It’s an original concept for not often do we see mums and daughters together on the ramp. But yes, it’s happening as Chokolaate magazine presents the Chokolaate Mother Daughter Fashion Designer 2012 Contest.
The designers have been hard at work and the top 14 finalists who would battle it out on May 12 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre are Ama Liyanage, Anushka Pilimatalawwe, Shaheen Sourjah, Dimitri Fernando, Udaya Madusanka, Jayanika Chamani, Niluka Bogahawatte, Manoshi Hansapani, Dilshani Satharasingha, Vindya Keerthirathne, Gangu Roshana, Parvin Mohamed Iqbal, Poornima Dulanjalee and Ravihari Gamage.
The challenge which began three years ago has grown into a title that every young aspiring fashion designer wants to have in their cupboard of trophies. The competition is designed to give the designer the opportunity of displaying a wider array of their skills.
Chokolaate Managing Editor Michelle Gunesekera says she is delighted with the progress the show has made and the acceptance it has as an event for all young designers.
Fun-filled day with motor rally and mini fair
Bridgetine Drive, the first ever Motor Rally organized by the Past Pupils’ Association of St. Bridget’s Convent, gets on the road on May 26. This fun event will see Bridgetines and friends try their skills at rally driving. The cars will be flagged off from Malalasekera Mawatha, opposite the CR & FC grounds at 8.30 a.m. After two hours of fun driving around Colombo, following clues given and clocking in at the checkpoints, the participants will wind up at the St. Bridget’s Convent Primary School premises at Maitland Crescent.
Tickets for Bridgetine Drive cost Rs. 1000 for adults and Rs. 500 for children under 18 and can be purchased on May 10, 11 and 12 at the PPA Secretariat at St. Bridget’s Convent. Only a limited number of cars can be registered so please obtain your rally ticket early. Classy green T-shirts with an embroidered logo are also available at Rs. 750 for adults and Rs. 600 for kids. For further details contact: Ishara : 071-2228044, Dilani: 0777-372888.
The rally will be followed by a Mini Fair at the primary school premises. The object of this fun-filled event is to raise funds for the development activities of the Collegiate and Primary schools as well as for CSR projects of the Association.
A discussion on
trauma and literature
The complexities of trauma as portrayed in literature will be the focus of an evening hosted by Samutthana (the King's College London Resource Centre for Trauma, Displacement and Mental Health) on Saturday, May 12 from 4.30-7 p.m. at Cinnamon Grand's Angsana Meeting Room (Echo Restaurant Entrance) as panelists Savithri Rodrigo (media personality) and Shehara De Silva (business consultant) will be 'taking on' popular writers Ashok Ferrey (author) and Vivimarie Vanderpoorten (poet) in trying to understand the links between trauma and literature.
Entrance is by programme, priced at Rs 500. Contact Nivendra on 0777 346 334 for reservations.
Celebrating Tagore with music and dance
Sri Lankan artistes Weerasena Gunathilake, Thilini Rodrigo, Charith Perera, Pradeep Rathnayake and Chandana Wickramasinghe who foster the legacy of Rabindranath Tagore will pay tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore with their artistic skills in music, dance and choreography on Tuesday, May 8 at 6.30 p.m. at the auditorium of the Buddhist Cultural Centre (No. 32, Sri Sambuddhathwa Jayanti Mw.,(Havelock Road), Colombo 5. The programme is being organised by the Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo, as part of its celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations of the Nobel laureate poet.
For further details please contact the Indian Cultural Centre on telephone no: 2684698 or email: iccrcolombo @gmail.com.
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