[HANASHIR:16277] New Chanukah music online

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1. Gordon Lustig has written a new "Chanukah Rap" which you can find
online at: 

  http://www.hotshabbat.com/GLustig-chanukahrap-leadsheet2.pdf

This leadsheet contains sheet music and lyrics. Thanks, Gordon!

2. One online resource I'd like to find is a collection of traditional
prayers written out in Hebrew text (with vowels!) and ready to
cut-and-paste directly into an MSWord songsheet. Does anyone know where
such a resource could be found online? 

3. More web statistics...Totshabbat.com has had visits from 25 countries
over the last two weeks. There were nearly 800 distinct visitors. 
Most popular downloads: 

        Mi Y'maleil (doot-doot) performed by Kol B'Seder
        This Night - Marge Eiseman
        Around the Candles, 5 brothers, Light candles- all by Marcie Mirkin
        Hanerot Halalu- performed by Robin Selinger
        Shalom Shabbat Shalom and Children's Sh'ma - Carol Boyd Leon
        Shabbat Blessings- Karen Daniel
        When You Give a Little Ahavah - Judy Farber
        Letters on the Dreidel -- Andi Joseph
        Snack Blessing - Joel Simon
        Mi Sheh Tov Lo - Rahel

Please note, this list only includes audio files residing on my own
webspace, so it doesn't count all the many, many songs I've linked from
artist homepages and online retailers all over the web. 

4. Public health reminders... Flu has hit my synagogue community, and our
annual inter-generational sing-along at the Hebrew Home was cancelled
because too many of the elderly residents are ill. Think about reasonable
precautions a songleader can take to protect yourself and your community.

Singers are at extra risk of catching colds and flu in this season when
we're frequently working a lot and don't get much rest. Wash your hands
often, especially before/after working with kids and before meals. Use 
hot water and lots of soap.

DON'T pass pieces of challah or other foods hand-to-hand around the room
(as we often do after services at the kiddush...) Use a plate or a tray.
If you want to be extra careful, get some disposable plastic gloves from
the synagogue kitchen before handling food, or use tongs instead of
fingers. 

Avoid crowding too many people in a small space and make sure there's 
plenty of ventilation. 

Please don't laugh about this stuff... in college I went on an extended
European summer tour with my choir, and because we passed water bottles
around and shared food a lot, at some point the entire alto section got
sick at the same time. 

-Robin Selinger
 robin (at) totshabbat(dot)com





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