[HANASHIR:8157] Re: HANASHIR digest 1137

[Terri Rosenhouse <terri...>]

Jewish Songleading/Music wrote:

>                             HANASHIR Digest 1137
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
>   1)  Re: This is very good words and cords
>         by Helen Andrea Galkowski <hgalkowski (at) stny(dot)rr(dot)com>
>   2)  sounds of silence
>         by "Adrian Durlester" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
>   3)  Tu B'Shevat
>         by NeilNFW (at) aol(dot)com
>   4)  Tu B'Shevat
>         by Eric Simon <erics (at) radix(dot)net>
>   5)  Re: Tu B'Shevat
>         by DMG686 (at) aol(dot)com
>   6)  Re: Tu B'Shevat
>         by "Carol Boyd Leon" <cbleon (at) hotmail(dot)com>
>   7)  Lewandowski recordings please
>         by "David & Susan Esterman" <estermans (at) paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
>   8)  Re: Tu B'Shevat
>         by "Meris Ruzow" <meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com>
>   9)  Re: Tu B'Shevat
>         by "Adrian Durlester" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
>  10)  Re: Tu B'Shevat
>         by AnnaRuach (at) aol(dot)com
>  11)  Re: Lewandowski recordings please
>         by "WINSTON WEILHEIMER" <nusach (at) hotmail(dot)com>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8133] Re: This is very good words and cords
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 12:24:35 -0500
> From: Helen Andrea Galkowski <hgalkowski (at) stny(dot)rr(dot)com>
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>
>
>
>
> Nancy,
> I have the sheet music with the words and cords that we use.  It's a
> song that Chaim Stern did the words and Jeffrey Klepper did the music.
>
> When God made the world,  and made it full of light; the sun to shine
> by day , the moon and stars by night.  God made it full of : lilies,
> oaks and trout, tigers and bears, sparrows, hawks and apes.
>
> And God took clay from earth's four corners to give it the breath of
> life,  and god said:This is very good.  This is very good. Man , women
> and child all are good.
>
> Man woman and child resemble god.  Like god, we love,  Like god we
> think,like god we care. Man, woman and child all are good.
>
> Hope this helps.  I'd check Tara to see if they have a copy of the
> music.
>
> We use it at temple but since it's not in the book it came with I
> can't give you the name of it.  I do know it's on pages 249-250.
>
> Have a good day
> Helen
>
>
>> I'm looking for the words and chord changes for a song called "This
>> is Very Good".  I learned it at UAHC summer camp years ago, and
>> would love to have the info in time for a special
>> environmentally-oriented service this Friday night.
>>
>> It starts something like: When G-d made the world, he made it full
>> of light, the sun to shine by day,
>> the moon and stars by night.
>>
>> Does anyone know the rest of it?  There is some hebrew at the
>> beginning of it, which I know how it sounds but have no idea how to
>> write out, either in transliteration or Hebrew.  Anyone who could
>> help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Nancy Sonnenfeld
>
>
>   Helen Galkowski,
>
>     hgalkowski (at) stny(dot)rr(dot)com
>    http://algebraist.com/jmusic.htm,
>     FAX 630-214-8625
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8134] sounds of silence
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:33:42 -0600
> From: "Adrian Durlester" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
> To: "Hanashir" <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> CC: "Adrian Durlester (at) Home" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
>
> OK-the list has been too quiet.
>
> Tu B'shevat is Thursday. We expect reports after the chag on the success of
> your programs and what songs you used.
>
> Purim is next. Time to start sharing our Purim Parodies and plans. I will be
> posting parody lyrics to the web site, as well as adding a page of extra
> lyrics for Steve Reuben's "sing-along song" to the website in the next week
> or so.
>
> Please don't just reply to this message without creating a new "Subject
> line" so we know what your message is about!
>
> Now, talk amongst yourselves.
