Re: MItzvah music and dance

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

We're not talking about nightclubs so much as simkhes, I believe.
Lorele

Leonard Koenick wrote:

> I suspect the difference is who is attending “Greek fests” and who 
> attends a nightclub.
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> Leonard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org 
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org] On Behalf Of MaxwellSt (at) 
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 8:53 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Re: MItzvah music and dance
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> In a message dated 7/17/2002 5:32:31 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> lkoenick (at) erols(dot)com writes:
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> It is not just our Jewish community that has lost the ability to do its
> social dances.  The general population has done the same. 
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> I don't know....All the Greek fests that I have attended have lots of 
> traditional Greek dancing, and both men and women seem to know how to 
> do it.  But it may all be inconsequential--one generation from now, no 
> one except a few old people and folkdancers/singers may know the 
> traditions of ANY culture.  Kind of like the conquistadors burning 
> down the Mayan libraries, except this time it's being done by radios 
> and CDs.
> Lori
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