[HANASHIR:2612] Re: Songleader shortage

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Yay Joel !!!!!!!!!   We need you!
Meris
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From: Imjoelman (at) aol(dot)com <Imjoelman (at) aol(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 11:29 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:2592] Re: Songleader shortage


> I guess this is a good time to introduce myself. My name is Joel Simon,
and I
>am the music teacher at Temple Emanuel in Denver Colorado and will be the
>assistant songleader at Shwayder Camp this summer, and I plan to attend
Hava
>Nashira for the first time this summer. I am 18 years old and will graduate
in
>2 months. There have been quite a few messages about the lack of young
>songleaders, so I thought I'd tell you how I got interested.  I know Steve
>Brodsky from Mah Tovu is on the list too, and when I saw him songleading at
>the temple when I was growing up, I knew that was what I wanted to do, so I
>got a guitar on my seventh birthday and started learning everything I can.
I
>now teach music at the religious school, help the cantor lead the junior
>choir, and help songlead in NFTY's Missouri Valley. I know in Denver we had
a
>period where there were more songleaders than we knew what to do with, but
now
>as they are "growing up" it's getting very hard. But, I'm here to stay, and
>I'm hoping to go on to cantorial school. So, for you "over forty's" don't
give
>up, but for David, I'm here too. I'm glad to be on the list and i look
forward
>to learning from all of you.
>
>Joel
>
>
>

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