hannukah sidefight

ken · Post by **ken** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:10 pm

Hi All,

Well, it's almost December, and every year I try to write a Hannukah tune or two, but I rarely complete them. Perhaps adding a deadline will help me get to work. The past few years I've also put together Hannukah compilation CDs for my family and friends. So to combine the two, I challenge you to write an original Hannukah song or record a cover of a classic. Songs will be due on the first night of Hannukah, 12/7/04 and voting will continue through the eight nights, concluding 12/14/04. I will provide a prize for the winning entry. Please PM me with a link to your entry by sundown on 12/7/04.

Let me know if I can help in any way.

Be well,
Ken

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:18 pm

I'd much rather record an original Hannukah song than cover one, but can you suggest what would be considered a "classic Hannukah song", so that I can get a feel for how into Hannukah they delve? I know the dreidel song, and that's about it.

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:26 pm

http://www.caryn.com/holiday/holiday-Hsongs.html

ken · Post by **ken** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:11 am

Well, I win by default I guess. Here's my song, a traditional tune called Hanairot Halalu.

http://kni.songhole.org/mp3s/Hannukah/K ... Halalu.mp3

Also, check out this fun Hannukah Hey Yah video:

http://home.nc.rr.com/keehyun/stuff/jew-heyya.html

Happy Hannukah!

Ken

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:00 am

Sounds good. Probably be even better if I knew understood what you were saying.

I totally missed this. Maybe you just needed to advertise it more?

ken · Post by **ken** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:30 am

There are still 7 nights left, so feel free to jump in.

Ken

Bolio · Post by **Bolio** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:30 pm

Very interesting... coming from someone who knows nothing about 'Hannukah.' For one, it's spelled 'Chanukah' on my Calendar, what's up with that??

Happy Hannukah to Ken & anyone else celebrating today!!!

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:02 pm

Bolio wrote:Very interesting... coming from someone who knows nothing about 'Hannukah.' For one, it's spelled 'Chanukah' on my Calendar, what's up with that??

Happy Hannukah to Ken & anyone else celebrating today!!!

Well, it started last night. I never got the lack of normalized spelling either, I mean for better adoption you've got to apply standards. We lit the candle last night and the boys got new HESS trucks with race motorcycles.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:10 pm

I like to spell it "::clears throat::anukah".

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:12 pm

There's a few different ways of applying the transliteration, but that applies to pretty much every language which uses a totally different character set. Look at Chinese for an extreme example.