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Fren ch Woods Festival
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Per formin g Ar ts
French Woods Festival
of the Performing Arts
WINTER OFFICE
PO Box 770100
Coral Springs, Florida 33077
1-800-634-1703 in FL 954-346-7455
All the news that’s fit to print.
See yourself in the French Woods Performer.
The Performer is only as good as the contributions we receive from the French Woods
Community. Let us know what is going on in your life. Your camp friends love to hear what you
are doing. Do you have a performance or concert coming up? Have you seen or spoken to French
Woods friends? How did your sports team do this season? We also welcome your photos and any
creative writing you may want to see in print. It’s your big chance! Write us at P.O. Box 770100,
Coral Springs, FL 33077-0100 or give us a call at 1-800-634-1703.
OUR e mail ADDRESS IS [email protected].
We all love hearing from you!
THE PERFORMER IS YOUR NEWSLETTER!!!
H a p p y T h a n k sg i v i n g !
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Registered!
Dear French Woodite,
The return rate of staff is incredible this year. We
have already heard from many of our returning staff and are
receiving new applications every day!
As many of you know, we say goodbye to the
old hockey ring and in its place find a new expanded fitness
center complete with two studios for aerobics and martial
arts. Skateboarders already know of the new park and the
expansion of the Arts and Crafts Center is also part of the
plan for 2009.
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 2009.
For those of you who will be
at camp in session three, remember to register for Billy Elliot on
Broadway! It’s a fantastic show
that I’m sure you will all enjoy
immensely!
Fondly,
Staff
Needed!
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 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 2009 the best ever.
Visiting
Days
Ron & Barbara
In response to the many phone calls we have
received please mark these dates: June 28th and 29th, July
18th and 19th, August 7th and 8th, and August 28th & 29th.
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
FWF alums Peter Duchan, Diana Glazer, Jesse
other food to share with their children at camp. Parents and
Manocherian, and Kristin Miller are part of New Bar Theater,
a recently formed company in Manhattan. They’re hosting a visitors are welcome to eat in our dining hall but under no
fun FWF themed benefit on Monday, Nov 17th at The Cell (338 circumstances are campers permitted to leave the grounds.
Should you wish to attend any other performance
W. 23rd St.). The mini-reunion will double as a cabaret, featuring performances by alums, including Bridget Barkan (Sherrybaby), during the summer please call the camp so that we know you
Dani Spieler (Legally Blonde), Rebecca Kasper (Mamma are coming. You may arrive at 6 PM for dinner in the dining
hall. Picnics and other food items are NOT permitted during
Mia!), Shira Hofmekler Gregory (Frost/Nixon), Britt Shubow
these visits.
(Mamma Mia!), Sean Patrick Doyle (Wig Out!), YouTube
If you are in need of accommodations please call the
sensation Natalie Weiss, and lots of others. Doors
winter office and we will be happy to provide you with names
open at 7pm, $10. For more information,
and phone numbers to contact.
e-mail [email protected].
Alumni
Event
IN THIS ISSUE:
*Staff & Camper News
*Ron, Beth & Isaac
*Visiting Days
*Positions Available
* Broadway Trip
Doctors
&
Nurses
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 minimum 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 interested.
