GROUP 1:
(To the tune of “I Just Can’t Wait to be King”)
We are the best attendance group so all of you beware
We know we’re quite a good-looking bunch but there is no need to stare
Gonna win this Color War so you don’t stand a chance
Cover your knees and shoulders too but Rob what’s with the pants??
Yad B’Yad is quite an inspiring thing
Oh we just can’t wait till we win
Staff members say do this
Staff members say be there
When we touch they say stop that
But we say who cares
(Kidding)
In our groups we tour around all day
Doing things the Yad B’Yad way
Oh we just can’t wait till we win
Everyone’s smiling
Everyone’s cheering
Everywhere you look, there’s inclusion
(And sensitivity)
This will be the summer of our lives
Oh we just can’t wait till we win
Oh we just can’t wait till we win
Yad B’Yad, Yad B’Yad
It’s inclusion for the rest of your days
It’s a problem-free philosophy
Inclusion
Inclusion?
Yeah it’s our motto
What’s a motto?
Nothing! What’s a motto with you?
It’s inclusion for the rest of your days
It’s a problem-free philosophy
Inclusion
GROUP 2:
(Intro Tune: BA NA NA)
Ron Ron Ron Ron Ron Ron Ron (x2)
SHOAVAAAAAAAAAA (x2)
ROBBIE ROBBIE (x2)
ALIZAAAAAAAAA (x2)
AARON AARON (x2)
Ron Ron Ron Ron Ron Ron Ron (x2)
(To the tune of “Happy”)
It might seem crazy what we’re bout to say
(Na na na na na na na na)
But Group 2’s ready to win today
(Na na na na na na na na)
Here on Yad B’Yad where the end is near
(Na na na na na na na na)
We’ll be sure to make one thing clear
(Na na na na na na na na)
Chorus:
We’re #winning
Clap along if you know we’re a group beyond compare
We’re #winning
We’ll clap along because we have something that we wanna share
We’re #hashtag winning
Clap along if you know Group 2 is the way to go
We’re #winning
Clap together cause we’re inclusive and that’s what we wanna show
(Swaggin’ swaggin’ swaggin’)
Can’t bring us down
Can’t nothing
(Sharon Sharon Sharon)
Can’t bring us
Cause we’re so fly
(Minions minions minions)
Can’t bring us down
Can’t nothing
(Ron Ron Ron Ron)
Can’t bring us down
We said
Repeat Chorus
GROUP 3:
You’re the One That I Want
We have good chills
That’s what’s flying
And we’re enjoying it all
Cause the fun, it’s never ending
It’s mesmerizing
You better shape up
Cause we need to win
And inclusion is what we do
You better shape up
You better understand
In our hearts YBY we love you
Nothing left
Nothing left for us to do
Chorus:
Winning is what we want
Oo-oo-oo
Winning is what we want
Oo-oo-oo
Inclusion’s what we need
Oh yes indeed
Summer Lovin’
Summer lovin’ had me a blast
Summer lovin’ happened so fast
I met a program perfect for me
I met a program perfect for me
Yad B’Yad drifting away
To uh, all those school nights
Tell me more tell me more
What bus am I on?
Tell me more tell me more
Can I sit next to Ron?
Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh
It all started at the Powell House
We all bonded with the mouse
We made friends right from Day 1
We ate food and had so much fun
Yad B’Yad drifting away
To uh, all those school nights
Oh wellohohohohoh
Tell me more tell me more
Like who’s that laundry guy?
Tell me more tell me more
Elana, is there more pie?
Uhuhuhuhuhuhuh
We Go Together
We go together like RobbieRobbieRobbieRobbieRobbieRobbieRobb
Together forever like shshshshshshshshoava
Aaron Aaron Aaron
That’s the way he smiles
Ohohohohoh
When we go out at night
Past curfew, out of sight
Aliza finds us
All around the Powell House
With Sharon prancing ‘bout
Baby Shoavava
Ohohohohohohohoh
Ronronronronronronronronronronronron…
GROUP 4:
(To the tune of “You and Me” by Lifehouse)
What day is it?
How has our time here already flown by so fast?
So many friends
So many memories trying to make our time last
Chorus:
Cause it’s you and me
B’Yachad together
With so much to gain
From each person each day
And it’s you and me
All here for each other
And now we know why
Yachad’s changed so many lives
This trip has been
Our golden ticket to something completely new
With Ron as our Willy
Inclusion’s our chocolate
And Yad B’Yad’s too good to be true
Repeat Chorus 2x
GROUP 5:
(Tune 1: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?)
