[HANASHIR:3209] Re: bring hava nashira home

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

I've heard so much about Saalam.... is it going to be possible to purchase
lead sheets for some of the stuff from HN?
Meris
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Schanerman <sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us>
To: hanashir <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 1:57 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:3205] bring hava nashira home


>So, I got up in front of our congregation tonight to do my cantorial
>soloist thing and I looked out at all the non-singing faces and thought
>about where I was a week ago and how different it was from what I was
>currently facing and then the power of Hava Nashira overtook me and I
>sang as though I were still back in Wisconsin.  I even taught Salaam as
>the closing song (I'm the yutz who was planning to teach it during my
>song session but chickened out because I didn't know if anyone would
>like it and because I was too intimidated to sing in front of Debbie)
>and the congregation sang it as though they knew it already and it was a
>wonderful moment.
>
>Last year (my first year) I was obsessed with getting new repertoire.
>All I wanted to do was tape new songs.  I was so disappointed that we
>couldn't tape the services because of all the music I couldn't get on
>tape.  This year, I still was obessed with getting new repertoire though
>I finally started to understand that Hava Nashira is, for me, about
>something other than getting new repertoire - it's about nourishing my
>soul so that I can go back to my congregation and, hopefully, inspire
>them to use music to nourish their souls.
>
>Next year's Hava Nashira goals:  nourish my soul AND sing in front of
>Debbie...
>
>Susan Schanerman
>
>
>

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