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I n f o r m i n g T h e F r e n c h W o o d s C o m m u n i t y

In this Issue: • Staff & Camper News • Ron, Beth & Isaac • Visiting Days • Positions Available

Happy Thanksg i v ing !

We are currently seeking physi-cians and nurses for the summer of 2011. Do you know of anyone who might like to be a camp doctor or nurse?

Nurses and Doctors are needed for a mini-mum stay of three weeks, families can be accommodated.

Please call the office if you know anyone that might be interested.

Here we go again. Barbara and I are back from an incredible trip to Israel and we’re ready to go.

The return applications for staff are coming in like mad. We have already heard from many of our returning staff and are receiving new applications every day.

2011 will welcome the new camp office and visitors center. We can also look forward to the new camp store.

Registration is just unreal. Please note the fol-lowing: We are now just under two thirds filled.

We are already forced to turn away certain age groups in sessions two and three. In the next Performer we will be forced to announce the closing of many sessions by age. Give us a call, or return your registration before you are closed out. We would love to have you join us in 2011.

Ron & Barbara

Do you know someone that might make a great staff member at French Woods? We always welcome your recommendations. Especially needed are strong sports and ten-nis staff, musical directors, instrumental musi-cians, skilled artists, technical theatre staff and nurses.

Please call us in the winter office at: 1-800 -634-1703 if you know of anyone, and we will be happy to forward them the appropriate application forms and information. With many of your favorite staff returning, we are hoping to make the staff of 2011 the best ever.

In response to the many phone calls we have received, please mark these dates:

Session 1: June 26th and 27th Session 2: July 16th and 17th Session 3: August 5th and 6th Session 4 August 26th & 27th

Visiting on the first of each two day period begins immediately after lunch, about 2 Pm. The second day of visiting begins at 11 Am. Visitors will NOT be allowed on the grounds before these times. Parents may NOT bring picnic dinners or any other food to share with their children at camp. Parents and visitors are welcome to eat in our dining hall, but under no circumstances are campers permitted to leave the grounds. Should you wish to attend any other perfor-mance during the summer, please call the camp so that we know you are coming. You may arrive at 6 Pm for dinner in the dining hall. Picnics and other food items are NOT permit-ted during these visits.If you are in need of accommodations please call the winter office and we will be happy to provide you with names and phone numbers to contact.

Doctors & Nurses

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

1 Andrew Brod Anouk Audoire Austin Peremen Emily Trias Jessica Reinach Kelly Fuller Lyndsey Hochler2 Alegra Greenwalt Cassidy Cahill Claudia Hleap Erika Lowenthal Jack muldavin Lilia Becker maya Nahor megan Wylie Zachary Riopelle3 Anna Wagman Ashley Revness Jake Cohen Jo Rosenthal4 Grace Covelli Hope Newman Katie Hall Lily Breck margot metz Sara merker Sydnie Wainland5 Amelia Baumann Julian Isikoff marly Pred Shari Bernbach6 Camille martayan Gillian Lieberman

Isabel Bank Lucien Whitman Natalie Aaronson Natalie maguire- Ress Sandra Artigas Sean Pollock7 Eli Caldwell Jason Brandwein Jenny meigs Joshua Kahky maya Kreitman Thomas Porat Yael Haskal8 Arda Akalan Garrett Snyder Grace Bergere Jackson Shain Jacopo marzotto Jessica Brookner Josh Estes Miranda Van Iderstine9 Alice Lange Amy O’ Connell Brandon Keno Gretchen Hannah Burke Jessica Hirschhorn michael Kombert Sharif Fahim10 Carlie Dunn Denise Persampieri Emma Conlon Hanah Nardone

Hannah Delaney Karin Yajima Lauren Broadbent morgan Gerber Naila Perez-Stringari Noam Shapiro Nyachombanyathiira muchai-Kinya Rebecca Rocke Sean Feldman Stephanie Logue Zoe Feygin11 Amanda Gluck Ashley Fitzpatrick Cameron Kasky Dara molotsky Jessica Franklin Kendrick Shoji manuela Benaim Ruby Wertheimer12 Isabelle Kenet Kyla mcmillan Naomi Haber Rachel Haber13 Allison Seibold Coline Ordoux Devitt Logan Emily Laura Galishoff mason Sacks matthew Grosbard morgan Seftel Zoe Stern14 Chloe Silverberg

Elana Iskowitz Emma Appel Julia Nicolosi maria Aguilar Belmont molly Sloane Rachel Weisbart15 Ben Ackerman Claire Collins molly maugeri Samantha Goldberg16 Alex Birger Brett Gross Elijah ‘Eli’ Schildkraut Javas Persaud marilyn Loubier Naomi Hendel17 Alexis Alonso Anna Vasilyeva Brennan Shoykhet Kira Zelbo Sarah Druckman18 Allison First Francesca Ward Julia Friedman Olivia Cuozzo Senna Lauer19 Amanda Lagowitz Ava Altenburger Crystal Xu David Dubrow Forwood ‘Woods’ Wiser Helena Adler Jada Yang

