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Printed and Published by The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., at No. 35, D.R.Wijewardene Mawatha, Colombo 10, on Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Winds of Change, the English Day of Sujatha Vidyalaya, Nugegoda, was held at the school auditorium recently. Sri Jayaward-hanapura University English Department Head Dilin Walisunda-ra was the Chief Guest while National Institute of Education, Maha-ragama, English Department project coordinator R A D Samaraweera was the

Guest of Honour. Among the highlights at the English Day were performances by mem-bers of the junior and senior choirs, the jun-ior drama Goblin, sen-ior drama Pride and Prejudice, a dance item with country flavour and an item titled Sujathians in Harmony. Music was provided by the school's advanced level(A/L) students. Pictures by Sudath Nishanta

Winds of Change from Nugegoda Sujathians

Chief Guest,Sri Jayawardhanapura University English Department Head Dilin Walisundara handing over a certifi-cate to a student

A dance item

The audience

A scene from the senior drama Pride and Prejudice

A scene from the junior drama Goblin

Sujathians in Harmony

Students A scene from Pride and Prejudice