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INTRODUCTION OF THE DEPED AGSUR’S
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VOICE OVER: Read. Create. Lead. Innovate.
Live from DXAR PTV-Agusan in cooperation with
Department of Education Division of Agusan del
Sur simulcast via DepEd Agusan del Sur’s official
Facebook page the Virtual Festival Celebration of
National Reading Month-with its program hosts:
Miss Pepsi Curugan Lopez and Miss Mary Sheila
Melody Castillo De Castro!
Pepsi: Hello, Philippines!
Sheila: Maayong buntag, Mindanao!
Pepsi/Sheila: Maduduw na Ado kamayo hurot!
Dini Agusan del Sur!
Pepsi: Our greetings to the dynamic leaders in
the Province of Agusan del Sur, Governor
Santiago B. Cane, Jr. and Vice Governor
Samuel E. Tortor
Sheila : to our supportive heads of the two
congressional districts, Congressman
Alfelito M. Bascug and Congressman
Adolph Edward G. Plaza
Pepsi : to our Assistant Schools Division
Superintendent, Ma’am Gemma A.
De Paz
Sheila : to our CID Chief, Ma’am Lorna P.
Gayol and SGOD Chief, Dr. Orlando
F. Gamil
Pepsi : to our proactive Education Program
Supervisors and Schools Heads in the
Division of Agusan del Sur
Sheila : to our dear teachers, learners and parents
Pepsi/Sheila : Welcome to the Virtual Festival
Celebration of National Reading
Month, with its theme:
Pepsi: On this pandemic time…
Sheila: let’s make reading…
Pepsi/Sheila: our daily chime. 
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 Pepsi : Of course, before we formally begin with
our journey for today, let us not forget to put
ourselves first in the presence of our
Almighty Father as we offer Him songs of
praises through audio-visual presentation
which will be followed by Qur-An Reading
from an elementary pupil of Bunawan
Municipality, Norpia D. Lungkatay.

Sheila : And please join us still as we stand and

sing together our Philippine National
Anthem.
OPENING PRAYER…QURAN READING…
NATIONAL ANTHEM

Pepsi: Today’s event brings us all a special

sense of celebration because today, yes,
today, we would be witnessing different
literary-musical presentations from our
respective learners, parents and teachers
who have shown indescribable resilience
in facing the challenges of time! Right
partner?

Sheila: Correct! This only proves that Agusan

del Sur is truly the home of the finest
champions and the most flexible people
for the time-being. I really can’t wait to
see every bit of their performances
today!  So, are we all set?

Pepsi: Naye. Let’s just buckle up as we listen to

the words of welcome from our
Curriculum Implementation Division
Chief, Lorna P. Gayol.
WELCOME REMARKS

Sheila: Thank you very much Chief, for that

indeed warm words of welcome. Ladies
and gentlemen, this program would not
be as meaningful as it should be without
hearing an inspirational message from
our Assistant Schools Division
Superintendent, Ma’am Gemma Andante
INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE De Paz. Let’s watch this!

Pepsi: What a stimulating and stirring message

from our ASDS Ma’am Gemma De Paz.
Thank you very much Ma’am for
inspiring us all! You know what partner,
they always say that “Reading makes a
man”. Do you believe in it?

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 Sheila: Well, what they say could mean we
become less a man if we don’t even
know how to read comprehensively. For
me, reading gives us deepest pleasures
and it allows us to travel to any part of
the world or even to places beyond our
imagination at a lesser cost! Hahaha.

Pepsi: You’re right! But how do other people

view reading? What else could they say
about this? Let’s check this out from the
READING acrostics of the select
teachers in the Municipality of
Veruela!
ACROSTICS
Sheila: Wow! What an innovation!

Pepsi: Very creative indeed! I wonder if I could

still do that today. It might end up like a
disastrous experience for all! Hahaha!

Sheila: Hahahaha! I bet you can but let’s

have it some other time.Hahaha! Okay, I
guess everyone here loves fairy tales?
Don’t you partner?

Pepsi: I do! I love fairy tales and the characters

of course! When I was young, I usually
dreamed of wearing one of the
character’s gowns.

