Entertainment

Unknown - no longer in the wings

by Mahes Perera

What happens when six young and talented guys reach out to each other with a common vision - that of hitting the high spots in entertainment? The result is that a new band is formed and although they struggled to get an attention-getter name for the band, they finally ended up with Unknown borrowed from computer lingo!

Ironically they burst into the youth scene when they took part in Inter-act Club activities, found success and had the opportunity to perform on stage at the BMICH.

This enthusiastic and rearing-to-go six piece outfit comprises Yenuka Laknow - vocals/guitar, Kaushika - vocals, Chanuka Shiran - vocals. Yassas Medagedera - who handles the computer music arrangements and composes tunes for the group, there's Ravindu Shymal whose world revolves around rapping and Arosha the bass guitarist.

Students of Mahanama, Dharmapala, President's Colleges and Ashoka College, the spokesman for the group Yenuka tells us "one year ago when we performed at the BMICH with other new groups we didn't think that we would come this far. We recorded two singles for radio Hina Pokuna and Bisso and the songs are getting considerable airplay on YFM, Sha and Sirasa FM. We are planning to record videos of the songs.

Apart from that we have completed five songs and intend recording a CD, but we are looking for a sponsor or a producer who will help us to achieve our ambition. The themes of our songs are basically love themes we have no social frames. Ours is hip-hop, R+B and we enjoy the classics," says Yenuka.

Unknown have taken music instructions from the renowned guitarist of Wild Fire fame Derek Wickramanayake and all the members say they are influenced and inspired by the music of Yaani, Mettalica, Guns 'N Roses, Iron Maiden, Stigmata, Paranoid Earthling to name a few.

"We'd like to thank Thiranjaya Gamlath, Kitsiri Jayasuriya our teacher in college and ofcourse our parents for patiently tolerating our sounds whenever we decided to rehearse!" the members of Unknown state in unison. In time, to borrow a cliche, Unknown will be well known, in our music scene.

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Nishanthika represents Sri Lanka

Three International Pageants are lined up for the next few months. Nineteen year old Nishanthika Jayawardena will represent Sri Lanka at the Miss Hawaiian Tropic International Pageant which is now being staged in Las Vegas, Nevada in the US. The contest will last for two weeks.

At the Miss. World University Pageant to be hosted in South Korea in the month of August 2007, Sri Lanka will be represented by Savithri Samaranayake, twenty two years of age.

Also the Queen of the World Pageant will be hosted in Germany for two weeks in the month of November 2007.According to the Franchise Director Sebastian Perera JP All Island a suitable delegate will represent Sri Lanka at this pageant.

All three Pageants are well known International Pageants and at each pageant sixty to seventy countries will participate and the winners will receive cash and valuable gifts including the Top Ten.

Sebastian Perera, Chairman Celsin Ltd. is the Franchise Director for the mentioned pageants as well as for fourteen International Beauty Pageants including Miss Tourism International Pageant.

M.P.

The Entertainer

The music scene keeps ticking and now for your pleasure comes a unique evening of unprecedented entertainment which come alive at the BMICH on Sunday May 20 commencing 7.00 p.m. Quite aptly the show has been labelled as 'The Entertain' and will bring to centre stage leading lights of today's music scene.

Whatever your age you are bound to enjoy the performance of Sunil Perera of Gypsies fame, Corrine, Ronnie, Susil Fernando, Dalreen, Sohan, Noeline, Paul Fernando, Yasmin, Keerthi Pasquel and Bathiya and Santhush. The X'Periments will provide the music for the concert and the emcee will be Vijaya Corea.

This spectacular show with extraordinary choreography is put together by the Retired Senior Police Officers Association in collaboration with D. K. Promotions who in recent times have stage many popular 'house full' shows.

Simply Elegant

If you are a sugar craft freak and who isn't these days, then you should not miss out on the Cake Exhibition entitled 'Simply Elegant' presented by Saroja Anthonis and her pupils.

The exhibition is held today at the J. R. Jayawardena Centre, Dharmapala Mawatha from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. Thereafter the exhibition will be held on May 19 and 20 at the Ranvil Reception Hall, Negombo at the same time.

This year's exhibition of Saroja Anthonis and her pupils is different and exciting in creativity. A wide variety of Wedding Structures, using sugar, flower plaques, drapes, ruffles, garrett frills, Broderie Anglaise and more will be on display. Unusual painting on sugar paste, stencil designing, see through designs are some of the attractive icing methods used by the students.

Included are also a new variety of Engagement, Anniversary and Birthday cakes. At the exhibition today there will be a demonstration of sugar craft with egg powder, at 3.00 p.m. The same demonstration will also be held at Negombo at 3.00 p.m. on May 20.

Classical guitar concert

The highly talented young French guitarist Thibault Cauvin who won the first prize at the San Francisco International Classical Guitar Competition 2004 will give a recital on May 17 at 'On Golden Pond', Taj Samudra at 7.00 p.m.

Thibault Cauvin is the only Frenchman to have won eleven international competitions and has given concerts in many prestigious halls and festivals in Europe, London, America, Canada and Australia.

The first part of the concert will feature Pradeep Ratnayake Sri Lanka's leading sitarist. The concert is presented by the Alliance Francaise.