More than 100K turn up to watch Willie and Villar’s Kadayawan show

Posted on | September 2, 2009 | No Comments

24 August 2009 – More than 120K people gathered last night at the Agro Football Field to watch the concert of popular TV host Willie Revillame, which was sponsored by Sen. Manny Villar as a gift to Davaoenos as they celebrate the Kadayawan Festival.

Villar sponsors concert, billiards competition for Kadayawan Festival

The Wowowili special was Revillame’s first public appearance since he went on-leave from the high-rating noontime show Wowowee two weeks ago.

The duo took Davao by storm, literally, dancing non-stop in the rain to the delight of the crowd. The football field has a 50,000 capacity.

The crowd thundered “Villar! Villar!” when the Nacionalista Party President was called to the stage. The audience was posing the popular “V” hand sign from his latest advocacy ad, Akala Mo.

The crowd danced with Revillame notwithstanding the rain. At 8 pm, organizers decided to cut the show short after the sound system broke down due to the continuous pouring of the rain. The cancellation drove some of the fans to climb the stage just to get near Revillame and Villar.

“Nagpapasalamat kami sa mainit na pagtanggap ng Davaoenos sa amin. Humihingi rin kami ng paumanhin sa pagkansela ng show ni Willie dahil nakakaawa naman po ang mga nanonood na basang-basa na ng ulan,” Villar said.

The Philippine National Police in Davao reported that no injury or casualty resulted from the crowd’s unruly behavior.

Revillame’s concert coincided with the Kadayawan Leg of the Villards Cup held at the NCC Mall, where Efren “Bata” Reyes emerged as the champion. It was Reyes’ first championship after playing in 10 Villards Cups held in key cities around the country.

With the 11-5 score against Ramil Gallego, Reyes who was clearly the crowd’s favorite, bagged the P300,000 top prize.

Aside from Reyes and Gallego, world class billiards players Roberto Gomez, Rodolfo Luat, Ronnie Alcano, Dennis Orcollo, Warren Kiamco, Django Bustamante, Lee Van Corteza and Gandy Valle also played in the Villards Cup Kadayawan Leg.

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