DOWN AND OUT IN TROY, MICHIGAN
I was down and out in a Marriott hotel in Troy, Mich. The bride, several hours earlier, had told me, “I can’t dance in these shoes. Can I just watch the hora?”
She watched. I asked her three times if she wanted to be lifted on the chair. No, she said three times. The bride and groom stood in the middle of the hora circle like statuettes on a wedding cake.
There was no place to walk at the Marriott, which was in a large shopping development.
Marriott Hotel, Troy, Mich.
I wrote notes to myself on the hotel stationery to justify my existence. My truest observation: “Yiddishe Cup is providing a valuable service for the Jewish communities of the Midwest.”
The Marriott room had 8 pillows, 10 towels, 2 beds and 2 bathroom mirrors that showed everything.
I couldn’t justify 8 pillows, 10 towels, etc. I just couldn’t. That bride should have danced.
Luckily the hotel windows didn’t open.
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Yiddishe Cup plays this Sunday (Nov. 7, 4 p.m.) at the Brecksville United Church of Christ, Brecksville, Ohio. www.brecksvilleucc.org
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1 comment
Bert, I learn so much about you in your blogs. I agree that late at night after a gig, our minds can go to odd places. So, just in case, on our next out-of-town gig, it might be wise to call ahead and make sure your windows are locked.
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