Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo reveals a magical festive season

Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo dawned the magic of the season with the festive tree lighting and introduction of Bebop & the Barking Crickets – the band extraordinaire for Colombo’s ultimate New Year’s Eve party – on Wednesday. The Bebop and the Barking Crickets (The BBC) will present a compilation of vintage swing music of the 1920s with jazz and ultra-modern house, hip-hop and post-modern juke box pop music. Kumar Sangakkara kicked off the festivities with the lighting of the Christmas tree, which was followed by a fabulous evening filled 

with good cheer 

– Pix by Indraratne Balasuriya