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We are currently seeking physicians and nurses for the summer of
2008. Do you know of anyone who might like to be a camp doctor or
nurse? Nurses are needed for a mini-mum stay of three weeks while
doctors need to be available for a minimum of one week. Families
can be accommodated. Please call the office if you know anyone that
might be inter-ested.
Fondly, Ron & Barbara
IN THIS ISSUE:
Do you know someone that might make a great staff member at
French Woods? We always welcome your recom-mendations. Especially
needed are strong sports and tennis staff, musical directors,
instrumental musicians, 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 2008
the best ever.
In response to the many phone calls we have received please mark
these dates: June 22th and 23rd, July 12th and 13th, August 1st and
2nd, and August 22nd & 23rd. 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 performance 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 permitted 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.
As you read this performer, Barbara and I have just returned
from the first of our hiring trips of the year. In another few
weeks we head for London. The return rate of staff is incredible
this year. Wait for the next per-former and we’ll print the list of
the current counselors headed back to French Woods in 2008.
As many of you know, say goodbye to the old costume shop. It has
now been replaced with a model railroad center that we’ll be
working on for years to come. The old gymnastics center is now gone
and in it’s place the new rock and roll studios shine. Gymnastics
is now in the old gym, while sports has a beautiful new home on the
athletic fields. Add to this the new girls lodge and you’ll see
that French Woods is on the move again.
Registration is just unreal. Please note the following: We are
now almost 60% filled. 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 2008.
Please note: It is my pleasure to announce, Enid Marcus has
rejoined the French Woods family. Enid brings with her seasoned
camp directing experience. We are happy to have her back with us
and know she will be a wonderful addition to our program!
*Staff & Camper News*Ron, Beth & Isaac
*Visiting Days*Positions Available
* London Trip
D o c t o r s&
N u r s e s
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
1 Ari Bellan Andrew Brod Kenna Mcwilliams Nicole Papetti Emily
Shaw2 Alexander Anderson David Hyler Eryn Levine Katie Moshier Jack
Muldavin Kira Murphy Maya Nahor Brian Reisman Megan Wylie3
Katherine Banos Solomon Billinkoff Lauren Buckley David Ezekiel
Annabel Lindau Angelina Usherenko4 Rachel Briant Nicole Gotay Hope
Newman Sasha Vukovic5 Madison Bishop Paulina Rubin6 Nina Follman
Richard Frank Jodi Gerver Tyler Laurence Alana Summers Alicia
Vividor7 Yael Haskal Joshua Kahky Daria Morganstern
Thomas Porat Laura Sharpe8 Courtney Arango Heather Gerstley
Laura Langner Jack Petricone Jonathan Rojas Emma Schenker Miranda
Van Iserstine9 Emily Benziger Gretchen Hannah Burke Jessica
Hirschhorn David Karol Michael Kombert Joseph Miner Olivia
Streisand10 Erin Champey Sean Feldman Kathryn Levin Denise
Persampieri Noam Shapiro11 Ashley Fitzpatrick Amanda Gluck Dara
Molotsky Jackson Shain12 Sebelle Bell Julia Dick13 Devitt Logan
Soon Gyi Park14 Ryan Adams Norlex Belma Kendall Burger Gabrielle
Coste Jonathan Feldman Jonathan Jakubowitz Jason Rose
Chloe Silverberg Rachel Weisbart15 Ben Ackerman Coco Ashkenazy
Taryn Bagdasarian Phoebe Donaldson Taylor Dordick Tyler Glasheen
Jordan Matt Molly McIntyre Maugeri Michelle Rosenthal Alisa Severin
Emma Spector Amanda Zemel16 Harrison Baker Matt Maguire Elijah
“Eli” Schildkraut Julian Weisner Vivian Bauer Clara Fath Jake
Sokoloff Anna Vasilyeva18 Elyssa Bernfeld Romy Byrne Allison First
Catherine Jackson Nicole Nudge Shona Rothfield-Carr Eleasha Walker
Schmidt Alexandra Taggart Casie Tennin Alexa Ann Tkacsik19 Crystal
Audigier Rachel Diamond David Dubrow
Sasha Dubyk Ben Ferraioli Serena Hernandez Amanda Lagowitz Nick
Zanca20 Victoria Brown Lauren Gottesman Juliet Kimble Marcel
Mascaro Kyle Schrager Sara Sigel Delaney Smith Giulietta Vento
Kayleigh Willis Caitlin Wolper Charlotte Zee21 Ivanova Kaufman Anna
Mansour Henry Molinari Nicholas Moretto Lindsey Peterson Alexis
Smith Tara Tabachnik Sarah Treanor22 Daniel Cohen Jesse Fishman
Daniel Mactas Brenna Ramirez23 Daniele Bellino Molly Cannistra
Brandon Fishman Katie Garry Caroline Jenks Nicole Mizrahi Molly
Rzepka
D e a r F r e n c h W o o d i t e , S t a f f
N e e d e d !
