PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER Led By Basya Shecter Comes To Riverdale Y

Come experience the music of Pharaoh's Daughter, led by the famed Basya Shechter, at the Riverdale Y, located at 5625 Arlington Avenue in the northwest Bronx on Saturday, February 28 at 8:00pm. Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 seniors/students and $15 for Simon Senior Center members and can be purchased at www.RiverdaleY.org. Directions to the Y are also on the website. There is ample free parking in the Riverdale Y's private lot.

Blending a psychedelic sensibility and a Pan-Mediterranean sensuality, Basya Schechter leads her band, Pharaoh's Daughter, through swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrachi and Sephardi folk-rock, and spiritual stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings and electronica. Their sound has been cultivated by Basya's Hasidic music background and a series of trips to the Middle East, Africa, Israel, Egypt, Central Africa, Turkey, Kurdistan and Greece. She began retuning her guitar to sound like a cross between an Arabic oud and a Turkish saz, with harmonic minor melodies, and odd time signatures. A concert in our theater not to be missed.

The Riverdale YM-YWHA is a Jewish Community Center which has been serving the Bronx since 1909. Located along the Hudson River in the northwest corner of the Bronx, the Riverdale Y is a multi-generational community service agency providing informal education, physical education, leisure activities, and social services. The Y houses a state-of-the-art fitness center, indoor pool, and departments concentrating on Early Childhood Education, After-School, theater, film, dance, music, visual arts, and senior adults