PERFORMERS PROFILE
The Trinity Collage, Kandy
- Sri Lanka
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MUSIC, DRUMS AND DANCE TROUPE
The infant idea of a School’s Dance troupe
was conceived in mind of Mr. E.L. Fernando (Principal
of T.C.K. 1960 – 1977) at the time when the
School was making the initial preparations to
celebrate her centenary year in 1972.
The TCK (Sri Lanka) Music, Drums and Dance Troupe
now occupies a foremost place among Youth Dance
Tropes in Sri Lanka and their performances have
been well acclaimed.
This all male Trope which has 41 members trained
by Mr. Vipula Jayashantha, has won 1st place for
14 consecutive years since 1978 at the National
Dance and Ballet Drama Competition conducted by
Sri Lanka’s Department of Education. The
Troupe, trained under the watchful eyes of Mr.
Vipula Jayashantha, has toured overseas, participated
in competitions abroad. They had won the 1st prize
for the Magul Bera playing and the 2nd place in
the Drum Orchestra at the Cleveland Inter –
tie Folk Festival in 1978. They participated in
the Bristol International Music Festival in U.K
in 1978, 1986, 1992, 1998 & 2004.
In 1978 they also toured and gave performances
in Denmark and Sweden. In 1986 they performed
in Switzerland, Germany and 1987 in Australia.
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