St. Luke's Church Borella Choir
Douglas Meerwald and his father and uncle, Earl and Clair were also members of one of the leading church choirs at St. Luke's Church Borella of the Church of Ceylon. In 2006 St. Luke's Church Borella celebrated 125 years. Members of the Meerwald family still attend the church services.
The choir at St. Luke's led by the Meerwalds have been on Christmas radio programs of Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in the 1960s and 1970s.
Douglas Meerwald died in Colombo in October 2003.
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