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and more. Though their typical
bar mitzvah costs between $2,000
and $3,500, they have provided
Ashley Fixler sings .at her sister Alexis
packages in the six figures.
Zimberg's bat mitzvah with the help of
Dr. Sandy Lipman's two daughters pianist Stephan Kukurugya.
in Farmington Hills both chose Star
Trax and MC D. "Brown for their bat
planned parties. "And we have good
mitzvah parties. "D. Brown," says Dr.
organizational skills."
Lipman, "makes the party for the kids
"But just as important," says Lynne
as well as for the adults. He brings a
Levine, "he [Vitale] gets people on the
rrue spirit to the occasion."
dance floor. "
With less splash but more intimacy
At the more personalized end of
20-year veteran musician Stefan
the spectrum, Michael Krieger offers a
Kukarugya has developed a Dueling
unique service through his new com-
Pianos concept. A take-off on the New
pany, Celebration Songs. For $250,
Orleans bar scene, it gets people
Krieger will write and record a CD or
"singing and dancing and carrying on."
tape of an original song for a client.
"Stefan can play anything," says
"I sit down with whomever is pur-
Debbie Fixler of West Bloomfield,
chasing the song and they tell me sto-
who first saw Dueling Pianos in
ries about the person — usually a
Pontiac. She asked him if he'd play it
loved one — the song is for." He also
for daughter Alexis Zimberg's bat
uses a photo of the person for the
m itzvah.
CD cover. A copy of the lyrics is on
Kukurugya and his partner take
the inside flap.
two electric pianos and build a wood-
A song he wrote for a couple's
en form around them to look like
50th wedding anniversary included
baby grand pianos back to back. The
their children and grandchildren
form also serves as a stage.
singing the chorus.
"The girls were on the piano and
"Our parents were stunned when
didn't stop singing," says Fixler. "It
they first heard the CD," says daughter
was a riot."
Christi Keller-Carollo. "As they started
Alexis adds, "They [her friends]
to recognize our voices [and the story
_got me up on the piano and had me
of their lives incorporated in the song],
dancing and my dad and his friends
they were in tears. My mother said it
were all singing to me."
was the most wonderful gift."
"It's your rapport with the audi-
Music has the power to bring peo-
ence," says Kukarugya. "That's the
ple together in any form. As bridal
most important thing when selecting
mother Lynne Levine learned,
a band. Music is a catalyst."
"Nobody remembers the food, the
Bandleader Simone Vitale stresses
flowers, or the clothes, but they will
that the best parties are the best
remember if they partied."

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