Biba Flame Tree Arts Festival!
By Frances M. Sablan
Sen bunitu yan sen gatbo i silibrasion0ta guini gi ma’pos ba Betnes, Sabalu yan Damenggo duranten i ‘Flame Tree Arts Festival’. Meggai mampattesipao komu pentot, manyunga’, litratista, bailadora, bailadot, kantora, kantot, manmangfok, manmama’tinas Sos, katpenteru, kantora, kantot, manmama’titnas nengkanno’, surhana yan suruhanu, ‘paddlers’, i gume’helu’i i sakman ni kumarera magi ginen Satawal, i ‘Chief Navigator ‘ as Dokto Pius Mao Piailug yan i mangga’chong-na siha ginen Satawal yan Saipan, i Hokulea yan Makali’i na sakman, yan para mananunsia as Sinot Lino Olopai, Sinot Gordon Marciano, Sinot K.C. Lansheru, i raraina siha as Sinorita Virginia Gridley yan Sinorita Christine Cunanan ginen Saipan, Luta, Tinian, Guahan, Belau, Marshalls, yan otro siha na lugat, yan i familian i la difunta as Sinora Mariko Rasiang, i la difunto as Sinot Steve Satur yan i la difunto as Sinot Manuel Dela Cruz yan i asagua-na i la difunta Sinora Blandina Dela Cruz ni manma’onra guine na sakkan.
Sin i supottasion ginen todu o taotao-ta yan bisita-ta ti u sen bunto yan sen gatbo este na ukasion, espesiatmenta ginen i yahululu’ gi kumunidat-ta i Maga’lahi as Hunurapble Juan N. Babauta, i Siguno Maga’lahi as Hunurapble Diego T. Benavente; i Prisidenten i sanhilo’ na guma liheslatibu as Hunurapble Paul A. Manglona, i Speaker i sampapa’ na guma’ liheslatibu as Hunurapble Juan B. Tudela, i Mayot Luta as Hunurapble Benjamin T. Manglona, i Mayot Tinian as Hunurapble Francisco M. Borja, i Mayot i sangkattan na islas giya Marianas i Hunurapble Valentino I. Taisakan, i Konggreson Saipan as Hunurapble Ramon Tebuteb, Hunurapble Arnold Palacios, i mumanenha i lugat yan ‘Park Ranger’ as Sinot Chuck Sayon, i Sikritarian i Dipattamenton Kumunidat yan Kottura as Sinot Robert Hunter, i ‘Special Assistant’ para i Maga’lahi gi ufisinan ‘Carolinian Affairs’ as Sinot Victorino N. Igitol, i Prisidenten i “mobil Oil Marianas Islands, Inc.’ as Sinot Jeff Borja, i Prisidentan i Duty Free Shoppers Saipan, Ltd.’ as Sinora Marian A. Pierce, i emplehao ginen todu i ufisinan gubetnamento, espesiatmente ginen i ufisinan i Maga’lahi yan Sigundo Maga’lahi, i Speaker i sampapa’ na guma’liheslatibu, i Mayot Saipan, i Dipattamenton Kumunidat yan Kottura, i Dipattamenton “Publiuc Works, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, Pulisia, ‘Commonwealth Health Center’, i dipattamenton i Setbision Hinemlo’Pupbleku, i Fainansiat, ufisinan i ‘Carolinian Affairs’, i Espesiat na Ayudante Atmenestrasion as Sinot Tom Tebuteb, i dibision ‘Customs’, Marianas Visitors authority, i ufisinan ‘Women’s Affairs’, i ‘Chairman’ i Board of Education’ as Sinot Herman T. Guerrero yan i ‘Commissioner of Education; as Doktora Rita Hocog-Inos, yan ginen i kumunidat-ta prugraman ‘CNMI Scouting’, Eskuelan Ilimentarion Koblerville ‘Cub Scouts’, Sinora Felicidad Ogumoro, Sinot Greg ‘Shotgun Camacho, ‘Boyz 2 Mix’, NMBPA, Sinot Jonas Barcinas, Sinot Joe Etpison , Sinot Alfred Saures, ‘ Nothern Marianas Beauty Pageant Association, Diocese of Chalan Kanoa’, Pale Ike Ayuyu, i ‘Verizon, Power 99, Saipan Shipping company, Inc., Saipan Stevedore Co. Inc., Hot 98, Rosal Zest Enterprises, East West Rental, American Pacific Business magazine, Aquarius Hotel, Budget Rent-A-Car, MARPAC, Communication Specialist Endowment for the Arts’ yan ‘Herman’s Modern Bakery’.
I esperiton i manmo’fo’na siha na guella-ta lumala’la gi famagu’on-niha, neton-niha, bisneton-niha, tataraneton-niha, yan todu i manatatte na hinirasion siha gi kumunidat-ta. Meggai gi manamko’-ta yan mahoden-ta gi kumunidat manggai talihento gi badan i atte, lao ti pumusipble manonao gi prisentasion. Ai ya manhuyong todu este siha i manggai talihento na taotao-ta, ta nisisita mas ki tres dihas para ta kubre todu i taotao-ta yan bisita-ta.
Ta abiba todu i mampattesipao gi ‘Flame Tree Arts Festival’, i manmanapotta, i mamanasiste, yan todu i muna’posipble este na bunito dinana’. Bubula ha’ mas mambonitu na mensahi. Potfabot tataitai gi gasetan otro simana ta’lo. Adios.
The views expressed are strictly that of the author. Sablan is the coordinator for the Public School System’s Advanced Development Institute.”
