[Dixielandjazz] She said "Yes!"

[ross anderson]

Dear Elazar and Krina,
Congratulations and I wish you both every happiness !!
I was wondering where you were!!!
Now we know,
Best wishes,
Ross Anderson,
"New Melbourne Jazz Band."
Phone/Fax, 61-3-98012237,
www.newmelbournejazzband.com
http://www.myspace.com/thenewmelbournejazzband


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ministry of Jazz" <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
To: <rossanmjband at iprimus.com.au>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] She said "Yes!"


> Shalom jazz fans,
> 
> My lady Krina and I are happy to announce that she accepted my proposal of
> marriage last night.
> 
> I took her to an Asian restaurant in Jerusalem for dinner, where I had
> arranged with the waitress to serve us a plate of specially ordered fortune
> cookies that contained my proposal in 5 languages that Krina speaks or
> reads: Dutch, English, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac. Krina didn't suspect a
> thing until she opened one of the chocolate cookies and saw her name in
> Hebrew on the message slip. She pulled out the fortune to discover that it
> went on to say, in Hebrew, "I love you. Will you marry me?" She smiled at me
> and said, "Yes." We went on to open several more cookies until we found all
> but the English version. Then I gave her the ring.
> 
> A little background:
> 
> I first met Krina in December 2006 when we both were playing in a concert,
> but in separate ensembles. I remember thinking at the time that she had a
> dazzling smile and a delightful personality. But for various reasons we did
> not get beyond small talk at that time. We met again in early February of
> this year when we were randomly seated at the same table at a bar mitzvah.
> We began to chat, and quickly realized that we had met at the concert about
> a year earlier. A very pleasant conversation ensued, until we noticed that
> most of the other guests had left. I offered Krina a ride home, and promptly
> neglected to ask her for her phone number. (It was a Shabbat eve and I was
> in a hurry to get home and prepare for guests from abroad.)
> 
> The following week, I made the (for me) unprecedented move of asking the
> mother of the bar mitzvah boy if she would ask Krina if I could call her.
> Krina had gone to Holland for a week, but when she returned she responded
> promptly in the affirmative, and gave her number. Another lovely phone
> conversation resulted in plans to go out to see "The King and I". She
> captured my heart on the first date, and we began to see each other more
> than once a week, and to talk in between on the phone and by email. We began
> to discover a world of common interests including Biblical languages, Jewish
> literature and history, the land of Israel, music and more. We also felt an
> uncommon level of trust and clean communication was rapidly developing.
> After a few weeks we decided to take the step of becoming boyfriend and
> girlfriend, and began to see or talk to each other pretty much every day.
> And the rest, as they say, is history...
> 
> Krina Doekes (pronounce DOOK-ess) is from Apeldorn, Holland. She is 43 years
> old, and has been in Israel for 19 years. She has masters degrees in Semitic
> Languages and in Library Science (as in the Music Man and Marian the
> Librarian -- you gotta love it!), and she is a tour guide. She also sings
> and plays classical and medieval music on the recorder. She speaks Hebrew
> and English, as well as Dutch. She has a delightful, crazy sense of humor
> that meshes nicely with mine.  In short, she is a priceless treasure, and I
> am thrilled to be in love with her and her with me, and to be planning to be
> together for life.
> 
> We are considering possibilities for our wedding in August or September,
> before Rosh Hashanah. We will keep you posted as plans develop. We will live
> in my apartment in Jerusalem, and we hope to be able to work together at
> various endeavors to make our living.
> 
> So if you're wondering why I've been so quiet on DJML these last few months,
> now you know. We hope to see some of you before the year is over. We will be
> traveling to Holland in late summer and the US in October/November. We also
> welcome any of you to come visit us over here. Israel is as beautiful as
> ever. Don't let the news scare you. You can come here and have a wonderful
> time.
> 
> Love to everyone,
> 
> Elazar
> Doctor Jazz Dixieland Band
> Tekiya Brass Ensemble
> Jerusalem, Israel
> www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz
> www.myspace.com/doctorjazzdixielandband
> (02) 679-2537
> 050-723-3914
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