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Mama Doni In Concert at SSDS

Live in Concert! Mama Doni at SSDS!

Parents' Choice Award-winner, Mama Doni, comes to Monmouth County for a free concert at Solomon Schechter Day School. This special appearance, which is open to the public, will take place on Friday, January 10, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. The event, which is co-sponsored by Solomon Schechter Day School and P.J. Library, coincides with the Jewish holiday of Shabbat Shira. PJ Library sends free Jewish children's books through the Jewish Federation to children ages 6 months-5 years.

To celebrate Shabbat Shira, or the Shabbat of Song, Mama Doni will bring their unique brand of “funky music with a Jewish twist” to the school.  The Shabbat that falls before or on Tu Bishvat (a Jewish festival celebrating trees) is called Shabbat Shira, because the week's parashah (weekly Torah reading), B'shalah, includes Shirat Hayam, the song the Israelites sang after they crossed the Red Sea. It opens with the words, "I will sing to the Lord, for the Lord has triumphed gloriously; horse and driver the Lord has hurled into the sea" and ends with "Adonai will reign forever and ever."Montclair, New Jersey-based Doni Zasloff, a.k.a. Mama Doni, is the lead singer/songwriter of The Mama Doni Band, honored with two Parents' Choice Awards for their CDs Emunah and Shabbat Shaboom and winner of the Simcha Award for "Inspiring Joy Through Music" in competition with more than 100 bands from 15 different countries at the International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam. The band celebrates Jewish culture with irrepressible zest in its interactive family concerts filled with catchy pop songs that break the mold of traditional Jewish music. Quirky, offbeat, and unpredictable, The Mama Doni Band offers up a contagious and unexpected blend of contemporary American bluegrass, reggae, rock, disco, Latin, and Klezmer, all woven together with a hip Jewish sensibility.

The Mama Doni concert is free and open to the public, however, space is limited. To reserve a spot, contact Linda Glickstein at (732) 431-5525, or e-mail to: linda@schechtergmc.com.  

Solomon Schechter Day School is recognized in the community for its excellent academic program as well as its nurturing and supportive environment. To learn more about the Nursery through Grade 8 school programs, contact, Admissions, contact Linda Glickstein at (732) 431-5525, or e-mail to: linda@schechtergmc.com. For more information or to sign up for PJ Library visit www.pjlibrary.org.#
 
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