[HANASHIR:4161] Re: new member potluck songs

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

I second Steve's choices.  Plus I'm guessing these are likely to be sung at 
your congregation's services, so you can explain that you're teaching these 
now so new members will be familiar with them when they come to services. -- 
Carol

Carol Boyd Leon
Director of Music, Temple B'nai Shalom
7612 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Temple fax:  703-764-2904
E-mail:  CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com


>If I were you, I'd remember that sing is a unison activity. I'd stay VERY
>safe. Lower the "common denominator" of the group. Participation is
>EVERYTHING during these sing-a-longs. Use songs that you are vitually sure
>they're are familiar with. My list would be: Bim Bam, Hiney MaTov, and Oseh
>Shalom (Hirsch). These songs will probably not even require words for the
>group. It's not the most dynamic selection of songs around, but the goal, 
>as
>I understand it, is participation.


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