Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual
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CHICAGO ISRAELI DANCING - VIRTUAL (GLOBAL)
WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EREV THANKSGIVING NORTH AMERICAN MARATHON!!!
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last updated on 11/24/20...
CHICAGO ISRAELI DANCING – VIRTUAL (GLOBAL)!
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25
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(Check out the About Tab on this site to see the playlists from recent weeks, and the Dances Taught tab for video links. Check out the Dance Event Tab for upcoming programs.COMING ATTRACTIONS! - Look below for information about the North American Erev Thanksgiving Marathon (11/25). CID Virtual will be a part of this exciting event. (No session on Thanksgiving) Also, MajolMx presents "We Are The Future" (11/28, 11/29). Look on the Dance Events Tab to find out about Hora Eclipse 1.5v on December 14th!
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So many things to share with you! 😊😊😊😊 I think I better tell you what's here:
- We Dance on WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK! (THURSDAY DANCNG IS CANCELED THIS WEEK)
- Last Week With Shira and Michael, and Special Guests Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsky
- Looking Ahead (Erev Thanksgiving Marathon; Majol MX Presents "We Are The Future"
- Marathon 2 - The Afterwards (with a new amazing video)
- CID - VIRTUAL (GLOBAL) - The Plan for 11/25, The Recording From Last Week, 11/19
- The Usual Stuff
(with thanks to Ken Avner, and
piggybacking on what he wrote)
This year, Erev Thanksgiving will be even more special
as a number of dance communities across the country (and Canada!), many of which
normally have their own marathon or special programs, are joining together
to present a North American Marathon.
Chicago Israeli Dancing – Virtual is very excited to be part of this
project, along with a great crew from all over (see the flyer above). It will be on Wednesday, November 25th,
beginning at 7pm Chicago time and going until at least 12:30am - the end
time will depend on how late you want to dance. (Thanks to Ken for
being the late night leader!).
We will have some festive halftime fun at 10pm (Chicago time)
during the
marathon so make sure to have a Thanksgiving or turkey prop
handy! And
look for the CID-led segment starting at 11PM Chicago time.
(also, this marks 46 years of Chicago Israeli dancing and it is
my annual surprise birthday party. shhhhhhhhhhhh) 😊
See you there!
Phil
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Thanks Shira and Michael for the wonderful partner set last week! And It was also much fun to have Alberto and Carina present their line dance, Un Poquito. It is cute, as are they! Of course, the CID Virtual team was stellar as usual, including a debut appearance by Ilan Birnbaum from NYC. More below, including the zoom recording from last week.
Looking Ahead
We are thrilled to be part of this North American Erev Thanksgiving Marathon. Given that we still can't do it in person, this is the next best thing. Hope to see you there! (see above)
MajolMX Presents "We Are The Future" MajolMX Facebook Site
Day 2 will be a 10 hour marathon!
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MARATHON 2 - THE AFTERWARDS
Well, Nirkoda
Bamerkaz/Worldwide Marathon 2 is now in the books (and now in TABLET MAGAZINE). And what a
fabulous experience it was. But don't just take my word for
it. Take a look at these recordings to get an idea!
Here
is a teaser for you. 24 hours of marathon condensed into 7.5
minutes showing all the leaders via the wizardry of Martin Imber from
Melbourne, Australia! Video Montage
But let's back up to the night before, Nirkoda Bamerkaz Erev Shabbat recording
And then, let me thank some of the people who made this whole weekend happen:
- Aaron Alpert, co-director
- Larry Denenberg, master logistician, technologist and
consultant
- Carol Neiger, graphic artist extraordinaire
- Elad Shtamer and Michael
Barzilay, my go to guys from our Nirkoda Bamerkaz Team
- Martin Imber, cohost
from Australia
- Stuart Meyer, technologist and dance leader from Cleveland
- David Karger, Request App
- All the dance leaders, assistants, scribes.
- The dancers!
Here
is a fun collaboration between Carol Neiger and Aura Levin
Lipski. Take a look at this Marathon 2 photo gallery on
Jewishaustralia.com. Photo Gallery
Nirkoda Bamerkaz Friday 10/23 Erev Shabbat Session
Marathon 2 Recordings:
MARATHON 2
Go here for the latest info: Marathon 2.
