Arts & Entertainment

Eclipse Group to Perform for Charity

The local singing group Eclipse will be performing their annual Christmas fundraising concert on Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18, at the Newtown Meeting House. Doors open at 7:00pm, concert begins at 7:30pm both evenings. 

This marks the sixth consecutive year the group has performed a fundraising Christmas concert. Previous charities included Danbury Hospital Diabetes Fund, The Alzheimer's Disease Fund, MVCPC, Inc. (Camp Jabberwocky), Donate Life America and Saint Dominic's Home. 

This year the group will donate all proceeds of the concerts to the International Myeloma Foundation.

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Eclipse is Matt Wilkie, and his twin sisters, Helen Malyszka and Trish Keil. They were born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, where the trio performed throughout the country. In 1975 they moved to the United States where they performed acoustic music along the east coast. In 1986 Andy Lafreniere joined the band bringing his experience as an acoustic and electric guitarist as well as his skills as a composer and arranger. The group then evolved into a seven-piece band, playing a variety of popular music of the seventies and eighties. Staying true to their roots the group has just released a new acoustic/Celtic Christmas CD, which includes original and traditional songs with strong vocal harmonies.

All members of Eclipse now make Connecticut their home. Andy and Helen are co-directors of the Suzuki Talent Education School in Sandy Hook, CT and have been for the past 27 years, where they teach early music programs as well as lessons in piano and classical guitar. Trish also teaches in the early music program. www.newtownsuzuki.com.  Matt runs a successful contracting business (Scotia Contracts) out of Southbury, CT.

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In previous years, the one-performance concert has been sold out before it was advertised. So this year a second evening is now planned. 

Please call 203-426-3939 for further information and reservations. 


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