10 million plus expected to watch Musikahan

by Che Palicte
ORGANIZERS of the grand Musikahan Festival in Tagum City are confident that the more than 10 million people who watched the extravaganza’s live streaming last year will be exceeded by this year festival.
For one, the live streaming was viewed in 28 countries worldwide, according to
Mrs. Alma Uy, first lady of Tagum City and chairperson of the 12thMusikahan Festival 2013.
Mrs. Uy bared appeared in yesterday’s Club 888 forum at The Marco Polo Davao to give updates on the preparations for the upcoming event that will commence on February 19 . She said the organizers are anticipating that they will have more actual viewers as well as the live streaming audiences.
“Live streaming was successful last year so we launched it again this year and there will be 10 participating schools from Tagum who will be making websites for Musikahan”, Uy added.
She added that the festival is among the 14 festivals that Tagum City is holding every year.
“This is one way of marketing and promoting Tagum City because we don’t have any tourist destinations, ” Uy said.
She added that the New Tagum City Hall is almost finished and this will be a new attraction of Tagum as it has a state-of-the art design.
Apart from that, she said that Tagum City is prepared for the coming of the expected 2,000 participants in the 12thMusikahan Festival.
“Tagum City hotels, inns and pension are all set for the accommodation of the guests and participants of the festival,” Uy added.