Yad B’Yad’s not just a program
We won’t forget it in the fall
We’re not the same as we were before
No not anymore
All these memories will stay
(Tune 2: For the First Time in Forever)
For the first time in forever
There’s inclusion in our lives
For the first time in forever
Everything feels right
And we’ll keep wanting more
(Tune 3: Let it Go)
Yad B’Yad
Yad B’Yad
We’re a family for sure
Yad B’Yad
Yad B’Yad
Everyday’s an open door
With open minds
There’s no divide
Forever in our hearts…
West Coast ’14 is here to stay
(Tune 4: V’Haer Eineinu)
We started in the Powell house
With Sharon our host
And of course the compost
But what we didn’t see
Is that these friendships could last
For eternity
It doesn’t matter where we are
Israel or LA
Near or far
Together we are one
B’Yachad…
In our minds and in our hearts
אחד בלב אחד כאיש
(Tune 3: Let it Go)
Yad B’Yad
Yad B’Yad
We’re a family for sure
Yad B’Yad
Yad B’Yad
Everyday’s an open door
With open minds
There’s no divide
Forever in our hearts…
West Coast ’14 is here to stay
(Tune 1: Do You Want to Build a Snowman?)
Yad B’Yads not just a program
We won’t forget it in the fall
GROUP 6:
(To the tune of “Eye of the Tiger”)
Yad B’Yad 2014
Having fun being together
Flew the distance, now we’re travelin’ the west
Just a team with a will to have fun
So many times, the days go too fast
We trade our sleep for excitement
Don’t lose sight of the goals that we have
Gonna fight so hard to achieve them
Chorus:
We are the Avengers fighting for inclusion
Rising up to the challenge B’Yachad
We have fun in the day, cuz Ron’s up all night
And he’s watching us all with the…
EXPECTATIONS
Hand in hand, out in the heat
Sweating as one, all together
This Yom Chanich superheroes we’ll be
Fighting hard for our values
Repeat Chorus
GROUP 7:
(Tune 1: Do You Want to Build a Snowman)
Do you want to play some Quidditch?
Come on let’s go and fly
Don’t worry about Snape the creepy guy
Or Mad-Eye Moody
Who has only one eye
Hagrid’s our best buddy
And he still is
I wish I could tell you why
Do you wanna learn some magic?
We can even use a broomstick…
Ok…
(Tune 2: Magic)
I’ve got the magic in me
Every time I touch my wand the spells come out of me
Myrtle freaks me out everytime I go to pee
But when I win I know I’ve got the magic magic magic
Mamammagic magic magic
Magic magic magic
Aaahhhoooo
I’ve got the magic in me
(Tune 3: Sherry)
Harry
Harry Potter
Harry
Harry Potter
Harrrrrryyyyy Potter
Harry Potter
(Tune 4: Black and Yellow)
Uh huh
You know what it is
Ron and Harry
Ron and Harry
Ron and Harry
AND HERMIONE
Uh huh
You know what it is
Ron and Harry
Ron and Harry
Ron and Harry
AND HERMIONE
(Tune 1: Do You Want to Build a Snowman)
Yad B’Yad is almost ending
We’re so sad to say goodbye
We have had such a great time
And our friendships will never ever die
We’ll always be best buddies
Whether near or far
But what about Harry and Ron?
Do you wanna learn some magic?
We can even use a broomstick
Ok…bye!
Other Songs:
Yad B Yad Memories
By: Jonathan Spiller
Yad B Yad
Yad B Yad
We went on an adventure together
We support each other
We are friends forever
Always will have these memories
We stay in touch with each other
Memories,
Memories
We will always have these memories,
Yad’ B Yad
Yad B’ Yad
We will be friends forever
We go on trips together
Hotels are so much fun
Staff members are so cool
And we like swimming in a pool
Bus rides are very long but not if your singing this song.
(Start from the Beginning.)
Hot Seat
By: Jonathan Spiller
Hot seat
Hot Seat
On Yad B’Yad Trip 1, as we were riding on the bus we played a game called Hot seat, a get to know you game.
Hot seat, who wants to be in the hot seat first?
Doesn’t everyone?
Let’s begin
Who has a question for me?
I do someone sitting next to me says.
What is your favorite color?
And how does it relate to Yachad.