V i s i t i n g D a y s
J u s t R e g i s t e r e d !
N o v e m b e r B i r t h d a y s
Laura Thomas24 Gabriella Deluca Richard Devita Sam Giacometti25
Joshua Egerman Adria Spivack Lauren Tholemeier26 Daniele Sara Bell
Rachel Chung Virginia Grey Le Vine Lauren Marino Julianna
Salguero27 Louisa Ballhaus Max Gelfond Lauren Kozak Caroline Mc Vey
Christine Vuolo Kate Werder28 Laura Abrams Sara Cott David Fair
Elizabeth Grady Cordella Nowak Hillary Shlutz Natasha Vaughn29
Ethan Saviet Mirabai Trent30 Caitlin Dullahan-Bates Ryan Berman
Matthew Blum Leah Kreichman Cindy Schmelkin Alana Tartaro
Elizabeth GluckNicole GotaySamatha GotayTatiana GottwaldSonya
GouldLucy GrebinCole GreenbergEvan GreenbergMatthew GrossmanMilo
HanSirus HanBenjamin HirschhornJessica HirschhornDiana HirstTessa
HollidayBenjamin HoltzmanHannah Celeste HuntHarper Graciela
HuntClaire JiangChloe & Jalyn JosephJalyn JosephKate KaplanGuy
KarliMorgan KashinskyHarrison KaufmanRachel KellerAri KijankaKyla
KijankaSamuel KimJuliet KimbleMadeleine KimbleAaron KlipinRebecca
KlipinNicole KruseLouis LefkowitzAdam LeibowitzJoshua LeiferEryn
LevineVictor LichtmanDanielle Lieberman
Ian Lieberman Dan LightZach LitnerMatthew LupovichAudrey
MadoffPiper MajorsAleena Zara MalikSofia ManziBeatrice MartinRachel
MartinAlexandra MautoneEmily McgurkJojo MeyersAlicia
Mondini-BoschettiKira MoninJordana MoserJacob MussenAshley
NeumanRobert NovyJillian O’learyKevin O’learyAce OrensteinKasie
PatloveCarmen PerryJack PetriconeCourtney PoriesJordan PoriesSamuel
PottashDanielle PranskyVictoria PrianoArabella PringleLily Grace
RandallAlden ReimanJulien ReimanCharlotte RichJulia RileyIsabella
RisiusRaquel RobertsRachel RosenAudrey Rosenblith
Lauren RovereDebbie SachareLena SafronJoey SchattAlex
SchecterJessica SchiffBrooke SchneiderSam SchwartzCollin
ShayChelsea SiegalLayne SilvermanAlex SityarPhillip SkokosJacob
“Jack” SmythKitson. SmythBrooke StarkmanNia StipeticJustin
SullivanTara TabachnikLauren TragerAriana VarvaroJoey VarvaroCora
VassermanEleanor VertesRachel WalkerMac WardAri WeinbergJulia
WeinbergHannah WeinsteinAlison (Ali) WeissJordan Rachel WeissEmma
WenderElias WygodnyMollie YellinKarlene ZalkinLex ZeeJeffrey
ZerenZachary Zeren
Angelika AlberstadtCarly AmlenChristopher AnselmoDylan (Wiggles)
BaloughNorma BarrattVivian BauerElizabeth BelnapRuth BelnapDahrian
BlockmonJustin BoesCamilla BorgogniCosimo BorgogniFlorence
BreitstadtEva CatillonBrittany ChampeyJoseph ChampeySandra
ChestertonJordyn CohenRachel DaminPeter DanisMadison DawkinsZachary
DickSarah DicksonMatthew DimonaMax DonenfeldKacie DoranDavid
DubrowBenjamin EdelmanWendy EisenbergGil Eplan-FrankelNikki
FaitellTheodora FarahAnna FazioTaylor FeingoldAlisha FeldmanHaley
FitzpatrickSarah FoxSabrina FuchsGabriella GardinerKatie Garry
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As of November 1, 2007 there are only 219 days left until
session 1 2007, rolls around. I bet you can’t wait. Kathy and I
spent some time in NYC this month and had dinner with the Shectmans
and the Holtzmans . We had a great time with them. My daughter Jen
also joined us for dinner. Brittany Champey came along and went to
Randi Olan’s sleep-over birthday party. Or should I say “stay up
all night” party. Some of the party go-ers included Hali Garber,
Dina Cook, Dani Shecht-man, and Christina Ames.It was a whirlwind
trip! Kathy, Joey, Brittany, and I went to Orlando, picked up Erin,
who is a freshman at UCF, and whisked her off to Universal for
Fright Fest. Another great weekend was had by all. Spent a weekend
with the Whaleys. They came down to south Florida to stay with us
and to attend Josh Kahn’s Bar Mitzvah. It was their first trip to a
shul. I had the please of seeing the Kahns, Pratts, Feldlmans,
Schatts, Gelmans, Jonathan Jakubowitz, Michael Kombert, Ben Leff,
Michael Kushner and I hope I didn’t leave anyone out. Oh yes,
Kapialoni and Rachel. Brittany C. and Katey N. also crashed with
me. The Broward Fury Basketball program is starting up. Our team
consists of Joey Champey (starting at Douglas H.S.), Ryan Deri
(sixth man at Coral Springs H.S.), Ari Bellan (Coral Springs
Charter), Alex Bellino (St. Thomas of Aquinas H.S.), Ar-nau Robles
(Taravella H.S.), also joining us this year will be Michael
Minichello and Chris Harchuck. Unfortunately we cannot get Tyler
Brown who’s working toward buying a new car. We are very excited
about our team. We have five other boys who are also playing for
their high school teams.
