[HANASHIR:3131] Re: Blues?

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

How many people in total participated at this conference?
Meris
-----Original Message-----
From: David Weisz <dweisz (at) brandeis(dot)edu>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 2:12 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:3128] Re: Blues?


>Rich and others at home,
>
>Thankfully, I've got good news for you...this year's programming did
include
>many more opportunities for participants to share with peers...and in fact,
>as with last year, I found these sessions to be some of the most useful
>hours I spent in Oconomowoc.
>
>The other bit of good news is that, for whatever reason, there was a
greater
>tendency to "move" this year...from simply jumping up, clapping and swaying
>in place to all-out, dancing 'round the room with 50 other people, I "felt"
>the music (in a literal sense) much more this year. I guess we just have to
>chalk it up to the people who were there...this year, there were more
movers
>and shakers.
>
>I must admit, Rich, that I shared a number of your concerns after HN last
>year. I am very satisfied, however, to say that a good portion of those
>areas of concern showed great improvement, and that I enjoyed my time
>immensely this year, much more so that I had considered possible after last
>year's conference.
>
>Maybe they really are listening...
>
>David
>(half-asleep in CA)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
>> shamash(dot)org]On
>> Behalf Of Rglauber (at) aol(dot)com
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 6:52 PM
>> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>> Subject: [HANASHIR:3102] Re: Blues?
>>
>>
>> Hello friends,
>>
>> Someone has to be different, right?    I'm probably one of the
>> only ones who
>> didn't have the "amazing"  time at Hava Nashira.  While there
>> were a lot of
>> nice happenings within the 5 days, on the whole I found it less than
>> satisfying.  The main problem for me was the complete and utter lack of
>> physicality within our ranks.  There was far too much time
>> sitting around and
>> no time for moving around.  The implication of this is quite
>> profound in my
>> opinion: it's that our idea of spirituality and music is about a
>> person with
>> a guitar in front of a lot of other folks who are there to sing,
>> harmonize,
>> but in no other way interact.  I have a real hard time with the
>> concept, but
>> I seem to be in the minority.
>>
>> Additionally, I felt that Hava Nashira was struggling with some
>> growing pains
>> last year, as enrollment was much higher than at any time in the
>> past.  I'm
>> sure that this year will be far larger still, if this list is any
>> indicator.
>> The result of the increased numbers was a lot of "top-down"
>> communication,
>> and not enough sharing among equals.  For me, the best moments
>> were when we
>> took it upon ourselves to meet and share..... among equals, each
>> of whom has
>> much to contribute.  It was much more valuable to me to learn this way,
>> rather than learning the latest Debbie Friedman or Donny Maseng
>> tunes.  This
>> sharing took place in spite of the program, rather than because of it.
>> Hopefully, this  type of activity will be built more into the
>> program this
>> year.
>>
>> There were other problems as well, but I don't need to indicate
>> every one.  I
>> mean, who wants to have that kind of a reputation?   Suffice it
>> to say, I'm
>> quite content to not be at Hava Nashira this year, and I figured
>> I might as
>> well share that.
>>
>> your faithful curmudgeon,
>> Rich Glauber  presently in Eugene, OR
>>
>>
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>
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