Re: HANASHIR digest 153

[Jacob Kay <realalternative...>]

Hello all,

This is my first time posting on here, even though I've been recieving 
Hanashir for a few months now.  I plan on running for NFTY-MAR 
songleader at Spring Kallah in a few months, and we do have it as a 
youth position.  It's not voted upon, as positions such as RCVP, PVP, 
President, etc... are, but instead, is chosen by the new board, at the 
end of the event.  I like it much better when we have the youth leading 
the songs, even if they aren't as qualified, or as good of songleaders.  
It seems to me that young people in general are more likely to follow 
along with other young people, and it's more enjoyable to be led by a 
peer.

Just my $.02!!!

Jacob Komisar
NFTYguy (at) hotmail(dot)com


This is kind of off of the subject of the posts that have been coming 
through
on this mailing list lately, but NFTY national elections are coming up 
for the
1998-1999 board and I was wondering your opinion of having not only a 
NFTY
president, programming vice president, religious and cultural vp, and 
social
action vice president but adding a NFTY songleader too (or maybe two).  
The
reason I think this is a good idea:  NFTY is a youth led organization.  
While
I do realize that some of the people who read this newsletter do 
songlead for
NFTY regions, in my region, we have youth members as songleaders.  It is 
a
general board position.  I get calls from all over my region to help 
with
music for shul ins and other music related questions that I doubt  the
Religious and Cultural Vice president would know.  I think NFTYites 
would feel
more comfortable and more involved by having their peers lead them in 
song and
prayer.  I asked a friend about this who was in my songleading class at 
Kutz
camp and he said that he thinks the adults are more qualified and he 
knows
that his rabbi is a much better songleader than he is, but I would think 
that
the person or people who recieve the position of NFTY songleader would 
be
extremely qualified as a musician, songleader and leader in general.  
What do
you think?  
sara



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