>
> Adrian
>
> List Owner
>
> Adrian A. Durlester. M.T.S.
> http://members.home.net/durleste/
> Judaic/Ivrit and Music Teacher-Akiva School, Nashville, TN
> Music & Choir Director, Congregation Micah, Nashville, TN
> Editor, Bim Bam, Torah Aura Productions, Los Angeles, CA
> Evening Program Chair, CAJE 26, Aug 5-9, 2001, Colorado state University.
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8135] Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 12:43:00 EST
> From: NeilNFW (at) aol(dot)com
> To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>
> I'll give a big plug to Karen Daniel's "Tu B'Shevat Cha Cha."  The kids 
> (grades K-5) LOVE this song and are singing it even when I am not around to 
> lead or suggest it.  If you can get rhythm instruments going too, it adds a 
> nice effect.
>
> Neil Weinstein
> Bellevue, WA
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8136] Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 13:06:29 -0800
> From: Eric Simon <erics (at) radix(dot)net>
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>
> At 11:33 AM 2/5/01 -0600, Adrian Durlester wrote:
> >OK-the list has been too quiet.
> >
> >Tu B'shevat is Thursday. We expect reports after the chag on the success of
> >your programs and what songs you used.
>
> The shul where I teach had a family Tu B'Shevat seder yesterday.
>
> (Background: I think I only knew on Tu B'Shevat song as recently as a few
> months ago).
>
> My songleading was a _major_ hit, primarily becuase of songs I learned
> here, and in a local "dc-shir" group.
>
> The biggest hits, the songs that went over best, hands down, were these
> three, in no particular order:
>
> 1.  The Tree Song - Josh Miller
> 2.  Tu B'Shevat Cha Cha - Karen Daniel
> 3.  Borey Borey Pri Ha'Etiz - Shlock Rock
>
> and also a fourth is worth mentioning, went over well well also:
>
> 4.  Planting Song - Jeff Klepper
> (this worked particularly well as a closing song for us, because those that
> attended the seder were invited to plant a tree immediately afterwards)
>
> If this list can come up with songs that went over this well for Purim,
> I'll be on cloud nine!
>
> -- Eric
>
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8137] Re: Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:09:23 EST
> From: DMG686 (at) aol(dot)com
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>
> Chaverim,
>
> The songs that my Hebrew School grades 1 through 3 enjoyed the most were:
>
> Atze Zetim Omdim (by far the most popular and most requested)
> Tu B'Shevat Song  (By Rabbi Jack Gabriel, sung to the tune of Lollipop)
> Shir HaPerot   (Ronit Ben Ari, they loved learning how to speak Hebrew)
> Eitz Chayim  (Richard Silverman)
>
> I look forward to adding more of the songs mentioned by members on the list
> in the coming years.  Keep the suggestions coming.
>
> B'Shirah,
> Donna Gordon
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8138] Re: Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 18:17:22 -0000
> From: "Carol Boyd Leon" <cbleon (at) hotmail(dot)com>
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>
> My elementary-school-age classes each year do Karen's song with a
> stadium-wave effect.  One group is walnuts, who are seated next to dates,
> next to grapes, and then come bananas.  They sing (or, more typically,
> shout) out their food as they stand with hands overhead, then sit back down.
>   Yup, it's fun and always a big hit.  With preschoolers, for whom this
> choreography is a bit too challenging, together they shout out bananas with
> my permission to "go a little bananas" with shakers.
> --Carol Boyd Leon, Burke, VA
>
> >I'll give a big plug to Karen Daniel's "Tu B'Shevat Cha Cha."  The kids
> >(grades K-5) LOVE this song and are singing it even when I am not around to
> >lead or suggest it.  If you can get rhythm instruments going too, it adds a
> >nice effect.
