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Show - N E W S Spanish Fork A8 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 Eclipse: from college and started going in different directions, getting together was sounds good?* And Eclipse no longer as easy as it had was a name that sounded once been. "All but one of us are good, and that no one had a serious problem with, so married, and four have kids, so we can't just drop everythat's what we chose." In the summer of 2001, thing to go perform now," Eclipse heard about some said Taylor. "I'm the only auditions for groups to one that works full-time perform at the Winter 2002 for the business side of the Olympics. They decided group, but everyone else to give it a try. After they has other jobs and we have auditioned, the judges told to work around everyone's them, "We want you to busy schedule." sing for Kenny." Still, "we love to perform, and we want to keep Taylor explained, "None of us knew who that was, but doing it as long as we can," we went in and sang our ar- Taylor said. "We just work rangement of 'Danny Boy' for this guy named Kenny Ortega. He was known at "We're really the time for being the choreographer for Newsies, but looking forward now he's even better known to this upcomas the director and choreographer for the High School ing perforMusical movies." mance." Ortega loved Eclipse's - Shayne Taylor sound, and immediately decided to cast them in the Opening Ceremonies. There was a section Ortega had planned to include in it into our lives, jobs, kids the Opening Ceremonies and all —in fact, we're a production when the Mor- pretty big hit with the todmon Pioneers had arrived in dler demographic." Salt Lake Valley and were Eclipse consists of bass sitting around a campfire James Case, baritones singing. The song was Ste- Shayne Taylor and Dan phen Foster's "Hard Times Kartchner, second tenor Come Again No More" Jake Despain, tenor and and Ortega had originally vocal percussionist Kevin planned to have it done by Jones, and high tenor Paul James Taylor and cellist Yo Hansen. Yo Ma, but after he heard "We do everything Eclipse sing, he decided the without instruments, so quiet, a cappella sound was anything you hear that exactly what the moment sounds like an instrument needed. is probably Kevin," said Taylor. "Paul also does this "We didn't hear back if thing where he buzzes his we'd gotten the part for a while," Taylor said, "and lips into the microphone, then they called us and and it makes this really asked if we'd be interest- low sound — we call it ed. One of the guys said, 'I our sub-woofer. You kind think I speak for the rest of of have to see it to know the group when I say heck what I'm talking about." yes!'" Taylor says that the Eclipse ended up being music of Eclipse is "really involved with many parts a lot of fun for the whole of the Olympics, including family. We've got a good singing in the Medals Plaza, mix of upbeat music, and and at the Closing Ceremo- slower ballads, so it's fun. nies. The publicity they got We enjoy singing for peothere "gave us a huge jump ple, and we're really lookstart;' Taylor said. "After ing forward to this upcomthat, still with no real mas- ing performance." ter plan, we started doing a Eclipse will sing at the lot more stuff. We recorded Harvest Moon Hurrah, at four more albums, sang at the library park, at 7 p.m. the Stadium of Fire, went Sept. 20. More informaon tour to Shanghai and tion about the group can Thailand, stuff like that." be found on their website, As the group graduated ww w.eclipsesingers .com. Covering what matters most INDIA FEST From ECLIPSE-Al annual event held at Krishna Temple Clair Jones STAFF WRITER On Saturday, Sept. 13, Spanish Fork's Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple held the 22nd annual India Fest, Pageant of the Ramayana, from 4-10 p.m. To celebrate the Ramayana, international and local performers travelled to the temple to share India's spiritual culture with those who attended this years* India Fest. Performers included the Nam Hatta Band, with musicians and vocalists hailing from Utah, Colorado and California, and the traditional Indian dancing of Shatakshi Goyal, Divva Narayanan and Raslila, who has performed and taught dance workshops in Belgium, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Panama and the United States. At 7 p.m., four students from Nandita Behera's Odissi Dance Circle in Los Angeles took the stage: Monica Buyan, Nupur Behera, Samhitha Boyapalli and Krishty Mukherjee. These young ladies were chosen from nearly 30 dancers at their school to travel to India Fest and perform a traditional dance, through which they pay their respects to Lord Ganesha. "I've been dancing for nine years," Monica Buyan said. "Each area in India has different things that they focus on in their classical dances, and we do Odissi dance. It's from the east side of India, and it's more on expression and grace. We tell stories of devotees or gods and how, at least as humans, we interpret it." The main event, which drew nearly 4,000 people to last years' India Fest, was the drama depicting the transformation of Valmiki and the Pageant of the Ramayana. The pageant tells the story of Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, and his battle with the 10headed, 20-armed demonking, Ravana, to regain his beloved wife, Sita, who represents womanly virtue. Clair Jones / Spanish. Fork News ART OF DANCE: Nupur Behera, Samhitha Boyapalli, Monica Buyan and Krishty Mukherjee were among the performers at India Fest 2008. GATHERING PLACE: Visitors begin to find places on the hill east of the temple in preparation for the Pageant of Ramayana. The pageant climaxes when flaming arrows are shot at a 20-foot-high effigy of Ravana, which then catches fire and burns, symbolizing the defeat of the demon. Those who attended the festival left happy, having enjoyed a full evening of Indian food, dance and music. "I really like being around here," said Mindy Workman, of Mapleton. "I like to meditate and do yoga, and it's a really cool atmosphere. It's fun to learn about a different culture." India Fest, however entertaining and enjoyable it may be, also has a deeper meaning for the Hare Krishna's who live at the temple and arranged the events. "The most important message of the Ramayan is • •.'" r "--"" The newest high-performance hybrid is loaded. 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