Jith Peiris’ ‘Stars on Parade at Christmas’ at the Lionel Wendt

Give a festive start to the Christmas season with Jith Peiris’ ‘Stars on Parade at Christmas’, which will take place next weekend at the Lionel Wendt.

The veteran: Jith Peiris

The veteran producer and director returns for his annual Christmas extravaganza once again for a special cause-this time, to raise funds to buy school supplies for young children.

The young stars of the show will take on Broadway and Christmas classics; expect to hear the old, says the director, sung in the spirit of the new.

Choirs scheduled to perform at the show are the Menaka Singers, directed by Menaka de Fonseka Sahabandu, the Soul Sounds Junior Academy Choir and the award-winning Stafford International School Choir conducted by Francis de Almeida.

The solo performers (some featured on our cover) include some familiar faces with the new. Singers such as Amandhi Caldera, Dilini Perera and Laknath Seneviratne will perform; “I’ve been given freedom to do it my way,” says Laknath Seneviratne, a pupil of Sahabandu, of his performance.

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