Sunday, June 16 is Father’s Day and a special Father’s Day Blessing service at 5 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Scots Kirk, Colombo 3 will feature the Music Ministry Choir directed by Ishan de Lanerolle. Soloists for the evening are Aloker Perera, Angelo Samarawickrema and Melanie Bibile. At the organ will be Neranjan De Silva. Entrance is free.
Also on the same evening, is a show presented by the Ravibandu Samanthi Dance Academy. At the Lionel Wendt at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, June 20, experience a new wave in music when Tilanka Jayamanne- the flautist, composer and musician teams up with fellow musicians Dillon Manuel, Sheam Deen, Daniella Perera, Melissa Pereira, DJ Lunatics and Camerati to present NeoSymphony. At the Lionel Wendt at 7.30 p.m.
This is another treat for music lovers as pianist and choral director Soundarie David Rodrigo with violinist Thushani Jayawardena present ‘Classically Different’ at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, next Sunday, June 23 at 7 p.m.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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