[HANASHIR:2883] Re: from UAHC camps to Ramah

[janeen kobrinsky <janeen...>]

dear Joanna ...

I will miss seeing your smile at HN this summer ... have a great time at
camp

love
janeen

-----Original Message-----
From: Joanna Selznick Dulkin <joanna (at) alumni(dot)stanford(dot)org>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 10:35 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:2882] from UAHC camps to Ramah


>Hello all,
>
>I sadly will not be attending Hava Nashira this summer, but for a very good
>reason...which brings me to my question for you.
>
>This summer (as of June 1!) I will be in Clayton, Georgia at the new Ramah
>Camp there, working as Rosh Shirah.  In the 3 years that Ramah-Darom has
>been in existence, there has not been a shira program to speak of, and I
>was hired to revive/create one.  If you're not familiar with Ramah camps,
>they are the official camps of the Conservative movement.  They are excited
>that someone like me who was bred as a "reform songleader" is coming to a
>Ramah camp...I see the summer as a grand experiment: what can I bring from
>my UAHC Camp experience that will be useful at Ramah?
>
>Now, here is where you come in: Is there anyone here who has, as I have,
>background working in Reform summer camps, who has then gone on to direct
>music programs in other movements' camps?  Or vice versa (from other
>movements to UAHC Camps)?  What sage advice have you?  I have never been to
>a Ramah camp, but what I have perceived as the major differences are: a
>strict observance of Shabbat and Kashrut, and a commitment to using hebrew
>language as much as possible: announcements in the dining hall are all in
>hebrew, for example.
>
>My question is not so much about repertoire as method, and perhaps only a
>few people may be able to address this issue: what has 'worked' and 'not
>worked' from setting to setting, from summer camp to summer camp?  I
>currently work for hebrew schools and synagogues for 4 different movements,
>and am learning a lot--however my question is specifically about camp.
>
>Does anyone have any advice?
>Thanks
>Joanna
>
>
>
>

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