Valencia City celebrated its 9th Charter Day with a month long Golden Harvest Festival with events and festivities that showcased their crops and skills in making Valencia as the City of Golden Harvest. The celebration started December 12, 2009 with an opening night highlighted with a fireworks display.

 

Other activities included the Cheer Dance Competition (High School/College), Rodeo, Roadside Christmas Décor Contest, Folk Dance Contest (Grade School, High School, College), Tugtugan sa Dalan (Drum & Lyre Competition) and the first ever PRO-PYRO Challenge in Bukidnon. 

 

The 9^th Charter Day culmination activity was held January 12, 2010. The day started with a thanksgiving mass and was followed with a parade highlighted with the Golden Harvest Float Contest participated in by the barangays that composed the city. A Golden Harvest Olympics was also enjoyed by the constituents and it showed unity and participation. The bad weather condition did not stop the people from Valencia to enjoy and witness the whole day culminating activity that ended with the awarding of prizes and the fireworks display held at Valencia Plaza Rizal.

 

Valencia City Mayor Lean Catarata expressed his sincerest thanks to the people for the support they have shown all throughout the celebration and he is looking forward for more harvest and success for the City of Valencia in the coming years.

 

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