“SCENIC SPLENDOUR” – by Des Kelly Set to music. My Dreamworld, now affordable for me to see, yet still impossible, because of ill-health, that I least expected in the latter stages of my life, but somehow now presented in the most glorious technicolor available, is this piano improvisation (with photos of Switzerland) by a Pianist, who, for all the World, looks like a seasoned “bikie”, named Waldteufel78, probably born about 44 years ago. In my own humble opinion, I would place Switzerland on a par with the beautiful Ceylon of old, perhaps this is why I enjoyed this ‘clip’ so much and wanted to share it with all the rest of our e’Lanka readers. So, sit back folks, enjoy the Music and the Scenic splendour that is the magical Switzerland, the Swiss Alps, etceter, all on e’Lanka,for you. Desmond Kelly.(Mr.Music), (Editor-in-Chief)   e’Lanka. ...

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“VALE’ CHRIS.GREET” – By Des Kelly It is with great sadness that I inform all members of eLanka of the passing of not just a very good friend, but also of someone who was a true legend of our beautiful Motherland, Sri Lanka. There were only a very few Sri Lankans of this halcyon era in Lanka that that didn’t know Chris, be it even only his dulcet tones on Radio Ceylon, if not personally. The era I write about was during the 1950’s. We were both young & carefree, Chris, just a few years older than me owned a second-hand Mayflower car, in which he would pick me up in order to attend a few rehearsals of my song Dreamworld, and on the way, the car would inevitably break down, and Chris would then get out, kick the closest tyre and say to me, “don’t worry Desmond, she may ...

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