Sheila: Alright, since we all love it, let’s refresh

ourselves with this parade of fairy tale
characters’ costumes from the
Mucipality of Sibagat!
PARADE OF FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS’
COSTUMES Pepsi: Thank you Sibagat Munipality for the
amazing display of fairy tale characters’
costumes! This reading culmination
offers us an array of reading skills
portrayed by our Agusanon learners.
Ladies and gentlemen, let us lend our
ears to the Poem Recitation of Sarah
Marie L. Enriquez, a Grade 3 Pupil of
La Paz Elementary School as
she delivers the poem “ Maestra Noy”!
POEM RECITATION
“MAESTRA NOY”
Sheila: Oh, how I love that poem! Thank you La
Paz Municipality for upholding and
preserving our own heritage, values and

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 even our culture!

Pepsi: Yes. That presentation really brings

pride not only to the parents and
teachers of the learners but to all of us
Agusanons!

Sheila: Correct! This time, let’s listen to a

Balak titled “Gugma sa Panahon sa
Pandemya” by Alfredo M. Lugo and
Letecia E. Loquite from the Municipality
BALAK “GUGMA SA PANAHON SA
of Loreto.
PANDEMYA”
Pepsi: Wow! That was a splendid performance
from the select parents of Loreto
Municipality! Courtship has never been
so wholesome, sweet, and unique as
that!

Sheila: Yeah. I agree! I enjoyed every moment

of it, too.

Pepsi: From the poetic presentations of our

learners and parents, let’s be
entertained by a series of back-to-back
musical presentation…

Sheila: Plus a taste of Story Reading, from the

Municipality of Prosperidad.

Pepsi: Ladies and gentlemen, to sing us the

song “Take Me to your Heart”
popularized by Michael Learns to
Rock…

Sheila: …and “Reflection” popularized by

Christina Aguellera plus a story
reading of “ The Lion and the Boar”,

Pepsi: let’s have Rey D. Ampan of Sta. Irene

Central Elementary School, Samantha
and Jazlin Faith Manlapaz and Sylvia
Getubig of West Prosperidad National
VOCAL SOLO/STORY READING High School! Check this out!

Sheila: Woowww! What a lovely performance

from our learners! It makes me cry for
more!

Pepsi: You want more?

Sheila: Can we have more?

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 Pepsi: Sure! Music really is the language of
the soul!

Sheila: So, ladies and gentlemen, here

Is another song rendition
from a parent and a learner of the
Municipality of San Francisco!

Pepsi: To sing us “Besame Mucho” or “Kiss

Me a Lot” written by a famous
Mexican songwriter, Consuelo
Velazquez, let’s have Mrs. Lavilla R.
Ananoria!
SONG RENDITION “ BESAME MUCHO”
Sheila: What a beautiful lyrics and
performance! Our salute to our
colleagues under the Special Program
in Foreign Language who have
relentlessly taught such a language to
our learners!

Pepsi: Alright, moving on from music, let’s

have another poetic display of reading
skills from the Municipality of Rosario.
To perform a poem recitation of Nikka
Dutta’s “Moon and Stars”, let’s have
Lakeisha Lowry G. Berbal of Bonifacio
POEM RECITATION Central Elementary School!

Sheila: Thank you very much Keisha for

sharing us your eloquence!

Pepsi: That child really has a bright future! 

Well, ladies and gentlemen, let’ have
a twist of our presentations today by
watching a Book Review of Romeo
and Juliet-A Manobo Adaptation from
the Municipality of San Luis! Let’s
watch this!
BOOK REVIEW
Sheila: It was really amusing! In this way, we
can actually tell our learners’
comprehension of the way the story
goes in William Shakepeare’s writing.

Pepsi: Right! Okay, at this moment ladies

and gentlemen, let me give you
Christine Ann Nicole A. Mangadlao, a
Grade 6 pupil in the Municipality of
Sta. Josefa as she reads to us the
story of “ The Ugly Chick”.
STORY READING
Sheila: Thank you very much Sta. Josefa

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 Municipality for allowing us to
remember that family isn’t just about a
group of people having similar looks
but rather a group of people who love
each other amidst physical
differences.