Max Ackerman
Christine Ackermann
Cami Allsteadt
Rowen Altenburger
Jeffrey Andersen
Christopher Anselmo
Max Balka
Sam Balka
Annie Barker
Vivian Bauer
Ariel Bavly
Alex Beer
Maxwell Beer
Lily Anna Berman
Heather Bithell
Amanda Blieberg
Michael Blieberg
Melanie Blitz
Thys Bon
Elizabeth “Lily” Bou
Casey Boykins
Hallie Boykins
Anna Brenner
Amanda Britz
Nora Brodnitz
Olivia Brodovsky
Jason Brody
Cora Browner
Dani Burton
Jeremy Busch
Jonah Cader
Walker Caplan
Dawn Carr
Krista Cederstrom
Julie Clark
Matthew Clark
Jacqueline Coffin
Ansel Cohen
Tony Cohn
Michael Comp
Sonia Copple
Rachel Coster
Tori Cott
Scott Crepea
Taylor Crowder
Rachel Damin
Michael David
Ruby Davis
Tiffany De Marchena
Francesca Deluca
Gabriella Deluca
Rachel Diamond
Julian Donahue
Max Donenfeld
Emma Duggan
Kacie Dunham
Benjamin Edelman
Gabriel Ehrlich
Zachary Ehrlich
Leora Ellison
Max Epstein
Katherine Evans
Gabriel Feldman
Daniel Flick
Zachary Flick
Sarah Fox
Hannah Frishberg
Jonathan Gelb
Matthew Gershon
Adam Gershovich
Eva Gershovich
Benjamin Gilbert
Julian Gilbert
Mc Kenna Glasheen
Shea Glasheen
Tyler Glasheen
Amanda Gluck
Elizabeth Gluck
Zachary Gluck
Jason Goldberg
1 Andrew Brod
Kelly Fuller
Lyndsay Hochler
Maura Lindsay
Kenna Mcwilliams
Nicole Papetti
Maya Sachs
2 Cassidy Cahill
Maribeth Capelli
David Hyler
Eryn Levine
Katie Moshier
Jack Muldavin
Kira Murphy
Maya Nahor
Zachary Riopelle
Rachel Skalka
Madeleine G. Stearn
Megan Wylie
3 Katherine Banos
Jake Cohen
David Ezekiel
David Fermon
Annabel Lindau
Mauricio Melgar
Ashley Revness
Blake Shapiro
Angelina Usherenko
4 Rachel Briant
Grace Covelli
Ellie Friedberg
Juliet Goodman
Nicole Gotay
Katie Hall
Margot Metz
5 Sasha Henriques
MArly Pred
Tyler Reid
Paulina Rubin
Ariana Goldklang
Jordyn Goldstein
Rebecca Goldstein
Sydney Gough
Annie Graham
Lucy Grebin
Chaz Greenberg
Lexi Greenberg
Gabe Greenspan
Nina Gregg
Sasha Gregg
Angela Griffin
Carol Griffin
Margaux Grober
Eva Gutt
Hayden Gutt
Mya Harris
Yael Haskal
Alexandra Henderson
Olivia Henderson
Sasha Henriques
Serena Hernandez
Adam Herrin
Analia Flecha Hirsch
Daniel Hockstein
Eli Hockstein
Alex Hollander
Priscilla Hopper
Eloise Hyman
Caroline Jenks
Marlee Jensen
Imani Johnson
Josef Johnson
Chloe Joseph
Jaden Jules
Taylor Kaplan
Guy Karli
Kapiolani Kassal
Lexi Kay
Courtney Klein
Kelly Klein
Hillary Kooistra
Lauren Kossover
Andrew Krane
Kimberly Krane
Sam Kreski
Portia Krichman
Nicole Kruse
Zeynep Kucuksumer
Eric Kulkarni
Indira Kulkarni
Michael Kushner
Chloe La Motta
Morgan La Motta
Rachel Lachaga
Brittani Lancaster
Corbin Lancaster
Jason Leal
Alexa Lebersfeld
Hannah Leibowitz
Chloe Levin
Max Levin
Miranda Levin
Miriam Levitin
Mitchell Lewis
Michael Light
Brian Lindley
Andrew Lippe
Devitt Logan
Michayla Lupien
Matthew Lupovich
Alec Mactas
Sofia Maggi
Sherina Mahtani
Benjamin Mai
Nicolas Mai
Saida Makhmudzade
Margaret Manley
Lindsay Mann
Kiara Manosalvas
Lynx Marks
Max Mc Gleughlin
Maggie Mccoy
Madeline Mcdaniel
Michela Mcdonagh
Olivia Mcdonagh
Kyle Melnik
Chloe Menderson
Joshua Metzman
Molly Minter
Colton Mitz
Jennifer Molson
Rachel Morrison
Abby Morse-Golub
Max Morse-Golub
Grace Morton
Saskia Naegele
Sarah Nirenberg
Katelynn Northrop
Ryan Northrop
Maxine Nussbaum
Andy O’brien
Nick O’brien
Jillian O’leary
Kevin O’leary
Sonya Okon
Laura Paddock
Nick Padilla
Kristen Palone
Laura Persak
Jack Petricone
Elefteria Petropoulou
Alejandra Pocock
Katherine Pocock
Lydia Post
Nicholas Poulios
Danielle Pransky
Vanessa Priano
Max Prissert
Sasha Prissert
November
Birthdays
6 Natalie Aaronson
Sandra Artigas
Gilbert Domally
Richard Frank
Tyler Laurence
Gillian Lieberman
Margaret Manley
7 Eli Caldwell
Yael Haskal
Joshua Kahky
Jack Lazarus
Justin Perper
Thomas Porat
