Beber ROCKS!

Beber Camp's Rock and Roll Headquarters!

800-803-CAMP

This is the website dedicated to the rock bands of B'nai B'rith Beber Camp in Mukwonago, WI. It documents their meteoric rise to fame, legendary recording sessions, and epic concert performances.

For more information about Beber Camp, please visit www.bebercamp.com or to setup a tour, call the summer office at 800-803-CAMP.

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Tickle me Chickens

Tickle me Chickens are:

 

Sophie- Sophie is from buffalo Grove, Il. This is her fourth summer and has been a part of the stuido for all of them with Hannah Kaplan.

 

Melanie- Melanie is from Highland Park, Il. This is also her fourth summer at camp she has taken part in the stuido for 3 out of her 4 years.

 

Hannah Davidson- Hannah is from Buffalo Grove, il. This is her fourth summer at camp. She has taken part in the studio for 2 out of her 4 years.

 

Hannah Kaplan- Hannah is from Deerfield, Il. This her fourth summer and she has been in the stuido for all of them with Sophie. 

When I'm at Camp
Tickle me Chickens

2 York Serenades Wisconsin

These two New York natives formed a band in Mukwonago, WI, and found a British producer/musician to join them for their recordings and lives shows. Check out their performances at BeberFest and listen to their live AND studio recordings!

Young Dumb and Broke
2 York
Wonderwall
2 York

It's Christmas in July at Beber Camp thanks to Jews in Paris

Who says you can't have fun and still be a rocker! No dour expressions or deep lyrics here, just a cover of a holiday classic by the Ramot rockers Jews in Paris! Enjoy their performance video from Fine Arts Fest, as well as their live AND studio recordings.

Jingle Bell Rock - Studio Sneakout mix
Jews in Paris
Jingle Bell Rock LIVE at Fine Arts Fest 2017
Jews in Paris

Lightning McJew Rocks Ramot!

Lightning McJew stole Ramot's heart with their deep, emotional renderings of classic songs. Check out their performance video from Fine Artst Fest below, as well as their live and studio recordings, and rehearsal videos too!

Chasing Cars - Studio Sneakout mix
Lightning McJew
Chasing Cars LIVE at Fine Arts Fest 2017
Lightning McJew
Melody and Zoe taking a selfie in the recording studio after laying down vocal overdubs on the song!

Melody and Zoe taking a selfie in the recording studio after laying down vocal overdubs on the song!

Guitar Building Hobby just Keeps Rockin!

The Guitar Building hobby tried something new for 2017 and made lap steels - popular in Hawaiian and country music. The campers never fail to come up with great designs - we made two guitars, one of which looks like a tree with branches coming off the body, and the other is, of course, a guitar that looks like corn on the cob, with Asst. Dir. Joel Bennett's caricaturized face and a quote that he loves to say at dinner! Joel was flattered of course! Check out the photos of the making of the guitars!

The Villagers put the Pio Village on the Rock n Roll Map!

The Villagers are the first band ever to come out of the mean streets of Pio Village at Beber Camp. Their ferocious stage energy has become legendary, as you'll see from their landmark performance headlining the Fine Arts Fest below. You can also hear and download that performance AND their late-night recording session of Dani California below, and enjoy rehearsal videos too. If you can't take the rock, get out of the Village!

Dani California - The Villagers
The Villagers
Dani California LIVE at Fine Arts Fest 2017
The Villagers

Air Guitar Takes the Stage at Beber

Air guitar Fever has gripped Beber, and cabin activities will never be the same again! Watch the ferocity and commitment these cabins are demonstrating as they go for the gold on the Air Band world stage! It's fun, it's good excercise, and frankly we just think it's funny watchin Makor kids rock out to 80's hair metal!

Songwriting Scores a HIT!

Check out this amazing song written by Madison Bird, Molly Handelman, Delilah Lerner, and Zoe Berlinger, based on a poem by Maddie Bird, and sung by Molly Handelman.

We here at Beber smell Song of the Summer!

Broken Down
Madison, Molly, Delilah, and Zoe

Debut of the Film Scoring Hobby!

The very first Film Scoring hobby ever at Beber Camp is in the books. Delilah and Tova from Ramot tackled two projects.

