[HANASHIR:2892] Re: from UAHC camps to Ramah

[Red Sea Blue <Jess...>]

Joanna,

I might have said this to your already, I'm not sure. But last summer we
visited a number of camps. The most traditionally religious (we didn't
manage to infiltrate Ramah) was the Young Judea in Texas. A lovely  camp,
about 300 kids. They are shomer shabbat no instruments or electrics. They
used their madrichim strategically positioned around the room, it was
mostly the male voices that carry better unamplified. And most of those
voices were very strained and croaky. They were doing lots of shouting and
chanting, I'm sure they weren't trainee cantors. When I was teaching, all
the madrichim got them quiet. I stood on a table (height very important
otherwise the sound is absorbed by all the bodies) and went for it. It can
be done if you select material carefully and have very good support (both
vocally and from the madrichim). It was still a little bit of a voice
strain, but nothing to terrible. I'd imagine for large camps (400+) you
would need a very powerful voice, or whole groups starting songs.

What no Joanna at HN. This is not possible.
love
Jess Gold


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