Laura Sharpe
Naomi Kinoshita Walls
8 Grace Bergere
Tara Djumisic
Heather Gerstley
Maxine Gray
Maurice Green
Laura Langner
Jack Petricone
Jonathan Rojas
Jackson Shain
Miranda Van Iderstine
9 Gretchen Hannah Burke
Jessica Hirschhorn
David Karol
Michael Kombert
10 Alina Cirilo
Harris Cohen
Emma Conlon
Carlie Dunn
Sean Feldman
Elizabeth Gray
Emma Handler
Kathryn Levin
Denise Persampieri
Noam Shapiro
Arron Stevens
11 Ashley Fitzpatrick
Andrew Garonzik
Amanda Gluck
Dara Molotsky
Grace Morton
Will Riley
Leslie Roerig
Emily Ruan
Hannah Weinberg
12 Andrew Akler
Gabriel Garman
13 Alejandra Bano
Devitt Logan
Sandra Moraleda
Morgan Seftel
Tiffany Shelton
14 Gabrielle Coste
Elana Iskowitz
Jonathan Jakubowitz
Bilen Settepani
Chloe Silverberg
Rachel Weisbart
15 Ben Ackerman
Claire Collins
Oscar Delafontaine
Tyler Glasheen
Jordan Matt
Molly Mcintyre Maugeri
Michelle Rosenthal
Alisa Severin
Amanda Zemel
16 Harrison Baker
Elena Laurent
Matt Maguire
Dylan Margolin
Elijah “Eli” Schildkraut
17 Vivian Bauer
Claire Lilly
Ignacio Tambunting
Aynsley Rayburn
Jake Reichenbaum
Isabella Risius
Rachel Rosen
Andrew Rosenberger
Andrew Rosenstein
Maddison Rotner
Rachel Rudel
Emily Rush
Claire Ryder
Greg Sacks
Samantha Sacks
Eleanor Sadik-Khan
Will Sager
Nicolas Sapountzis
Isabella Scarselli
Maxwell Schneider
Lindsey Schultz
Andrew Schwartz
Morgan Seftel
Sami Seiden
Charlotte Seltzer
Joel Seltzer
Cari Sertner
Samantha Shaffer
Teddi Shaffer
Zoe Blue Sidel
Chelsea Siegal
Annese Silva
Layne Silverman
Adrian Simon
Gabriel Simon
Lulu Simon
Megan Siojo
Jacob “Jack” Smyth
Kitson Smyth
Ellie Sondock
Callaway Spahr
Madeleine G. Stearn
Emma Steiger
Anna Vasilyeva
18 Elyssa Bernfeld
Allison First
Catherine Jackson
Allie Henner
Julia Lauer
Senna Lauer
Nicole Nudge
Alexandra Taggart
Alexa Ann Tkacsik
19 Julian Cardazone
Paul Carter
Conner Davis
Rachel Diamond
David Dubrow
Serena Hernandez
Amanda Lagowitz
Nick Zanca
20 Lauren Avallone
Amanda Bressler
Victoria Brown
Lauren Gottesman
Juliet Kimble
Alessandro Siciliano
Delaney Smith
Kayleigh Willis
Caitlin Wolper
Charlotte Zee
21 Grant Braider
Kit Corney
Louis Lesne
Lindsey Peterson
Sydney Sabean
Tara Tabachnik
22 Daniel Cohen
Kyla Healey
Lloyd Kikoler
Julia Tordjman
23 Molly Cannistra
Brandon Fishman
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
Amanda Jane Stern
Matthew Stern
Marley Sternberg
Jessica Stevens
Tyler Stevens
Ardenn Stolz
Amy Sullivan
Justin Sullivan
Gabrielle Sunderland
Rebecca Suskauer
Talia Suskauer
Colin Taylor
Kirby Taylor
Matthew Taylor
Amanda Turen
Ariana Varvaro
Joey Varvaro
Cj Vogel
Grant Vogel
Rachel Waldman
Arleigh Wasserman
Emma Weinstein
Jordan Weisberg
Brooke Weiss
Geoff Weiss
Kira Weiss
Alexandra Wildman
Zoe Wildman
Alexandra Wolfe
Caitlin Wolper
Megan Wylie
Alana Yeager
Jessica Yeager
Haleigh Youtie
Elysa Zebersky
Hannah Zebersky
Lex Zee
Katie Garry
Caroline Jenks
Nicole Mizrahi
24 Michael Adelstein
Gabriella Deluca
Michael Poleman
Mallika Reddy
Noam Skiddell
25 Dominique Druckman
Joshua Egerman
Carley Mirabile
Annie Rishty
Jamie Rosenfeld
Samantha Schoenfeld
26 Ignacio Bravo
Lauren Marino
27 Ari Fay
Lauren Kozak
Caroline Mc Vey
28 Sara Cott
David Fair
Evelyn Leduc
Hillary Shlutz
29 Carly Beard
Carlyn Barenholtz
Ann Gutierrez
Adam Herrin
Eduardo Lobo
Jason Marks
Skyler Palatnick
Julia Perry
Sasha Prissert
Ethan Saviet
Mirabai Trent
30 Emiliano Aguilar
Caitlin Dullahan- Bates
Graham Massell
Rachel Rosen
Cindy Schmelkin
Billy Elliot On Broadway
The show opens November 13th, but Elton John is already hyping Billy Elliot on television and in
interviews. Due to the anticipated sellout status of the show, we would like to announce this year’s Broadway
trip early.