And in particular, please go to the charity section there to honor the
leaders of your choice by contributing. Oh and have a look at the team! OMG!
CID - VIRTUAL (GLOBAL) - The Plan For 11/25, and The Recording From Last Week, 11/19
This week, at 7:00PM Central time, Ronit from Toronto will kick off the Erev Thanksgiving North American Marathon. She will be followed by Ruth and Danny representing NYC. Next comes the Mondance team from Boston (Rina, Ronnie, Yehuda). Orly from Los Angeles follows. At 10PM Chicago time there will be a special half time program, so make sure to have a Thanksgiving or turkey prop handy! Next comes Aaron from San Francisco, followed by leaders from the CID Virtual Team (Sarah, Rina, Stuart)! And then Ken from DC comes on to lead the rest of the program while there are still people who want to dance. 😊😊
Last week we were thrilled that Alberto Zirlinger and Carina Saslavsy taught their very cute new line dance, Un Poquito. Here is a link. Un Poquito
Enjoy this recording from last week. Go about 39 minutes in to see their section. But make sure to watch the end of that segment so you can see a recording from the vault showing them dancing together! November 19 Recording
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Chicago Israeli Dancing – Virtual Has Added A Night!
During this time while we can’t dance together physically,
we have opened up an additional weekly session. It is called Chicago Israeli Dancing – Virtual (Local) under
the direction of Penny Brichta. It runs from 7-9PM Central
time. Penny has moved her highly successful Israeli Dance
Beginner’s
Virtual class from Wednesday nights to Tuesdays. From 7-8PM,
Penny will
continue to run her Beginner’s And More class which is focused on easier dances
and
beginner level teaching. Starting at 8PM there will be segments
led by
local Israeli dance leaders. Included in the session will be the
teaching
of one intermediate/advanced dance, with an emphasis on the Chicago
repertoire. (new flyer below). Thanks and Kol Hakavod Penny for your leadership and
all that you do for Chicago Israeli Dancing!
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Right now, you can order your Marathon 2 T-Shirt (proceeds benefit the World Health Organization. WE HAVE ALREADY DONATED $700, THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS NEW SHIRT!!!). It takes about 2 weeks after a campaign closes to receive deliveries in the US. Deliveries to outside the US take longer. The current campaign will end soon. You will have a nice memento.
With thanks to the amazing Carol Neiger, and with help from Ophir and Aaron, here is the shirt (front and back), followed by the ordering information.
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Courtesy of David Karger, We Are Trying Out His New Request App
Now, Chicago Israeli Dancing is piloting a new app for making Israeli Dance requests, courtesy of David Karger. Thanks David! The app runs from your browser. You don't need to download anything. All you have to do is follow the link below. Go ahead and enter your requests for this week's October 29th session. We will try to incorporate some into this week's playlist.
It would help us if you would enter your requests a couple of days before the session, but we'll be monitoring them all the time. For the Erev Thanksgiving Marathon, it is a little more challenging than usual to do requests. But we will try. If we get to them, they are most likely to be played a little later in the program. Here is the link: David Karger's Request App
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If you haven't yet seen this 10 minute video by Shmulik Gov-Ari, I strongly encourage you to check it out. He did a great job and it is very informative. Shmulik Video
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Looking forward to seeing you all Thursday night.
Be safe
L'shalom
Phil
In this section:
- Announcements/Shout Outs
- What You Need To Know About This Week's Virtual Session (Including NEW SECURITY MEASURES/Homework!!!)
- How I Do My Communicating With You All
- Find Out How To Order The 24 Hour Worldwide Israeli Dance Marathon Commemorative T-Shirt!
- How To Order Our Way Cool T-shirt: Chicago Israeli Dancing - We Dance Virtually Anywhere
- Important Information About Our New Home, Beth Emet Congregation
- Our WhatsApp Group
- Our Facebook Group
Announcements/Shout Outs
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At Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual, you'll have noticed greater participation from Chicago leaders. We'll still have a great mix of dances as chosen by all our national and international leaders, but more of the dances will be known to those who dance with us in Chicago. Penny will continue to lead classic/beginner dances starting at 7PM Central time. Oldies will be sprinkled throughout the program, rather than in a dedicated set.
