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Yiddish Concert
In The Park
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At The Movies:
`Lost and Delirious' . . .78
Native Detroiters join
together to wish Detroit a
"Happy 300th Birthday"
Clockwise from left:
Dave Coulier, Stevie
Wonder, Tim Allen,
Della Reese and the
Temptations.
AO,
SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News
n
ow about singing "Happy Birthday" in Hebrew to get in the swing
of celebrating Detroit 300? It could very well be part of the
"Concert of Colors," scheduled July 13-15 to kick off the Detroit
300 Festival, running July 19-25.
The Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band, one of scores of acts appearing at Chene
Park in the largest free world music festival in the country, will bring some sur-
prises to the stage, and that song is being considered among them.
Members of Yiddishe Cup join a notable Jewish contingent involved with
either arranging or performing this month as diverse events fill the entertain-
ment calendar. Although Detroit 300 special occasions run throughout the year,
A WEEKLONG FESTIVAL
COMMEMORATES THE
MOTOR CITY'S 300TH
BIRTHDAY IN STYLE.
this one week concentrates many activities to mark the founding of the city.
Vic Gutman, who grew up in the area and graduated from the University of
Michigan, is an Omaha-based events planner serving as a Detroit 300 consult-
ant. Other local events that materialized from his ideas include the Ann Arbor
Summer Art Fairs and the Detroit Festival of the Arts.
"My business, Vic Gutman & Associates, works on community development
and nonprofit marketing," says the Oak Park High School graduate who had his
-bar mitzvah ar Congregation B'nai Moshe and has lived on a kibbutz. "We
helped develop the vision for the celebration.
"It was already decided to have the parade of tall ships and celebrity concerts,
but we suggested having the ships and the music in the same area. We also
helped develop the operations plan and put together a management team."
Gutman, who spends at least one-third of the year in Michigan, will be in
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