Saxophonist delighted in wonderful world of music The music world lost a rare talent when virtuoso saxophonist and vocalist Gavin Senn passed away in September 2017. Gavin, a product of both St Benedict’s and St Peter’s colleges, was truly a mainstream entertainer who delighted audiences with his versatility and …
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Under the spreading tamarind tree Antonian memories were nurtured
By Bernard VanCuylenburg The year is 1954. The place, standard 4 in the lower school of St Anthony’s college. The protagonists, a stern Mr P. B. A. Weerakoon taking the English lesson, a schoolboy standing before the class trembling in his Bata shoes, and the rest of the students, this …
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By Rohan Wijesinghe Snr (Former Josephian, Sri Lanka Under 19 and NCC opening batsman) It is with the heaviest heart that I pick up my quill to pen a few lines on the head and heart of my late skipper Gary Melder. Gary, of Dutch Burgher extraction, born to Errol …
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