Re: what's the size of your klez?

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Of course, you could wear your socks ON your shtreimels.

George (my socks are usually white, in homage to that great jewish
artist Jerry Lewis) Robinson


Lionel Mrocki & Karen Amos wrote:
> 
> MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 8/6/2001 8:15:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > amrocks (at) optushome(dot)com(dot)au writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >> we aint got one klezmer group
> >> bigger than yours in all of Australia.
> >
> >
> > Lionel--
> > Pardon my ignorance, but have you got a klezmer band at all?  Or do
> > The
> > Wiggles just don Chassidic garb?
> > Lori
> 
> Lori--
> 
> The Wiggles could never don Chassidic garb, unless they broke with
> traditional dress code and at least wore the mandatory wiggles yellow,
> red, blue and purple socks or shtraymls so the kids could recognise
> who was Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg.  Further, "Wiggles" spoken
> with a deep classic yiddish accent could be mistaken for the yiddish
> word for cribs or bassinettes.  Mind you this gives new ground to the
> common Wiggles phrase "WAKE UP JEFF!".
> 
> As for the small contribution made to the world of Klezmer in our
> region, I'll take this as an opportunity to "plug" myself and the
> others down under who have brought Klezmer to the ears of tens of
> thousands in our sparsely populated land over the past years.
> 
> Klezmania (Melbourne)
> The Klezmer Trio (Melbourne)
> Klezmeritis (Melbourne)
> Spiel Azoi (Melbourne)
> The Red Sea Pedestrians (now defunct; Perth)
> Trio Triplika (Canberra, former members of Closet Klezmer)
> The Jews Brothers Band (New Zealand, but come to Australia regularly)
> 
> and there are a smattering of other wannabe klezmer groups, and bands
> that are now including some klezmer in their repertoire, perhaps
> inspired by the performances of the core klezmer bands.
> 
> Check Ari's Klezmer Shack for his impressions of Klezmer downunder and
> visit our website.
> 
> 
> Apologies if there are any other established klezmer groups I've left
> off the list.
> 
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Lionel Mrocki
> 
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