Hanson, the fresh-faced American pop group, has some competition on the horizon: the European-born
                  trio Bon Voyager.

                  Bon Voyager, like Hanson, is a group consisting of three young musical brothers whose enthusiasm
                  and singing ability could carry them a long way in the recording industry.

                  Sacred Heart Elementary School in Kingston played host to Bon Voyager for a recent special
                  appearance in the school auditorium, where the young musicians performed for over 400 students.

                  ’The group consists of David Greenberg, 14; John Paul Greenberg, 12; and Jonathan Green berg, 11.
                  During their performances, they sing to pre-programmed backtracks, while putting on a thoroughly
                  synchronized song-and-dance routine, echoing the contemporary stylings of groups like Boyz 2 Men,
                  ’N’ Sync, the Back street Boys, and of course, Hanson.

                  Currently the boys’ father/manager, Steven Greenberg, is teaching them different instruments so the
                  group can learn how to provide their own musical beds.

                  "They're all learning how to play the guitar," Steven said.

                  The three boys were raised in exotic parts of the world and have only been in the United States for less
                  than a year. David, the eldest of the three boys, was born in Bangladesh, while both John Paul and
                  Jonathan were born in Belgium.

                  The United Stales is not new to Steven, however, even though he had not seen American soil for 25
                  years until recently. Currently, he and the boys live in South Yarmouth.
                  "We're real happy we could be here at Sacred
                  Heart today," Steven said. As students filed
                  anxiously into the auditorium to see Bon
                  Voyager perform, Steven greeted the crowd to
                  give them some background as to how he and
                  his sons formed the band. When the auditorium
                  was full, he explained that he was always
                  interested in foreign countries, and when he
                  graduated from high school, he lived in Israel for
                  a year.

                  "I always had an interest in poor countries,"
                  Steven told the crowd. "So I made a decision to
                  give my life to God, and be a missionary."

                  He went on to explain that after his decision
                  was made, he moved to India and started
                  opening shelter houses for the sick and
                  nurturing them back to health.

                  Steven said one of the remedies he used to make sick people feel better was to play his guitar for them.

                  "They loved to hear the music," he said, "so I kept writing songs."

                  Steven eventually moved to Bangladesh, where David was born, and later, Belgium, where he fathered
                  the other two boys.

                  He began teaching his sons about music when they were very young, and eventually helped them form
                  into a group that could sing in three-part harmonies.

                                                     To this day, in order to properly educate the three boys,
                                                     Steven institutes a policy of home schooling.

                                                     "When they first started," Steven said, "they made a lot
                                                     of people happy with their music. So we started touring
                                                     around Europe."

                                                     Steven and the boys remained in Europe until early
                                                     1998, when they came to the United States, and made
                                                     a compact disc entitled "World Of Dreams," containing
                                                     five of the groups original songs.

                                                     Steven said he writes all the group’s original material,
                                                     but the boys play a large part in deciding what sounds
                                                     good and what does not.
 

                  In addition, Steven said young groups like Hanson did not have a direct influence on the musical
                  stylings of Bon Voyager. "When we first came here," Steven said, "we had no idea who Hanson was."

                  According to John Paul, the three boys are in fact influenced by a number of different bands. "We like
                  the Beatles and a lot of the older groups," he said. "We also like groups that sing with a lot of
                  harmony."

                  As Bon Voyager took the stage at Sacred Heart, Steven climbed behind the control boards in order to
                  monitor his sons’ sound quality.

                  The boys opened up with a number of their original songs including "Give the Love," "The Promise,"
                  "Hang On to Your Dream," and "Loving You."

                  While they sang over the predominant backtracks, the boys also danced skillfully around the stage,
                  dazzling the audience with their well-rehearsed array of stage techniques.

                  Cover songs which Bon Voyager struck notes with included "We Are The World," by Michael Jackson,
                  "End of the Road," by Boyz 2 Men, and "I Want You Back," by *N Sync.

                  The audience seemed captivated by the group's performance.

                  ’They’re all pretty good," said Madison Eiss, a sixth grader at the school.

                  "I like the song by *N Sync" said fifth grader Tim Falconeiri. Julie Highland, another sixth grade student
                  said she liked "the songs and the dances.

                  Pat Aries, a member of the Home School Association, a group which books shows at Sacred Heart,
                  said she was impressed by the performance as well. ’They’re great, I she said. "The kids are having a
                  hard time sitting in their seats.

                  Sister Jeanne Morris, principal at Sacred Heart, also seemed to be very fond of Bon Voyager

                  "This is our first time with them," she said, "but we can all take their message to heart. (Bon Voyager)
                  has a message and a vision, and it all comes out in their music.