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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 !

The return applications for staff are coming in like mad. We have already heard from many of our favorites and are receiving new applications every day.2013 will welcome the new video center, a new ropes course an expanded scene shop in the Pavillion and a new Boys Senior Lodge 5.

Registration is just unreal. Please note the following: 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 2013.

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 Doctors and nurses.

Please call us in the winter office at: (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 2013 the best ever.

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

Session 1: June 23rd and 24th Session 2: July 13th and 14th Session 3: August 2nd and 3rd Session 4 August 23rd & 24th

Visiting on the first of each two day period begins immediately after lunch, at 1:30 PM. The second day of visiting begins at 10 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.

1 Austin Peremen Eliana Rosenthal Jessica Reinach Kelly Fuller Max Harris Priscilla Jackson2 Cassidy Cahill Lilia Becker Natalie Lifson3 Ashley Revness Lauren Cohen4 Alec Bardey Hope Newman Jack Shepard Katie Hall Sydnie Wainland5 Amelia Baumann Aya Ishizaka David Alea Grace & Olivia Gerstner Julian Isikoff Livy Bergstein Marly Pred Shari Bernbach6 Adrian Gildea Alexander Milburn Gillian Lieberman Lily Harris Natalie Aaronson

Natalie Maguire Ress7 Jillian Foster Joshua Kahky Maya Kreitman Tahra Friedman8 Jessica Brookner Joshua Brown Tess Boosin9 Ben Bradford Grace Bradford Sharif Fahim10 Charlotte Beede Elan Ofeck Emma Conlon Livia Mcnulty-Myran10 Morgan Gerber Sean Feldman Zoe Feygin11 Asher Gevisser Cameron Kasky11 Dara Molotsky Franny Keller Jessica Franklin Kendrick Shoji Ruby Wertheimer12 Isabelle Kenet Naomi Haber Rachel Haber Zachary Glick Zachary Yonish

13 Elena Golub Morgan Seftel Zoe Stern14 Grace Felder Jared Rosen Margaret Smith Mckenzie Stoute Molly Sloane Rachel Weisbart Tyler Pelton Zachary Goldstein15 Chris Schroeppel Samantha Goldberg16 Alex Birger Brett Gross Eli Schildkraut Michaela Burger Molly Mc Carthy17 Anna Vasilyeva Autumn Moya Emmanuella Denove Kira Zelbo Sarah Abbott Sarah Druckman Wesley Orser18 Colby Nolan Lilliana “Lily” Haus

Mariel Schultz Morgan Weiss Olivia Cuozzo Payton Toscano Racheal Lama Roberto Morean Senna Lauer19 Jacob Mcguire Jade Yan Jordan Miller Julian Cardazone20 Alexa Mark Amanda Bressler Brennen Cannella Elizaveta Tufanova Jordan Cohen21 Bailey Herskowitz Megan Van Dermolen Sophia Ryder Valeria Lockwood22 Brandon Stolz Katelyn Slaight Matthew Finkelstein23 Emma Boultinghouse Helen M “Ele” Hagermoser

Jake Bardack Leah Middleberg Sophie Miller24 Rebecca Freeman25 Betty Kubovy-Weiss Jamie Rosenfeld Samantha Schoenfeld Will Bostwick26 Alec Ellison Ayden, Colby & Samantha Schnell Eliza Romeu Logan Swerdloff Philip Novgorodsky27 Evelyn Leduc Jorge Alvarez Lauren Kozak Melanie Fisch28 Montana Gerber29 Carlyn Barenholtz Danielle Barnett Liyana Falvey Max Kaplan Sasha Prissert30 Caitlin Dullahan Bates Jennifer Kazma Julianne Magnus Tia Rockland

Dear French Woodites, Staff Needed!

Visiting Days

Just Registered!

