Re: New member -- Hi all! (Question at bottom)

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In a message dated 9/27/00 7:24:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org writes:

<< And then this summer I went to CAJE. CAJE is the Conference on 
Alternatives in Jewish Education. I was in the teen program -- and there was 
a teen klezmer band. I was surprised to se Sruli there, this time with David 
"Fabrangen Fiddlers" Schneyer and Sruli's partner in crime (where crime = "Oy 
Vey!", the kid's klezmer group) Lisa Mayer. So we played a lot and I learned 
some more. Even cooler though were the klezmer concerts there. On Tuesday 
night, in one location, there was klezmer from 6:30 until after midnight! The 
best groups were Klingon Klezmer (buy their CD! they brought the house down), 
Metropolitan Klezmer, The Klezical Tradition (my friend's their drummer. he 
wasn't there though) D. Schneyer with Alan Oresky (DS had lost his voice, but 
Alan was *sweet*!), and RebbeSoul (who played on a different night). The 
Jewish stuff and meeting the other people really changed my life -- it was 
unbelievable. >>

I was at CAJE this year. I was surprised more people did not discuss it. I 
was there backing up Gershon Veroba, so I did not get a chance to catch all 
of the Klezmer groups. I did get to see a few. Jeff Warschauer and Deborah 
Strauss were the last act. I enjoyed them very much. I was very curious to 
hear Klingon, as Jack Kessler and I have traded phone messages now and then, 
and I always enjoy his sense of humor, but our shows coincided. I did not 
hear Metropolitan Klezmer, but Eve and the gang are buddies, so I know they 
played up to their usual high standard. It was a kick seeing Ismail Butera 
play with Yale Strom. His group was quite interesting, and they did a nice 
range of repertoire. Yale has a good sense of Folk style, and an appealing 
stage presence. His wife, Elizabeth Schwartz, (I think that's it) is a hell 
of a singer.
There were some other things I saw, including a big sing along with Debbie 
Friedman. For the sake of brevity, I will refrain from posting my impressions 
to the list, but anybody curious can Email me offlist.

Jordan Hirsch
    

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