Re: Kol Isha - Just the Facts, please!

[Jordan Hirsch <trombaedu...>]

There is a whole other element to this discussion. What about the wedding
gigs? If a band that works for Jewish clients from unaffiliated to
Chasidic does 375 gigs a year in the NY wedding and circuit, how do we
count the gigs where the idea of hiring a female singer to perform would
not even be discussed? And would those people be wrong for not doing so?
To me, the issue is not so much a question of the right of women to
perform in general, but rather the right of concert promoters to book
whichever bands they want, and let those who do not want to listen not
come. And for the performers, to have contracts and commitments honored,
and to work out issues before a performer has been engaged.

Jordan

Alex Jacobowitz wrote:

> --- Sam Weiss <SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net> wrote:
> > At 01:49 AM 1/23/04, Yoel Epstein wrote:
> > >Perhaps some of you would like to compile a list of
> > specific gigs that
> > >were
> > >refused or cancelled because a female singer
> > participated in the
> > >band.  Then
> > >we might have a starting point for actually doing
> > something about this.
> >
> > Such a list would not even scratch the surface,
> > since the assumption of Kol
> > Isha very often precludes female soloists and bands
> > with a female singer
> > from even being considered at all.
>
> Au contraire, it WOULD scratch the surface -
> at least insofar as this list is concerned.
> As in other political opinions, there would
> most likely be "right", "centrist" and "left"
> versions of KI - and its implementation. If
> any gig were to be refused or cancelled for
> KI reasons, it would be most illustrative to
> see whether the sponsors give that as the
> reason, or whether they hide behind some kind
> of subterfuge. And since on this list
> we´ve only heard from the femails in this case, I
> wouldn´t mind hearing the other side´s view - those
> who are involved in the decision-making process.
>
> Bring it on!
>
> Alex
>
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