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U-M student Jack Stratton joins
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here's nothing routine about
Jack Stratton's musical perfor-
mances.
Stratton, 20, a University of Michigan
sophomore in Ann Arbor whose base
is playing drums, easily changes style
and instruments to work with different
groups.
While his next show is with
Yiddishe Cup, a band that combines
klezmer with humor, he also makes
time for others who count on his tal-
ents: Groove, a percussion ensemble;
Proyecto Sabor Latin Jazz Orquestra, a
salsa assembly; New Universal Sound,
a rock collective; and the women's
Basketball Band, a U-M pep troupe.
Yiddishe Cup, scheduled Feb. 2 at the
Ark in Ann Arbor, is a special affilia-
tion for two reasons. It features Jack's
dad, Bert Stratton, on clarinet, sax and
harmonica, and it launched the young-
er Stratton's career interests.
"Yiddishe Cup mixes klezmer with
Middle Eastern sounds and fuses it all
with modern styles from hip-hop to
Latin:' explains Jack, who was raised
in Cleveland, Ohio, where Yiddishe

U-M sophomore Jack Stratton

Cup is based. "We also present some
Yiddish parodies from early in the 20th
cent
Yiddishe Cup will be featur-
ing songs the group has recorded,
such as "Gentile on My Mind" and
"Meshugeneh Mambo:' the title track
of its latest CD. There also will be songs
composed by the younger Stratton,
the only two-time winner of Block M
Records' New Music on the Block con-
test, a university competition.
Stratton, who chose U-M because

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Meet The Horowitzes

Ronelle Grier
Special to the Jewish News

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f you've never attended a pro-
duction at the Jewish Ensemble
Theatre, Saying Kaddish with
My Sister is the perfect reason to start
going. And if you've attended plays at
JET before, don't miss this one.
Kaddish is the first play by California
poet and teacher Alison Luterman, who
takes the familiar theme of a family in
conflict and imbues it with creativity,
humor and heart.
When the play opens, Lorraine
(Milica Govich), matriarch of the
Horowitz family, has
just died. Her husband,
Max (Loren Bass),
has been deceased
for several years; and
their two daughters, Rachel (Teri Clark
Linden), an Orthodox Jew living in

Leah Smith and Teri Clark Linden in
JET's Saying Kaddish with My Sister

Israel, and Lydia (Leah Smith), a flam-
boyant New York actress-performance
artist, are making shivah
preparations. When the
funeral music fades away
and the lights reveal a
TV set with Lorraine as
special guest and a familiarly buxom
talk-show host (Rhonda English) as

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