{"id":60996,"date":"2021-04-04T06:03:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T06:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=60996"},"modified":"2021-04-04T06:03:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T06:03:49","slug":"awesome-showband-in-our-midst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/awesome-showband-in-our-midst\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome showband in our midst!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #008080;\">Awesome showband in our midst!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Aquarius.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/awesome-showband-in-our-midst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Surprise! Surprise! Last Friday, March 27th, I decided to check out the scene at Shore by O, situated in Mount Lavinia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">My trip was mainly to see Aquarius, in action, together with their new singer, April Schokman, and I was truly amazed by what the band had to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Honestly, April\u2019s presence, in the lineup, has certainly given Aquarius a new feel to their music, and presentation, and I would now classify them as an awesome showband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">We do have, in our scene, bands of repute, but\u2026showband? Aquarius excels in this category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">April is a bundle of dynamite, while performing, and she certainly brings dynamism into her whole act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">I would pick her as the most colourful singer, we have at the moment, and with a quality voice to match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lending her support, Friday evening, to highlight the outfit\u2019s status as a super-duper showband (thumbs up from me) were Sajith and Ruwini, and they, too, did excel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Although the weather, last Friday evening, was a damper, Aquarius did heat up the scene; they were all fired up, and the crowd loved it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">If you want to experience another night of awesome entertainment, with Aquarius, I would suggest you head to the Irish Bar and Grill, next Wednesday, April 7th, from 7.00 pm onwards.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awesome showband in our midst! 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