A few years ago, I made the promise of always “going with the flow” and continually trying new things. It was something my friend Justin had preached to me one night, and I thank him for it. As a musician, I always gravitated towards the more eccentric things anyway. I felt like we all should. The other day was Purim, which is a much celebrated Jewish day, and when I was invited to check it out, I couldn’t wait.
I saw a bunch of stuff, lots of cowboy hats, and even a girl wearing the Twister board game as her costume. The people were awesome, I was with a cool group of friends, the venue was very relaxed, and the music was completely different:
Littlefield in NYC was hosting a good Purim party, and I was excited to attend my first one. The music was awesome, but I was surprised that it wasn’t purely a Hasidic Jewish band performing. In the picture above you can see there were Ratchets, Djembe, and a horn without any valves. Not sure what the name of that would be. Oh and there was also a Contrabass Tuba player.
At one point in the night, the entire 14 member band came into the crowd and performed their instruments as everyone danced around them. Then they made us get low against the floor, and slowly rose us to our feet. It was similar to the Danza Fiesta event I attended earlier last month. It was abig group performance. No one really “watched the band” – it was more like they were “performing” with them
And one of my Facebook followers told me about “Chag Purim Sameach” which is the equivalent to saying “Happy Holidays” – very cool!
So what’s this have to do with the orchestra? Well, nothing directly, but I liked experiencing new music, new people, and new events. We all should. For Orchestra started from an idea of trying something new, and I think there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
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