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Winds of Change - a show of music, poetry and drama will contribute to tsunami welfare
A group of theatre and music enthusiasts, drums, saxophone, clavinova, flute and guitar. And words penned by a renowned poet. It’s all there. Ninety minutes of pop, jazz and Latin music. The combined Theatre Company is gearing up for their forthcoming show Winds of Change.

All members are sharing their talent for a worthy cause. Those of us who have been lucky enough to survive such a catastrophe could only be grateful for life and help others who still suffer from the aftermath of the tsunami. All proceeds of this show will be donated for relief work, especially for those in the Ampara district.

The show is designed and directed by Vinodh Senadeera who has directed Ropes of Sand and Proof for the Combined Theatre Company. The musicians- the jazz ensemble, have been involved with many musical productions such as Piano and Drums, have been rehearsing for this production for the last one month. What is different is the fusion of various western instruments with the eastern. Chaminda Samaraweera, Damith Peiris, and Vinodh Senadeera will perform two original works. The music will be the score for the renditions of the three poems composed by renowned Sri Lankan poet, Jean Arasanayagam.

Apart from the original compositions, Penny Ferdinand will be performing “Smile” by Nat King Cole and a jazz version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” Samantha Ferdinand performs Frank Sinatra’s all time classic “New York” and “That’s What Friends Are For.” Dillon Fox (Bass) performs his version of the title song “Winds Of Change”, “It’s Now Or Never” and “Strangers In The Night”. Dilini Perera sings “Vincent,” Shenali Peiris performs “Memories” and Bhagyani Benedict performs “The Rose.” Rushika Weerasuriya sings an unusual song by Norah Jones. Chaminda Samaraweera, who has been performing at many shows, both as an actor and musician, will be on drums and percussion. With all the experience behind him with this group, the music will be innovative and soothing. Damitha Peiris, will share his talent on saxophone and clarinet. Suki Gunatilleke, Rukshika and Mathew Heinle are the narrators for the production.

Tickets are priced at Rs. 350/= and are available at the Russian Cultural Centre in Colombo. Media sponsors are The Sunday Times, Art TV, TNL Radio and TNL LITE.

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