From: Menachem Vinegrad <menny2@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Song "English is Cuh-Ray-Zee" on Radio Upper Upper galilee Hi All, Menachem Vinegrad here Its some time now since I posted on Etni- I'm doing other things now as you will see. I am semi-retired, though still teaching English at Yeshiva Tichonit Alonei Habashan, a couple of days a week I still organize Jacob's Ladder Festival along with Yehudit. We have a wonderfully funny entertainer coming over for the December festival (Yes its twice a year now): Christine Lavin, singer/songwriter , comedienne and authoress from New York will be with us at Nof Ginosar 10-11th December- exclusively at Jacob's Ladder. www.jlfestival.com I also compile and present weekly folk radio broadcasts on Radio Upper Galilee. Mostly the broadcasts are in hebrew , mixed with english, but occasionally I'll do an entire broadcast in english. This week's programme includes a wonderful banjo-driven rap by 91 year old Pete Seeger "English is Cuh-Ray-Zee. I urge you to play it for your good classes- in fact play them the whole show- there's some good stuff there. Use a simple editing programme, such as Audacity or the like if you need to present only the one song. If I get sufficient requests I will compile an entire programme in english, you are welcome to make requests, either for songs representing countries, folk or world genres, for specific songs ( if I have them) or for a mention for your school or class. Take a listen and see if you like it http://www.icast.co.il/default.aspx?p=Podcast&id=354554 or directly to the latest episode via www.tinyurl.com/radiouppergalilee The following were interviews with live and recorded music from artists in our studio. The Jill Rogoff episode Tue, 31 Aug 2010 was entirely in english: as was the Marcie & Paul Forrest episode 27th July 2010 I appreciate feedback, requests and ratings for the programmes made on the icast site. The complete playlists are on the website The site is www.icast.co.il The programme is called "Shomim Olam" write it in Hebrew If you really like a particular singer or song a simple google will put you in touch with the artists. They appreciate the feedback . My pupils are still talking about the contact we had with a singer last year. Looking forward to your listening and to your comments. Menachem For Menachem's Folk Podcasts on Radio Upper Galilee go to: www.tinyurl.com/radiouppergalilee The next two Jacob's Ladder Festivals are: Jacob's Ladder Winter Weekend Fri/Sat 10th &11th December 2010 Jacob's Ladder Spring Festival Thurs-Sat 19/20/21 May 2011 Please join website mailing list for updates. www.jlfestival.com ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------