> >
> >Neil Weinstein
> >Bellevue, WA
> >
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8139] Lewandowski recordings please
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:41:03 +1300
> From: "David & Susan Esterman" <estermans (at) paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
> To: "Hanashir email list" <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>
> On behalf of a good friend in Australia, I?d like some recommendations
> for good cds of Lewandowski music. Can anyone help please? Suppliers
> would also be useful.
>
> Thanks in anticipation of a flood of replies!
>
> Sue in NZ
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8140] Re: Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:49:43 -0500
> From: "Meris Ruzow" <meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com>
> To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>
> A few more favorites:   Tzadik Katamar (with two big claps at the end of the
> very long first phrase), The Planting Song by Jeff Klepper, "Let's Plant a
> Tree" sung to the tune of Achshav (JC Ginsburg), "Li Yesh Tapuach" by Ronit
> Ben-Arie - not sure if it's the same tune somone else mentioned, "Trees are
> Blowin' in the Wind" by Debbie Friedman.
> Meris Ruzow
> meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMG686 (at) aol(dot)com <DMG686 (at) aol(dot)com>
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Date: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:06 PM
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8137] Re: Tu B'Shevat
>
>
> >Chaverim,
> >
> >The songs that my Hebrew School grades 1 through 3 enjoyed the most were:
> >
> >Atze Zetim Omdim (by far the most popular and most requested)
> >Tu B'Shevat Song  (By Rabbi Jack Gabriel, sung to the tune of Lollipop)
> >Shir HaPerot   (Ronit Ben Ari, they loved learning how to speak Hebrew)
> >Eitz Chayim  (Richard Silverman)
> >
> >I look forward to adding more of the songs mentioned by members on the list
> >in the coming years.  Keep the suggestions coming.
> >
> >B'Shirah,
> >Donna Gordon
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8141] Re: Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 14:31:27 -0600
> From: "Adrian Durlester" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
> To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> CC: "Adrian Durlester (at) Home" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
>
> A second for Ronit Ben-Arie's Shir HaPerot and also Chagiga Bagan and Shir
> Haetz. These have been very popular at my school. and Josh Miller's "Tree
> Song" never fails to win a crowd over-adults included.
>
> But my personal favorite, of course, is my own wife's Tu B'shevat Cha Cha :)
>
> A beautiful melody one rarely hears is Ki Tavo'u and I wish more people knew
> it and used it.
>
>
>
> Adrian
> Adrian A. Durlester. M.T.S.
> http://members.home.net/durleste/
> Judaic/Ivrit and Music Teacher-Akiva School, Nashville, TN
> Music & Choir Director, Congregation Micah, Nashville, TN
> Editor, Bim Bam, Torah Aura Productions, Los Angeles, CA
> Evening Program Chair, CAJE 26, Aug 5-9, 2001, Colorado state University.
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8142] Re: Tu B'Shevat
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:06:20 EST
> From: AnnaRuach (at) aol(dot)com
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>
> Tree Song -- Josh Miller
> Tu B'Shevat Cha Cha -- Karen Daniel
> Shir HaPerot -- Ronit Ben Ari
> Chagiga Bagan
> Shir Haetz
>
> OK gang, where can I get all of the above?  Thanks so much!
>
> Cantor Anna West Ott
>
>
>    ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:8143] Re: Lewandowski recordings please
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 21:06:43 -0500
> From: "WINSTON WEILHEIMER" <nusach (at) hotmail(dot)com>
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>
> olympia records has a cd compilation called louis lewandowski, choral &
> cantorial works, with the zemel choir and cantor robert brody.its a
> wonderful cd
>
>
> >From: "David & Susan Esterman" <estermans (at) paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
> >Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> >To: "Hanashir email list" <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: [HANASHIR:8139] Lewandowski recordings please
> >Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:41:03 +1300
> >
> >On behalf of a good friend in Australia, I?d like some recommendations for
> >good cds of Lewandowski music. Can anyone help please? Suppliers would also
> >be useful.
> >Thanks in anticipation  of a flood of replies!
> >Sue in NZ
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
>
>