Jonah Feingold Jordan miller Julian Cardazone Kaleigh Hemstock Laurie Guttman Serena Hernandez20 Alessandro Siciliano Alexa mark Amanda Bressler Caitlin Wolper Charlotte Zee Delaney Smith Elizaveta Tufanova Jordan Cohen21 Bailey Herskowitz Kit Corney Megan Van Dermolen moe Fujii22 Julia Tordjman Katelyn Slaight matthew Finkelstein23 Andy Agus Jake Bardack Jason Wissner Leah middleberg michael Berry Nicole mizrahi24 Bryan Krinick Gabriella Deluca miranda Braithwaite Paula Rubera Sienna Placer Zoe Geisser

25 Jamie Rosenfeld Joshua Egerman Polina Stepanova Samantha Schoenfeld Tess Higgins26 Christine Turturro Danielle Black Logan Swerdloff michaela Turturro Sonia Pearson27 Alexandra Kuchinskaya Ari Fay Evelyn Leduc Lauren Kozak margot Sebbag28 Ellie Freedman Klaudyna Astramowicz Toya Robertson29 Adam Herrin Carlyn Barenholtz Danielle Barnett Ethan Saviet Jason marks Sasha Prissert Skyler Palatnick Talia Louda30 Alana Tartaro Caitlin Dullahan Bates Dominick Dusseau Emiliano Aguilar Belmont Julianne magnus Lilli Elias

Dear French Woodites, Staff Needed!

Visiting Days

Just Registered!

November Birthdays

Aaron CohenAbby morse-GolubAdelaide menyAdina BrodkinAlexandra WildmanAlice martinAlyson GessnerAmanda GluckAmanda LeyensAmanda millerAmber marcusAna GordonAnabel LallouzAndrew millerAnnabelle DerrickAnnie KnottsAnnika WiklundAriana OrtmannAshleigh merlinoAshley RevnessAshley SharmaAshley SiegelAshley SuanAvery ParkAymeric Boerner

Berri BerkowerBetty Eigerman Brendan SmithBrian SayerBrooke SchaefferBrooke SchafferCatalina FrederichCharlie AinbinderCharlotte WilliamsChloe LeoClaire BravermanConnor J HarveyCorinne FanelliCourtney JonasDaniel GreenstoneDanielle DominiciDara molotskyDelanie PotteigerDrew RaskinEdward BurnsElana ShossEliana WaxmanElizabeth GluckElizabeth murinElla PepperEllie Selden

Emily CroninEmily GoldblattEmma SafonEric KulkarniErica PramerEva CatillonEverett KaganFlorence BreitstadtFrancesca “Frankie” GalliGabriel WallersteinGeorge HuntGillian LiebermanHanna LakhterHarrison KaufmanHope PotteigerIndira KulkarniInes BarquetIsaac BurnsIsabel KramerIsabella “Bella” GalliJacob SagarJacquelyn KramerJake BardackJake Tyler

Jake WallackJames HuntJames PetersenJamie marcusJenna KestanJesse SchmalholzJewel morrisJillian O’learyJoe BlackmanJohanna WiklundJordan TylerJordan ZieglerJordyn GoldsteinJoshua BrodkinJulia SilversteinJulian IsikoffJulie HartmanJulien FeltinJuliet LittwinJustin SchmalholzKatherine FerolitoKevin O’learyKiana BoyleKira NearyLacie ForehtLeeza Lakhter

Lexi PerlowitzLindsey millerLindsey WalesLucie AlloucheLucy PepperLydia SklarskyMaddie Vancemarianne Goussumatthew Grossmanmatthew Zlatanicmaxwell Kaganmelanie Wildmanmeredith Ruppmia Petersonmichela mcdonaghmichelle Andiomirabella Brodymolly Greenstonemolly Langmolly Sloanemorgan ZieglerNicole KramerNina PetersenNoah HellmanNoah Singer

Oliva LallouzOlivia Dei CicchiOlivia KaganPatricia martinPauline CroninPayton CousinsPriscilla HopperRachel CosterRachel HellmanRachel WallackRafaella PerezRaven HathawayRebecca SuskauerRebecca WitzelRose RutkovskyRussell millerRyan PontoneSamantha PodellSamuel millerSandy GooenSarah AftalionSarah GreenSarah LazarusSenna LauerSeth LeyensShannon moran

Shelby GrimacSimone SmithSonia Copple Sophia EberhardtSophie BerkowitzSophie SilversteinStephen EisenwasserSteven ColburnSydney PrinceSylvia ProbstThomas FeltinVictoria HaaveWilliam DavilaWilliam HuntYael matlowZachary GoldblattZack KozlowZeke HortonZoe Dockser

