Waling Cup, A Flower Arranging Competition
The First Waling Cup
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The very first Waling Cup
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The very first Waling Cup (A flower arranging competition) was held on August 17, 2001 at the Malagos Garden Resort.
By invitation, 15 floral designers gave their best bets to vie for cash prizes and a perpetual trophy fashioned by Philippine National Artist for Sculpture, Napoleon Abueva.
Participants, under time pressure, created pieces for the bridal bouquet, hotel lobby centerpiece categories and their interpretation of “Adto ta sa Malagos” (meaning…)
Winners for the first cup were: Rodel Vista (1st place), Jennifer delos Reyes (2nd palce) and Kim Luenberger (3rd place).
The Second Waling Cup
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Organizers and winners
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The Second Waling Cup took place on August 10, 2002 at the newly built warehouse of POTPI at the Manila Seedling Bank Environmental Center in Quezon City.
Winners for the Second Waling Cup were Rodel Vista(1st place), Jennifer delos Reyes (2nd place) and Wilfredo Tongco (3rd place).
A floral arrangement demonstration by Taiwanese master designer Keefe was also held as one of the highlights of the competition.
The Third Waling Cup
The Third Waling Cup was held on August 18, 2004 at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City. As in the past Waling Cup competitions, participating top notch floral arrangers competed in different categories. Winners for the Third Cup were: Wilfredo Tongco (1st place), Rodel Vista (2nd place) and Rachy Corteza (3rd place).
Moving on to the Next Phase
On the occasion of the 30th year anniversary of its organizer, Puentspina Orchids & Tropical Plants, Inc. (POTPI), the Waling Cup once again calls on the country`s best floral designers to compete in the fourth flower arrangement competition set on August 4, 2007 from 1pm to 5pm. Unlike the last competitions, the Fourth Waling Cup will take place at a venue more accessible to the public, the SM City Davao Entertainment Plaza.
With this theme: The Colors of Davao, the 4th Waling Cup challenges the creativity of established and promising floral designers to incorporate in their creations the textures of Southern Philippines. As an added feature and preparation for the coming Halloween festivities in October, the competition will pick on the imagination of participating arrangers to whisk ingenious and enchanting designs utilizing giant pumpkins raised by the farms of Puentespina Orchids & Tropical Plants, Inc.
Participants will compete in three categories, namely: bridal bouquet and body piece, thanksgiving basket, and the surprise package.
The Waling Cup competition also includes other events such as a floral arrangement demo by award winning Australian floral designer, Mark Pampling on August 3 from 10am to 6pm, a week-long exhibition of the winning entries at the SM City Davao Mall, and a floral arrangement competition among Hotel and Restaurant Management students of the Davao Universities and Colleges.
Trophies and Cash Prizes
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The wooden perpetual trophy
is an Abueva creation
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The Waling Cup will award winners with a wooden perpetual trophy created by Philippine National Artist for Sculpture, Napoleon Abueva. Accompanying cash prizes also await winners: P10, 000 (1st place), P5, 000 (2nd place) and P3, 000 (3rd place).
All winners are inscribed in the main Waling Cup Trophy which is prominently displayed at the POTPI head office. |
