Dan Geigerman’s “Avenue Q” Parody for Hava Nashira 2011

 

Sung to the tune of “I Wish I Could Go Back To College” from the musical “Avenue Q” music & lyrics by by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx.

Parody lyrics by Dan Geigerman

KATE MONSTER:
I love to be at Hava Nashira.
Life is so simple here.

NICKY:
What would I give to stay here
and sing 18 part harmonies all year!

PRINCETON:
I love to be at Hava Nashira.
Here you’re surrounded by friends.
You sit in the Rotunda,
and think, "Oh Hashem!
I am gonna sing louder than them!"

ALL:
I want to stay at Hava Nashira?
It seems to go by in a flash!

PRINCETON:
I wanna go back to my schule and
teach them all the new
things that I learned!
Ohhh...
I wish I could do all the classes...

NICKY:
Or learn a new song...

KATE MONSTER:
Or beat a drum...

PRINCETON:
Play guitar all day long.

ALL:
I need the faculty to point the way!
We’re always...
Jamming outside Chadar Ochel,
4 A.M. when we should be sleeping in bed,
Cursing the world because breakfast’s at 8,
And seeing the rest of my friends there, too!

PRINCETON:
I want to stay at Hava Nashira!

ALL:
Please God do not let it end!
AHHHH...

PRINCETON:
I wish I had taken more pictures.

NICKY:
But when we leave Hava Nashira,
We know the songs here don’t end-
We pack up to leave,
And think yes indeed,

ALL:
"I know I want to come back next year."

Lisa Baydush's Tribute Poem to Debbie Friedman from HN2011

Lisa Baydush u Jewish Music Educator u www.ShirSynergy.com

Debbie,

With your Mi Shebeirach,

you gave me the gift of prayer.

And with that gift of prayer,

you gave me the gift of song.

And with that gift of song,

you gave me my Jewish voice.

And with my Jewish voice,

I found my Jewish soul.

You sang a song

and sparked a light within me

that changed my world.

You sang a song

and introduced me

to a me I had not yet met.

For your songs,

For your light,

For the gifts you shared with such love…

I will be forever grateful,

Forever inspired,

Forever blessed.