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Are We Turning Our Chasunahs into Concerts?

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish weddings, traditionally celebrated with music and dance, are increasingly becoming elaborate productions akin to concerts, with discussions around the cost-benefit of musical enhancements. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish WeddingsChoirSimchahCultural TraditionsMusic UpgradesLive MusiciansWedding CostSimchahdig VibeSound SystemsInstrumentation

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Beit Shemesh, Southern District, Israel
"We recently played a wedding in Beit Shemesh with live musicians (we had real drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sax, etc)."

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