The “New Year’s Eve in Tel Aviv” concert-celebration returns on Dec. 31 after a two-year hiatus. The party gets started at 3 p.m. at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd. in Maplewood. This marks year six for the event, which originated as a holiday party for members of Congregation Neve Shalom in 2014.
It’s hosted by Will Soll, who will take the stage along with Joey Kenig and Andy Curry. The Jewish trio of 70-plus-year-olds play a variety of instruments. Soll alternates between guitar, steel guitar, mandolin and banjo. The idea of the event, he said, is to offer a laid-back midday New Year’s Eve gathering.
What the concert includes
“We’ll follow the same format as we did before with Andy and Joey and me performing some original material and songs from Jewish songwriters, including George Gershwin, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Steve Goodman and a number of other songs in our repertoire,” Soll said.
Halfway through the concert — at 4 p.m. St. Louis time, midnight in Tel Aviv—the new year is celebrated with a nod to Allan Sherman, the Jewish singer-songwriter who wrote “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (the Camp Granada song)…