[Trombone-l] Micha Davis' 50'th Birthday

[Philip Brink]

Hmmm... Blazing Spitvalves?

Phil Brink

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Chris Tune <christune at christune.com> wrote:

> You sure know how to do things right over there in Israel.  G_d bless you.
> Even a Mel Brooks movie too!  This is the way to celebrate your 50th.
>
> Happy Birthday Micha.
>
> Chris Tune
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu [mailto:
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> On Behalf Of Eliezer Aharoni
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 7:58 PM
> To: Trombone-l at samford.edu
> Cc: davisbone at gmail.com
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Micha Davis' 50'th Birthday
>
> Micha Davis, Principal bass trombonist of the Israeli Philharmonic, had a
> surprise party  for  his 50th birthday last Saturday.
> The party, confidencially arranged by his wife Shelly (clarinetist of the
> Israeli Philharmonic) his daughter Inbal (baritone player, Israel Defence
> Army Band) and his friends, took place at "Ha'ozen Hashlishit" ("The Third
> Ear"). This is a huge CD store in Tel Aviv which has also movie halls and a
> bar.
> Micha, thinking he was going to a Mel Brooks movie, entered the dark hall
> and was welcome with 5 trombone s & tuba arrangement of
> "Happyb Birthday" (I sent the score to the list few days ago. The trombone
> ensemble included  the philharmonic trombone section:
> Daniel Marondini (principal), Yehoshua Pasternak and Nir Erez (assistant),
> joined by Tovy Meshulam, Eliezer Aharoni (on trombone) and
> Dudu Buch (on tuba).
>
> Ray Parnes, retired principal trombonist of the IPO, joined the group
> singing  "Like Someone In Love" (Burke/Van Heusen) arranged by Erez Nir,
> and
> Herman Hupfeld's "As Time Goes By". The group continued playing "Venezuela"
> by Vilensky (both arrangements by Eli Aharoni).
> Then, Micha was surprisingly handed a horn and joind the group to play
> Pederson's "Rosco Bosco" and Micha's own arrangement of
> "Lechayey Ha'ahava" ("Cheers to Love"). Then all attendents watched Mel
> Brooks' movie "History of Mankind".
>
> It was a great party, with the rare opportunity to gether such an ensemble
> and perform such nice music.
>
> Eliezer Aharoni
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Philip Brink
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