[HANASHIR:13672] Eurovision

[Adrian Durlester <adrian...>]

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Adrian A. Durlester, MTS
E-mail: adrian (at) durlester(dot)com  URL:www.durlester.com
Director of Education, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria, VA
education(dot)driector (at) bethelhebrew(dot)org
Co-Director, Hazamir/JTAI Choir of Greater DC
Past Conf Chair, CAJE 27, August 4-8, 2002, Trinity University, San Antonio,
TX
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org] On
Behalf Of Joy Newman
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:22 PM
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:13665] Diva


The only European Award I can think of is the song "Diva" by Dana 
International, that won at Eurovision in 1998.  Hmmmm....  Does anyone know 
how Eurovision works?  I guess I'm blindly assuming that it was some sort of

music festival/competition, but I could be way off.  It would be interesting

to know what opportunitites there are out there, just for the sake of 
knowing...

Thanks!

~smile always~
-Joy






>From: "Rabbi Richard Schachet" <lvrabbi (at) lvcm(dot)com>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:13660] Re: Grammys and the Blues
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:08:32 -0800
>
>The hassidic, Israeli children's and Israeli  song festival  were sort
>of Jewish Grammy's.  Also isn't there a European Festival won by an 
>Israeli a few years ago.  Isn't this similiar to the Grammy's which I 
>agree are a farce.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cantor Brad Hyman" <cantorb (at) pacbell(dot)net>
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:39 AM
>Subject: [HANASHIR:13658] Grammys and the Blues
>
>
> > Wow!
> >
> > That was a wonderful, eloquent, worthy-of-Dennis-Miller rant about
> > the Grammy Awards. Sadly, it was also right on the money. Ditto to 
> > the
>follow-up
> > remarks about the great talent that has never received a "bronze
>euphonium."
> > The Grammy's are all about the industry, and how the industry sells
> > records(if we can even call them that...insert audible sigh). I did
>watch.
> > Why did I watch? Like a deer in the high beams, I couldn't change
> > the channel. What the hell was that in between the great B.B. King 
> > and
>Herbie
> > Hancock?? "Scroll back one more time... don't I look good?" There
> > were
>only
> > 11 televised awards in a "three-hour tour" spectacular-spectacular
> > that included a nod to nostalgia with our Beatrice-cized Simon and
>Garfunkel(will
> > they reunite to sell more records, or have they healed their
> > infamous
>rift
> > to repair the world, one folkie at a time?), James Taylor (who, by
> > the
>way,
> > publicly stated that he doesn't care if he won or lost...he's "past
> > it all"), and let us not forget that Nora Jones comes from the fine 
> > stock
>of
> > Ravi Shankar, who is clearly beyond anything we can comprehend with
> > our Western ears. I will also echo the 19-year-old Joy Newman, at my 
> > wife's alma mater U
>of
> > Ra-cha-cha, who reminds us that Jewish music is in our hands...for
> > now. Let's continue learn from the Grammy's as a warning of what can 
> > happen
>if
>we
> > are swayed solely by record sales, and popularity games. Thank God
> > for Transcontinental, Soundswrite, and other venues to sell our 
> > wares. Many
>of
> > us would not know about the "new stuff" if it weren't for them and
> > their marketing. But are we relying on this alone to spread music, 
> > or do the "music masters" who surf this listserv and fight in the 
> > trenches every
>week
> > still primarily drive it? Jewish music is not about what is "hot,"
> > or
>what
> > is the "most selling Jewish music [insert category here] album
> > ever,"
>but
> > rather it is about what is accessible in its time and place. That's
> > why
>we
> > can bring ourselves to let our rich musical heritage that Jeff,
> > Danny,
>and
> > Debbie were running from in the late '60's slip through our fingers
> > with
>the
> > bath water. This music, of which I dare-not-speak-its-name, too,
> > lives inside us and needs to be respected much like our Simon and 
> > Garfunkels
>and
> > James Taylors. In its time and place. Perhaps that's why a good ol'
>rousing
> > rendition of Sulzer's "Shema" is still heard at services in the most
> > contemporary Jewish musical bastions. I hope the "new guard" of 
> > Jewish composers are listening, and will
>continue
> > to push the envelope. I happen to love watching NFTY go crazy for
> > Danny Nichols, Rick Recht, Beth Schafer, and Noam Katz. Heck... I go 
> > crazy for their stuff, but not necessarily for the same reason the 
> > kids do. We
>need
>to
> > continue creating (re-creating?) Jewish musical heroes. These heroes
> > are
>the
> > likes responsible for me (and others I suspect) wanting to learn
> > more,
>and
> > eventually making a return to chazzanut. Isn't that the irony?? The
>harder
> > Jeff ran, he still became a learned cantor, Danny became a rabbi
> > (though
>we
> > all know he can sing with the best of 'em), and Debbie still
> > shudders at
>her
> > earlier usage of Hebrew grammar. Carlebach was a chacham first! We
> > need
>to
> > constantly learn more, and what better way to learn than by studying
> > our past. As soon as we can dig up ol' Solomon Sulzer from his 
> > European
>resting
> > place, and teach him to write music again that sounds
> > like...hmmmm... Russian folk music, '60's protest songs, Dave 
> > Mathews riffs, Rusted
>Root-ian
> > drum circle jams, with a Harry Chapin lyric (God, I wish he were
> > alive
>to
> > comment on the state of the world...more audible sighs) and a
> > smidgen of Torah text to wash it down, I'm sure we'll all be right 
> > as rain.
> >
> > Me? I'm gonna sing the Blues....
> >
> > Cantor Brad Hyman
> > Temple Sinai of Glendale
> > 1212 N. Pacific Avenue
> > Glendale, CA 91202
> > (818) 246-8101 phone
> > (818) 246-9372 fax
> > (818) 244-2547 The "Bat Phone"
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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