With the lights and sounds in place, the guests arrived by car, bike and on foot to get up close and personal with a man, who is for many, their hero. The counselors, each incredible one of them, were as fired up as the kids. The special children were ready and waiting, bright yellow t-shirts and smiles in tow. The crowds arrived early, anticipation in the air and enthusiasm at their feet. To think about what goes into a night like this-the hundreds of staff members, the commitment of the Deal Police and Homeland Security, the helicopters flying above-this was not an easy feat to pull off! But as promised, on Wednesday, August 31st, Yaakov Shwekey delivered an evening of entertainment to a sold-out venue, second to none. G-d bless her, to this day, it brings a smile to her face like nothing else. It gave her strength and happiness-it gave her the chizuk (emotional or spiritual support), and the push she needed to fight. She said, “When my mom was in the hospital, Yaakov’s music saved her. You know, ‘We are a Miracle,’ and ‘I Can Be ’ I wrote those…” The woman proceeded to get up off her chair and wrap her arms around me in a hug I neither anticipated nor expected. Bragging, just a little, I said “I write lyrics for Yaakov Shwekey. Years ago, as I sat in a doctor’s office striking up conversation with a frum assistant at the front desk, Yaakov’s name came up.
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