For more
information,
phone 510
433-2900 or
send an email message.
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The Ellis Island Old World Folk Band has
been delighting audiences for nearly three decades with its performance
of klezmer music, the music brought to the
United States
in the early 1900’s by the Jews of Eastern Europe.
The group is truly an Old World Folk
Band. Its repertoire includes lively freilachs, soulful doinas, spirited
bulgars, old world waltzes, Yiddish vocals, and traditional music from
Eastern Europe
,
Greece
,
Russia
,
Spain
and
Italy
. Ellis Island has been featured in concerts, festivals, delicatessens,
community centers and colleges and has performed for anniversaries,
memorial services, circumcisions, baby namings and, of course, weddings,
bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs throughout Northern California.
The band was recently honored with
Proclamations from the cities of
Berkeley
and
Albany
,
California
for its contributions to the community. The band was also awarded
first prize as Best Civilian Band at the July 4th City of
Alameda
parade.
Ellis Island
will bring laughter to your lips, a tear to your eye, joy to your heart
and have you dancing in the aisles. Come! Enjoy! |