Beginners and More runs from 7-8. Effective this week (11/24), teaching will conclude by 7:45, leaving the last 15 minutes for dancing the repertoire of the group. At 8:00 we will have a short teach followed by sets led by our Leadership Team. Feel free to join anytime!
Starting Tuesday December 1, I will be teaching Israeli Dance
Basics for 3 weeks starting at 6:30pm, prior to the Beginners and More session,
starting at 7pm. Sign up via email to PJBrichta@hotmail.com
so I know who to expect.
Link for all sessions: Join Zoom Meeting
zoom link or ID=834 2711 4296 pswd = Mayim
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This week's shout outs:
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To all of you. Wishing you health and safety!
- I cannot ever say it enough. Huge thanks to all the leaders (and participants) who make Chicago Israeli Dancing - Virtual so wonderful and special each week! Kol Hakavod!!!
- Kol Hakavod Carina Saslavsky and Alberto Zirlinger for being with us last week! So much fun!!! Muchas Gracias!
- Kol Hakavod to Ilan Birnbaum who made his debut appearance last week on CID Virtual. Well done and hurry back!
- Thanks to all the leaders who participated in Marathon 2 and all the people who helped behind the scenes!
- Thanks to Hillary for the cool "We're All In This Together" graphic!
- See
you Wednesday night for the North American Erev Thanksgiving Marathon
(see above) that we will be part of on 11/25 (my birthday 😊😊😊)
- Congrats
to Rachael and Ben Moss on the birth of their son, Jay Henry Moss, who
received his Hebrew name, Simcha Chayim Ben Benyamin Mordechai
Ve'Rachel. Grandma Sue and Grampa Phil, along
with all the relatives and friends are overjoyed! And
even more so now that we have gotten the chance to spend quality time
with the little fellow! What cutie this guys is. We are
back home but the three weeks flew by!
- To all those who have made financial contributions to this
CID Virtual project, thank you very much. So appreciated (Those of you who
would like to contribute may do so by sending to: Venmo (PHILIPBMOSS) or Paypal or Zelle - philip_b_moss@hotmail.com
- Check out Selected Dance Events section on chicagoisraelidancing.com to see various updates including the latest cancellations. 😥😥😥
What you Need to Know About This Week's Virtual Session (11/25/20)
LOGGING IN
Effective immediately, we are using a new zoom link, or meeting ID and pswd. But before you try to enter, please make sure that when you log in, you enter your name and location. You will be placed in the waiting room, but you will only be admitted if we can verify your identity.
With
major thanks to Aaron Alpert, if you need help in figuring out how to
enter the right information (which you must do before you actually try
to join the Zoom), please go to the following link, which he prepared
for Zoom Cali. But the same principles apply for us. Zoom Help Doc
If
you find yourself stuck in the waiting room, you can reach out to Phil
via WhatsApp. (info below in the Our WhatsApp Group section)
zoom link Or if you log in from the app, Meeting ID: 898 8860 6377 PSWD = 376030
842 8071 9704 pswd = THANKS
THE PLAN
Here's the plan/schedule/hope:
This week, at 7:00PM Central time, Ronit from Toronto will kick off the Erev Thanksgiving North American Marathon. She will be followed by Ruth and Danny representing NYC. Next comes the Mondance team from Boston (Rina, Ronnie, Yehuda). Orly from Los Angeles follows. At 10PM Chicago time there will be a special half time program, so make sure to have a Thanksgiving or turkey prop handy! Next comes Aaron from San Francisco, followed by leaders from the CID Virtual Team (Sarah, Rina, Stuart)! And then Ken from DC comes on to lead the rest of the program while there are still people who want to dance. 😊😊
Here is the homework from last week. Un Poquito
We'll continue until 12:30am or later
THE EXPERIENCE
We'll take schmooze
breaks between segments. And we'll also try getting to requests as well.
A few reminders:
- mute yourself when you
are not talking.
· open the chat window as
soon as you get in the room so you can reach out publicly and/or
privately. And enable yourself for closed captioning. We post the dances being played both in CC and the chat...
