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Super Golden Chimes Re-Union Concert The concert is unique as the band members will pay tribute to the leader of the Super Golden Chimes and Sinhala pop legend, the late Clarence Wijewardena on his 60th birth anniversary, which falls on August 3. In tribute and in memory of Clarence, his voice will be backed on stage. “The Super Golden Chimes will provide the musical backing and harmony to his voice live on stage with visual impact through high-end graphics and illusions,” said Annesley Malawana, one of the founder members of the group. All surviving members will be on stage on this memorable day. In fact most of the members are scattered all over the globe and it was almost impossible for them to unite on the given date due to their commitments. I have been communicating with them for almost 3 years in an effort to get them on stage together, which is now going to become a reality on 2nd August. Five of the band members are domiciled overseas. They are Dixon Gunaratne and Nimal Perera in Switzerland, Rukshan Perera in USA, Condrad Gunaratne in Germany and Nimal Punchihewa in Australia. They will be specially flown for the show through the kind courtesy of SriLankan Airlines and Speedmark Transportation. It all started this way, said Annesly: “About 6 months before Clarence’s death he called me and said that we should get together once again, round-up the boys and have a mega re-union concert. He entrusted the task of organizing the show to me and he said that he will arrange the music for the show. Due to his sudden demise, the concert did not materialise. However, I was determined to fulfil his last wish in music by making the re-union concert a reality”. Clarence formed the Super Golden Chimes in the early 70’s with Annesley, Dixon, Sri Kantha and Rohan. Rohan left the group within 6 months and Condrad and Paul joined afterwards. Subsequently there were changes in the Base Guitar, Drums and Key Board positions. They were Rukshan Perera, Sunil Malawana, Nimal Perera, Cumar Peiries, Chandral Fonseka, Nimal Punchihewa, Liyasing de Silva, Peter Almeida and Suriya Kumar, to name a few. The band was managed by Nelu Fernando of Nelu’s Advertising, who was a tower of strength to Super Golden Chimes. Nelu provided Super Golden Chimes with sound and a recording studio for recordings and practices. There are a lot of interesting things lined up for the re union concert and most of all, you can re-live the Golden Era of Sinhala pop of the 70’s once again when we sing both Sinhala and English songs with beautiful melodies and harmony, said Annesley. The MC for the evening will be Dr. Vijaya Corea. Star
Lanka for better entertainment Unlike other operators, Star Lanka is able to offer this service to any part of the country because they are the only licensed operator possessing this technology. Direct to Home/DTH means that the digital stereo signals are down linked directly to your home receiver (via a dish antenna) from the Satellite! This means no more drop in picture quality or that irritating grainy effect on your TV screen every time a plane goes over or your hand phone starts ringing. Your Movie looks as good as a DVD and sounds is as good as a CD.
“Ours are the type of subscribers who want the best and nothing less’ says Managing Director, Mr. Hulugalle. ‘We have been in operation since 2001 June and our base includes varied subscribers. Our customers spread from Jaffna in the North to Galle in the South , from Chilaw to Batticaloa. Kandy, Hatton, Galle and Matara are some areas that have been lucrative for us,” he adds. The Company is headed by Lakshman Hullugalle, the Managing Director who introduced pay and satellite television to Sri Lanka. He started off his career as a hotelier after having graduated at the Ceylon Hotel School. Later he entered politics and functioned as Co-ordinating Secretary to Minister Gamini Dissanayake from 1977 to 2000 and switched to the entertainment industry. He has produced a number of popular tele-drama too. The other partner and Chairman of the Company is Chandran Rutnam, a well-known personality in the Movie industry in Sri Lanka, Hollywood, India , Malaysia and Vietnam. Fondly referred to as ‘Our friend in South East Asia...’ by world famous film director Steven Spielberg, he is also Chairman of the leading domestic airline in Sri Lanka - Lionair. The other directors are Indian national Madhu Choudry an Engineer and an Indian IT businessmen and Gamini Rajanayake an accountant. The channel bouquet consists of National Geographic Adventure 1, Star Movies, Star Gold, Star World, Star Plus, Star Sports, Channel V International, Channel V Sky News, Star News and Fox News, Star Lanka also provides other channels such as CNN , BBC, Rai, TV5, Cinemax, HBO, Cartoon Network etc to hotels and apartment complexes. Star Lanka in its endeavour to reach out to the interior of the country and to educate potential subscribers in the outstations, have teamed up with the established Hayleys group, where Hayleys-Phillips will promote the Star Bouquet through their branches. Star Lanka in turn, promotes Phillips TV’s with attractive offers for Hayleys Phillips customers. “We have an Easy Payment Scheme from LOLC for prospective clients wanting an easier payment plan. A minimum of six persons from an organization forming a group can apply for this facility.” Lakshman said. The company has a fully-fledged competent technical arm handling all installations, maintenance and repairs. Any breakdown is attended to within 24 hours. “In fact
one can see their gaily painted installation/breakdown van driving
all over the country creating quite an interest among the curious
on lookers. Star Lanka thus, has used this creative piece of work
to act as a marketing tool for their product.” he pointed
out. Star Lanka has been in operation since 2001 and have just moved
to a new office at 51/14A, Fife Road, Colombo 5. |
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