Lankan Line
dancers at Dance Championships in Malaysia
Winners of the National Line Dance Championships
at the BDFI Dance Festival this January held at Water's Edge, left
for Malaysia a few days ago.
A five Member Team will vie in the Newcomer, Open,
Junior and Senior categories with 10 countries in the Asia Pacific
Region.
The Open Line Dancing Asia Pacific Championships
this year will be held at Shangri-la Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Their participation is promoted by the Ballroom
Dancers' Federation International Sri Lanka, who introduced Line
Dancing to Sri Lanka last year.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports felicitated
the dancers at the Ministry premises before their departure to Malaysia
The picture shows (L-R) Purnima Ranasinghe, Nimesha
Samuel, Nilanthi Perera, Subashini Dias Abeyegunawardene (Leader),
Mr. Saman Amerasinghe, Chairman, National Sports Council, Ministry
of Youth Affairs and Sports, Nemantha Abeysinghe, National Director
BDFI, Sri Lanka.
Absent: Lakshika Molligoda.
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