· please please please open your video if at all
possible. So much of this whole endeavor is about community and being togethe
Even if you don't dance, it is way better when we can all see each other.
LOGIN PROBLEMS
If you can't log in, go
to the end of this post to see my approach to communicating with everyone.
HELPING FINANCIALLY
If
you feel like making
a financial contribution to help support this endeavor, you can use
PayPal or Chase Quickpay (Zelle) (philip_b_moss@hotmail.com) or Venmo
(PhilipBMoss)
ORDERING OUR WAY COOL
CID-VIRTUAL T-SHIRTS PICTURED BELOW
On behalf of our entire
team, thanks so much for participating and being part of our virtual community
at this time.
Be Safe,
Phil Moss
HOW I DO MY
COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU ALL
When there is plenty of
time, I send you newsletters through this mynewsletterbuilder.com. And I
update this website, Chicagoisraelidancing.com
My fastest and easiest
(and INTERACTIVE) way to communicate is via our Facebook group, Chicago Israeli Folk Dancing
And also, for brief text
messages, I use our WhatsApp group. (If you want to be added, please send me a
message on WhatsApp to 3125198669.)
Find Out How To Order The 24 Hour Worldwide Israeli Dance Marathon 1 Commemorative T-Shirt!
Order Your T-Shirt Here Using This Link!
As a charitable follow-on, and for some additional fun, we are very pleased to offer you this opportunity to order the 24 Hour Worldwide Israeli Dance Marathon t-shirt. With your purchase, not only will you be getting a nice keepsake, you will also be helping the World Health Organization (WHO) as it combats the pandemic. We’re looking forward to seeing lots of you wearing this shirt in one of the upcoming dance sessions!
These most excellent t-shirts are made-to-order (in your selected size, color, and t-shirt style). It takes between 7 and 14 business days after a campaign closes for shirts to arrive. By the way, Bonfire, our awesome vendor, CAN SHIP INTERNATIONALLY, so be the first one in your village to get this great shirt.
The campaign has reopened. It will take 7-14 days from the next campaign end date for delivery.
Please share this message with others. This offer is open to the Worldwide Israeli Dance community, and for anyone who wants to participate in our fundraiser!
(PLEASE NOTE that the proceeds will flow through Machol Merkaz and then be gifted directly to WHO)
How To Order Our Way Cool T-shirt: Chicago Israeli Dancing - We Dance Virtually Anywhere
Parking is on the west side of the building (1224 Dempster in Evanston). Overflow street parking is available on Asbury. Entrance is on Dempster (use the first door you get to just east of the parking lot). Press the doorbell and stay in front of the camera, and be prepared to use the door on the right once you are buzzed in. (Hold the door carefully so that it doesn't slam shut.) Go up the stairs, turn to the left and then go down the stairs to the Weiner Room.
Someone will be available to buzz you in until 10:30PM. If you come after that, you can try the doorbell, and if that doesn't work,you can try calling me but there is no guarantee that I'll see the call. Try reaching me at 312.519.8669 because my other number does not work in the Weiner Room. Or try reaching me via email, philip_b_moss@hotmail.com. I do receive that in the room, but I can only check it occasionally.
Regarding the floor, please make sure to wear non-scuff shoes like you would on a wood gymnasium floor (this one is vinyl). We need to take good care of this floor and building!
ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING ON THE BETH EMET CAMPUS!!! AND PLEASE REMOVE WET SHOES BEFORE WALKING THROUGH THE DANCE ROOM.
Our Whatsapp Group
I have concluded
that it would be a good thing for me to have a way to reach everyone
quickly from time to time. So I have created a group called
Chicago Israeli Dancing. I plan to use this group very
sparingly. It is meant for instant communication, without
requiring people to be looking at FaceBook. I have added people
who are already WhatsApp contacts of mine, but I am missing many of
you. So
if you would like to be included, please find me on WhatsApp at
312.519.8669. Then message me and ask to be added. Also, I
will use this group only for messages that I intend for everyone to
see. I ask that you all do the same. Thx
Our Facebook Group
I wanted to remind you all to make sure to join our Facebook Group,
Chicago Israeli Dancing. This is the easiest way for me to quickly
reach you and it is also the way that you can interact online with the
rest of the group.