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ENTERTAINMENT: Make It a Family Affair

November 19, 2003

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Call it hipster Vaudeville. The Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players have been gaining notoriety lately with their unconventional songs based on old slides they pick up at estate sales and flea markets. While mom Tina works the slide projector, dad Jason plays a keyboard and croons with nine-year-old daughter Rachel (the drummer and the real star of the show). As they bring new life to images of someone’s long forgotten trip to Japan, the family’s playful attitude leaves you laughing. —Mark Mavrigian
Posted 11.19.03

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