RILI takes gold and bronze in Pila Musikahan

Bahaghari Cultural Dance Group clinched the 2016 Pila District Musikahan championship in the elementary folk dance category with their performance of Cariñosa.

The Bahaghari Cultural Dance Group (BCDG) of Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) took the championship in the 2016 District Musikahan for the elementary folk dance category while the school landed in third place in the elementary vocal solo category held Nov. 16, 2016 at Pila Central Elementary School.

In the elementary folk dance category RILI competed neck-and-neck against defending champion Pila Central Elementary School who recently placed third in the Laguna Folk Dance Competition last Nov. 4. The competition between the two schools was so close that the judges requested that RILI and Pila Central perform again. In the end, RILI was announced the champion, Pila Central in second place, and Pansol Elementary School in third place.

RILI also made a podium finish in the elementary vocal solo category. The school was represented by Sean Gabrielle Quiap, Grade 6, who sang Paano Kita Mapasasalamatan.

BCDG ranks 8th in national folk dance competition

The Bahaghari Cultural Dance Group poses at the end of their second dance Binasuan as judges look on.

The Bahaghari Cultural Dance Group (BCDG) landed in 8th place at the Kumpetisyong Bayan sa Singkaban (KBS) Rewaynd [sic] Sayaw Katutubo, a national level competition, held September 9, 2016 at the Hiyas ng Bulacan Convention Center in Malolos, Bulacan.

The contest required the participating groups to perform two dances: a contest piece and a choice piece. BCDG's contest piece was Sayaw Sta. Isabel, a dance originating from Bulacan, while the choice piece was Binasuan, a skill dance performed while balancing glasses on the head. BCDG was one of the only two teams to perform a skill dance.

Three judges scrutinized the perfomances. In their individual rankings, BCDG ranked as high as 6th in one of the judges. The other two ranked the group 9th and 10th. This gave BCDG an overall rank of 8th out of the 17 participating teams.

Only the top five groups competed in the grand finals. Hiyas ng Hagonoy Folkloric Group from San Pedro National High School in Bulacan won the event.

RILI students elects SC officers for SY 2016-2017

RILI Students listened as candidates pitch in their plans and ideas for SY 2016-2017.

Students of Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. elected a new set of officers for the RILI Student Council for SY 2016-2017. The election was held July 13, 2016.

Jomareen Angela Estrada (Grade 10) of the Brains and Skills Party (BSP) was re-elected as president of the Student Council. Other elected officials were from the BSP as well: Mark Herson Vargas (Grade 9) - Vice-president, Ana Karen Manalansan (Grade 7) - Secretary, Nicole Andre Gonzales (Grade 6) - Asst. Secretary, Paul Cedrick Surbano (Grade 9) - Treasurer, and Therice Junel Nogrado (Grade 6) - Asst. Treasurer.

Also members of the Student Council are the class representatives elected by their respective grade levels: Vanessa Oca (Grade 10), Princess Lyn Berara (Grade 9), Rhobie Mae Belmonte (Grade 8), Precious May Orosco (Grade 7), Myrtle Rain Piyaw (Grade 6), Danella Joyce Roque (Grade 5), Samuel Rhoye Gonzales (Grade 4).

RILI participates in 5th UPD dancesport contest

Mark Herson Vargas and Careyn Lhyne Abogado (left) and Timothy James Manalo and Janne Gladys Tiosen (right) strike a post at the culmination of the 5th UP Diliman Dancesport Cup at the CHK gym in UP Diliman.

The Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) dancesport team participated in the 5th UP Diliman Dancesport Cup, April 16, 2016, at the College of Human Kinetics Gymnasium at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Mark Herson Vargas and Careyn Lhyne Abogado represented RILI at the Latin categories of the competition. In the Standard categories, Timothy James Manalo and Janne Gladys Tiosen were the school's representatives.

Manalo and Tiosen performed an honor dance (automatic win) in the Interhighschool Standard Syllabus Grade D and placed 2nd in the Interhighschool Standard Open Grade D category.

Vargas and Abogado ranked 5th in the Interhighschool Latin Syllabus Grade D, Interhighschool Open Grade D, and Interhighschool Open Grade C categories. They placed 6th in the Interhighschool Latin Syllabus Grade C category.

RILI's dancesport team will next compete at the 2016 District Meet in Pila, Laguna.