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How Choir! Choir! Choir! grew out of a living room gathering into 2,500 strangers singing Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' in Montreal

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JL;DR SUMMARY Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman founded the social singing group Choir! 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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Leonard CohenCultural EventsCommunity BuildingCanadian Jewish NewsRalph BenmerguiCommunity SingingChoir! Choir! Choir!Nobu AdilmanMusic And SpiritualityDaveed Goldman

Places mentioned

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"...2,500 strangers singing Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' in Montreal..."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"...Aunties and Uncles, which was a real landmark in the city for a long time in Toronto."
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
"...definitely born out of my Halifax days, which I spent, you know, nine years in and around the Maritimes, going to school."
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Retrieved 2025-04-09 05:30:44 UTC
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