Bacolod City prepares for a MassKUHrade

Bacolod, a city well-known for its annual MassKara

celebration promises visitors revelry during the

twoweek festival held every October.

To highlight this year's celebration,

internationally-acclaimed artist, Ms. Kuh Ledesma, will

perform a concert on October 16, 7 p.m. at the Grand

Ballroom of the Sugarland Hotel in Bacolod City.

The show, entitled MassKUHrade, is one of the

spectacular events prepared by the organizers to

entertain visitors and locals during the week of merry

making. It also includes a Masquerade Ball which will

feature allnight ballroom and disco dancing.

Likewise, the sponsor has come up with various contests

for those who will attend the concert. Major prizes

include round-trip tickets to Hong Kong for the winners of

the Best Costume and Mask Contest and two round-trip

tickets to Manila for an allexpenses-paid weekend

vacation for Ballroom and Disco Dancing winners. There

will also be a grand raffle draw offering appliances and

other major prizes.

Tickets for the MassKUHrade are available at the foyer of

the Sugarland Hotel. Travel arrangements for the Ilonggos

residing in Manila who wish to join the celebration are

also offered.

Kuh Ledesma, a native of Bacolod, and the sponsor,

L'Atelier Pour Homme et Pour Femme, will donate the

proceeds of the concert to the Holy Infant Nursery run by

the Blessed Virgin Missionaries of Carmel (BVMC) in

Sum-ag, Bacolod City.

The Nursery is a non-profit charitable institution which

takes care of the orphaned, abandoned, and neglected

children as well as new born infants found in the garbage

heaps or left at the nursery's doorsteps.

Now on its 20th year, the theme for this year's festivities

is " MassKara Welcomes the New Millennium."