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BOSTON AUCTIONS SPECIALTY CEYLON
TEAS TO SUPPORT SRI LANKA
TSUNAMI VICTIMS
Ms. Dexter and Mr. Simrany auctioning the drawing
created by Boston
surrealist artist Julian
Despite the highly unpredictable weather conditions
associated with Hanna and Ike hurricanes, many tea lovers flocked
to the prestigious Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers in the
afternoon of last Sunday, 7th September to witness a specialty
Ceylon tea auction, which aimed at raising funds for the Tsunami-affected
children in Sri Lanka. The event was jointly created by the editor/publisher
of the well-known “Tea A Magazine”, Ms. Pearl Dexter
and the famous tea sommelier of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel &
Towers, Ms. Cynthia Gold in close collaboration with the Tea Association
of the USA, Inc. in New York and the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington
D.C.. Mr. Joseph Simrany, President of the Tea Association of
the USA, Inc. and Mr. Nimal Karunatilake, Minister (Commercial)
of the Sri Lanka Embassy were in Boston over the week-end to support
the charity auction.
Full
Story
The Embassy is pleased to post on
its website the following pages of the 2008 Summer issue
of the "Tea"- A Magazine, which carries an article
on the first ever Ceylon tea auction, held on the US soil.
All proceeds from the auction were donated to a Tsunami
related charity in Sri Lanka.
Click
here to read
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