Monday, December 21, 2009
Christmas caroling -- with llamas!
One of my Physics 105 students (Tyler Clive) was the organizer. He gave me a copy of the article, presumably because he knows I'm a singer. If the idea of BYU students renting llamas from a Hare Krishna temple to do Christmas caroling in order to help the food bank doesn't make you smile, there's something wrong with you! :-)
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/article_f2ee6128-be9a-5602-98b7-044f0826db0a.html
Heidi Toth - Daily Herald
Posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009 12:00 am
The toddler who opened the door at Marni Sanft's home in Provo on Friday night came face to face with a llama.
The 20 BYU students and four llamas that came caroling and asking for food for the Utah Food Bank sang a couple of songs to the family, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Llama," and to dozens of other families through Provo in the third Carollama event. Yes, that is caroling with llamas.
BYU student Tyler Clive said the idea for the Carollama came up because he noticed llama rental from the Hare Krishna temple in Spanish Fork was inexpensive, and the llamas combined with the Christmas caroling and asking for canned food seemed like a sure winner.
Judging by the reactions when Provo residents open the door to find a group of BYU students and a relative of the camel singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," Clive's early guess was correct. Children come running, the TV goes off and people come to enjoy the show.
"It's actually quite a surprise to find a llama at your door," Clive observed. "I think people welcome surprises like that at Christmas."
This year he's rented more llamas and they're going out for four nights; Friday night was the first. Clive said he expects a bigger haul for the food bank thanks to the larger scale of the project.
Brothers James and Joel Castleton braved the cold Friday night to sing; Christmas caroling is a tradition in their family, so this was an easy choice. The llamas were new, but the rest was familiar.
"It's probably the funnest thing ever," he said.
The other caroling nights are today, Monday and Thursday. The group meets in the parking lot east of the BYU law school at 5:30 p.m. to get a llama, split into smaller groups and start caroling.
• Heidi Toth can be reached at (801) 344-2556 or htoth@heraldextra.com.
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/article_f2ee6128-be9a-5602-98b7-044f0826db0a.html
Heidi Toth - Daily Herald
Posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009 12:00 am
The toddler who opened the door at Marni Sanft's home in Provo on Friday night came face to face with a llama.
The 20 BYU students and four llamas that came caroling and asking for food for the Utah Food Bank sang a couple of songs to the family, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Llama," and to dozens of other families through Provo in the third Carollama event. Yes, that is caroling with llamas.
BYU student Tyler Clive said the idea for the Carollama came up because he noticed llama rental from the Hare Krishna temple in Spanish Fork was inexpensive, and the llamas combined with the Christmas caroling and asking for canned food seemed like a sure winner.
Judging by the reactions when Provo residents open the door to find a group of BYU students and a relative of the camel singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," Clive's early guess was correct. Children come running, the TV goes off and people come to enjoy the show.
"It's actually quite a surprise to find a llama at your door," Clive observed. "I think people welcome surprises like that at Christmas."
This year he's rented more llamas and they're going out for four nights; Friday night was the first. Clive said he expects a bigger haul for the food bank thanks to the larger scale of the project.
Brothers James and Joel Castleton braved the cold Friday night to sing; Christmas caroling is a tradition in their family, so this was an easy choice. The llamas were new, but the rest was familiar.
"It's probably the funnest thing ever," he said.
The other caroling nights are today, Monday and Thursday. The group meets in the parking lot east of the BYU law school at 5:30 p.m. to get a llama, split into smaller groups and start caroling.
• Heidi Toth can be reached at (801) 344-2556 or htoth@heraldextra.com.
# posted by John Colton @ 1:37 PM 
