Nutrition month celebration is an annual activity that makes July one of the exciting months of the year. For Cordillerans, July also marks the day of becoming as one region. The COVID 19 pandemic cannot totally paralyze the region to do all the fun and celebrations in the month of July.

A song contest using video among local nutrition committees is one of the activities for the nutrition month celebration organized by NNC-CAR.  It aims to increase awareness among key stakeholders on the nutrition month theme “Batang Pinoy SANA TALL… Iwas stunting, SAMA ALL! Iwas ALL din sa COVID-19!”  even during this time of pandemic. It also aims to increase camaraderie among Local Nutrition Committee (LNC) members.

Considering social distancing, limited movements and mass gatherings due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the contest will use social media platform.

 Each of the provinces of the region will have one entry and a one for Baguio City representing any local nutrition committee such as barangay, municipal, city, or provincial.

 The mechanics of the NutriSong Contest include the following:

• The entry should be anchored on the theme “Batang Pinoy, SANA ALL… Iwas stunting, SAMA ALL.” It should also include messages related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
• Deadline for submission of entries is at 12:00 noon on July 23, 2020. The song must be recorded in mp4 video format at 1,280 by 720 pixel resolution and with subtitles;
• The song duration is three to four minutes including warm up song until the recitation of the Cordillera month theme at the end;
• Entry could be in local dialect and/or with English, Tagalog and Ilocano using Cordillera or Indigenous melody or tune;
• The guideline allows minimum of three to a maximum of five participants who will be appearing at the video presentation excluding those playing instruments at the background if any;
• Entry may be accompanied by recorded or live musical instruments and should never have been used in any competition;
• All entries will be uploaded in the NNC-CAR facebook page on July 24, 2020. Reactions from the social media audience until July 30, 2020 will be consolidated.
• Other criteria for judging are song message (30 percent); musicality (10%); use of indigenous melody (10%), and creativity and overall performance (10%) and social media reactions (40%).

Winners of the contests will be given cash award and certificate. The first prize winner will receive P30, 000.00 cash prize; second prize –P25, 000.00; third prize – P20, 000.00; and consolation prize at P7, 000.00.

Interested singer-composers may coordinate with their provincial/city Nutrition Action Officer and District/City Nutrition Coordinator. Winners of the contest will be posted in the NNC-CAR’s Fanpage on July 31, 2020. /vmd/