Christmas concert and sing-along at GFS Hall
View(s):“Sing out joyfully with Friends in Harmony”, a Christmas concert and sing-along will be held at the air conditioned GFS Hall, Green Path, Colombo 3 on Friday, November 30 at 7 pm. It is presented by the Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) of Sri Lanka and will feature “Friends in Harmony” and guest artiste Dr. Prashanthi Mendis on the Caribbean steel drums.
Tickets are priced at Rs.1,000 and Rs.2,000 and are available at the GFS Office, tel. 011 2573215.
There will be entrance gifts, prizes and surprises. Refreshments will be on sale too. Event sponsors are CIC, Watawala Tea Ceylon Ltd, NKAR Travels & Tours and SR Steel Pvt Ltd.
This fund raiser is in aid of the programmes and projects of the GFS which are for women of all races and religions. They include the empowerment of women and the education of girls of disadvantaged communities. For the past 61 years, the GFS has run a hostel at subsidized rates to assist working girls coming into the city from the outstations, with safe, basic accommodation.