MAMA DONI GETS COOKING!—A FAMILY SHOW & BOOK SIGNING
WHEN: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 7:00 PM
WHERE: JCC OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ
TICKETS: $5
“Her stage name may sound as if it belonged on a jar of pasta sauce, but Mama Doni is an indisputably Jewish performer. Doni Zasloff Thomas in real life, she specializes in putting a Jewish spin on all kinds of musical styles, including reggae, rock, disco and Latin.” – The New York Times
“New Jersey’s Mama Doni makes a zany musical chicken soup of reggae, rock, disco, Latin, klezmer, and other styles.”– The Boston Globe
The centerpiece of the festivities will be a full-length, acoustic family concert by Mama Doni and her guitar player, Eric Lindberg, featuring an array of songs from the 29-track Mama Doni CD that's included with Get Cooking! A Jewish American Family Cookbook & Rockin' Mama Doni Celebration.
Mama Doni's show will highlight music for all seasons, with songs for Purim, Passover, and more. Kids and families should come prepared for some aerobically challenging moves as they "Synagoguersize," boogie to the Hamantaschen Dance for Purim, and, of course, join the famous "Challah Day" conga line! Hip young kids and their even hipper parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are all encouraged to get up and dance at this spirited Jewish concert.
From Rosh Hashanah to Thanksgiving, Chanukah to Fourth of July, the Jewish American calendar is overflowing with chances to celebrate, savor good food, and get down and party with family and friends. Get Cooking! A Jewish American Family Cookbook & Rockin' Mama Doni Celebration takes readers through a year of holidays with fun, "menschy" activities for every season and recipes that give American cuisine a Jewish twist, such as Fill-in-the-Blank Hamantaschen for Purim and Mama Doni's Matzah Pizza for Passover.
Montclair, NJ resident Doni Zasloff Thomas, a.k.a. Mama Doni, is the lead singer/songwriter of The Mama Doni Band, honored with a Parents’ Choice® Award for their CD, Shabbat Shaboom, and winner of the Simcha Award for “Inspiring Joy Through Music” in competition with more than 100 bands from 15 different countries at the International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam. The band celebrates Jewish culture with irrepressible zest in its interactive family rock concerts filled with catchy pop songs that break the mold of traditional Jewish music. Quirky, offbeat, and unpredictable, The Mama Doni Band offers up a contagious and unexpected blend of reggae, rock, disco, Latin, klezmer and “Jewgrass” — all woven together with a hip Jewish sensibility.
For more information, please visit http://mamadoni.com and http://www.behrmanhouse.com/get-cooking