vacation

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Just a quick note to the list that I will be on vacation for the next couple of 
weeks. If anyone needs help, the best source will be the jewish-music list info 
at http://www.ivritype.com/resources/jlists.html#jewish-music

I should mention that this is not entirely a vacation like any other. 
List-member Judy Pinnolis and I will be honeymooning and will be less likely 
than usual to consult a computer for the duration.

For the record, I should note that the wedding band (playing, it is granted, to 
a small, mostly-family gathering) was Boston's "Shirim," the first klezmer 
folks that I met in Boston many, many years ago, good friends, and an 
astounding wedding band as we confirmed, yet again, yesterday. The band handled 
the various switches between klezmer, yeshivish, and Israeli folk dancing with 
grace, aplomb, and incredible skill. Anyone wishing to know more about the band 
would do well to consult www.klezmershack.com, or the band's own website at 
www.shirim.com. Their albums come highly recommended, as well.

Dance instruction and leadership was provided by the excellent Jacob Bloom, 
also of this list (web: www.gis.net/~bloom/). 

Needless to say, Boston does not lack for equally excellent musicians, as any 
visitor to the klezmershack can confirm. I will once again revert to my usual 
refusal to recommend one set of excellent friends and musicians over another, 
after this message.

A special song in Yiddish for the wedding was commissioned by Judy (a total 
surprise to me, and a wonderful one), and composed by Josh Waletzky. I do not 
know when this song will be professionally recorded, but Josh's "Crossing the 
Shadows" has been recommended on this list often. Let me do so once again. It 
is a phenomenally wonderful album. http://www.crossingtheshadows.com. 

As I mention old friends on this list who participated, let me not fail to 
thank Yosl Kurland and Peggy Davis whose band (Wholesale Klezmer) is among 
those incredible, highly-recommended Boston-area bands. For this wedding, 
however, they were responsible for the stunning ketuba, set in Hebrew and 
Yiddish. For more, consult the klezmershack or www.hebrewlettering.com.

a hartsikn dank to all,
ari


Ari Davidow
ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/

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