Minutes of the Senior citizens’ club of Waverley

Meeting : Senior citizens’ club of Waverley Date: 25th Mar 2018 at 2pm Location: Alvie Hall, Alvie Rd, Mt Waverley (No 314, Cnr High Street Rd & Alvie Road, Mount Waverley, Melway: 61 D11) Chair: Upa Upadasa Minutes: Swarna Upadasa Attendees: Daya Dayananda, Godfrey and Kaji Senaratne, Sarath M. Jayasinghe, Jayasri Chandrajith, Mr & Mrs Sivabalasundaram, Chandra Kuruppu, Sarojini Kuruppu, Indra Padukka, Sarath Withanachchi, Senake Perera, Sunil Kumarasinghe, Padma Kumarasinghe, Kapila Bogoda, Lakshika Bogoda, Chandra Amadoru, Upa Upadasa, Swarna Upadasa

Apologies: Padma Dissanayake, Sisira Dissanayake, Lionel Amadoru, Celine Samarasekara, Shivanti Jayawardana, Zaleski Jayawardana, Kumar and Sirimavo Ediriweera, S.Akurugoda, Manel Akurugoda, Wasanthi Ramanayaka, Gamini & Chandrika Beneragama, Nimal Ramanayaka, Shyamon Jayasinghe, Ranjinie Prematunga, Upul Prematunga, Shanthi Perera, Rohana and Anoja Karunaratne, Padmasiri Hewaratne, Ramya Hewaratne, Sam Weeraratne, Ranjit Wimalaratne, Vince and Cynthie Jayaratne

Guests: Amaranath Ranatunga, Mrs Amaranath Ranatunga, Udeni Ranatunga, Ingrid Pich

Upa tabled the minutes of the previous meeting and proposed and accepted by Chandra and Kapila respectively.

Matters arising from the Minutes – None

Open Forum discussion – Topics – Australian Cricket disaster – Ball tampering Stephen Hawking’s death

Conversation 1 – Flamingo guitarist virtuoso from Mr. Amaranath Ranatunga presented an extensive display of various guitar pieces with comprehensive explanations.

Conversation 2 – Fitness trainer Ingrid Pich gave very valuable information on fitness and diabetic as well as how to be fit in all ages.

After tea break Swarna gave a presentation on winter gardening.

Songs appreciation – Indra Padukka Songs he selected were: La Dalu Bopath By Karunarathna Divulgane Music By Rohana Weerasinghe Lyrics by Rev. Rambukkana Siddhartha Thero Sabanda Api Kandu Nowemu By Gunadasa Kapuge Music by Gunadasa Kapuge, Lyrics Darshana Medis Thawalama - Chandrasena Hettiarachchi & Chandralekha Perera with Somasiri Medagedara Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho Jo Wada Kiya sung by Abhirami Ajai | Cover Version of the song sung by the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi Budun Daka Niwan Dakinna Me Sansare by Chamara Weerasinghe

Everyone appreciated all the segments. Activities of the next meeting: yet to be decided. Song Appreciation: yet to be decided. Meeting closed at 6.00 pm.

Next meeting date: 22 April 2018 at 2pm. Venue: Alvie Hall, 314, High Street Road, Mt Waverley