Jillintert lumen
,,t_A-v0, IS A. REASON WHY STAR DEr
.- "jz)-1V, OF THE BEST CARRY-OUT ° AT,'"
1.t.vst NURANTS IN AMER/6 1'0'
The Beat
Of The Drums
WE CUT OUR LOX
BY HAND!
Israeli musician Chen Zimbalista
is a one-man percussion band.
OUR TRAYS CAN'T BE BEAT
FOR QUALITY 8 PRICE!
~
s 500 OFE
Meat trays
Dairy trays
$5.65 per person
$10.50 per person
ON OUR y BEAITil_pRi
FULegi
I- MEAT OR DAIRY TRAYS
WITH THIS COUPON
• Not Good Holidays
• 10 Person Minimum
DELIVERY
AVAILABLE
*STAR DEL
24555
W. 12 MILE
Just west of Telegraph • Southfield
248 • 352 • 7377
LET US CATER YOUR NEXT AFFAIR
Authentic Szechuan Cooking
•
Seafood •
ocktails •A)egetarian Dishes
• ..)—Iome of General TSO'S Chicken
• '1Ao MSG on all dishes • 1:2>aily Specials
.1••• ••1.
3945014 Mile Rd.
DINE IN OR CARRYOUT Exp. 12/31/98
•
Not good with any other offer •
1 coupon per table • with coupon
cane r of Hawrty in
Newberry Squa,re NaZa
.4248) 960-7666
Original location-, 29215 5 Mile Rd
at Middlebelt - Livonia
"The Simone Vitale Band is an assurance of a great
evening... One of the hottest bands in town."
Danny Raskin, Jewish News
"Royal Oak band leader extraordinaire Simone Vitale..."
Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press
• Weddings • Anniversaries
2/13
1998
90
• Private/Corporate Parties • Bar/Bat MitzVahs
Call Simone for the best personal service in town, with
an exciting night of dancing and fun at your party.
SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to The Jewish News
le
veryone gets into the act
when Chen Zimbalista takes
the stage.
The Israeli percussionist,
who plays 50 instruments ranging
from cymbals to marimba to over 40
drums, invites members of the audi-
ence to lend both hands to the rhyth-
mic momentum.
It's not scattered clapping. It's pat-
terned participation.
Zimbalista, one of only 30 percus-
sionists worldwide, maps out his pro-
grams carefully, whether they involve
conducting workshops in schools or
playing in commercial concert halls.
The unique entertainer soon will be
in the metro area to introduce his tal-
ents in both types of settings.
"I love the sounds of all these
instruments," said Zimbalista, who is
touring with two other percussionists,
Asaf Roth and Gilad Dobrecky, and a
pianist, Nadav Rubenstein. "The
sounds can be very loud when using a
drum or very soft when playing a tri-
angle.
"I've learned I can approach any
type of audience. When I play well,
they feel the emotion of the concert."
This time around, Zimbalista is
putting his skills to work in nine
American cities. Part of the Mid
East/West Fest, an intercultural
exchange for public school students,
Zimbalista will be working with
youngsters around Ann Arbor (Feb.
13) and in Detroit (Feb. 16-18).
"Chen's visit will include a series of
talks, workshops, residencies, sharing
of music presentations, jam sessions
and joint performances with elemen-
tary, middle and high school stu-
dents," said Sylvia Kaufman, Mid
East/West Fest chair, who last year
invited an Israeli dance troupe to the
United States.
Students at Sanders and Loving
Elementary Schools in Detroit will
join Zimbalista with instruments they
made themselves. Students from
Hutchins Middle School in Detro.it
will bring instruments they regularly
play.
Two joint student performances are
planned for Feb. 18 at the State
Theater.
"When I meet with students, I try
to let them experience the joy and
energy I feel,"_Zimbalista, 30, said. "I
also want them to understand they
can learn and be friendly with people
from different parts of the world."
The public performances are at 8
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at the
Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor
and at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at
Temple Beth El. At those times,
Zimbalista will use his hands, feet and
voice to accentuate the impact of
instruments usually confined to 'the
back of the orchestra.
"Working with other percussionists
gives a sense of family to the perfor-
mance," he said.
The international music maker was
first attracted to the possibilities of
percussion when he was 10. The first
_ instrument he mastered was a marim-
ba made in the .United States.
Besides studying with a member of
the Israel Philharmonic, he spent three
years in New York working with
Morris Lang of the New York
Philharmonic.
Zimbalista kept up with his studies,
was invited to perform and finds new
instruments as he tours, often going
into flea markets to come up with
congas, vibraphones, gongs, wood
blocks and anything else that catches
his ear.
He traces his surname to a
European ancestor who played cym-
bals.
For this spin through the United
States, Zimbalista will be renting his
instruments.
"It's hard to move them all," he
said.
As Zimbalista's popularity advanced
internationally, Israeli composers
wrote music especially for him.