[HANASHIR:12423] Jewish Musical Adventures

[SNewman18 <SNewman18...>]

Dear All,

I have been thinking. (oy!)  In the Jewish musical community, we all work 
hard at sharing our love and passion for Jewish music.  Adult, child, teen, 
seniors - it makes no difference. Music moves us all, at some time in our 
life.  Read on:

I have recently become a representative for Oranim Educational Initiatives, a 
company specializing in Jewish Educational Travel for all ages.  While this 
is a dream shidduch to me, YOU might be thinking, "Now what does a travel 
company have to do with THIS SONGLEADING list?"  Answer: READ ON!

As a songleader and Informal Educator, thoughts began to pervade my waking 
and sleeping hours - to the point that I just HAD to share my idea with all 
of YOU, first!  I am now on a MISSION and looking for others that want to 
join me in brainstorming a Jewish MUSICAL trip or series of trips around the 
WORLD that Oranim Educational Initiatives will arrange and host with your 
guidance. (It will be EXTREMELY affordable if we can get enough people to go.)

 For SOME, Jewish music is one and the same with their identity.  For others, 
the music is just a jumping off point to a positive Jewish memory, a better 
mood, a sense of belonging, or a family / community ritual.  The beauty of 
Jewish music is that it can be interpreted. It can take on a different 
meaning to all who experience it - whether they are performing, observing, 
creating, or just appreciating. How beautiful that music is inherently 
customized for all levels of participation!  The very thing that we all 
strive to create is RIGHT under our nose. AMAZING.

  What if we all got together and created some sort of 10 day experience for 
teens through seniors that would include performing, attending, and visiting 
relevant Jewish musical sites around the world?  

I am ready to devote my time and energy to this!  I just need some thoughts 
about the 5 W's and an H.  Who? What? When? Why? Where? How?  There are 
zillions of possibilities! 

Initial thoughts to get the discussion going:

Who? 
Congregational choirs, teens, seniors, youth groups, camps, Jewish schools, 
college campus groups

What? 
Combination of performing, sharing, listening to, and travelling to Jewish 
musical venues.

When?
Open to thoughts or suggestions

Where?
Europe? Israel? Spain? Italy? China?  (I'm leaning toward Europe and Israel)

Why?
Because we can!

How?
Oranim Educational Initiatives will arrange this at an affordable price to 
make this possible.  Maybe we can find local grants to send our kids? Maybe 
local communities would be responsible for raising the appropriate funds? 
Other ideas?

PLEASE ADD TO MY THOUGHTS!!! I can't wait to hear from all of you about this!

Warm Regards,
Scott Newman

snewman18 (at) aol(dot)com  or
scottn (at) jewishadventures(dot)com

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