Re: guitar in New York

[lenka lichtenberg <lenkal...>]

thanks alex, a great tip!
lenka
lenka lichtenberg, singer-songwriter, yiddish and world music performer. for 
mp3s, audio clips and performance updates, visit www.lenkalichtenberg.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex Lubet 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:32 PM
  Subject: Re: guitar in New York


  You can get away with no work permit if you say you're performing at a 
  conference where you're not getting paid.

  At 11:19 AM 4/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
  >thank you for your input, Alex, however apparently things are quite 
  >contrary from this side: i am coming FROM canada to he US. the warnings i 
  >received were from musicians from this side of the border, in recent 
  >months having had serious problems. mind you, it doesn't help that i don't 
  >have a work permit for the performance so i can't say i am coming in to do 
  >a concert. getting a permit for a performance takes several months, at 
  >least three i believe.
  >lenka
  >
  >lenka lichtenberg, singer-songwriter, yiddish and world music performer. 
  >for mp3s, audio clips and performance updates, visit 
  ><http://www.lenkalichtenberg.com>www.lenkalichtenberg.com
  >----- Original Message -----
  >From: <mailto:lubet001 (at) umn(dot)edu>Alex J. Lubet
  >To: <mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>World music from a Jewish slant
  >Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 12:20 AM
  >Subject: Re: guitar in New York
  >
  >I've given two concerts in Vancouver in the last year and brought my
  >guitar across the border both times without incident.  I had more
  >trouble on the domestic flight when I brought my National steel guitar,
  >which has a metal body, the effects of which you can only imagine during
  >the search procedure.
  >
  >I play a very big instrument which I have to stow in baggage unless I
  >want to buy the ticket.  For that, I have a Calton case, made in
  >Edmonton, by the way.  They're made to order to fit the dimensions of
  >one's guitar and, as you might imagine, they're not cheap.  Normally,
  >you need to wait four months for an order.
  >
  >On another matter, after announcing my recording grant to the list, Lori
  >wrote me off list to ask if the granting program was one to which she
  >could apply.  While unfortunately the answer was no, we both agreed that
  >would be a good idea for listers to post notices of funding and other
  >opportunities to share whenever possible.
  >
  >Git shabes,
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >lenka lichtenberg wrote:
  >
  > > dear new york listers,is there anybody who would kindly lend me a
  > > guitar for one evening performance (the Congress for Jewish Culture's
  > > kavehoyz), thursday may 15th, 7pm.? i've been warned that crossing the
  > > border with a guitar is not a good idea at all. i'd be able to return
  > > it later same evening, or next morning.with much appreciation, lenka
  > > from toronto lenka lichtenberg, singer-songwriter, yiddish and world
  > > music performer. for mp3s, audio clips and performance updates, visit
  > > <http://www.lenkalichtenberg.com>www.lenkalichtenberg.com
  >
  >--
  >Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
  >Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
  >Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
  >Head, Division Of Composition and Music Theory
  >University of Minnesota
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  >Minneapolis, MN 55455
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