Kathy, Joey, Brittany, Erin, the French Woods, family and I all
send our condolences to Lauri Bellan, who lost her dad in October.
If there is anything you need, please let us know. Spoke to
Carolyn, she’s doing great in Brussels, and heard from Jessie Coyle
who’s loving his newly bought apartment in Amsterdam. Hopefully,
Kathy and I will see them this year. Kathy and I will be in Boston
area, Philly, and Paris again this year. We hope to see some of our
campers and their families who live in those areas this winter. We
will let you know the exact dates soon. Stay in touch. Bye for now,
Isaac
I s a a c ’ s C o r n e r
B e t h B a c k s t a g e As you can see we have put together a
tentative show schedule for the summer of 2008. We are planning
some very exciting new shows and, as always, we will have several
making their French Woods debut this summer. 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 great in 2008! We have started sending out
returning counselor invitations for the 2008 season and it looks as
though we will have quite the fabulous staff. There will be many
returning staff members and we have started the drive to recruit
new staff from all over the country and, as always, all over the
world. Things are busy in the French Woods office these days! A big
congratulations to Jeff Maynard on his wedding to Robyn!I hope
school is going well & I look forward to seeing you all next
summer! Sincerely,
Beth T H A T ’ S T H E N E W S A N D W E A R E O U T T A H E R E
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Rachel Rudel loved her first time at FWF. So much so that she’s
already signed up for next summer. Rachel is cur-rently cast in two
shows at the same time! She is busy acting and is counting the days
until camp! Noah Jacobson was just cast in the lead role of Troy in
the production of High School Musical at the Meyer Acad-emy in West
Palm Beach, Fl. He was also the second choice for the role of the
son in The Full Monty at the Jupiter Theatre, which was his first
professional audition. Noah was also just cast as Danny Zuko in the
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Conservatory’s production of Grease! eli
Jacobson was just cast in multiple roles in The Meyer Academy’s
production of The Jungle Book. Louisa Pouch got the part Emily Webb
in Our Town performing at Pace High School. Chris Brent is in New
Zealand and is just about to go to work on the fruit farms in
Australia. He then has a three month music project working with
local children in Chennai, India before returning to the UK. Wendy
eisenberg recently visited New York to see Spring Awakening and
spend time with family. She has been named assistant director of
her St. Andrews Episcopal High School’s Jazz Band. She has also
joined the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra and will be playing with
their ensembles in the DC area. Tara Folio has been cast as Queenie
in her school’s production of Honk! The show is directed by Patti
Mactas, mom of veteran campers Daniel and Michelle and FW alumni
Elyssa. melissa Jacobson is busy directing and performing in
cabaret shows throughout South Florida and across the coun-try. Her
husband Alan just opened his world premiere musical Food Fight! to
strong critical acclaim and tremendous audience response. Faryn
Scheck was cast in the role of Ruben in Jo-seph! She’s been now
cast in the role of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, a
production to be featured in the new Jewish Cultural Arts Theatre
(JCAT) at the Michael-Ann Russell Jew-ish Community Center in North
Miami Beach/Aventura, under the direction of Michael Andron.
