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| Member establishes fund for Klezband Staff Report A new fund for the Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band has been established in memory of member Helene Silverblatt's father, Salvin Silverblatt, who was a clarinetist. The fund also honors Helene Silverblatt’s son, Aaron Silverblatt-Buser, who became a Bar Mitzvah on June 22, 2002, and the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of her son, Elan Silverblatt-Buser. The fund has yet to be named, though one possible name is The Silverblatt-Buser Musical Heritage Fund, said a grateful Klezband Director Beth Cohen. “It's very important that we acknowledge this awesome generosity and make it a fund that people can donate to in the future or now for Klezmerquerque,” Cohen said. Helene Silverblatt also contributed $1,000 to Klezmerquerque, as well as donating her bosque guest house for the Klezmerquerque musicians to reside in during their stay. Others that have contributed to Klezmerquerque 2003 include Nahalat Shalom, the Community Klezband, the Jewish Federation of Greater Albuquerque and anonymous donors. JOIN IN THE FUN Join the Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band. The band is open to musicians of all ages, skill levels and denominations. Participants must know instrument basics. Rehearsals are on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. The band is free to members of Nahalat Shalom and $60 for non-members. (Scholarships are available.) Spring rehearsals: Feb. 16 and 23; March 2 (3:30-6 p.m.), March 9 and 23; April 6, 13 and 27. Spring performances: Friday Feb. 28 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. for the special Freylekhe Shabbes as part of Klezmerquerque 2003 (See Page 6). Friday March 7 for Freylekh Shabbat. Service at 6:30 p.m. potluck at 7:15 p.m. Klezmer dancing and open jam at 7:30 p.m. Saturday March 22 from 2-3pm at David Specter Shalom House. Potluck snacks after performance. Sunday March 16 from 1-3 p.m. for Nahalat Shalom’s Funky Purim Freylekh. Friday April 4 for Freylekh Shabbat (see March 7). Sunday April 20 for Nahalat Shalom’s community Passover seder. 5 p.m. Saturday April 26 at Nahalat Shalom’s coffee house in honor of Anne Frank. 7 p.m. ** Please note that all performances (and rehearsals) are optional. Band director (and band) ask for a courtesy advance notice (at least one week) if a performance will be missed. Band participants will learn how to play Klezmer (traditional East-European Jewish dance) music: hongas, horas, freylichs, shiffers tantzen, bulgars, terkishes and khosidls. We will also learn Yiddish songs, Chassidic nigunim, Russian songs and dances, Israeli dances, a few Balkan, Roma (Gypsy) and Middle-Eastern tunes, the traditional scales and rhythms of Klezmer music, and some traditional improvisatory techniques (doina, vorshpiel and taxim). For more information and to register, call band director Beth Cohen at (505)243-6276, or e-mail: cohenedmunds@netzero.net. | ||||||||
