UP Pep Squad performance
6:30 – 6: 45 pm
Revelry
6:45 – 7:00 pm
Chancellor Sergio Cao invites assembly to the Concert.
Assembly moves to the amphitheater
7:00 – 9:30 pm
Concert at the amphitheater
9:30 – 10:00 pm
Fireworks
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Huge motorcade kicks off UP Centennial Launch January 8, 2008
A HUGE MOTORCADE participated in by the different units of the University
of the Philippines System from across the country will highlight the UP
System Centennial Launching on January 8, 2008 that will kick off
celebrations for the State University’s 100 years of existence.
The UP Alumni Association, the organization spearheading the kick-off
activities, announced that the motorcade will start from the University of
the Philippines campus in Padre Faura, Manila -- where the first UP campus
was first established in 1908 – and will proceed to UP Diliman in Quezon
City beginning at 12 noon.
UPAA President Ponciano E. Rivera Jr. said the Manila convoy will then be
joined by other motorcades originating from UP Baguio, UP Pampanga and UP
Los Baños and will converge with the UP Diliman contingent along Quezon
Avenue at an appointed time. The grand motorcade is expected to enter the
Diliman campus at about 4 pm, after which a series of grand launching
ceremonies will unfold.
Lion dancers, ati-atihan performers and a host of UP dance groups will
welcome the motorcade in front of the Oblation statue where a big crowd of
alumni, students, faculty, staff, supporters and well-wishers are already
gathered. Sky jumpers bearing the emblem of the various UP campuses will
land in the open area near the College of Mass Communication.
Ten tambuli players will then blow their horns from atop the Administration
building, amid the ceremonial firing of 100 rockets (“kwitis”) to announce
the start of the program.
100 torches will be relayed around UP Diliman’s Academic Oval, with the
first flame being lit by a 100-year old alumnus. The last flame will be
lighted by UP President Emerlinda Roman, who will then proceed to light the
UP Flame, as all the flaming 99 torches are extinguished. Simultaneous with
the lighting of the cauldron, the “UP @ 100” lights display at the Quezon
Hall go on and the grandly lit trees around the academic oval come to life,
making the UP campus blaze with lights on its centennial.
One hundred rifle shots will be fired into the air by the UP Rifle Team,
ushering in the announcement by President Roman that the UP Centennial Year
is open.
A free concert featuring internationally acclaimed UP alumni, among them,
the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Ryan Cayabyab, the UP Symphonic Orchestra,
Nanette Inventor, and UP Symphonic Band follows at the UP Amphitheater. The
evening will be capped by a grand fireworks display.
All UP alumni and friends are invited to take part in this historic event.
For inquiries, please call 981-8500, local 2589 or 2590 or send a fax via
632-928-2947.
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