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Opera Australia’s new Merry Widow breaks ticket sales record ! “The attractive, engaging production spills over us with sumptuous momentum, visual delights and a dazzling, physicality to the storytelling” – Sydney Arts Guide In many ways this was Broadway meets Opera, with generous nods to each. The entire evening was simply majestic, simply beautiful and simply… fun. You simply must go!” – The Plus Ones Opera Australia’s new production of Lehàr’s orginal ‘rom-com’ The Merry Widow has become the highest selling of this popular show in the company’s history at the Sydney Opera House, with more than 26 000 tickets already sold for its 2018 summer season. ...

Jan 26, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged Comments 0
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“AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2018” by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ “The A.B.C”.,.to the fore, once again, supported by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, bringing you, the members of eLanka an “on-line” account of what I would term, a most prestigious “Annual-Event” that duly recognises persons chosen by their peers for spectacular achievements carried out for nothing other than making this huge multicultural Continent a better place for EVERYONE HERE, to live in. On purpose, I do not intend to “detail” the names and achievements of 32 different “contenders” for this “title”, I would probably have to keep writing until 2019 to complete “that”, anyway, all the names & achievements of these wonderful people will be in the early morning newspapers of tomorrow, the 26th of January, 2018, Australia-Day & the holiday it entails. However, let me start with the “name” of the holiday. As every eLankan (Lankan/Aussie) should ...

Jan 25, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, Home Tagged Comments 0
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Hathurusinghe’s task for Sri Lanka revival is compelling BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Chandika Hathurusinghe came as a ‘Messiah’ that would deliver redemption for Sri Lanka Cricket, but his initial foray with a listless team devoid of motivation has reminded Sri Lanka’s cricket fans worldwide that it will take time and patience to turn things around for the once feared nation. Jayawardena and Sangakkara hard to replace Proof of how bad the team has slumped to is in the evidence that former minnows and whipping boys of the game such as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are now looking at the former ‘kings’ of the limited over format with callous disdain as they push them to the verge of elimination in a one-day tri-series in Bangladesh. If this tournament was a test of who the new cellar dwellers of the game are, Sri Lanka have by now shown the world a worrying ...

Jan 22, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged Comments 0
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ROCK THIS COUNTRY AND REPLAY 6 PROPEL MELBOURNE INTO 2018 IN GRAND STYLE BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Rock this Country were a great set up. Replay 6 with Marlon Amarasekera. One of Melbourne’s best. Marlon Amarasekera thrills Melbourne on New Year’s eve at the Grand on Cathies Lane. Rap-So-D. Very popular Melbourne dance band Chris Mant, Lozaine Paul and Linden Boustead with Cloud 9 at the Walawwa. Melbourne ushered in 2018 with a spate of dinner dances and several other celebratory functions that found little or no parallel to the Sri Lankan events among Australian migrants Down Under. Of course the biggest crowd puller on this day is in the Melbourne city precinct where a fantastic fireworks display highlights the dawning of the New Year and hundreds of thousands of Melburnians flock to the city to watch the pyrotechnic spectacle unfold for several hours. The Grand on Cathies Lane ...

Jan 22, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged Comments 0
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Alston Koch is the Star of Christmas in Colombo A very pleased Prime Minister in a public gesture made a special presentation to Alston Koch (photo).​​ ​Alston Koch’s star shone brightly, but this time in Sri Lanka during Christmas and as The President’s House opened its doors to celebrate Christmas with people from all religions. Alston was flown down by Srilankan Airlines and invited for performances of Christmas Carols at Temple Trees for the Prime Minister and The President at President’s House by Sri Lanka Tourism Minister John Amaratunge.  Alston Koch was also a privileged guest at the opening of ‘Christmas Street’ hosted by Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority & was hosted at the Kingsbury Hotel.  Dinesh Weerakody, advisor to the Prime Minister met Alston Koch in London at the British Writer’s Guild Awards & invited him to headline the festivities for Christmas 2017. KOCH – the Star this Christmas (Source: Island) December 25, ...

Jan 21, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged Comments 0
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NT Young Australian of the Year 2018 – Kevin Kadirgamar BY Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ “NT- YOUNG AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR” Kevin Kadirgamar.      Excellent news. The new “Young Australian of 2018” is still another Lankan/Australian that all of us should be very proud of. His name, Kevin Kadirgamar, grandson of Rajan Kadirgamar, a former Principal of Jaffna College Sri Lanka, and incidentally, a relative of another Rajan Kadirgamar, a former “Captain of the Royal Ceylon Navy from 1960-1970.      eLanka is happy to congratulate Kevin on his recent achievement & wish him all the very best for the future. He left his birthplace (Sri Lanka), to escape the civil conflict there, while still in his early teens &, as a result has a deep appreciation for the fact that, in Australia, through sheer hard work & determination, became a refugee & migration lawyer, and, in ...

Jan 13, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, Home Comments 0
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