Channukah JCC Performance

Makela was pleased to do a Channukah performance for a Hebrew language group at the JCC on 12/12/12 here in Washington, D.C.

Here's a clip of our signature song, Samachti, that one of member Noah Mamber's friends graciously took for us:



It was a lovely evening.  We got to witness the lighting of the candles and we very much enjoyed the opportunity to eat and mingle with our Hebrew speaking audience after our performance.  Very few of our members actually speak Hebrew, and thus hilarity ensued.


We also had the pleasure of making one of those of unexpected discoveries that occur when you explore a big city like Washington.  The JCC is situated in a beautiful, classical old building with a gorgeous checkerboard-floored lobby.  We needed a vacant space in which to rehearse before our performance, but the JCC being the busy hub of Jewish life that it is, all the rooms were in use.  Finally we stumbled into the lobby and discovered AMAZING ACOUSTICS.  Dan articulated what we were all thinking when he asked, "Can we rehearse here every week?"

That experience prompted a spontaneous video recording of our song Zion, which we performed in circle formation to take advantage of that incredible space.  It was filmed on a regular old point-and-shoot camera and the sound is still beautiful.  And Deb's solo work is absolutely brilliant.

Enjoy the full Zion recording here, on our Youtube chanel.