Alan Gabriel Parma

STORYTELLING MAGIC

With a bigger venue, BCPI was able to successfully stage the Grand Finals of its 2nd Storytelling Competition on September 11, which featured a special performance of the award-winning picture book by Mark Norman Boquiren, Si Kier at ang Kaniyang Madyik Istiker, presented by the UE Drama Company.

The competition’s distinguished panel of judges was chaired by Head Judge Mr. Mark Norman Boquiren, award-winning artist-teacher, storyteller, and Brille Petit author. Joining him were Mr. Richard De Leon, Licensed Professional Teacher (LPT), editor and content producer of Balita; Mr. Arnold Trist’n Buenaflor, Brille Petit author, teacher, and UP National Writers’ Workshop fellow; Ms. Danielle Ayam Barredo-Eckstein, theater artist, teacher, and production manager; and Mr. Francis Jasson Villanueva, educator, theater artist, and improv practitioner.

Picking up momentum from last year’s success, Brille Petit welcomed a total of 22 talented storytellers whose vibrant voices echoed through the walls of the Marian Hall
at the SSA Annex last July 31 , 2026.