Sandika Madushan

SONG AND DANCE IN AID
OF GIRLS' COLLEGE

The Song and Dance recital in aid of the Buddhist Girls' College, Mount Lavinia, held on Saturday night at St. Peter's College hall, Wellawatte, was largely attended. An almost fully crowded house was provided with a pleasing blend of Eastern song and dance and Western musical items.

The programme of 18 items. opened with a fascinating dance interpretation by Sujata de Silva one of the star performers of Shanti Kala Niketam. The Oriental section of the program was greatly enhanced by Sunil Shanti's singing. Sunil Shanti will hold any audience with his melodious voice, engaging personality and the poetic imagery of his songs. Sukhendu Dutt in an inspiring rendering of the Manipuri maintained his reputation as one-time dance partner of Srimati Mira Devi and Sadhona Bose. Premila of Chitra Sena's troupe in the Manipuri Dance, Lionel Edirisinghe at the Sitar, Prabhakar Nahas Deo of Sholapur Swarna and Dunstan de Silva, and Lakshman de Alwis were among the other prominent players.

Of the Western musical items, the able rendering of "Island Spell" (John. Ire-land) and 'Romance' (Sibelins) by Chitra Malalasekera at the piano; Doris de Zilva in a Cello solo (Kol Nidrei-Max Bruch) accompanied by Eardley de Zilva who also played Theme by Haydn in F., and Hector Edirisinghe in his popular Alpine interludes provided an interesting pot-pourri of good fare,