November Birthdays

Imani JohnsonMaddison RotnerKell PogueIsabel VigliottiCharlie TiedemannClare TiedemannGabriella DerkeMorgan SobleAustin JarossRobert NasrMichelle NasrLara CashmanJack RollinsGrace RollinsCory ShanbomSofia RubinDavid RubinMatthew HollisCaroline CameronGabrielle NiederhofferThomas HanesSky MonossonJulia GastoneMaya GrinbergSam GrinbergAdam DavisAmanda Davis

Megan MccloskeyZachary GoldblattEmily GoldblattBenjamin HirschhornGabrielle AugerJayden BellRogers KnopikZachary BlatterJade BlatterJett BlatterTristan Schaefer KnaufMichael SchatzJordan CohenMerrill SteketeeKarl ThomasChristopher BaxleyLouis YegermanJake SchwartzEmmi SchwartzSylvia ProbstDani SarilChloe Cuggino-ZenskyLiora GafenMariana GoldlustJulia Braverman

Andrew BartellHope MirskiFloria AuerbachLouisa AuerbachAlayna TillmanJesse SchmalholzJustin SchmalholzJack FeinbergJesse FeinbergAlora EisenLyla JonesRyan WeinsteinJordan “Jojo” WeinsteinGriffin Cloud LevineBrooke SchwidelSarah SchwidelKirrilee BergerCasey LoehrBenjamin ZenkerConnor ZenkerMatthew ZenkerEli Ullman-KisselWhitney DawsonJennifer KazmaSarah ShaneJillian ImpastatoJustine Murray

Montana GerberLilliana “Lily” HausJd HausMarcel FredericAshley StarrSkylar Reimer ShermanSadie Reimer ShermanBillie GreenAlexa GuerreraJoshua HauserConnor HarveyNoam WizelShira WiezelElise LichtmanAriel TombackJake ScottKira ZelboAndrew MillerSamuel MillerMilo ManheimLeon CsangoPerry FederLily VolperSavanah WilshireAnabel LallouzOlivia Lallouz

Kayla ThomasEleanor FellerhoffIsabella MillerAbigail MillerSarah MosesVictoria LopezAudrey PattersonRachel CohanSarah Clowes-WalkerFrancesca MoreiraKelsea FederMolly SloaneUma RajaTaylor HernowitzBen HernowitzAaron RothkoAya IshizakaAmy CiardielloRachel TannenbaumPeri LittMaya KreitmanAllie KreitmanAngel CanzanoLayne SilvermanSydney GoughJacob Sagar

Brendan SmithMichelle AntonovaMariel SchultzJorge AlvarezJamie RosenfeldJemma LasswellJasmine SinghRuby BerlinIan BerlinPaulo ZambarinoEllie ZambarinoAnastasia PraslovaMolly SchwallPipa MercerRachel WolchokSteven KahnSarah FruchtmanFarrah SklarTala ChungaTiffany MoiDevon PincusEmily SniderSophie DobbieCarla DobbieRoberto MoreanHannah NewfieldLucas NewfieldAlexandra Morean

Louis ChalumeauIsabella LecrichiaNicoletta LecrichiaMarcel WerderLeighann DelucaMadeline DickNicole ClementeRachel SilbersteinJasmine FuAlex AzorElsalene AkkermanDavid ReichbergMorgan ReichbergAriana VarvaroOlivia JarrettPeri DenmarkAbigail “Abby” MosingTristan HernandezNicolette HernandezAva SwidlerBrian Wargotz

Beth BackstageAs you can see we have put together a tentative show schedule for the summer of 2013. 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 like a theater dream in 2013!We have sent out most of our returning counselor invitations for the 2013 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!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

A Message to Our French Woods FamiliesThe destruction and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy has affected many of our French Woods families and extended families. All of us at French Woods offer our support to the families we serve that have suffered as a result of this storm. If we can help in any way, please let us know.

Andrew Miller, Matthew Dershowitz and Jared Goerke will all be appearing in Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School’s production of Twelve Angry People in mid-November.Joshua Samuel Kahky performed in his high school’s rendition of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the role of Don Pedro.Cara Young sang the National Anthem opening the rally for President Obama in Delray Beach, FL last month.Claire Landers was cast as the Sultan in her school’s production of Aladdin Jr.Caroline Van Meerbeeck is performing in The Yorkville Nutcracker for her third year and has been cast as one of the French Girls for the Party Scene (Cast A) and as the lead Gingerbread for Cast B.Evan Schachter is currently in two shows, his school musical Annie Jr. (Oliver Warbucks) and a community theater drama Creature Double Feature with another Frenchwoodite, Antonio Peer. Both of the boys got the leads- Antonio is Frankenstein and Evan is Dracula. Bianca Day Feiner is a featured model in the 2013 Dansco catalog. You can also see Bianca in the on-line catalog at www.dansco.com. Hayden and Eva Gutt will be performing Studio to Stage with their vocal teacher and a group of singers on November 11th at Seabury Field Home in Cortlandt Manor.Aaron Simons will be playing Winthrop and Claire Oberlin will be playing Amaryllis in The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of The Music Man, which runs from November 27 - December 16 in Jupiter, FL. Ron and Barbara Schaefer recently attended the Plaza Theatre production of Driving Miss Daisy. The theater, in Manalapan, Florida, is run by Alan Jacobson, a French Woods parent. Also attending the production were Frenchwoodites Josh Krulick, Steven Eisenwasser, Noah

