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Listen
to Vanessa- Mae Vanessa-Mae
plays the violin, extremely well. She has not only been compared
with Menuhin Heifetz and Kreisler but the Director of the Royal
College of Music pronounced her a "true child prodigy - like
Mozart and Mendelssohn" when she was 11. The youngest
in the world to have recorded both the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven
Violin Concertos, by 13 Vanessa-Mae had made three highly praised
recordings. She performed with the Philharmonia aged 10, toured
internationally with the London Mozart Players and made her UK debut
tour with the Tchaikovsky by the age of 12. Half-Thai,
half-Chinese, Singapore-born Vanessa-Mae moved to London at four,
adopting Britain, British nationality and her English father. At
five, she took up the violin. At eight, Vanessa-Mae reached the
first cross-roads of her life, choosing to concentrate on the violin,
after collecting her prize in the British Young Pianist of the Year
Competition. Vanessa-Mae
shares the same birthday as the legendary Paganini and was born
on 27 October 1978. Aside from performing classical concerts all
over the world, Vanessa-Mae has appeared on many massive rating
network TV and radio shows where she has performed classical repertoire
as well as many of her own arrangements. "Beethoven
and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I
like them all. I have always known what I like and what I don't.
What I like, I want to play. You only live once and this is life
, I will play the violin hopefully for most of it. I therefore intend
to play just about everything I like on the violin - and more"
she said. More recently
'The Violin Player' and her international Red Hot Tour Vanessa-Mae
introduces both acoustic and electric violins in a unique techno-acoustic
fusion which is a hybrid of many musical genres. As Paganini applied
physics and mathematics, Vanessa-Mae enjoys bouncing exciting violin
solos off accompaniments by computers, as well as musicians. Her
instrumentalism and musicality have led critics to use words 'Supernatural'
and 'phenomenal' probably for the paradoxical reason that she makes
the most fiendishly difficult and unorthodox always appear 'effortless',
fun and natural. Get the very
best of her on one original CD available from all M Entertainment
preferred dealers. All the winners
of previous contests can collect their prizes from Maharaja Entertainment
(Pvt) Ltd., at 330, T.B. Jayah Mw., Colombo 10. To enter this
contest, all you have to do is answer the question on the coupon
No.82 and send it to the address given below. The address
is "Listen to Original Music Contest, No. 82, C/o Maharaja
Entertainments (Pvt.) Ltd., 330, T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10. Tell: + 941672425-8,
Fax + 941699070. E Mail: me@lgo.lk All the entries
must be originals from the TV Times and no photocopies or faxes
will be entertained. All correct entries will be drawn by a panel
of judges. The entries
should reach the above address by November 6, the latest. The decision
of the judges will be final and the names of the winners will be
announced in The Sunday TV Times accordingly. Here are the
winners of contest no. 78 . The winners of two Sony original CDs
are A.Lalvani of Colpetty and Sharini Dissanayake of Demanhandiya. Two audio cassette
winners are Janaka Abeysinghe of Colombo 6 and D.E.A. Roberts of
Ratmalana. 10% off gift
Vouchers go to Thilini Wijesinghe of Mt. Lavinia, Thanuja Nandasiri
of Weboda, Jehan Fernando of Kandana, Rifkan Hassen of Kandy, Nayanee
Jayawardane of Ragama and Malinga Peries of Matale. Posters winners are N.P. Chandrasekara of Nugegoda, F.R. Shahabdeen of Dehiwela, Dilshani De Mel of Hendala, Mahesh Sampath Withara of Walpola and Dulani Jayasinghe of Colombo 06. 'Thomian
Star Parade' Sohan and the
X'Periments, Maxi Rossairo, Ronnie Leitch, Mariazelle Gunathilake,
Nimal Jayamanne, Geoffrey Fernando, Ginger & Lulu, Shiraz (Rude
Boy), Clifford Richards, Don Sherman, Anil Bharati and the top percussionists
Nelson and Lelun will be featured at this 'Thomian Star Parade'. The proceeds
of this show will be channelled towards the project 'Language Resource
Centre'. According to Udaya Gunaratne, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, the funds needed for the setting up of the above mentioned 'Resource Centre' will amount to approximately Rs. 2 million.
The Pavilion
promises the scaariest, hair raising, bone chilling, heart stopping,
shocking, spooky and hauntingly entertaining evening complete with
witches, wizards, jack o lanterns, skeletons and spiders, not to
mention the spookiest graveyard revellers have ever seen. "Most
of the props were obtained from overseas including a Talking Skull
and a flying bat," said Kishore Reddy the proprietor of the
Pavilion. The overall effect in the restaurant will be that of a
haunted house, complete with haunting sound effects. Spine chilling
crazy laughter, howls and creaking doors will send shivers down
your spine. Guests are
encouraged to wear costumes, the scarier the better and restaurant
staff will also be decked out in their scary best. There will be
prizes for best costume, as well as table draws and the evening
will be made even more entertaining with various fun games including
a Halloween Quiz. The band "Phase
3" featuring Alston, Debbi, Rasma, Ramesh, Trevin and Jude
will keep the fans entertained, and in addition Warren and Rossette
will be making a special ghostly appearance, there will also be
a DJ who will provide a ghostly beat to keep your toes tapping.
The Menu says lots more about "Halloween @ The Pavilion"
than anything else. Starting off with Bloody Witches Brew and canapes,
the extensive dinner buffet will feature a variety of delicious
hair raising dishes. A Garden Of Sorcery salad selection, and other delicacies aptly named to suit the occasion. Grave Stones, Rave Stone,Vampires Nest, Hobgoblings Special, Spooky Chicken just to name a few. A BAT- B- QUE counter set up in the garden will add to the attraction of the evening. For the sweet toothed there are Goblets of fire Brule, Trick or Treat Bread Pudding, Enchanted Fruit Cups, Hell frozen ice cream and many more. |
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