[HANASHIR:5825] Re: Passover Songsheet - April 2000

[Ellen Allard <ellen...>]

Dear All,

Peter and I just got back from a most wonderful trip to Birmingham,
Alambama, Steve Dropkin's hometown. We performed a family concert at the
Levite JCC. We definitely experienced Southern hospitality at its best! We
were made to feel so welcome. Steve and his wife, Jessica (a cantor at the
reform synagogue) are contributing so much to the Jewish community and have
clearly, in a short time (they've been there less than a year) made a huge
impact. Congratulations to them for all they have done and many thanks for
the warm reception!

I led the music at our local Worcester NCJW women's seder on April 11th. I
added this next twist to the seder and I thought it was LOTS of fun. I'll
explain as best I can and if you have any questions, please feel free to
email me privately. Each time we came to a new part in the order of the
seder, we sang the order of the seder, from start to finish, using a
different melody. I tried to choose a melody that could in some way reflect
the next part of the seder about which we were singing. For example, when we
got to karpas, we sang the order of the seder using the song "Take Me Out to
the Ballgame"....last year, we sang "Simple Gifts" from Aaron Copland's
Applachian Spring. If there was leftover melody at the end of the parts of
the seder, we just either stopped or sang the rest of the melody on "la la
la". Hope that makes sense. In any case, it was really fun. Some people who
thought it was a little hokey actually told me they warmed up to the idea
and they liked the fact that it helped them learn the order of the seder.
BTW, this was not my idea. I saw it done at last years' second night seder
at my friend, Rabbi Judy Kummer's house in Needham, MA.

Chag Sameach to all!

Fondly, Ellen Allard
ellen (at) PeterandEllen(dot)com
Specializing in Music for Young Children
Come visit us at http://www.PeterandEllen.com

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>From: Roslyn Schwartz <rs4 (at) post(dot)queensu(dot)ca>
>To: Hanashir <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:5823] Passover Songsheet - April 2000
>Date: Mon, Apr 17, 2000, 11:06 PM
>

> Well just before I sign off for the night, I thought that I would share
> with others the songsheet that I have compiled for use at our Community
> Seder on Wednesday.  (We won't sing them all, there are too many, but
> this way we can use the same songsheet in the future & still allow for
> some variety).
>
> I decided to include songs that were in the Haggadah, so that all the
> songs are in one place.  Last year (with a much shorter songsheet)
> people were flipping back & forth between the songsheet, the main text
> of the Haggadah, & the transliterations at the back of the Haggadah, &
> it got very confusing.
>
> Thanks to all who helped with the B'rich Rachamana.
>
> Happy Pesach!
>
> - Ros
>
>
> Passover Songsheet - April 2000 - compiled by Ros Schwartz
>
> Hinei Ma Tov
>
> Take Us out of Egypt /  Take Me out to the Seder
> There's No Seder like Our Seder
> Our Passover Things
> Just a Tad of Charoset
> The Ballad of the Four Sons
>
> Avadim Hayinu
> Dayenu
> V'nomar L'fanav
> Halleluyah
> B'tzeit Yisrael
>
> Shir Ha Ma'alot - a Song of Ascent
> Birkat Hamazon, Oseh Shalom, Adonai Oz L'amo Yitein
> B'rich Rachamana [by Rabbi Shefa Gold]
> Eliyahu Hanavi
> Miriam Hanevia
> Miriam's Song [by Debbie Friedman]
>
> Adir Hu
> Adir Bimlucha - Ki Lo Noeh
> Echad Mi Yodeah / Who Knows One?
> Chad Gadya - an Only Kid
>
> Lo Yisa Goy
> Peace Is Flowing like a River
> We Shall Overcome
> There's a Bright Side Somewhere
> Dona Dona
> Let My People Go
>
> Zog Nit Keynmol
> Bashanah Habaah
>
> The Red Sea
> My Heart Will Still Be Free
>

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