JewsNews June 2005

Hi Jewbrofans!

There are several exciting items to announce in this double issue: a short North Island tour next week, our Euro tour for this July/August, Bloomsday and some local gigs in Auckland.

So, taking them in order of appearance...

N O R T H I S L A N D T O U R E T T E_____

Sunday 29 May, 3pm at Rakino's here in Auckland, it's gonna be a kind of going away party

Tuesday 31 May 31st, 7:30pm, Putaruru Plaza Theatre -- this is where we kick off the tour

Plaza Theatre, Kensington Street, (off SH1 roundabout) Putaruru. Plaza booking office - open 1 til 6 Tuesday to Friday Ph 07 883 8596 ; Waiata Records, Leith Place, Tokoroa; Tirau Information Centre, SH1, Tirau or Frasers Bookshop, Arawa Street, Matamata.

Wednesday 1 June, 8pm, Palmerston North Globe Theatre, as part of the Manuwatu Jazz Festival

Thursday 2 June, 8pm, Wanganui, Club 42, St Hill Street. Bookings at Royal Wanganui Opera House, Tickets $25 and $20

Friday 3 June, 7:30pm, Hawera Memorial Theatre in Albion Street Ticket s $20 -
tix available from the Information Centre, 55 High Street, Hawera. (06) 278 8599.

Sat 4 June, 10.00pm, Wellington Hummingbird Cafe, Courtenay Place, admission $5

Sunday 2 June 9.00pm, Wellington Hummingbird Cafe, Courtenay Place, admisson $5-- remember it's Queen's birthday weekend so you can stay out late Sunday night!

Extra treat for those in Wellington: There will be a special one night only French Toast performance doing their full cabaret show at the spanking new Chow Cabaret, Tole St. just off Courtenay Pl. on Saturday (in other words, just prior to the Hummingbird Jewsbros show at 8pm.
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This cabaret venue is just opening a week or so prior to this show so, if you plan on coming down, it would be wise to ring them to make sure they have opened as scheduled and that the show is happening. 382-8585

B L O O M I N G B L O O M S D A Y A G A I N !_____

On Thursday 16 June from 8pm, the by now-traditional annual Bloomsday show will be on again at the Dogs' Bollix, the only Hibernian-Hebrew hooley of its kind in the world and a truly unique celebration of the novel Ulysses by James Joyce. This is the fifth year in a row, and our third at the Bollix.

It is growing and our fame is spreading so come real early if you want to get in. $15 at the door and it promises to be the best yet. Hershal writes: "Wait till you see what they are making me do in the show this time! Oy Veh!".

R A K I N O S K L E Z M E R E X T R A V A G A N Z A_____

On Sunday 26 June from 3pm, the Jews Brothers Band plus the Klezmer Rebs from Wellington will perform a Sunday concert at Rakinos. This will be the last NZ gig before....

E U R O T O U R 2 0 0 5_____

Three countries this time: Austria, Belgium and the UK. Here are the details of the gigs currently confirmed

21-23 July Linz, Austria -- Pflasterpektakel
This is a fabulous street festival that takes place throughout the city of Linz, the biggest of its kind in the world with loads of international street acts and buskers and a few special music groups....like us!

27-31 July Antwep Belgium --Zomer van Antwerpen Festival
A festival taking place on the streets of old Antwerp, includes everything from circus acts to music acts to jugglers, fire-eaters, and more. Antwerp is supposed to have an old mediaeval Jewish section that has survived; so it should be rather interesting.

On 1 August we arrive in London. The gigs the Band are scheduled to perform include a return to the great Spitz Club in the old Spitalfields Market where we played a great night last year.

Also we'll be doing the exotic Momos Morrocan Cafe, which is one of the oddest gigs you can do anywhere in the world.

There will be a trip up to Hull to play the Adelphi Club but the tour de force of the UK tour will be our performance at Broadstairs Folkweek in Kent. We even managed to land a wedding of two jewbrofans on-the-beach-and-then-in-the-pub in Whitstable, Kent while we are there so it should be another cool tour for The Jews Brothers Band.

F R E N C H T O A S T O N F R E N C H N A T I O N A L D A Y ! !_____

The trio French Toast comprising the two jewbros Hershal and Peter with chanteuse jewsis Linn will be helping celebrate the storming of the Bastille at three Auckland venues on two nights, so get your revolutionary glad rags on and come along to:

Wednesday 13 July
7.30pm Bal Bastille at the Eiffel, Dominion Rd, organised by the Alliance Française

Thursday 14 July, 2 performances:
6.40pm - 8.40pm Cassels, Swanson 1012 Scenic Dr. 832-4178 www.cassels.co.nz
9 - 11pm "Ottos" in the Metropolis

R O U G E R E C O R D N E W S_____

Currently in the pipeline is Linn Lorkin's soon-to-be-legendary Kiwiana album. Right now it's being rehearsed with arrangements for piano, bass and drums, and it will be recorded live at a number of concerts on the band's return from Europe. The album will launch later this year and there will be a national concert tour early next year -- Kiwiana 2006. Watch this space..

This album of fine originals will join the pantheon of classy Rouge Records CDs which are available on our secure website at www.rouge.co.nz

Remember, you read about it first in Jews News!

J E W I S H J O K E T I M E_____

Now, for your favourite part of Jews News...

A priest and a rabbi are seated together on a plane.

After a while the priest turns to the rabbi and asks, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"

The rabbi responds, "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs."

The priest then asks, "Have you ever eaten pork?"

To which the rabbi replies, "Yes, on one occasion, I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham sandwich."

The priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.

A while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?"

The priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith."

The rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptation of the flesh?"

The priest replied, "Yes, rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my faith."

The rabbi nodded understandingly.

He was silent for about five minutes, and then he said, "Beats a ham sandwich, doesn't it?"

Oy!



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Shalom already,
Hershal