The committee has already started planning for the event which will involve the help of lawmakers and the mayors to ensure more participation from members of the public.
“They are responsible for the community members because those are their constituents,” Barcinas said, referring to the lawmakers and the mayors.
He and other members of the Liberation Day Committee visited Guam during the island’s Liberation Day celebration to get ideas.
On Guam, Barcinas said, the parade include representatives from all their villages which also had their own candidates and floats.
“I learned from Guam that all mayors are working together and every village has its own candidates and floats. Guam is so westernized and Americanized but they still practice their culture,” he added.
Barcinas said his committee will also ask lawmakers to allow gambling in next year’s festivities.
Next year, he added, they will also showcase education during the parade by encouraging the participation of all schools including the Head Start centers.
He said he already discussed his proposal with Education Commissioner Rita A. Sablan.
“This time we’re going to bring out [the Public School System] buses, bands and all the 20 schools including Head Start,” he added.
He said PSS will probably come up with a “big float.”
Hopwood Junior High School’s clubs will join, too, said Barcinas, the school principal.
Next month, his committee will start distributing solicitation letters, he added.
