What you talkin bout watsky?!?!? allen watsky wrote:
> A rare and beautiful intermingling of Frum, = > Orthodox and Reform, a rare treat. While the diversity of Klex Kanada - and the ability to be my Jewish self there more than any place else but Yerushalym - is one of the great joys.. what are we (myself and a bunch of my Big-C friends) --- chopped liver? The mechitzahed kabbalat shabbat was splendifourous - missing half of dinner because those who go to services are marginalized is not. I may have to personally take responsiblity for egalitarian services next year since they were no where found. Of course, had I invaded the frum tables instead of sitting with my own - ah nevermind - ther is no bigger complaint than about the food at KK. That G-d for the Provisio up on 117, or I would have lost even MORE wieght. No tears, I could stand to lose a few pounds. But the MUSIC? The STUDENTS? The FACULTY? The COMARADERIE? The late night L"CHAIMS and the early morning tsimbl class and Deborah's Fiddle Kapelye and sitting out in the early morning devirginizing a new tsimbl player --- be afraid world, our ranks are swelled by one swell guy, Brooklyn's own teen genius, master of the Stroh-fydl, Jeremy Bloom -- I'm too old at 48 to share a bathroom with 8 people (and those were the deluxe accomadations). But I'm just barely old enough to walk in the woods singing "AY, Diy, yababayby, yababaybaybaybum, yababababa..." at sunrise, to have Rsuhevsky show me the little trick I didn't know that any Hungarian over the age of three knows, to have Strauss tell me for the tenth time that my "two" strikes are all wrong at the ritard, and to not be able to figure out what it all means, and then - to nail it - to have her jump up and down going "YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!" To be insulted over and over again by the Dolgin child (no, I'm not jealous! Mamash! Why would I want to be (20?) and brilliant?) - to have my ankles fail me after four hours or five hours of dancing - to meet Lisa - the grrl from Minnesota - to talk with Rebecca for a half hour about our college age kids instead of tuning the tsimbl - to be spared Zev's opinion on the tsimble I just built - to be told by Pete that he beleives it to be proper to give it the name tsimbl - understanding that the NEXT one will be better! TO get into bed at night and find the Dust Storm has made its way into your sheets - to wait as one after another goes to the bathroom as your bladder bursts as you want to make it to weekday morning minyan (even if I ain't so-called Orthodox) - well, I'll shower after shacharit. Ooops, showede up at 7:15 as announced - we;;. let's wait till 8 to see who shows up - over at 8:45 - grab a coffee and run to tsimbl stinking to high heaven Wex. Love him, love him - but JEEZZSZZ - can't ANYONE put on a Jewish music fest with anyother MC?!?!? I get tired of his jadedness after a while - yet WHO ELSE could keep you laughing as the student concert goes on from 9 PM to 5 am? Singing the Karliner nigun I worked all summer at Klex Kabert and having half the audience walk out ---- yeah - I dig it, and I dug you all who were here. Yasher Koach to Jeff W and Michael A, and to Hy "endless announcements" and Sandy Goldman - for all I hate about KK - it is the high point of my year and I love it and the people who make it very dearly. The check is in the mail to prove it. One does not ride to Kotsk - one rides to Ste Agathe! ronan tsimbler / roger reid -- r l reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=