thanks to all who helped

[ira]

thanks to all of you who helped me with chords/changes for my temple gig. i used a combo of suggestions, and the gig went wonderfully. it is a real hurdle to get music allowed at a conservative jewish temple during the sabbath services, but once we did it, the energy in the room was fantastic, the music flowed, everyone sang, and even the a.k.s (alta kackers- yiddish for the old timers) were pleased. we will be doing music one friday night a month-very exciting.
so, thanks for your help, i couldn't have done it without you.

peace,
ira

[Keith Erickson]

Ira,

I'm glad to hear that you were so successful. I would love to have had the opportunity to hear you play.

Congradulations to you http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[SternART]

Mazel tov!!!

[ira]

thanks. i wish we could've recorded it, but that would've been pushing the ritual committee and the rabbi too far...for now......:;):

[Daniel Nestlerode]

Congratulations Ira. I'm glad it went well.

Daniel

[Avi Ziv]

Good for you Ira! I've been to one Yom Kippur service at a Reform temple, where they had a choir and cello interlude - did not work for me at all. On the other hand, I've been to a Renewal service on Rosh Hashanah, where the music meshed beautifully and added positively to the experience. I'd be interested in hearing more about what you are doing.

Thanks for sharing

Avi

[Pete Braccio]

Hi Ira,

What was your "set list"? My daughter's Bat Mitzvah is coming up and I've been toying with the idea of playing for it.

Thanks,
Pete

[ira]

improviz-thanks for your interest. our compromise with the ritual folks is that it would be part of, rather than the focus of the service. in otherwords, though we, (the players) were in the front near the rabbi, singers were embedded in the crowd and sang with them rather than to them. also, though we taught some new melodies, the songs were primarily prayers and classic hebrew tunes (hineh matov, v'shamru, romemu, hashkivenu, l'chu n'ranena, etc...) with the only addition to the service a song called "master of the universe"=also the only one in english. it was a real folky experience. definitely not what you described for the yom kipur service.
braccio- mazel tov on the upcoming event. my advice, if you are having a band, join them for part of a long hora, or a klezmer tune. i played the mezinka for my parents at my brothers wedding, then joined in the dance around them and it was a blast.