I'm just back from our vacation at Bodega Bay. The nights were full of stars and s'mores, and it was good to get away. If you live in Northern California, and haven't waded in the Russian River, you must go right away!I haven't had time to pull my thoughts together, but until then, I'll leave you with this treat. I posted on wedding music hoping that someone would send me a Klezmer wedding march, and, Internet, you didn't fail me. Here it is, thanks to a lovely reader: the wedding march by Klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals, more perfect for me then you could ever imagine.
Now, if anyone knows a cool affordable Klezmer fiddler in Northern California, please let me know.
Photo of our campsite at night by the excellent Kory Mosteller of Black Bag Photography
4 comments:
Ah, that's fantastic. Isn't the internet amazing?
Welcome back :)
You could always ask the folks at Ashkenaz in Berkeley for a musician recommendation (http://www.ashkenaz.com/). My boyfriend's dad and stepmom met while dancing there, and I think they had Klemzer at their wedding (or maybe it was just Balkan dancing?).
funny... I have a good friend from college who is from Oakland (but, sadly, now lives in NYC, after several years in Romania!)who is totally a kickass Jewish fiddler! She mostly does jazz but has done her fair share of awesome klezmer as well... Man, I even feel like you guys should know each other some how. I wish she wasn't so far :(
I second Ashkenaz, or check out the sweet stylings of the Shtetlblasters (they are awesome, but expensive) to see if you can hire one of them away or get a fiddler recommendation for your wedding.
Hope the weather was lovely at the Dunes!!
Welcome back!! I actually met Alicia S. a few years ago and wrote to her to ask about playing at our wedding... but alas, they were WAY out of our budget even without traveling. :-( She is ***so*** incredible. I bet if you contacted her through her website, she would have plenty of recommendations in CA!
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