Re: levites and music

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Does everybody really know the joke except for the one person who 
emailed me for it privately?

Amazing.  Reminds me of the numbers from the joke-telling club story.

Lorele


Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> You know the story of the man who wanted to be a Cohen, don't you?
> Lorele
>
> BarMusProd (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>
>>Dear Lorele,
>>
>>Well, the Levis will come out of the woodwork for this one. But yes, my 
>>grandfather was a Levi and a Cantor, my father was a 
>>violinist/conductor/music educator and was a Levi. I am a composer/arranger, 
>>conductor, and record producer and am a Levi as well, I would guess.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Steve
>>
>>Steve Barnett
>>Composer/Arranger/Producer
>>Barnett Music Productions
>>BarMusProd (at) aol(dot)com 
>>
>>In a message dated 1/25/02 6:58:22 AM, l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org 
>>writes:
>>
>>>I was wondering that if a study were done of Levi, would there be a 
>>>preponderance of musical talents?
>>>
>>>How many of you out there are Levi?  How many not?  Let's hear from you
>>>
>>>and take an informal poll.
>>>
>>>I don't know what my musical family was on either side, unfortunately (
>>>
>>>interesting stories, though), so we claim Yisroel.
>>>
>>>Lorele
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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