Balagan Boogaloo II (YURI LANE, SMADAR, Y-LOVE, DJ HANDLER + GUESTS) - Washington Jewish Music Festival Kick-Off Party June 2, 2007

KICK-OFF PARTY – Sat, June 2, 10 pm – 1 am
Balagan Boogaloo II
YURI LANE, SMADAR, Y-LOVE, DJ HANDLER + GUESTS
Tabaq Bistro (Ages 21 and over)
1336 U Street NW (U and 13th)
Tickets: $10

“Stereotype-defying music.”
—Village Voice

Straight from the clubs of New York City and Chicago, this forward-thinking crew is back in the DC scene by popular demand. Party to a unique mix of Israeli hip hop, bhangra, baile funk, new Mediterranio, ’80s freestyle and Afro beat—not to mention live rap, beat boxing and vocals. Yuri Lane started breakdancing and beatboxing in middle school and hasn’t stopped. His hip hop play From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beat Box Journey will return to Theater J in July 2007. He is working on a new beatbox album. Smadar, an Israeli-Moroccan, sings pan-Mediterranean music peppered with a gypsy sound. In 2006 Seeds of Peace honored Smadar for “uniting cultures to achieve peace through music.” The Epoch Times International recently dubbed Smadar “a euphonious and haunting voice” for peace and unity. Y-Love, a convert to Chassidus (the mystical branch of Orthodox Judaism), is an innovative freestyler who weaves seamless rhymes in English, Arabic, Yiddish, Hebrew and Aramaic, the ancient language of Jewish law. dj handler, founder of Shemspeed, Modular Moods Records and the Sephardic Music Festival, fuses live and recorded sound. London Radio’s 104.4 FM called him “One of New York’s hottest Jewish musicians” and Heeb Magazine listed him in their “Heeb Hundred.” www.shemspeed.com.

Presented in cooperation with the J’s J on Demand and EntryPointDC GesherCity and co-sponsored by Shemspeed

TICKETS/INFO

Festival Tickets: Purchase tickets in advance at (800) 494-TIXS or www.wjmf.org. Tickets for Rita ONLY are available at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets go on sale for JCC members on Thursday, May 3, and for the general public on Monday, May 7. Same-day tickets are available for purchase on-site starting one hour before the event, subject to availability. All ticket sales are final. JCC members, students with ID, persons under 25, seniors over 65 and groups of eight or more may purchase tickets at discounted rates when applicable.

Ticket Prices: Range from free - $75.
Festival Passport: M/NM: $70/$100 -- ensures entry to all Festival programs. Purchase your Festival Passport by calling (800) 494-TIXS or at www.wjmf.org, and attend as many Festival events as you like for one low price—a savings of 40% on individual ticket prices. The Festival Passport includes General Admission tickets to The Klezmatics and Upper Balcony tickets to Rita. If you would like to upgrade, please contact (202) 777-3250 or [email protected].

Seating: All events are general admission except Opening Night and Closing Night. Reserved seating is available for patrons with special needs. Please call (202) 777-3250 or email [email protected] for assistance

For Information: 202-777-3250 or www.wjmf.org.

Venues: Please check www.wjmf.org for all locations.

THE WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY
THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER'S MORRIS CAFRITZ CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation is the major sponsor of the Eighth Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival. The Festival is supported, in part, by grants from the United Jewish Endowment Fund, The Jewish Federation’s Israel in DC initiative and the Humanities Council of Washington, DC. The Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts is supported by a grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, and receives support from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

Official Website: http://www.wjmf.org