Huge motorcade kicks off UP Centennial Launch January 8, 2008

A HUGE MOTORCADE participated in by the different units of
the University of the Philippines System from across the country will
highlight the UP System Centennial Launching on January 8, 2008 that
will kick off celebrations for the State University's 100 years of
existence.

The UP Alumni Association, the organization spearheading
the kick-off activities, announced that the motorcade will start from
the University of the Philippines campus in Padre Faura, Manila --
where the first UP campus was first established in 1908 and will
proceed to UP Diliman in Quezon City beginning at 12 noon.

UPAA President Ponciano E. Rivera Jr. said the Manila
convoy will then be joined by other motorcades originating from UP
Baguio, UP Pampanga and UP Los Baños and will converge with the UP
Diliman contingent along Quezon Avenue at an appointed time. The grand
motorcade is expected to enter the Diliman campus at about 4 pm, after
which a series of grand launching ceremonies will unfold.

Lion dancers, ati-atihan performers and a host of UP dance
groups will welcome the motorcade in front of the Oblation statue
where a big crowd of alumni, students, faculty, staff, supporters and
well-wishers are already gathered. Sky jumpers bearing the emblem of
the various UP campuses will land in the open area near the College of
Mass Communication. Ten tambuli players will then blow their horns
from atop the Administration building, amid the ceremonial firing of
100 rockets ("kwitis") to announce the start of the program.

100 torches will be relayed around UP Diliman's Academic
Oval, with the first flame being lit by a 100-year old alumnus. The
last flame will be lighted by UP President Emerlinda Roman, who will
then proceed to light the UP Flame, as all the flaming 99 torches are
extinguished. Simultaneous with the lighting of the cauldron, the "UP
@ 100" lights display at the Quezon Hall go on and the grandly lit
trees around the academic oval come to life, making the UP campus
blaze with lights on its centennial.

One hundred rifle shots will be fired into the air by the
UP Rifle Team, ushering in the announcement by President Roman that
the UP Centennial Year is open.

A free concert featuring internationally acclaimed UP
alumni, among them, the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Ryan Cayabyab,
the UP Symphonic Orchestra, Nanette Inventor, and UP Symphonic Band
follows at the UP Amphitheater. The evening will be capped by a grand
fireworks display.

All UP alumni and friends are invited to take part in this
historic event. For inquiries, please call 981-8500, local 2589 or
2590 or send a fax via 632-928-2947.


PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE UP SYSTEM CENTENNIAL KICK-OFF

9:00 – 10:00 am -Mass in UP Manila
10:15 – 12:00 nn -Celebration Program in UP Manila
12:00 – 2:00 pm - Motorcade from UP Manila to UP Diliman
- Assembly of celebrants at the University Ave. in UP Diliman
2:00 – 2:30 - Motorcade from UP Manila meets
other UP College Units contingents in front of Lung Center in Quezon Ave.
2:30 – 3:00 - Motorcade proceeds to University Ave.
3:00 – 4:00 - Arrival of Motorcade at the
University Ave.
4:00 – 4:30 - Sky jumpers with banners land in
open area near Plaridel Hall
4:30 – 4:45 - Tambuli and `Kwitis' signal start
of ceremony
4:45 – 4:55 - Doxology (UP Seraphims and Cherubims)
4:55 – 5:00 - The Philippine National Anthem (UP
Manila Chorale)
5:00 – 5:05 - UPAA President Ponciano E. Rivera,
Jr. Opening Remarks
5:05 – 6:00 - Centennial Flame is passed around
the academic oval by 100 UP alumni
6:00 – 6:10 - UP System President Emerlinda R.
Roman lights the centennial cauldron
- Carillon is played with 100 gun salute by the UP Rifle Team
6:10 – 6:12 - President Emerlinda R. Roman opens
UP Centennial Year
6:12 – 6:17 - Assembly singing of "UP Naming Mahal"
6:17 – 6:30 - UP Pep Squad performance
6:30 – 6: 45 - Revelry
6:45 – 7:00 - Chancellor Sergio Cao invites
assembly to the Concert
- Assembly moves to the amphitheater
7:00 – 9:30 pm - Concert at the amphitheater
9:30 – 10:00 pm - Fireworks