The Corona Concerts
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The Corona Family Concert Series is OVER!!!
Hi my loves: Beginning with daily shows at the end of the first week of the Coronavirus Pandemic on March 20, 2020, continuing bi-weekly and then weekly, we ended the Corona Concert Series with a Benefit Concert for Ukraine on March 12, 2022!!! It was the best 2 years of my career sharing these 143 shows with over 200,000 viewers from almost every country on Earth. I am so grateful to my beautiful wife, my wonderful mom, my amazing grandson Aiden, my family in Canada and in Israel and each and every one of you who took part. I'm back to my regular senior's concerts now and spending time with my dear family, but looking at these show makes me remember that we are one; then, now and forever. To see what we accomplished and how the shows progressed technically please click on the links below. Part 1 is from March 20 to May 31, 2020, Part 2 is from June 3 to September 11, 2020, Part 3 is from November 28 2020 to July 24, 2021 and Part 4 is from October 9, 2021 to March 12, 2022. Don't forget to comment when you watch or re-watch and ENJOY the most welcoming and caring community on the Internet!!!!!
The Corona Concerts
Hi everyone: The Covid 19 Health Crisis has changed the world completely. One part of this change has meant that all live performances by musicians have gone online. With the help of my beautiful wife and my mom, I was lucky to adjust quickly to the new situation and started broadcasting on Facebook Live every evening at 7PM, doing 67 Corona Concerts from March 20th to May 31st. These shows and their setlists can be accessed Here.
I was quite exhausted after this effort, but the Corona Family which grew around the broadcasts kept me inspired and energized, so I began the Second Round of Concerts on June 2nd. These took place on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 7PM (with an "adult" show at 9PM on the 2nd Friday of each month) and can be accessed Here.
After six months working non-stop, we ended the series with our 100th Corona Family Concert on Friday September 11th. It was time to take a little rest to get ready for my wife and I to move into our new home.
More than 2 months later we restarted the Corona Family Concerts with the Third Series. This began on November 28 and continues every Saturday evening at 7PM until July 24th when I returned to work. It was not the end of the Pandemic, but I was performing again live so I no longer had enough hours to prepare (usually 45 hours of practicing and making sure of the camera work was required BEFORE each show in the Third Series). You can see ALL these shows Here.​
Now that Omicron is spreading we are restarting the Corona Family Concerts with our Fourth series Here. Please feel free to visit each concert, share your favourites, and follow me on Facebook to see my performances live as they begin again. You won't believe the loving and happy community I am part of. We have people from every country on earth, and I am proud to say a large number are our very own front-line health care workers.
Our Corona Family has also given back: With the help of Oxfam-Quebec, we came together to raise over $3300 for Lebanese relief efforts in two concerts on August 17 and 22, and over $1000 for Covid relief efforts in India early in 2021!!! We also raised money for a local musician in palliative care, and held ALS and Arachnoiditis Awareness Shows!!! In you are not yet in the family, I invite you to come and see what this warm, welcoming and wonderful group has done in the Third Corona Family Concert Series. Can't wait to see you at the re-runs ... LOVE YOU!!!
