Shabbat Shabbom Review & Giveaway

Don’t let the title of this CD scare you away from entering this giveaway or from wanting to learn more about this CD and band!
I have to be honest that when I first looked at the cover and saw that it said ‘Shabbot’, I thought it was going to be teaching my children something then what we believe in (not that it’s a bad thing, I just wasn’t sure what to expect), but I was surprised that it doesn’t talk about relgion at all! Just fun, bouncy, and entertaining music! The songs are more along the lines of family and her traditions. I really enjoyed this CD and the message that I got out of it…..family! Who doesn’t like a message about being with family and carrying on the traditions?! This is a very bubbly, energitic CD full of get music & a good message!

Funky music with a Jewish twist -that pretty much sums it up!

Mama Doni, a.k.a. Doni Zasloff Thomas, is a mom, educator, performer, songwriter, and lead singer in The Mama Doni Band, winner of the 2008 Simcha Award for “Inspiring Joy Through Music,” in competition with more than 100 bands from 15 different countries at the International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, Holland. She was invited back to Amsterdam the next year in 2009 to perform a concert and conduct a workshop.

Immersed in Jewish life and music since childhood, Doni grew up in the Washington DC area, attending The Hebrew Day Institute and The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. She then moved to Philadelphia and finished high school at Akiba Academy. She attended Camp Ramah, Camp Judea, Camp Moshava, and Camp Bnai Brith where she was drama/dance counselor. Through highschool she was a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor and Hebrew School teacher, she then went to Brandeis University and NYU, where she earned a degree in Educational Theatre and Performing Arts. Pursuing a career in children’s media and marketing, Doni was creative director for an award winning, pioneering children’s media company for more than seven years.

Quirky, funny, and always unpredictable, Doni’s music brings a fun new twist to Chanukah in this CD, as it ventures through dance beats, Latin pop, “Jewgrass” hoe-downs, and dazzling disco ditties to make latkes, dreidels and Yiddish expressions cooler than ever. Recognized in The New York Times, LA Times, The Jewish Daily Forward, New York Post, The Star-Ledger, The Record, Time Out New York Kids, New Jersey Jewish News, The Jewish Week, Jewish Woman International Magazine, and more, The Mama Doni Band delights families throughout the country. In addition to producing funky, family-friendly CDs and videos, Mama Doni and her team present an array of live concerts and workshops.

Want to see Mama Doni & The Mama Doni Band? You are in luck! Here are the dates & where they will be…hopefully there is one new you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/03/11 – Congregation Keneseth Israel – Early Childhood Educator’s Workshop (Elkins Park, PA) 12:30pm

04/03/11 – Congregation Keneseth Israel – Family Concert (Elkins Park, PA) 3:00pm

04/10/11 – Boroughs JCC – (Westborough, MA) 2:00pm

04/22/11 – Joint Concert with Friedberg JCC & Mid-Island YJCC – (Oceanside, NY) 1:00pm

05/10/11 – Weinstein JCC – (Richmond, VA) 6:30pm

05/11/11 – Simon JCC – (Virginia Beach, VA) 6:15pm

05/15/11 – Tampa JCC – (Tampa, FL) 11:00am

05/22/11 – JCC of Greater New Haven – (Woodbridge, CT) 4:00pm

06/01/11 – Solomon Schechter School of Queens – PRIVATE EVENT (Flushing, NY) 1:15 & 2:15pm

06/12/11 – Sponsored by Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston – Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, MA) 1:00-3:00pm

06/18/11 – New Jersey Y Camps – Family Camp Weekend – PRIVATE EVENT (Milford, PA) 8:00pm

06/19/11 – Washington DC Jewish Music Festival – (Washington, DC) 11:00am

06/22/11 – Kaiserman JCC Summer Day Camp – PRIVATE EVENT (Wynnewood, PA) 10:00am

07/01/11 – Camp Deeny Riback – PRIVATE EVENT (Flanders, NJ) 1:00pm

07/07/11 – Harrisburg JCC – Day Camp – PRIVATE EVENT (Harrisburg, PA) 3:00pm

07/08/11 – Katz JCC – Summer Camp Program – PRIVATE EVENT (Margate, NJ) 2:00pm

07/15/11 – Camp JCC of Allentown – PRIVATE EVENT - (Center Valley, PA) 2:00pm

07/19/11 – JCC Columbia – (Columbia, SC)

07/21/11 – Camp Deeny Riback – PRIVATE EVENT (Flanders, NJ) 12:00pm

07/22/11 – Camp Gadol  – JCC of Mid-Westchester – PRIVATE EVENT - (Scarsdale, NY) 10:45am

07/25/11 -Staten Island JCC – Lillian Schwartz Day Camp – PRIVATE EVENT - (Staten Island, NY) 10:00am & 11:30am

07/27/11 – New Jersey Y Camps – Camp Nah-Jee-Wah – PRIVATE EVENT - (Milford, PA) 8:00pm

07/29/11 – Mid-Island YJCC – summer camp concert – PRIVATE EVENT - (Wheatley Heights, NY) 10:45am

07/29/11 – Friedberg JCC Summer Camp – PRIVATE EVENT - (Wheatley Heights, NY) 2:00pm

08/01/11 – Suffolk YJCC summer camp concert – PRIVATE EVENT - (Wheatley Heights, NY) 1:30pm

08/10/11 – Neil Klatskin Day Camp – Kaplen JCC on the Palisades – PRIVATE EVENT - (Tenafly, NJ) 10:30am & 2:30pm

08/12/11 – JCC on the Hudson – PRIVATE EVENT - (Tarrytown, NY) 10:00am

08/12/11 – Camp Yachad – JCC of Central NJ – PRIVATE EVENT - (Scotch Plains, NJ) 2:15pm

08/17/11 – Hillcrest Jewish Center Day Camp – PRIVATE EVENT – (Flushing, NY) 1:30pm

08/19/11 – Camp Deeny Riback – PRIVATE EVENT (Flanders, NJ) 1:00pm

12/10/11 – Temple Beth Emeth – (Brooklyn, NY) 12:30pm

12/11/11 – JCC Rockland – (West Nyack, NY) 4:00pm

 

Listen to snippets of this and her other CDs here! You can also watch some of here videos here!
Now here is your chance to win her latest CD-Shabbot Shaboom!

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