Jacobson and Eii Jacobson. Everyone loved the show! Ron and Barbara Schaefer also had the pleasure of visiting with Anna Loshak and her father, Igor, in Prague, Czech Republic while on vacation in Eastern Europe last month.Catherine Crouch played the lead role of Catherine in the Children’s Theatre Group of Southern California’s production of Godspell. CJ Fam is performing at the Miami Dolphins Cycling Challenge, and has been selected as a finalist to sing the National Anthem for the Miami Dolphins v. the Buffalo Bills game on December 23rd. There are six finalists and you can vote for her at http://www.miamidolphins.com/finatics/national-anthem-voting.html Our own David Weinstein is proud to be the new Executive Director of Atlantic Arts Academy in Jupiter, Florida. Atlantic Arts is a new and exciting performing arts training program featuring dance, theatre, music and much more. Check out their website at www.atlanticartsacademy.com or give them a call at (561) 575-4422 or stop by and say “hi.” Dave and Elena would love to see any and all French Woodites!

French Woods Festival on facebook. “Like” our official facebook page at facebook.com/frenchwoodsfestival to

see French Woods posts in your newsfeed and connect to all your Frenchwoods friends on facebook!

That’s the news and we’re outta here!

Why choose an individually programmed specialty camp as opposed to a traditional camp?

I wanted my children exposed to the boys and girls that attended a camp with an abundance of

creative and artistic activities. I realized that at French Woods they could partake in swimming, sailing, tennis, baseball basketball, fencing, wrestling, biking, hockey, skating football soccer 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.

The one thing that stands out in my mind is the tremendous support that the campers give to one another. The creative arts camper is more precocious and more introspective than the average child; they are brighter, more inquisitive, creative, motivated and supportive.

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.

We have begun posting our open house schedule online 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.

PS: There are only 208 days until we open our doors to Session 1, 2013. (And 227 days until Session 2.) Can’t wait - regards to all.

French Woods and Actors Technique NY Kids & Teens* once again collaborate to bring you the highly successful Broadway & Beyond 6-day intensive workshop for aspiring young actors and actresses, ages 7 to 17. At our French Woods camp facility in Hancock, NY, participants will hone their skills with great Broadway Performers, ATNY Coaches, FW Directors and then it’s off to Manhattan at week’s end where the program culminates in a Showcase for NY’s top Youth Agents and Casting Directors. Also included are daily horseback, circus and waterfront electives!

French Woods is excited to announce its Premier Digital Media Filmmaking Program where campers can create, write, act, shoot the film and edit their video using Apple’s Final Cut Pro. We offer the best equipment available, and along with our brand new Film facility and the beautiful French Woods camp location, we anticipate this program filling up fast.

Other Intensive End of the Summer Programs include Master Classes, Group Trips and Professional instruction in Circus and Fire, Skatepark, Magic, Horseback, Waterskiing, Rock and Roll, Creative Cooking, Tennis and our Family Camp.

$745 Early Registration Discount Now. Call our office at 800-634-1703 for more details and to register.

*Actors Technique NY Kids & Teens welcomes FW/Broadway & Beyond Kids to join ATNY Kids in NYC in the winter, spring and fall 2013 for Top Acting, On-Camera Audition Technique and Musical & Improv. Performance based weekend programs with FREE Youth Agent Showcases for students. www.ActorsTechniqueNY.com or give them a call at (917) 763-1777.

Isaac’s Corner Camper & Staff NewsBroadway & Beyond and More…

French Woods Announces Post Camp Programs for 2013

August 25 - Septmber 1, 2013

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