Clarence remembered
Tomorrow August 3 is the 66th birth anniversary of the late Clarence
Wijewardena and the up and coming youth band. The Chimes of the 70’s
will go all out to commemorate, the occasion with performances by the
members of the band. Recently they were featured at Fete de la Musique
(International Music Day) presented by the Alliance Francais de Colombo
and sang three songs, Hotel California, Brown Eyed Girl and a Sinhala
medley of songs. Subsequently The Chimes of the 70’s was featured in a
special interview on Bonsoir telecast on Channel Eye.
This led to the appearance of the band on Derana TV in the programme
Music Factory. Recently the band recorded a new song composed by their
leader Rukshan Karunanayake titled Rajapaksa Uthumaneni which is
dedicated to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Two concerts to mark Jackson’s birthday?
Michael Jackson’s brothers Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Marlon are
according to sources involved in the planning process of staging two
concerts to mark Jackson’s birthday on August 29. The concerts will be
tribute concerts for Michael Jackson which will be staged at London’s O2
Arena.
The first will be on August 29 on Michael’s 51st birthday and the
second concert is scheduled for August 30. The surviving Jackson 4 are
expected to perform a medley of the Jackson 5’s greatest hits. A plan to
do a tribute show was first announced at a meeting of ‘This is It’ tour
cast and crew on June 27.
At that meeting, the tour director Kenny Ortega told the cast and
crew that the memorial concert would be “What Jackson would have
wanted”. Accordingly rehearsals will take place in Los Angeles in the
first two weeks of August, and they’ll move to London the week before
the concerts.
 Sri Junior Star
A children’s musical orchestra comprising French nationals of Sri
Lanka parentage will stage “Sri Junior Star” on August 9 at the John de
Silva Memorial Hall commencing 4.00 p.m. in aid of a housing project for
our valiant soldiers. The choir will be singing well known Sinhala
songs.
Rohan Fonseka and his wife Dulani now domiciled in France are the
sponsors of this musical extravaganza. The show is the brainchild of
Rohan Fonseka who was a former member of the SLBC and SLRC orchestras.
More details next week. |
