Brimming with motions and emotions, the Saint Louis University Center for Culture and the Arts (SLU-CCA) formally concluded its annual Arts Fest on 30 April at the Fr. Joseph Van den Daelen CCA Theater with the Festival of Champions 2026.
The event commemorated the artistry of the winners from each competition held the past three days: the Dance Fest (27 April), Drama Fest (29 April), and Music Fest (30 April).
In a grand celebration of creative brilliance, the victors of the Arts Fest across various schools in the university performed in the following order:
- One-Act Play – “Ang Pinakahuling Cauliflower na Nabili ng Bading sa Vegyu Public Merket Para Isahog sa Chopsuey” (School of Law (SOL))
- Vocal Solo Elementary – Sophia Corinne L. Gallardo
- Vocal Solo Junior High School – Julienne Kate L. Saure
- Instrumental Playing Elementary – Nathaniel B. Wacnag
- Instrumental Playing Junior High School – Patricia Louise D. Laurente
- Pop Acapella – Basic Education School (BEdS)
- Contemporary Dance – School of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts (STELA)
- Philippine Folk Dance – School of Advanced Studies (SAS)
- Choir – STELA
- All Male Choir – School of Medicine (SOM)
- Dance En Cuatro – STELA
- Vocal Solo (Male) College – John Kenneth Z. Abacus
- Ballroom Latin Pair – SAS
- Vocal Solo (Female) College – Kim Kristin Julia E. Zara
- Ballroom Standard Pair – STELA
- Tula-Dula – “Mama Mo Darna!” (SOL)
- Street Dance – School of Accountancy, Management, Computing, and Information Studies (SAMCIS)
To end the program, CCA Head Normita Rio-Pablico congratulated the winners and emphasized the importance of the arts. The SLU Glee Club also delivered the Final Bow through a rendition of the song “Alagad ng Sining.”
As the theater bathed in passion and festive spirit, the event remains a grand reminder of Lousians’ capability to not just excel in the academe. The four-day festival showed that they can also shine under the spotlight of artistic performance– transcending the stage, embracing every performer, and shining without limits. (Article by Kathleen Therese Catingub and Kemm Mitchel Olarte, UIO Interns | Photos by Kathleen Therese Catingub, UIO Intern)
