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Hope blooming with Turtles will never fly The Sunera foundation which has done a lot in creating hope among the differently-abled population in Sri Lanka have taken their next step forward.
The drama, which will be held on September 17 and 18 at the Bishops College Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. is titled Turtles will never fly. Directed and choreographed by Wolfgang Strange, Ramani Damayanthi and Rohana Deva, this performance will include some hilarious scenes of our so-called 'normal society', and it will a be a treat for all those interested in drama and aesthetics. The Sunera Foundation, chaired by Sunethra Bandaranaike has been doing five day workshops throughout the country in which they've recognised and harboured leadership and other qualities in differently-abled children throughout the island. They have held these workshops in Jaffna, Batticaloa, Badulla, Hatton and Tangalle. It's from these workshops that they've brought up the young talent for turtles. Of course, September 17 and 18 will also be a night to be remembered for the differently-abled people who show their creativity. They'll be doing something big, and if the play goes well, no doubt
hope will bloom in these young hearts for a long time to come. Musical extravaganza
The show which is billed to be that of a variety entertainment will contain choral performances by the singers of well loved semi-classical songs, spirituals and pop songs that earned chart hit status. Popular in the repertoire will be songs by Abba and Boney M. Besides Western songs the choir will also be performing Sinhala songs.
Threading the show together is Shehan Gunawardena who has been associated with the Deanna Singers' performances for the past four years. Hailing from a musical family, her father is the well-known piano tuner Nelson Abeyratne, Deanna learnt the rudiments and more under the tutelage of Dilangani Bhareti and later Cyril Brown music master of St. Anthony's College, Katugastota, who according to Deanna fine tuned the techniques of her performance. A lover of the music of Beethoven, Deanna is the regular Organist at St. Anthony's Cathedral. Quite naturally one would imagine that Bach's music must be having a strong influence on Deanna. The last time 'Deanna and Singers' presented their show they were rewarded with a capacity filled hall and we hope this time on September 28, it will be the same for this dedicated band of young singers. Mahes Perera |
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They have joined hands with the Butterfly Theatre Company and Ranaviru
Sevana of the Sri Lanka Army to deliver a unique presentation of
creativity of young differently-abled people gathered from all parts of
the country.
Music lovers in Kandy will have the opportunity to enjoy the talent of
a band of young enthusiastic singers when 'Deanna and Singers' present a
musical extravaganza on Tuesday September 28 at the Mahaweli Reach Hotel.
The music is arranged by Deanna Abeyratna. The show will include Latin
dance performances trained by Senani Jothiratne. Pianist Deanna Abeyratne
will be using bass, acoustic drums played by Royle Andrews and eastern
drums by Shrimathi Jothiratne.
