MAF’s 23rd AGM
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Asoka Peiris Charter President 1995-1996
The Moratuwa Arts Forum (MAF) will be hosting their 23rd Annual General Meeting on 23rd April 2017 at the Sri Palee Hall, Moratuwa.
Traditionally the AGM will begin with the ceremonial segment followed by the business sessions and the election of office bearers and the committee of management. There would also be a few entertainment items lined up to add colour to the ceremonial segment along with presentation of awards. There would be several dignitaries invited for the ceremonial segment who are also there with MAF supporting their cause of Identifying Talented Youth of Moratuwa and lifting them up.
Formation of Moratuwa Arts Forum was initiated jointly by Tilak Perera and Late Kumar Peiris. It was Late Asoka Peiris who took the mantel of Charter President and laid a solid foundation and on that Moratuwa Arts Forum was built and continued for the past 22 years going from strength to strength. To name a few of the regular main projects they launched was – “Punsanda Paaya”, Down Memory Lane and “Gayamu Eda Gee” that are now household words and the moment one of them are announced people throng for these shows to be entertained.
They now take these presentations as their social responsibility since the Moratuwites wait for them to be organised. Apart from Moratuwa there are some who come from outstation even as far as Anuradhapura and several regulars from Negombo especially for the “Down Memory Lane” Sing along where Golden Oldies are brought out.
Apart from these entertainment projects they have done projects for education, artistic development, youth upliftment and not forgetting the hallowed duty by the community fulfilling obligations of social responsibility as well. Social responsibility projects like Health Camps; Career Building for Advanced Level Children, entertaining the residents of elder’s homes, Mental Hospital and also Vesak and Christmas programmes. They have also conducted talent scouting events for Singers, Instrumentalists Western and Oriental, poem competitions and art competitions for school children. These are a few that are mentioned out of the numerous social responsibility projects conducted.
Tilak Perera - Founder
Erinton Perera - Current President