Héloïse Fraitag (solo cellist in William Tell, sym-phony concert,
August 4) has been selected to be a member of the jury of a cello
contest, at the Conservatory of Paris (13th “arrondissement”), to
take place on November 9. Kalyn altmeyer was cast as Martha
Cratchitt in a professional production of A Christmas Carol at
McCarter The-ater in Princeton, NJ. The show runs from December 2nd
to 23rd. eamon Foley met up with more than 40 campers to experience
Broadway on Broadway with his French Woods buddies. He’s really
enjoying his freshman year in high school so far. But October 2nd
he left school in New Canaan to start rehearsal for How the Grinch
Stole Christmas. He’s going to be a swing for all the boys in the
show! Kris mccormick is about to open as Papa Ge in Once on This
Island at the Ridgefield, CT, Theater Barn. For the winter, he’s
understudying Barry in House & Garden, an innovative,
two-theater comedy by Alan Ayckbourn, at his new school. David
Valentine is directing Dancing at Lughnasa at his local High
School. The show is double cast and when performed, casts will be
rotated so that, while the actors will
always play the same roles, they may never have the same scene
partner twice. Sounds exciting! melissa Kleiman will be playing the
role of Kim MacAfee in Bye, Bye Birdie at The Suburban Temple in
Wantagh, NY. Bruce Bider is directing the show. The show dates are
December 1st and 8th at 7:30 and December 2nd and 9th at 4:00.
Brandon Powers was cast as Mephistopheles in the Fieldston Upper
School production of Faust. Also, his bunk counselor, Danny Jones
(Magic Dept.) will be visit-ing Brandon in New York at the end of
October during his travels around the world. Ryan arey has been
spending some time in the Florida office completing the editing of
the summer shows and working on a new French Woods promotional
video. We’ll let you know what he comes up with! Layne Silverman
will be playing the role of JAQ in the Metrowest JCC Production of
Cinderella. She also has been selected to be a part of the Mount
Pleasant Players Troupe at her school in Livingston, NJ as well as
performing in the school’s Show Stoppers Competition. Sam Schwartz
is playing the wizard in The Wizard of Oz. He is looking forward to
next year, when he will be taught by Jon Gellert in High School!
Dan Hockstein is in his fall drama, The Laremie Project. He is also
writing in his school newspaper. eli Hockstein is playing the role
of Emile in South Pacific. Gretchen Hannah Burke made first violin
in school orchestra & will play the role the cat in the hat in
Seussical the Musical. Gabi Hakim has been invited by Maria Colaco
Dance to join the cast of Duke In December: Not Just a Nut-cracker.
Performances will be on Sunday, December 9th at the Evolution Dance
Theater in Mount Kisco, NY and on Friday, December 21st at the Arts
Exchange in White Plains, NY. Ben Schrager’s school is doing
Urinetown, and is playing Officer Lockstock. The show performs
November 15th, 16th, and 17th. He’s been working hard to raise
money to send his school’s theater program to Edinbrugh next
sum-mer. But don’t worry! He’s still counting down the days til
camp! Josh Kahn celebrated his Rockmitzvah in Coral Springs, FL as
well as a “B4A + other Frenchwoodites” re-union!
C a m p e r & S t a f f N e w sL o n d o n T r i p The
details for the London trip have been worked out and we are getting
very excited for the upcoming trip! The Gang will be arriving in
London on December 25th and will spend their first day on an
organized tour of the city. We have recently received confirmation
from Martin Lowe, a French Woods alumnus and professional West End
musical director, who plans to meet up with the group. It’s good
luck for us, since he will have only just returned from rehearsing
the new cast of Mama Mia on tour in Korea and working on the film
prior to that! Martin has also contacted us with a list of shows to
recommend in case anyone wants to squeeze in an extra show.
Day two, three, and four of the trip will include a tour of The
Globe Theater, Museums, Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben,
Parliament and a show every night! On day five we will get our
shopping done with trips to Portobello Rd and Leicester Square.
Kids will be given the option of seeing an extra show that
afternoon, prior to the group dinner and show.
On days six and seven, we will immerse ourselves in history,
hitting the British Museum, Covent Garden, St. Paul’s Cathedral,
Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and Madame Tussauds. We will
cap off the final evening with a spooky New Years Eve. We will make
our way to the Jack the Ripper tour of London, which always an
entertaining evening! New Years Day will be a day of farewells,
when we will board our flights and head back home. We can’t
wait!
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We can’t wait till 2008!Session One Session Two
The SeagullSession Three
The Diary of Ann Frank
Session Four
How to Eat Like a Child
Cosi
Wonderful Town
Here are the Shows we’re thinking of for next Summer!
A complete schedule of times & dates will be printed in
our
May Newsletter!!!
Here are the Shows we’re thinking of for next Summer!
A complete schedule of times & dates will be printed in
our
May Newsletter!!!
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