Knox Van Horn won a place in the chorus of his school’s high school production of Anything Goes. He also was the only student from his school to make the Louisiana All-State choir, which will per-form in Baton Rouge in October.Eli Schildkraut will be performing the role of Edgar in Ragtime at the Venice Theater in Venice, FL from November 2-28, 2010.Taylor Goodson was cast as Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in the fall production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia.Ellie Sondock will be participating in the iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta January 16-18. She will be performing in Flat Stanley and The Little Mermaid.Chloe Cuggino-Zensky was cast as Rose in the Albert Leonard middle School production of Annie.Evan Schachter was cast as Jojo in Seussical Jr at Gaudineer middle School in Springfield, NJ!Mira Davis, Jordan Elman, Marisa Gutman, Sean Pollock and Rachel Tannenbaum are all in the cast of Pippin! at the JCC metrowest in West Orange, NJ. Come support your French Woods friends on December 16, 18 or 19, http://www.boxofficetickets.com/jccmetrowest Ashley Suan has the role of Little Red in Into The Woods, in The Park School’s fall musical production. They open on November 17th.

Olivia Dei Cicchi is playing the role of Cinderella in Into the Woods and recently understudied for a role in As you Like It.Sam Miller was cast in the role of The Cat in the Hat for the Plainview-Old Bethpage middle School production Seussical: The Musical, taking place in FebruaryJordan Tyler is performing in The Music ManZach Litner is playing Evan in the regional premier of 13 in Colorado.Carlie Zucker, and Eamon Foley performed the opening number at her Bat mitzvah party.

Why chose an individually programmed sessional specialty camp as opposed to a tra-ditional camp?An individually programmed camp like French Woods allows children to choose the ac-tivities that they would like to participate in. It allows the parents to be able to afford a portion of the camp experience at a reasonably priced tuition. It gives the family more flexibility for their own time together. Parents have asked me about the importance of the bunk in terms of the “total camp experience.” In my over 30 years of camping, I have always viewed the individually programmed cre-ative arts camp as a camp that offers all the activities and experiences that any camp

in the world could provide and then much, much more. I tried various camps for my children, traditional and sports camps. my own children were very much sports oriented kids. my son became a three letter man in high school and college; a captain of two teams. my daughter was the captain of her high school softball team. I wanted my children exposed to the boys and girls that attended a camp with an abundance of cre-ative and artistic activities. my kids loved sports, the outdoors, and the like. I realized that at a camp like French Woods they could partake in swimming and sailing, and tennis, and baseball and basketball, and fencing, and wrestling, and biking, and hockey, and skating and football and soccer, yes and even horseback riding; but they could also learn to play an instrument, be in a Broadway show with a full pit, be in a band or orchestra, learn to dance, build a set, learn about video, sound, and lighting, throw a pot, make a puppet, screen a shirt, create an animation, produce a movie, record their own music, fly on the trapeze or jam with a rock band, the list is endless. Through all of these activities, one thing that stands out in my mind is the tremendous support that the camp-ers give to one another. The creative arts camper is more precocious and more introspective than the aver-age child; they are brighter, more inquisitive, creative, motivated and supportive. This is just the environment in which I would want my children to be exposed. At my son’s wedding, there were four tables of former campers. One table was full with boys from his very first bunk (age 6), the young men he started camp with, and almost twenty years later still counted them as his most important friends. All camps build this kind of camaraderie. Parents just seem to be surprised by the strong bonds created at the individualized creative arts camp. Remember, it is still CAmP. my little ones, who are still at camp, were on the computer last night speaking to their camp friends from around the country and making plans to visit with them whenever the chance presented itself. It is these precisely these relationships which will last a lifetime. The sharing and the camaraderie are incomparable.

Isaac PS: there are only 220 days until we open our doors to session 1, 2011. (And 219 days until session 2.) Can’t wait - regards to allRose and I are on our way back to Newburyport, mA for the bris of my fourth grandchild, named Sammy, to go with Teddy, Lilly, and Danny. We had a great trip to Israel with Ron and Barbara, and I thank Ron and Barbara, as well as Rose for making sure that I made this trip. Rose and I spent some real quality time with Rose’s daughter Sara, who lives and works in Israel. We will begin posting our open house schedule for prospective campers and we can always use your help. Let me know if you are available or would like to host an open house for French Woods.

Isaac’s Corner Camper & Staff News

Beth BackstageAs you can see we have put together a tentative show schedule for the summer of 2011. We are planning some fantastic favorites and, as always, we will have several making their French Woods debut this sum-mer. We have been in contact with many of you and have taken several of your suggestions into account. I think that the show selection is particularly good this year. It’s looking like theater heaven in 2011!

We have sent out most of our returning counselor invitations for the 2011 season and it looks as though we will have quite the fabulous staff. There will be many returning staff members and we are starting the drive to recruit new staff from all over the country and all over the world. Things are busy in the French Woods office these days!

I hope school is going well & I look forward to seeing you all next summer!

Beth

Play it again in 2011!

Here are the Shows we’re thinking of for next Summer! A complete schedule of times & dates will be printed in our May Newsletter!!!

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4

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