(JTA) — Air Canada passengers stuck aboard a delayed flight were treated to an impromptu onboard klezmer concert.
The mini-concert by Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Toronto’s self-billed "only Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-Punk-Super-Band," was on a May 16 flight from Toronto to Frankfurt, Germany, reported CBC News. It featured six band members playing a lively tune that had some passengers clapping along, bobbing their heads and smiling. They then gave the band a rousing ovation.
"The in-flight performance was not a planned stunt," said Mark Marczyk, the group’s green-mohawked leader. "We were getting a little anxious about waiting on the tarmac, and so were the other passengers. Call it lightening the mood. It’s the kind of thing we do all the time."
Marczyk and his 13 fellow band members were en route to Bucharest, Romania, where they played at The Silver Church club with the Romani band Taraf de Haidouks.
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