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‘Saturday Night Live’: Rock party at SLBC
By Sanath Weerasuriya
‘Saturday Night Live’ is the newest programme on air at the Commercial Service of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation on Saturdays featuring Sri Lankan rock bands.

‘Saturday Night Live’ is the brainchild of Harold Fernando, one of the popular presenters of the SLBC. This one hour live programme features mainly rock bands with their original compositions giving much needed exposure.

The programme is on every last Saturday of every month from 9.00 to 10.00 pm.
Popular band “Independence Square” will come alive on Saturday Night Live on July 26 at 9.00 pm. ‘Whirlwind’, an upcoming rock aggregation was the band of the month on June programme.

‘The most important thing is Rupavahini too is now ready to cover one hour show for their western music programmes and ‘4 Mat+’ programmes said Harold. So the band who are interested in promoting originals now can use this as a much waited opportunity.

SLBC’s popular programme ‘Saturday Club’ is now intending to hold an Award Ceremony to honour artistes, who have sung Sri Lankan original English music.
According to Harold, the awards will be made to artistes in all genres of music.
‘Special Awards will be given away to Lankan expatriates in the Western music scene, who have contributed to the originals in numerous ways’ he added.

Details will be broadcast from time to time over the ‘Sat Club’ programme and the ‘Hit Parade programme’ broadcast on the Commercial Service on Saturday and Sunday at 7.00 pm respectively. ‘Voices of Peace 2003’ is another project inspired by Harold to promote originals.

‘Those taking part have to write a song of Peace in English, compose their music sing it and record it on a cassette and send it to the Producer, Voices of Peace 2003, Commercial Service, S.L.B.C. Independence Square, Colombo 07 before 30th Sept. 2003.’ Harold said. More information can be downloaded from the web at www.popclubslbc.netfirms.com

Musical Show to assist disabled soldiers
‘Wake 2003’, a musical show will be held at the BMICH on July 20 at 6.30 pm., to help the disabled soldiers from the Regular and Volunteer Ex-Servicemen’s Association of Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps.

Top artistes will be in attendance to help those soldiers, who have been physically handicapped fighting for motherland. ‘Today they are a forgotten lot - some of the families living in abject poverty’.

This was revealed at a media confab recently, by Prasad Gunawardena, promoter and organiser of the “Wake 2003 Musical Extravaganza” . The meeting was chaired by the president of the Ex-Servicemen’s Association, Rtd. Brig. J.P.A. Jayawardena. He was accompanied by Maj. Gen. Lal Perera, Regiment Cdr. Ordnance Corps and Maj.Dhammika Gunasekera, Sec., the members of the organising committee.

Sunil Perera of Gypsies, Annesley Malawana, Indranee Perera, Corinne and Ronnie and a host of other reputed artistes will be on show for this worthy cause. The ITN, too has come forward to help them along with leading firms has promised to give the organisers unstinted support.
Lt. Gen. Lionel Balagalle will be the chief guest at this show.

‘Amara Gee Sara’ at Middlesex
‘Amara Gee Sara’, a musical show featuring W.D. Amaradeva, Deepika Priyadharshani and Nirosha Virajini will be held at Campdon Hall in Middlesex UK on June 27.

This musical fiesta is organised by Priyawijaya Fonseka and Prema Gonegoda, two Sri Lankans living in London, to raise funds for the Sri Lankan society.
Number of old and popular new songs by these artistes will be sung to the backing music of Rohana Weerasinghe.

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