The first was to set Maccabiah highlights to music - they wrote high-energy music with several different themes, and it works perfectly.

The second is a study in contract between happy and sad music, and instead of using someone else's footage, they made their own movie highlighting all the great stuff at Beber Camp. And don't worry parents, the stuff you see over the sad music is not what the captions claim! Everything's great and the sun is ALWAYS shining at Beber Camp!

Check out the videos below:

WE'RE BACK!!!

Tomorrow is the day that some new and old rockstars arrive!!! We are super excited to get to work! 

I personally have been at camp for 6 weeks now, making sure Crown Hall is ready to handle all that is awesome. It has started to have a makeover and we will be working through the summer to continue its transformation into the true home of music. 

This summer our team will consist of:

Hunter Borowick - A Rock god already at the age of 18. He will be heading up a lot of the Rock Band hobbies and Songleading. He is going to be rad!

Ethan Herman - From the UK, Ethan has a lot of knowledge in the recording stuido and can't wait to put together the latest hits for the summer with his partner in crime:

Charlie Box - Also from the UK, Charlie studied in the University of Derby (Where I also studied) and has just finished and is ready to apply all of his skills in making the hottest phat tracks that every camper will want to hear! 

Eddie Hochman - A true legend at camp, leading guitar lessons and helping run rock band. He is all for leading the next generation of rockstars! He has returned for his second year on the team and is so ready to be back!

Russell Wiener - This man requires no introduction. I am not worthy.

Myself, Will Jarvis - I can't wait for the campers to arrive, 5 years on staff, 3 as the Music Director. It is going to awesome and I am so lucky to have such a strong team!

See ya tomorrow!

Birkat Boys Sing it High, Sing it Low

 
 

It’s the Birkat Boys Hamazon, a lot of rockin’ and a lot of roll. We’re gonna scream it HIGH and sing it low. Then we’re gonna do some rock and roll, it’s the Birkat Boys, Birkat Hamazon.

Check out their epic performance of the classic "Smoke on the Water" on the Island at Taste of Beber festival below, and stream/download the live mp3!

Smoke on the Water Live at At Taste of Beber
Birkat Boys

Members: Parker Feder, Paxton Feder, Ben Smith, Spencer Oshins

Half-Eaten Brisket Takes a Bite out of Fine Arts Fest

 
 

Senior Ramot always offers up some fine musical talent every year, and this year was no exception, with the super-group Half-Eaten Brisket (feat. members of Upside Left, Adam Weber Grill, and others) rocking the Fine Arts Fest with their interpretation of the Coldplay/Beyonce song Hymn for the Weekend.

When asked about their history in an interview, they said: "We like cows and instrumental bicycles. Every single one of us has six jobs and we do not get tired. We like Tooth Tunes, and we respect those who put new bin liners in bins. ⅛ of Half Eaten Brisket is tongue tied. We got our inspiration from Mas Queso. This is a failed attempt at reviving UpsideLeft." Members include Griffdawg847, Zader, Scooby, Miker Hum, T-Swizz, E. Kole, E. Lit, and I-Man.

Check out their inspirational Fine Arts Fest performance below, and stream/download both the live mp3 of their song, but also the special studio sneak-out edition!

Hymn for the Weekend studio sneak-out edition
Half-Eaten Brisket
Hymn for the Weekend Live at Fine Arts Fest
Half-Eaten Brisket

Jonny Marks, Zach Dickson, Griffin Topel, Ethan Litvin, Ethan Kolesky, Trey Schwartz, Isaac Claar, Mike Rhum

Mary's Little Lambs Throw Beber Back to 1985!

 
 

When asked about their band history, Mary's Little Lambs said simply: “We were all slaves in Israel. Then Ron Kaplan came and split the Red Sea, leading us to the holy land that is Beber Camp.”

Their background may be mysterious, but their live performance headlining Fine Arts Fest certainly wasn't - as the whole camp was there pressed against the stage rockin' out! Check out their epic set below, and stream/download the live mp3 too!

1985 Live at Fine Arts Fest
Mary's Little Lambs

Band Members:

Lucy Heller, Sophie Ehudin, Sarah Rhum, Sari Shade, Emma Kolesky, Molly Melinger, Nicole Kovitz, Alex Dayan, Carly Kabot

Beber Camp Music 2018