Re: Yiddish performance and klezmer clubs

[Fred Jacobowitz <fredj...>]

Alana,
        For the REAL Klezmer Club, (we even have the name trademarked!), 
come to Machaya Klezmer band's bi-monthly bash at the Chevy Chase Holiday 
Inn. We play mostly Klezmer with some Yiddish show tunes, occasional folk 
tunes (depending on how many Rumanians/Russians/etc. are in the audience) 
ansd some popular couple dancing (we are, after all a wedding band). We 
usually son't have a singer (true to Klezmer style) and the food is, 
while not kosher, superb.
        We have been doing this for almost three years, now, and have a 
loyal following of regulars. We lead dancing, singalongs, have open mike 
for occasional singers or instrumentalists who show up with instruments 
(we try to encourage them to tell us they are coming so we can plan for 
them) and try to fulfill any request. The Klezmer Club happens on alternate 
Sunday nights. The last one 
before our summer haitus will be on June 30. Reservations are strongly 
suggested, as we sometimes sell out (we did last time). Call for details: 
(301) 656-1500.

Fred Jacobowitz
Machaya Klezmer Band in the Washington,/Baltimore area.

On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, the Cheshire Cat wrote:

> Well, I went to one a while ago: It's at the Rockville JCC, I don't know 
> when it meets regularly, but mostly what it was was a Yiddish folk-song 
> (NOT KLEZMER!  Which is how it was described to me. This is INCORRECT)  
> hour or so. Most of the audience were individuals who had come over from 
> the Hebrew Home next door. I believe that usually the  Cafe is conducted 
> in Yiddish exclusively, however they will translate if there are audience 
> members who don't speak Yiddish (they did for me). The person conducting 
> the cafe the night I was there was  the singer for the Capital Klezmer, 
> but I was given to understand that this is not the usual person. SHe did 
> not do any klezmer music.
> 
> Alana Suskin,
> Mitnaggedet Mama
> 
> On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Michael R. Leavitt wrote:
> 
> > At 4:10 PM -0400 6/18/96, Reyzl (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> > >I am now also preparing a list of Yiddish performance and
> > >klezmer clubs around the world for the next issue of "Global
> > >Yiddish" and hope that some people here may be helpful.  They
> > >range from regularly scheduled evenings to several times a
> > >month but not in regularly scheduled intervals, e.g., The Knitting
> > >Factory, to several times a year, e.g., Toronto.
> > >
> > >
> > >The kinds of places I already know about are:
> > >
> > . . .
> > >4) Cafe Kasrilevke - monthly in the DC area
> > . . .
> > >
> > >Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky
> > 
> > Can you provide any more information on "Cafe Kasrilevke"?  I couldn't find
> > it in my DC and Virginia phonebooks?
> > 
> > Mike Leavitt <mleavitt (at) his(dot)com>
> > Reston, VA
> > 
> > 
> > 
>