Monthly Archives: July 2010

Raya Brass Band @ The First Annual Massive Mad Hatter’s Tea Party! Sunday, Aug 1

July 27, 2010 – 4:30 pm

The First Annual Massive Mad Hatter’s Tea Party to Benefit City at Peace Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010 – 6:00pm – 7:00pm Place: Tompkins Square Park, center circle You’re coming, right?: RSVP Be our guest! There will be tea! There will be delicacies! There will be live music by Raya Brass Band! There will be [...]

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Raya Brass Band Returns to Barbes on July 29

July 27, 2010 – 3:51 pm

We’re pleased to be returning to our favorite Brooklyn cultural center and bar, Barbes, on Thursday, July 29. We play @ 10 pm and hope you’ll come down and dance dance dance. And dance some more. And don’t miss legendary Klezmer clarinetist and mandolin player Andy Statman @ 8 pm in the same venue. Get there [...]

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Raya Brass Band at Secret Project Robot on Friday, July 30

July 27, 2010 – 3:45 pm

If an underground punk/hipster kind of scene is your thing, this is the Raya gig for you this weekend… Raya Brass Band at Secret Project Robot Friday, July 30 9 PM Secret Project Robot: corner of River St and Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn http://www.secretprojectrobot.org/

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Rokeby Farm in the New York Times

July 22, 2010 – 5:43 pm

We played a show up in Tivoli, NY a few weekends back and had the great pleasure of playing a fantastic Fourth of July party at Rokeby Farm – there’s an article in today’s NY Times about the place. © 2010 New York Times We’ll be back in Tivoli this Saturday for The Fourth Annual [...]

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Max Chased by a Bee Dance

July 17, 2010 – 5:06 pm

Boston Balkan Night 2010. Raya Brass Band’s accordion player Max was chased by a bee. This was before he became a bee keeper.

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The Balkan Shout Out Night 2009

July 17, 2010 – 5:04 pm

We appeared along with Black Sea Hotel and Fishtank Ensemble for this annual fundraiser for the East European Folklife Center in May 2009.

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Celebration for the Rebirth of the Derelict Bridge in Poughkeepsie

July 17, 2010 – 4:53 pm

Raya Brass Band had the honor of leading eager folks onto the recently completed Walkway Over the Hudson on opening day on October 3, 2009. This amazing old railway bridge is now the the world’s longest pedestrian bridge and definitely worth a visit next time you’re upstate. Fast Facts About the Walkway from Walkway Over [...]

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Brass Band Class at EEFC Balkan Music & Dance Camp Iroquois Springs 2009

July 17, 2010 – 4:48 pm

We thought you’d like to see the place where many of us got our start, in Michael Ginsburg’s brass band class at the EEFC Balkan Music and Dance Camp. There’s still space at this year’s workshop at Iroquois Springs! Go! Dive in! The water’s real nice!

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Raya Brass Band Makes Cameo Appearance in Balkan Beat Box Video

July 6, 2010 – 6:20 pm

Hey, we’re in this Balkan Beat Box video mashup! We show up for the first time around 2:15 after the snake charmer and before the magic carpet rider. Then we show up a few more times after that…

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