The French Woods Broadway trip this year will be to see Billy Elliot! We will be sending out registration
forms for the trip soon. You can also download them from our website at www.frenchwoods.com
See you there!
The French Woods Family
Isaac’s Corner
As of November 1, 2008 there are only 222 days left until session 1 2008 rolls around, and 242 days for session 2. I bet
you can’t wait.
Joey Champey is now officially on the Douglas High School Basketball Team.
So while Joey begins his High School Varsity season, I begin my 4th year at the Coral Springs Charter School coaching their
boys JV and assisting with the Varsity. Ryan Deri and Ari Bellan are playing varsity basketball at the Charter School this season. I
got to see the boys, Joey, Alex Bellino, Michael Minichiello (Richard and Jenna too), Chris Harchuck, Ryan Deri, Ari Bellan, and
Arnau Robles.
Brittany’s October included Haunted Halloween at her high school, Alexa Lebersfeld’s sweet sixteen, work in the drama department at school, and is culminating with a trip to NY for Jolene Spivak’s Sweet Sixteen November 7th, where she will surely see
many of her camp friends. We hope that Jolene is doing great and we’ll see her at camp again soon. Brittany will also be attending
the fund-raiser to assist children with autism set up by Remy Geller and Natalie Coppa in NYC. Brittany and Kathy got to catch
Michael Kushner’s school performance in Elegies. Brittany now starts to prepare for her thespian competition in December.
I spent some time with my 81 year old mother this Yom Kippur (L’Shonnah Tova) is Sea Gate. I also saw my grandchildren:
Teddy (6), Lilly (4), and Danny (2) that weekend along with my Son Josh, his lovely wife, Lynn, and my daughter Jennifer. I am
very proud to report that Jennifer has been named Assistant Principal of Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, which, by the
way, is my Alma Mater. Jennifer is one of the youngest AP’s in NYC. Josh has hooked up with the New Jersey Devils hockey team
and is now working as a doctor for one of their farm team affiliates in Massachusetts where he lives and works. Josh is a partner
in orthopedic surgery at the Lahey Clinic.
Erin is doing great at UCF and has been seeing so many of her camp friends as they travel the US. She’ll be with us for Thanksgiving very soon and traveling to Maryland to spend time with Laura Thomas during Christmas break. Erin voted for the first time
in her life. Erin also had Kathy send her glove and cleats so that she can begin playing softball in college again. She played third
base at Douglas HS.
I spoke to Carolyn, she’s doing great in Brussels; her baby is due in February.
Kathy and I will be in the Boston area, Philly, Spain, 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.
Gregg is overseeing the construction of our brand new fitness center. It will include two studios for
aerobics, yoga, and martial arts, pilates, cheer leading, and other forms of dance. The center will house 4
treadmills, 2 upright bikes, 2 recumbent bikes, 4 elliptical trainers, 2 adaptive motion trainers, 1 stair-master,
12 Selectorized machines (call Gregg to find out what that’s all about), 6 multi-stack modular (call Gregg
for that too), full range of free weights, and a variety of other state of the art machines. (Call Gregg for any
details).
Stay in touch. Bye for now,
Isaac
Beth Backstage
As you can see we have put together a tentative show schedule for the summer of 2009. We are planning some
fantastic favorites 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 2009!
We have started sending out returning counselor invitations for the 2009 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!
I hope school is going well & I look forward to seeing you all next summer! Sincerely, Beth
Camper& Staff News
Corey Lorence landed the part of Flick
(Ralphie’s best friend) in the A Christmas Story
production that will be showcasing at the Village
Theater in Lexington, SC showing December 5-14.