I like orange.
It relates to Yachad in many ways, when I think of orange I think of sunsets in the sky near The Grand Canyon, a place that we went on Yad B’Yad. Sunsets are beautiful, just like I met a lot of great friends who are beautiful inside , they care about what I have to say , makes me feel so good.
Hot seat
Hot seat.
Who wants to be in the hot seat next.
The Ron Song
By: Jonathan Spiller
RON
RON
RON
RON
RON
RON
RON
He’s our fearless leader
He has a big heart
We admire him
We admire his dedication
His sense of humor
His strong mind
Let’s show him how much me admire him
Ron
Ron
Ron
Ron
(raise our arms in the air.)
Ron
He’s our fearless leader
He let us dance on the boats
Have dance parties every night
Yad B Yad Trip 1 wouldn’t be the same with you
Ron
You bring energy to the group.
One more time everyone.
Ron
Ron
Ron
Ron
Ron
Staff Roast
By: Shiraz Otani & Aviva Rosen
We started in the PoHo
Now we on the W. Coast
Sharon is cool, I like the pool
But Quakers don’t believe in pools
Chorus x2: Yoni Bonan, Yoni Bonan, Yoni
Bonan, and Ron Ron Ron
Yisroels got swag
There’s no need to brag
Good Chill’s a way of life
And swag
Chorus x2
Mimi’s always on her phone,
Mimi please get off your phone
Chorus x2
Josh is bulk, looks like the Hulk,
Lifting weights and things as such
Whenever he shaves, we all rave b/c
x4: Josh just departed from the womb
Chorus x2
Ari shteigs
Day and night
Torah is his way of life.
Max sings about a bear
While we all make fun of his hair
Chorus x2
Aaron claims he never smiles,
But we catch him once in a while
Aliza says cover your knees
But I say, Aliza please!
Chorus x2
Shoava and Robbie sit in the lobby
Doing logistics and having a party
Chorus x2
Shimmy love Turn Down For What
When we were in Vegas he went nuts.
Jonathan is always fun
But he constantly chants Ron…
Chorus x2
Mama Joyce is always noyce
But she’s a crazy ginger at night
Elana is a fake vegetarian
Eating her cholent and hiding away
Chorus x2
Daniella is always nice
But wake-up with her feels like the
heist.
Rivka loves her fanny pack
She always packs lots of snacks
Chorus x2
Ron loves all the fame
So we all chant his name.
X7: Ron
Chorus x2
Albany Song
Albany, you’re in our hearts forever,
Albany, you were the best trip ever,
[rap verse]
Albany back when you were young,
Always knew you’d be the one
Where are we going?
How Albany – to be the best people that we can be!!
Poems and other Writings:
POETRY SLAM ON THE HOOVER DAM
BY: Max Cohen
Inspired by: Sean “Rub-a-dub-dub” Haimowitz
Hoover
Herbert Hoover.
Did he have a plan?
Oh boy,
This is the Hoover dam.
A world so small,
No bigger,
Rather large.
Run by one being,
A G-d in charge.
Beauty,
Nature.
A walk in the park,
Water flows but not so far
No bags,
Or luggage
Can be near.
We may show up and blow up the pier,
They fear.
Land of flowing rocks and money.
Not quite the Middle East,
Yet still flashy honey.
H20,
Break through them shackles.
Oh no says the wall,
Not with my NFL tackles.
6 weeks until football,
Now back to the wall.
Surface tension.
Viscosity.
The water could not stop the burning tree.
Moses
Was he here?
Wrong city,
But in heart still near.
Mimi, take the wall down,
Expectations demand.
Drink or go home says Ron and Aaron.
You see,
You see,
Water is key.
Slam slam that Hoover dam, Mimi.
Yad B’Yad
By: Jonathan Spiller
Yachad summers are fun
And we include everyone
Dance parties every night
But we don’t want it to end
Yesterday, feels like forever ago
Another adventure every day
Don’t forget the friend’s you have made.
Mim on “The MIM”
By: Mim Baitner
We went to the MIM. My name is MIM. Coincidence? I think NOT. MIM is going to the MIM is going to the MIM is going to the MIM MIM MIM MIM MIM MIM MIM. Nuff said. Going to the MIM might have been, although selfishly, one of the best days on YBY. Not only was it a super cool museum, but it was ME. I went to a monument named after me, with paraphernalia and everything. Like, I’m famous, yo.