Yosef writes:
Thanks so much for your blog. I'm stuck down in Australia and am getting a real kick out of checking your blog and when I'm lucky finding free music. Usually it's even good. The tunes you linked to from Sparklifters were great.
"Shmu Bru" forwards an ad for an "affordable Chasuna plan" that appears in this week's Hamodia on page A50:
Attention: Mechutanim
We are pleased to announce the introduction of the first phase of the AFFORDABLE CHASUNA PLAN
You can now book your chasuna in the newly renovated MENORAH HALL with the renowned ROTTENBERG CATERERS
Our package includes the following:
Wedding Hall
Meal (for one hundred couples)
Waiters
Refreshments (for 400 guests)
Music with vocals (MP3)
Badchan (Kabolas Panim and Mitzvah Tantz. Only grandparents, mechutonim and chosson kallah will be called up)
Photographer
Flowers (silk)
All of the above is included in the unbelievably low price of $5,998
$2,999 PER MECHUTAN
The chasuna will take place according to the following schedule:
Kabolas Ponim: 6:30 PM
Chupa: 7:15 PM
Washing Netilas Yodayim: 8:00 PM
Simchas Chosson V'Kallah: 9:15 PM
Bircas Hamozon: 10:45 PM
Finish Mitzvah Tantz: 12:00 AM
The ad has two contact numbers; one for hall reservations and one for "comments and lectures."
