Zack,
Mazel Tov on having a good gig. When I recently played for the International Folk Dancing group over 1/2 the songs were Israeli. (Older stuff but still danceable).

I know the traffic problems down there. I once made great timing gettting to the city. I was on the other side of the George Washington bridge and called my family to tell them I might actually be early. Ha. 4 hours to get over the bridge. What a mess.
Good thing you had the foresight to leave early.

Congrats,
- Brian