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Portrait-Cartoon of ACGS Amerasekera circa 1954 – By Max Gerreyn Dear ALL….I drew this  sketch of my SECOND Guru – the Venerable Gate Mudaliyar ACGS Amerasekera  whilst I was a pupil at his famed art school  down Dawson Road – Bambalapitiya  – when MOST of you who are looking at this were either ankle-biters or had still NOT come onto this planet –  Moreover after I migrated to WA I posted the ORIGINAL of this  cartoon to the Great Mudaliyar in time for his 100th Birthday which was sometime  1980-81   .He  honoured me with  the gift of a hand-written –THANK YOU aerogramme (remember them?)..which is in my treasure box.  He passed away at 101. Such was the mettle – grace – and  absolute GENTILITY of the teachers and men of learning of that era.  I then had the privilege of being subsequently tutored by the equally legendary David Paynter  of whom ...

Apr 21, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Double International Rohan brought honour and fame to Sri Lanka-by Althaf Nawaz Rohan Gunaratne Source:Dailynews St.Benedict’s College, Kotahena is one of the leading Catholic schools in the country  which has produced some quality yesteryear players, who donned the National jersey in several sports at International level. Gaston Rohan Gunaratne was one of them who made his ‘Alma Mater’ proud by representing the country in Basketball and Rugby.   Rohan hails from a sports loving family  His father is late Basil Gunaratne from Kalutara who served in the Health Department while his mother was Rosebell Gunaratne from Mutwal. Being the eldest in the family he has three brothers Philip, Keerthi and Jayantha while the sister is Basilda.     ...

Oct 17, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , Comments 0
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Remembering Tony Gomes – By Patrick Ranasinghe The Foundations Tony Gomes wedding  jan-01-1969-member-of-foundations-pop-group-weds-his-pet-python That’s our Sri Lanka’s Tony Gomes Foundations Keyboardist – The only Sri Lankan to ever Top both British & US Charts and sell a million copies of a single and receive a Gold Disc The Foundations Medley 1 The Foundations – Now That I’ve Found You (1967) 2 The Foundations – Back On My Feet Again(1967) 3 In The Bad, Bad Old Days Before You Loved Me 4 The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup 1968 THE ONLY SRI LANKAN TO TOP BOTH BRITISH & US CHARTS IN THE HISTORY OF POP MUSIC With 3 Golden Disc Tony Gomez had his primary education @ St. Benedict’s College , Kotahena. A co founding member of The Foundations on keyboards – b. 13 December 1948, Colombo, Ceylon – (now Sri Lanka) – died 19 December 2015. The Foundations were a ...

May 4, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , Comments 0
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  “A PROUD BENEDICTIAN” – By Des Kelly St. Benedict’s College, in Ceylon, as I remember it, was another famous Catholic School from which emerged many Benedictians who left College to make a name for themselves in various fields of endeavour. Mark Gerreyn was one who did exactly this. At a time when there were many “Artists” around, Mark took this talent even further, to eventually become one of the best Cartoonists in our little Island.      Mark was the elder brother of Maxwell Gerreyn, a personal friend and regular contributor of Cartoons, himself, to eLanka, it seems that the brothers-Gerreyn were both extremely talented, and although I had never met Mark, and as he has now passed-on (R.I.P.Mark), I did request Max to fill me in, with some details of this other famous Cartoonist of Sri Lanka, and sincerely thank him for his story of the brother who he ...

Jun 30, 2019 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , , , Comments 0
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