Wednesday, May 28, 4:00 pm - Sunday, June 1, 2008, 11:00 am
URJ Camp Songleaders begin Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 3:00 pm

If you teach or lead music in Camps, congregations, or community centers, Hava Nashira is for you. You'll improve your skills as you learn from the finest Jewish music innovators and composers, including Debbie Friedman, Cantor Jeff Klepper, Peter and Ellen Allard, Merri Lovinger Arian, Cantor Rosalie Boxt, Rabbi Ken Chasen, Cantor Ellen Dreskin, Josh Nelson, Dan Nichols and Craig Taubman. Instrumental proficiency is preferred but not necessary.

Participants may choose two intensives (major sessions), one for Thursday and one for Friday. In addition, a wide variety of electives and master classes will be offered.

Read about the intensives (major sessions) that will be offered. 
Note that the descriptions for the Religious School intensives have been updated,
and a new intensive, Choir Conducting, has been added for Friday morning.

Registration for electives will take place on Thursday morning at Hava Nashira. 
Description of electives.   Schedule of electives.

Master Classes
Sign up for the master classes will take place on Thursday morning at Hava Nashira. Registration will be limited to 10 participants in each class. Master classes will be approximately one hour long, and will take place during the morning intensive sessions both Thursday and Friday. If you want to attend a master class, you will miss one hour of your morning intensive to attend the master class. Even if you are interested in the master classes, you still need to sign up for a morning intensive.

Master Class with Jeff Klepper- "Making Music with Mishkan T'filah"
The Reform Movement's new siddur, Mishkan T'filah, offers many ways to integrate music into a wide variety of worship and educational settings. In this class, each participant will have an opportunity to practice different approaches to teaching and performing songs using Mishkan T'filah, followed by helpful critiques and suggestions from Jeff. (Note: this is not for beginners - prior songleading experience is required.)

Master Class with Debbie Friedman– topics to follow.

The fee for Hava Nashira includes lodging, meals and all programming and materials. Semi-private housing is available in the Bayit, Lodge and Daniel M. Soref Education and Alumni Center (rooms with 2 twin beds and private bath); and in the Nerenberg Family Center (rooms with 2 twin beds with communal washrooms at the end of the hall). Lodging is also available in dormitory cabins (separate for men and women), featuring bunk beds for 24 participants in each cabin, with adjacent washrooms and showers.

The fees are $575 for semi-private housing in the Bayit, Lodge, and Daniel M. Soref Education and Alumni Center; $525 in the Nerenberg Family Center; and $450 for dormitory housing. No private rooms are available.  Note:  Housing for this program is now filled.

Full payment must accompany your application. Registration is limited. This program has filled quickly in recent years. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis until the program is full.

TO REGISTER:  Download the application above and mail the completed application along with your check made out to OSRUI for full payment to:  OSRUI/Hava Nashira, 555 Skokie Blvd., Suite 333, Northbrook, IL  60062.

CANCELLATION POLICY:  There is a $75 cancellation fee if you cancel on or before May 1st.  There are no refunds for cancellations received after May 1st.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

Hava Nashira takes place at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, the regional camp of the Union for Reform Judaism in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, located between Milwaukee and Madison. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to camp. The nearest airport is Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Mitchell Field). The best time to arrive at the Milwaukee Airport is between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm. The camp is also a 2-hour drive from O’Hare Airport in Chicago.

Van Service to Camp
We have made arrangements with Airport Connections to offer van service to the camp at a discounted rate from the Milwaukee Airport (Mitchell Field). Airport Connections will group Hava Nashira participants together in vans. (When you book, you will be quoted an already discounted fare of $37.00 one way. On the day of travel, if you ride with at least one other OSRUI participant to or from the airport, Airport Connections will rebate $15.00 back to your credit card.) Make your reservation early, as Airport Connections anticipates a fare increase this spring due to fuel costs; the increase will not apply to previously booked reservations. The discounted fare is only available if you make your reservation more than 4 days in advance.

Bus to Camp for URJ Songleaders
A bus will pick up URJ songleaders at the Milwaukee airport at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, May 27, and bring them to camp. URJ songleaders are responsible for their own transportation back to the Milwaukee airport onSunday. See the information above about Van Service to make reservations for van transit back to the airport.

For more information, please contact Barbara Gordon at 847-239-6984 or bgordon@urj.org.