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Combined Colleges of Sri Lanka Choir: by Everard Hoffman I contacted the Choir Director Rev.Crosbie De Kretser,a long standing Friend and Musical Mentor, whom I have known for over Five Decades. He was my Director Of Music way back in 1965 when I joined The Dutch Reformed Churches Youth Choir. I was a member of the Bambalapitiya DRC and we used to practice here because it was the only branch Church of the  Dutch Reformed Churches that had a Beautiful Pipe Organ. A couple of our other Branch Churches had Organs however they were much smaller than the Organ at Bamba. I can still remember Pastor Crosbie asking me what I sing when I went for my first practice. I was sort of nervous and thought he was having me on. He asked me if I was a Tenor or a Bass, so I said I was a Tenor,(thinking I might get ...