[HANASHIR:14398] Re: Kids' Songs

[rahel <rahel...>]

I second that motion. We have to remember that we are Jews - especially at 
a Jewish camp! There are hundreds of "secular" songs written by Jews. Try 
totshabbat for starts. Hey, how about Irving Berlin, Hammerstein and the 
rest? They were all Jews! Point out to your campers that the "secular" 
songs you are singing are songs that made the hit parade her ein the 
Diaspora but are written by great Jewish composers. BTW - there are books 
out that list all the great Jews - Great Jews in Music, Sports etc. etc. 
Skim through one of those books and list the Jewish greats - then find 
their works on the Internet!

Rahel



  At 01:26 PM 5/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Joseph,
>
>"Secular" kid's music doesn't mean the songs can't come from Jewish sources,
>or Jewish songwriters... just off the top of my head - Karen Daniel's "Sing
>A Song About A Rainbow" is *hugely* successful with that age group.  Judy
>Kaplan Ginsburgh has great children's CD's with songs that can "pass" as
>"secular", and probably most of the artists on this list  (not me...;-)
>have songs that can work that way.  It might take alot of research - but
>worth it!
>
>Shirona
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joseph A. Skloot" <jskloot (at) Princeton(dot)EDU>
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:23 AM
>Subject: [HANASHIR:14367] Kids' Songs
>
>
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I am a songleader and music teacher, like most of us, who mainly uses
>Jewish music. However, this coming summer I'm going to be working at a
>Jewish day camp where the director has asked me to incorperate 50% secular
>kids' music. I'm going to be working with 4-9 year olds. I was wondering if
>any of you have any suggestions of CDs/Music books that have songs that
>would be good for this group. I have a few ideas in my head (i.e. the
>"Additional Songs" from Shireinu) but my list is a rather short.
> >
> > I appreciate any assistance you may have.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joseph Skloot
> >
> >
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> >
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