Pepsi: You are right partner! By the way, are

you familiar with the Panchatantra?

Sheila: I guess so. It’s an ancient collection of

Interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit
verse and prose that is usually
arranged within a frame story.

Pepsi: Wow! Amazing! So, it’s really a

wonderful collection of stories! Ladies
and gentlemen, let’s be entangled
again with a back-to-back literary
presentation from the Municipality of
Trento!

Sheila: To tell us “ The Lion-Makers from the

Panchatanra” let’s listen to a learner
from the Municipality of Trento

Pepsi: and a spoken poetry by

Miss Jean Dequina, a teacher from
STORY TELLING/ SPOKEN POETRY the same municipality.

Pepsi: It was an impressive performance

from the Municipality of Trento! Wasn’t
it partner?

Sheila: Yes! A while ago, we’ve witnessed a

series of solo and dual performances
among our learners, parents and
stakeholders from the 10 different
municipalities in the Division of
Agusan del Sur.

Pepsi: This time, let us brace ourselves as

we watch the series of group
presentations from the other three (3)
municipalities.

Sheila: Alright, ladies and gentlemen, open up

your eyes and ears to the Quartet
performance from the Municipality of
Bunawan, represented by a parent
and at the same time the Sangunniang
Panlalawigan Member, Honorable
Edwin G. Elorde…

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 Pepsi: his wife, Claryn C. Elorde and sons
Ean and Ed!

Sheila: Let’s watch them as they sing

The Greatest Showman’s movie
QUARTET sound track “A Million Dreams”!

Pepsi: Wow! It was indeed a one-of-a-kind

performance. Seldom do we find
parents and at the same time a
provincial leader who takes such a
part in the program. I think this must
be a challenge to all the parents and
stakeholders out there!

Sheila: Yes. We hope to see more

performances as these from our
stakeholders. Best advice to all of
you, you still have 12 months to
prepare!  Hope to see you!

Pepsi: We Filipinos are known for our

hospitality and respect around the
world. As time passes by, these
values were added by a certain kind
of resilience amidst challenging times.

Sheila: To offer us a different showcase of

reading ability, let’s have a Verse
Choir Performance from the select
VERSE CHOIR learners of Esperanza Municipality
titled “The Resiliency of a Filipino”.

Pepsi: That was an adorable performance

from our learners in the Municipality
of Esperanza!

Sheila: And now, the learners from the

Municipality of Talacogon will offer as
a Jazz Chant titled “ Are you ready to
JAZZ CHANT go?”

Pepsi: Thank you very much Labnig

Elementary School learners for your
unique performance today! Keep it up!

Sheila: At this moment, let us all witness a

Kindergarten Presentation from the
KINDERGARTEN PRESENTATION Municipality of ____________!

Pepsi: Thank you very much Municipality of

____________ for a very amusing

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 performance!

Sheila: The performances we’ve watched,

witnessed, and listened to, today are
all products of shared experience and
creativity between and among the
learners, the teachers and the
stakeholders.

Pepsi: And we won’t let this day pass without

hearing the words of gratitude from our
Education Program Supervisor in
English, Ma’am Ivy I. Naparan. Let’s
WORDS OF GRATITUDE watch this!

Sheila: To formally close our Virtual

Celebration of the National Reading
Month, let us offer send-off prayers to
each one of us through the a mother
and daughter duet presentation from
Trento Municipality! Let’s put ourselves
low and humble as they sing “Ten
CLOSING PRAYER Thousand Reasons”.
“TEN THOUSAND REASONS”
Pepsi: and that’s for our Morning Talk on
Agsur’s Virtual Festival Celebration of
the National Reading Month!

Sheila: Once again, this is Mary Sheila

Melody Castillo De Castro…

Pepsi: …and Pepsi Curugan Lopez

Pepsi/Sheila: saying…

Pepsi/Sheila: Keep the passion for reading alive!

Sheila: and on this pandemic time,

Pepsi: let’s make reading

Pepsi/Sheila: our daily chime.

Pepsi/Sheila: Thank you very much and God bless

us all!

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