Over sixty people auditioned and this is a real honor
for Corey. Flick gets his tongue stuck to a pole and
other surprises and the show looks to get plenty of
laughs. In addition to this incredible honor, Corey
just did a voice over as a kid in the park for a SC
Independent film called Dog Days in hopes of the
film going National.
Zoe Simon was cast in the Beachwood
Community Production of the Wizard of Oz. Most
kids her age got one part. They wanted Zoe for two:
a Munchkin, and she is part of the Dance Troupe as
well.
Matthew Wechsler was playing the part of
the Newsboy in The Time Of Your Life at the Storm
Theater through November first.
Wendy Eisenberg has been named Student Director of her school Jazz Band and Section
leader for guitar with Blues Alley Youth Orchestra
in Washington, DC.
Sarah Shane’s school drama club is producing Beauty and the Beast. Sarah is playing the
role of Cogsworth, the clock!
Sarah Hoyt just finished manning (womanning) the lights with the Canterbury Theatre Ensemble production of Mame at Storm King School.
Audrey Lorence just received the Television Spokesperson job for Carolina Crysler Jeep
Dodge in South Carolina and commercials will start
airing in mid October.
Strike up the band…Sean Feldman is keeping busy with extracurricular activities as a high
school freshman. He bowls on the Wagner Falcons
Boys Varsity Bowling Team and has a 171 average.
He also plays snare drum and cymbals in the Susan
Wagner High School Marching Band and is looking
forward to playing in Disney World in February in
the Disney Electric Parade. Sean gives a shout out
to his bunkmates from B-6A who he misses a lot.
Jaden Jules performed on stage with Tift
Merritt, the country singer, at the 24th anniversary
Medal of Arts Ceremony on Tuesday Oct 7th... He
will also be singing at the Nutcracker Chorus with
the Triangle Youth Ballet Music and the Symphony
during the Holidays.
Harrison Kaufman has just been cast as
Xanthius in his school’s production of The Frogs. Hayden Gutt is in the children’s ensemble
of Yorktown Stage’s November production of
Oklahoma. He is very excited to be working with
some professional actors and singing the wonderful songs in Oklahoma. Hayden had an amazing
time for his first summer at French Woods. He
even convinced his little sister Eva to sign up for
next summer!
Alex Oates and his band, Wishful Thinking help raise money each year to benefit The
Simple Gifts Farm in North Amherst, Massachusetts. The first year they raised enough money
to prevent developers from taking over the land
and commercializing it. This year marked the
3rd anniversary of the benefit for the farm. Wishful Thinking was asked to play at the benefit and
definitely caught some attention from young to
old. They sold 14 CD’s and raised $70 for the
farm. They all had a great time sharing their music which is all original!
Rachel Rodgers auditioned for the Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra and is now the
first Flutist. She will be traveling with the group
to Los Angeles to perform with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra over spring break. In addition,
she has recorded a CD which she is selling locally to raise money for the upcoming trip!
Chloe Joseph, Rebecca Simon and Alexa Just were cast in Peter Pan with the local
Stagcratter group.
Sydney Gough was cast as Sally in the
fall production of You’re A Good Man Charlie
Brown to be performed by the Youth Academy of
Dramatic Arts (YADA) in Los Angeles. Sydney
is in YADA’s Junior Master class.
Stef Millman loved working at camp this
summer! She is now choreographing a production
of The Who’s Tommy at her school, the University of Delaware. The show will be the weekends
of Nov 14 & 21. She misses all her campers from
G3B and hopes to see them all again next summer!
Samantha Rose Algaze has been cast as
Rapunzel in her school’s production of Into the
Woods.
Gavin Becker is currently playing Alex
in The Velveteen Rabbit at a local theater.
Carly Beard is currently performing as
Bell Starr in Dastardly Deeds at the Yoursin Mine
or You Can’t Take it With You at school and Anything Goes with a local community group!
THAT’S THE NEWS AND WE ARE OUTTA HERE!
Session One
We will shine in 2009!
Session Two
Wait Until
Dark
39 Steps
MARVIN’S
ROOM
You Can’t
Take it With
You
Session Three
The Skin of
our Teeth
Lend Me a Tenor
Session Four
The Laramie
Project
Sly Fox
Equus
Trial By Jury
&
Cox and Box
LIL’
ABNER
Rapunzel
Here are the Shows we’re thinking of for next Summer!
Here are the Shows we’re thinking of for next Summer!
A complete schedule of times & dates will be printed in our
A complete schedule of times & dates will be printed in our
May Newsletter!!!
May Newsletter!!!