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‘Greatest Hits of All Times’
Popular pianist Srini Fonseka released her first ever music CD titled “Greatest Hits of All Times” last week..

This CD contains several perennial hits such as “Autumn Leaves’, ‘’My Way’’, “Let It Be Me”, etc and features Kumar Molligoda accompanying her on sax.

An old girl of Visakha Vidyalaya, Srini has the distinction of being the leader/pianist of the first ever all-woman band in Sri Lanka, called “Vibrator” in the sixties.

She has performed as solo pianist at the lobbies of several five star hotels in Colombo such as the (former) Lanka Oberoi, Hilton, Trans Asia, Galadari in addition to playing at Tangerine Hotels out of Colombo.

Srini had her first lessons in music with Chitrani Balasooriya and subsequently joined the Pestonjee School of Music where she went up to the Licentiate Diploma of the Trinity College of Music London.

‘Foot Loose at The Hut’
By Sanath Weerasuriya
Popular night club ‘The Hut’ at the Mount Lavinia Hotel is the centre of attraction this week too with the competition “Foot Loose at The Hut” organised by the TV Times and Mount Lavinia Hotel .

TV Times readers can now win six entrance tickets to the popular Little Hut every week, if you can send the correctly answered coupon . To enter this fantastic contest, all you have to do is to answer the simple question on the Coupon No. 2 and post it to “Foot Loose at The Hut”, C/o TV Times, No 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 2.

Any one can send any amount of entries but it must be the original coupons from the TV Times and no photo copies or faxes will be entertained. All the coupons must be pasted on posted cards and posted to the above address on or before September 9, the latest.

The all correct entries will be drawn by a panel of judges and the decision of the judges on all matters pertaining to this contest will be final.

‘Hut’ is the most popular nightout venue at the moment. The former Little Hut, which began life as Colombo’s first night club on July 20, in 1957, the famous meeting place of yore, for lovers and friends in the 60’s and 70’s is back again with a vengeance. The Hut is gone back to its original venue at the former Governor’s residence, the good old Mount Lavinia Hotel.

‘The Hut’ will be open Wednesday to Sunday. On Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday the hours of operation will be 9.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m. On Fridays and Saturdays the Hut will be open from 9.00 p.m. to 4.00a.m.

Music of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s will be the new order. Tickets are priced at Rs. 500/- per gent with free entrance for ladies. This time round, the Hut will have a strict ‘couples and members only’ policy.

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