LIVING TRADITIONS ANNOUNCES ITS 17TH ANNUAL KLEZKAMP

Living Traditions announces its 17th annual "KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program" to be held December 23-28 at the Hilton at Cherry Hill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
The theme "The Yiddish Media: On the Page, On the Stage and On the Air" celebrates the contributions made by pioneers in Yiddish journalism, broadcasting, film and publishing. Among the lecturers will be Samuel Norich, chairman of the Board of the Forward Association, on the history of the Forward, the world's most successful Yiddish newspaper, Eric Goldman, on the Jewish cinema, and KlezKamp founder and director Henry Sapoznik on the rise and fall of Yiddish radio.

Our famed music staff of over 35 teachers includes singer Adrienne Cooper, Klezmatic's fiddler Alicia Svigals, clarinetist Margot Leverett, Klezmer Conservatory Band's Jim Guttmann and Philly area drumming legend Elaine Hoffman-Watts.
We will also be honoring our "Yiddish Living Treasures" with "Meetings with Our Masters" a unique opportunity to study with the great veteran exponents of Yiddish culture. They include theater artists David Rogow, Lillian Lux, Mina Bern and Shifra Lehrer, clarinetists Howie Leess, Danny Rubinstein and Paul Pincus, drummer Julie Epstein (last of the famed Epstein Brothers), pianist Pete Sokolow and actor/choreographer Felix Fibich.
This, in addition to a full schedule of instrumental and vocal music programs, literature, three levels of Yiddish, visual arts, cooking seminars, our renowned KlezKids and KlezTeens programs plus a new commuter option for local residents.

Evening programs -- many of which are open to the public -- include our popular staff concert, a "Meeting With Our Masters" special discussion and concert/dance party featuring great veteran klezmer musicians of the1940s, and a World Premier of a documentary from "The Yiddish Radio Project" a multi-part series on the history of Yiddish radio which will air on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" in Spring 2002. That,  plus concerts, klezmer jam sessions, sing-a-longs, and dancing to live music.
The Hilton at Cherry Hill is a modern, full service conference center located just minutes from
Philadelphia airport and less than 90 minutes from midtown Manhattan. It features comfortable class settings and beautiful plush bedrooms and a new outstanding kosher menu by famed Hilton executive chef Darius Peacock under the rabbinical supervision of Star K Tri-State Chabad.

KlezKamp, the world's leading Yiddish cultural event, brings together the finest exponents of traditional Ashkenazic music and folk arts in an innovative, exciting and challenging environment. KlezKamp combines old-fashioned intergenerational mentoring and apprenticeships with innovative and cutting edge presentations to create a vibrant and relevant context for Jewish cultural continuity. Since1985 over 10,000 participants from around the world have come to study and share this unique cultural experience.

For additional information write: klezkamp@aol.com or check our website at http://www.klezkamp.org.