MALACAÑANG

MANILA

PROCLAMATION NO. 154

DECLARING THE FOURTH WEEK OF APRIL OF EVERY YEAR

AS NATIONAL DANCE WEEK

WHEREAS

, the Philippines joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Dance Day on April 29 of every year;

WHEREAS

, the National Committee on Dance is tasked to ensure the widest dissemination of information and programs on dance throughout the country and overseas for the appreciation and enjoyment of as many people as possible;

WHEREAS

, there is a need to bring together dancers to demonstrate and realize the function of dance in the society and in the rest of the world.

NOW, THEREFORE

, I,

FIDEL V. RAMOS

, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the Fourth Week of April of Every Year as “National Dance Week”.

All agencies of the government are hereby enjoined, in cooperation with the non-government agencies and dance organizations, to undertake activities in accordance with the spirit of this proclamation. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, in cooperation with the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, and other cultural agencies, is hereby tasked to be the lead implementing agency in carrying out such activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF

, I, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE

in the City of Manila, this 19th day of March in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ANTONIO T. CARPIO


Chief Presidential Legal Counsel