Re: at the ballgame

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

I've heard a lot about 'Jewish dances' used at Evangelical and Pentacostal
functions and even saw a clip on the tube once.  Far, far better to have
secular Jewish tunes used at ball and puck games.



Leonard Koenick wrote:

> All this should not be too surprising given that I have seen a web site
> with Hava Nagilah in a list of favorite Christian music.
>
> Leonard Koenick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel Korn [mailto:mkorn (at) rogers(dot)com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:12 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: RE: at the ballgame
>
> I used to love going to see the Montreal Canadiens in the old Montreal
> Forum
> (back in the 70's before Rene Levesque and the Separatist Parti
> Quebecois
> government sent me West to Toronto, home of the Maple Leafs). Hava
> Nagilah
> was the tune that organist would play to get the fans going..and most of
> the
> crowd was French Canadian!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of SICULAR (at) 
> aol(dot)com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 7:10 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: at the ballgame
>
> the organist just cranked out Hava Nagila at Yankee Stadium as a
> hometeam
> batter was in a pressure spot ... I don't watch or go to games during
> the
> regular
> season; bet that only happens in NY though, as far as a rallying cry in
> major
> league American sports.
>
> any other instances like that, baseball (or other sports) fans?
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