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He’d go down and sing at a club on Front and Chestnut streets,
and even though he and his friends didn’t get paid much, they
had a lot of good times there. One evening, he’d finished a perfor-
mance when he was approached by somebody with an idea.

Barbara Dornay, a local booking agent, got him to a bar mitz-
vah at High Point Racquet Club, and Weitz, though certainly not
nervous, admits now that he was not yet sure what the role of a
bar mitzvah entertainer was supposed to be; he showed up in a
tuxedo and red tie, and Dornay had him lose the tie and run the
candle-lighting ceremony. In the decades since, he’s picked up the
tricks of the trade; if you’re calling a bride out to dance with her
father, make sure she’s not in the bathroom.

He remembers a function where the father was intent on sing-
ing a karaoke version of Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful” to
his daughter. Weitz had him practice over and over to get it down
cold. When the day of the even came, the father got cold feet. “I
Stu Weitz hugs a woman who had just turned 105.

For her, he sang Sinatra’s “Young At Heart.”
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Today, Weitz’s still
bringing down the
house at senior
facilities (he takes
pride in performing
songs by Jewish
composers). said, ‘Listen, you’re gonna have to go in
the corner, have a little sip of something
from the bar. … This is not something
you’re ever gonna have a chance to do over
again,” he recalls telling the frightened fa-
ther. “You gotta do this one.” In the end,
the father of the bride did what he set out
to do, and the whole party was in tears.

Today, Weitz’s still bringing down
the house at senior facilities, still sing-
ing Sinatra and still singing Irving Berlin
compositions (he takes pride in perform-
ing songs by Jewish composers). He’s been
leading Shabbat services at Sunrise Senior
Living Community near Temple Sinai for
13 years, in addition to regular gigs in sup-
port of Variety, a charity for children with
disabilities. He’s also performed for groups
of people who are all turning 100, which,
along with the senior living centers, are
some of his favorites.

“Even though I don’t have my parents
anymore, I go around to some of these
places and hold their hands, and just
imagine that it could be my parents in
there,” he said. l
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