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Crowning moment Contact us on (07) 3808 2299 AFTER the last reunion for details. three years ago, we re- ceived glowing compli- Also inside ments on a night that re-kindled friendships and took everyone down Royal Rajasthan North India & South India memory lane to the sub- urb of Bambalalapitya. 15-Day Tour Kerala 7 & 14-Day Tours When we in turn sat back 16-Day Tour and reviewed the night of As a Travelscene American Express travel agent, June 7, 2008, we quickly March into history Travelscene Springwood offers great service, great realised that what had Page 5 deals and the best prices on all types of travel products. essentially started out (in 2005) as a small- scale Good times roll on Our staff are skilled in all facets of travel – be it a get-together that was not UNITED CAUSE: The organising committee, back row from left, Page 7 domestic family holiday or a sophisticated package India & Nepal Sri Lanka Sri Lanka going to be yet another Rienzie Machado, Ainsley Corteling, Murray Moldrich. Front, tour of one of the exotic destinations in the world. 12-Day Tour 15-Day Tour 21-Day Tour school dance, it had some Malcolm Schockman, Russell Mortimer and Kevin Gomez. Story of our crest key characteristics that Line and observe the si- and family chores to meet Page 8 stood out. lence bell that we were in an environment that Our website updated weekly with the latest specials. The buzz of conversation, able to move on to the will bring back memories Stirring the back-slapping and next item on the night’s of our time in school. We handshakes, “the machang agenda. would also have the op- tribute is that you...” that began It underlined to us that portunity to share some to Raddy at the pre-event drinks this is what a reunion of these memories with HEsession rolled on into the YNshould be about. It is ourDESIG partners. 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FROM Band of brothers finest BY CECIL HEYN He was succeeded by Fr Former band leader Mervyn Weerakody, who THE year was 1963, when was instantly nicknamed BRIAN JAYASINGHA the Rector of St. Peter’s “Cheeseball” because his college, Father Basil Wira- cranium resembled a ball tunga decided to take his of Edam cheese. retirement. At the start of 1967, His nominated successor, Cheeseball called me into Fr Arthur Fernando was va- OF cationing in the UK before taking up his post as the recruiting students from the boys to gel into a for- differenthis office (amongreasons, the mostly many Rector of St. Peter’s College. the Senior and Senior-Prep disciplinary)trips I made to and his asked office mefor Fr Arthur held the ambi- classes to form the band drum band to lead the band that year. I tion to establish a Fife & (which was and probably Fr. Arthur aka. “Billa”, a midable unit as a fife and must say this year was one Drum Band at St Peter’s, still is, the only type of col- name he instantly acquired BRIAN J. AUTO CARE based on a model he had lege band in Sri Lanka). because of his stern face of the best years I spent at seen in England. Fr Arthur secured the and pronounced protuber- St Peter’s. With this goal in mind, he services of a retired army ance, partially veiled by I went back to playing the proceeded to buy the nec- sergeant who played in the cassock he tradition- bugle in 1968 while Randy essary musical instruments the Ceylon Army Band for ally wore, chose Dodwell de de Zilwa led the Band. needed to have a complete many decades to help train Zilva to lead the band. Dod- The Peterite Fife & Drum ensemble for such a band, the band in proper march- well (a natural showman) Band was a very popular which comprised six snare ing-style music and percus- led the band until the end attraction, particularly drums. six brass bugles, a sion skills. of 1963 and was succeeded at the girls’ schools sport bass drum, two side drums, This affable gentleman, by Gary Von Bergheim to meets. a mace for the leader, a set armed with a stack of mu- lead the band in 1964. I distinctly remember the of cymbals and military- sic sheets slowly got his In 1965, Gary’s brother, “oohs” and “aahs” when style white gauntlets. message across to the boys, Jeffrey took over the lead- 16 smartly dressed boys He even purchased a who, by the way could not ership and did an admira- leopard-skin type tunic to make head or tail of the ble job.