Darrell De Silva – Apache The special photo below and video prepared by Patrick Ranasinghe ...
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A Musical Extravaganza Anglo Indian & Sri Lankan in Australia – by Patrick Ranasinghe A Musical Extravaganza Portraying Performances by Anglo Indian Migrants & Sri Lankan in Australia who joined the team for an exhibition and a glimpse of them any talents brought to Australia from these two countries. Please enjoy the video on you’re Smart TV, Big TV go to Youtube Patrick Rnasinghe click on my photo go through the videos. So put on your dancing shoes, grab your dancing partner turn the volume up, and start the Dance party. Dallas Achilles – Sri Lanka (Colombo) – Trumpet & Fleugel Horn Joey D’Rozaario – India ( Madurai) – Guitar & Vocals Terry Misra – India (Asansol) – Guitar & Vocals Bob Sheppard – (Madras) – Alto & Tenor Sax Tommy Smith – India (Madras) – Electric Guitar Graham Smith – Born in Australia – Guitar Sean Smith – Born in ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Could This Be The Legendary “Magic Bridge” Connecting India And Sri Lanka? – by Patrick Ranasinghe Location The bridge starts as a chain of shoals from the Dhanushkodi tip of India’s Pamban Island. It ends at Sri Lanka’s Mannar Island. Pamban Island is accessed from the Indian mainland by the 2-km-long Pamban Bridge. Mannar Island is connected to mainland Sri Lanka by a causeway. Geological evolution Considerable diversity of opinion and confusion exists about the nature and origin of this structure. In the 19th century, two significant theories were prominent in explaining the structure. One considered it to be formed by the process of accretion and rising of the land. At the same time the other surmised that it was established by the breaking away of Sri Lanka from the Indian mainland. The friable calcareous ridges later broke into large rectangular blocks, which perhaps gave rise to the belief that the ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Elvis Lives 25th Anniversary Concert – by : Patrick Ranasinghe In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his death, Elvis: The 25th Anniversary Concert Event was staged at the Pyramid Coliseum in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Through the magic of modern technology, Elvis is reunited with his original TCB band, back-up singers and musical director for a unique concert special. The program features footage of Elvis from previous concerts, along with his supporting musicians and singers live on stage together in Memphis. The program features footage of Elvis from previous concerts along with his supporting musicians and singers live on stage together in Memphis. This one of a kind concert event has stirred audiences around the world and ignited a passion for the King in a whole new generation of music lovers. Please Enjoy the Concert Patrick Ranasinghe ...
Jul 30, 2021
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The Bridge On The River Kwai Film Location Sri Lanka By Patrick Ranasinghe movies that financial considerations reversed the old convention, with Sinhalese The Kelani River flows through Kitulgala offering the opportunity for a gamut of water sports now. In 1956 the location was used to film the movie – Bridge on the Kwai. Old Movie, Bridge On The River Kwai, Visit to the Bridge On The River Kwai film location Kitulgala, Sri Lanka. Old movies, Film location, train crash, greenery, William Holden, Alec Guiness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donale, Geoffrey Horne. And many locals as extras POWs including Chris Greet. 425 feet long, rising 90 feet above the water and supposedly costing a phenomenal quarter of a million dollars, Lean’s bridge was built at a small community called Kitulgala on the Masleliya Oya, a tributary of the Kelani River, between the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and Kandy. The cast and crew stayed at the ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Jimmy Ellis ( Orion ) – by Patrick Ranasinghe James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998), who used the stage name Orion at times in his career, was an American singer. His voice was similar to Elvis Presley’s, a fact which he and his record company played upon, making some believe that some of his recordings were by Presley, or even that Presley had not died in 1977. At the start of his music career Ellis sang in nightclubs, and in 1964 released a single, “Don’t Count Your Chickens”, for a small Georgia label, Dradco. His vocals closely resembled Elvis Presley, and in 1969 Shelby Singleton, who had acquired the rights to Sun Records’ back catalogue, other than Presley’s recordings for the label, released a single of Ellis’ recordings of Presley’s early songs, “That’s All Right (Mama)” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky”. The ...
Jul 22, 2021
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The Queen Of The Keyboard Winifred Atwell – by Patrick Ranasinghe 1 Poor People of Paris 1958 2 Dixie Boogie 3 Five Finger Boogie 4 Black & White Rag Born in Trinidad Winifred Atwell learnt the Boogie Woogie piano style from US servicemen during the war. One of her 1950s Black and White Rag became the theme tune for snooker programme Pot Black. left Trinidad in the early 1940s and travelled to the United States to study with Alexander Borovsky and, in 1946, moved to London, where she gained entrance to the Royal Academy of Music. To support her education, she played rags at London clubs and theaters. She later said, “I starved in a garret to get onto concert stages.” Her stand up piano bought for L 2.50 in a junk shop toured with her around the world. Winifred Atwell died in Australia in 1983. ...
Jul 9, 2021
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Remembering Buddy Musafer RIP – by Patrick Ranasinghe Swing Along with the Spitfires Budrian Musafer My “stage” career commenced around 1960, at the age of 18. Appeared on stage shows presented by Tina Maria, Priya, Decima and Malcolm Andree at the Atlanta and the Kandy Lake Club. Then went on to sing with various pop bands – “The Sombreros”, “Sound Tracks” and a few others. In 1966, I was invited by Nizam Adahan to listen to a band called the ‘Spit‑res’ – at rehearsals – where he was the lead guitarist. I tried out a song with Conrad de Silva, who was their male vocalist and our voices blended in harmony… well that was the beginning of “Conrad & Budrin with the Spit‑res”. This was the part of my musical career that I enjoyed the most. The band went through many changes with the addition of Dalreen. When Conrad left ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Dalreen Arnolda Songs Record Released in Berlin Germany 1975 – by Patrick Ranasinghe Dalreen Arnolda Songs Record Released in Berlin Germany 1975 Dalreen Arnolda Songs Record Released in Berlin Germany 1975 A German text translated to English by the Berlin recording Studio. Dalreen Arnolda is a popular pop singer from Sri Lanka who started her career in the early 1970s and still very popular in Sri Lanka. One of her earlier hits was “Stranger Boy” which came out in the 70s. She sings both in English and Sinhalese. A touch of the Far East and a romantic love affair led to this record. Dalreen Arnolda is chief speaker at the radio in Ceylon and was in Germany for a few days once ago, the reason: a love romance that began in Ceylon and ended in Berlin. She also visited the ZDF hit parade and had the opportunity to sing at ...
Jun 5, 2021
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Tribute to Mary Marshall- by Patrick Ranasinghe Mary Marshall Nimal Mendis & The Kandyans – Kiss Kiss Kiss – My Island Home Mary Hasmall was born in Bolton to a highly musical family.Opera and Classical singing was already part of the family heritage by virtue of Italian and Welsh ancestors. In Edwardian times a grandmother and renowned beauty, had become so popular that a jealous rival waited with the fans outside the stage door and then threw acid into her face. Her grandfather a much respected businessman was very protective and after this incident insisted she gave it up. Mary was from an era when families would still gather for musical evenings around the piano. From the age of about three it was clear she had an unusually advanced ability. By four she was delighting local Italian ice cream sellers who made her sing songs from the operas ...
Jan 17, 2021
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