Life Cycles…..

Life cycles are defined as being comprised of ups and downs -good times and hard times. Nobody escapes……….., as the adage goes. Therefore imagine how really great it would be to be professionally involved in the life-cycles of others, but limit the involvement to “the good times.”

Well, at least until we start performing at New Orleans type funerals, that is our exact lot as a performing group for joyous occasions. If you’re feeling a bit jealous, just take our good fortune and then multiply it by the amount of events we’re blessed to do within each family! Or for an extended family. It gets to be as if we become part of that family. I’m thankful and grateful to report to you that we have grown relationships like those over the past twenty-five years. Relationships that defy the odds, relationships that create connections between musicians and families that are as valued and heart-felt as any blood relationship. Well let me just say that, thank G-d, we’ve got loads of those relationships. We love to greet these people at other people’s Smachot also. Yes, we’ve been blessed with many of these wonderful relationships. And then there’s Cynthia and Abe Hercman. Words can only limit our sense of Hakarat Hatov to the Hercmans in trying to remember the early planning of the Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, all the way through the recent Simcha of performing at the wedding of their Mezinka. Nobody better, nobody nicer, they give new meaning to the word menchlichkeit. Thank you for allowing us to join your beautiful family and Mazel Tov on your recent Simcha.

Regards from the Holy Land.

I’ll be talkin’ to ya’

EZ