Day 2 of the Kasadyaan Festival 2024 carries on the momentum of Day 1.
At 3 PM, the motor show revved into high gear. Forty-nine motorcycles and more than a hundred attendees came to celebrate Dumaguete City’s motorcycle culture. Four categories were contested by the registrants:
The Thai Concept category, whose aesthetics are driven by a tangible passion for the Thailand drag racing scene. Most of the contenders boasted high-end, often imported Thai parts, specialty rims and custom, almost sculptural, fairings. Advanced and meticulous engine modifications were also given center stage.
The Malaysian Concept category, with a subtler, no less fervent, take on modification. Custom exhausts and suspensions, precision decals and other visually arresting details made form and function a malleable criteria for the entries on display.
The Open Mix category, which enabled unrestrained and liberated creativity. Participating vehicles, and the myriad of modifications that abandoned its utilitarian roots, turned the pieces into canvases more than machines.
The Big Bike Concept, which focused on larger 250cc+ displacement engines. Power and performance were its arbitrators, with the category emphasizing engine power. Builds included engines that ranged from one to eight cylinders, with varying torque and horsepower.
University President Dean Sinco, also a President of the Kasadyaan Motor Show sponsor Entheos, demonstrated his passion and love for automobiles by becoming involved in the event. His own FJ Cruiser was also spotted on full display by the FU Green grounds.
Around 6 in the afternoon, the patchwork quilt of Kasadyaan booths and concessionaire stalls were lit up. The grounds were quieter, although strikingly busier than the previous day.
The heart of the evening’s fervor was concentrated in the Sofia Soller Sinco Hall, where a Hara sa FU Ball was being held. Invited to the program were among the most important culture and art workers in Foundation University’s history, including:
Daniel "Tingting" Delfin, Buglasayaw Dance Troupe Director
Prof. Joseph Basa, pioneering Abuhuni Band Director from 1975 to 1984
Jay Cyrus Villanueva, Abuhuni Band Director from 2011 to 2018
Engel Boen Zerna, the Culture and Arts Director of 2017
Schnell Serion, current Buglasayaw Dance Troupe Director
and Allen Jovita the current Abuhuni Marching Band Director.
Previous Haras were also present in the Hara ball, and among those who attended were:
Gemma Minda Iso, Hara sa FU 1982
Paula Dawn Ortaliz, Hara sa FU 1983
Roselliet Pedroza, Hara sa FU 1999
Danilor Catada, Hara sa FU 2001
Angela Gabrielle Bacang, Hara sa FU 2004
Marichu Velasco - Garganian, Hara sa FU 2005
Gabriella Mahmuti, Hara sa FU 2018
Jelly Candia, Hara sa FU 2019
Hana Kesiah Real, Hara sa FU 2022
Hearlie Ortega, Hara sa FU 2023
And the reigning Hara sa FU 2024, Ghysha Shaine Apostol.