Sandy Cash (Special Event)

A new location for FSGW, the Salzbergs welcome friends and Society members to their Bethesda home for a concert by Sandy Cash.SANDY CASH was born in Detroit, and followed her parents into the local Gilbert and Sullivan society and dreamed of a Broadway career. Circumstances, however, caused that career to develop off Broadway ... way off Broadway.Sandy attended Yale University, where she excelled in extra-curricular singing and musical theatre while completing a degree in Judaic Studies. Sandy originally set her sights on the rabbinate and moonlighted as Israel's first female cantor - but eventually switched her focus and entered drama school in Tel Aviv in 1986.For the last 10 years, Sandy has been one of the most popular performers on the Israeli "anglo" entertainment circuit, catering to Israel's large community of English-speaking immigrants. Specializing in dramatic, thought-provoking songs, Sandy's music brings her expatriate audiences back in time... and forward to places they've never been before.After a year in drama school, Sandy did perform in Hebrew, as well as in Italian and French. Her first job was in the New Israeli Opera, where she appeared in such memorable roles as "sixteenth gypsy from the right" and "19th century courtesan with the worst "wig" under the direction of Zubin Mehta. Later she performed -- in Hebrew -- in the Israeli casts of "Les Miserables" and "Evita" and appeared on radio and television.Even as she "made it" in the Israeli theater world, Sandy felt a yearning for her home language. She began to frequent Israel's network of folk clubs, performing songs that emphasized her dramatic training to the accompaniment of guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and a century-old English concertina.Today, Sandy considers herself folk "ambassador" to the Middle East, and is proud to have brought the work of songwriters such as Christine Lavin, Susan Werner, Dar Williams and John Forster to the attention of Israeli audiences. "Sandy Cash has ... a gorgeous, rich voice, [and] an ear for clever lyrics... I'm so happy to know that she is out there singing songs like these in her part of the world. Lucky them!"

 -Christine LavinSandy's a splendid singer and musician, and her songwriting stands straight and true alongside the likes of Cosy Sheridan, Dar Williams, and the Berrymans...an artist worth hearing..."

 -David RothContact Michael and Deborah Salzberg at 301-913-9194 or michaels (at) erols.comfor directions to their home, just West of downtown Bethesda in EdgemoorYou will probably want to contact them for driving directions, as their neighborhood is laden with unexpectedly disconnected streets and one-way patterns to discourage through traffic.

Metro: 6 blocks from the Bethesda Metro on the Red Line.