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Summer 2006 is fast approaching & things look great! You will see from the show descriptions at the center of this Newsletter, the line up is wonderful and we are all gearing up for some fantastic performances!

The Australia and New Zealand hiring fairs were a resounding success and I am about to head to London for more. With Larry in Russia and Cathy About to leave for eastern Europe, we will have more applicants to choose from than ever. Looks like the best group yet!

See you this summer!

Beth

With the coming of spring we all know that camp is just around the corner. Have you started your countdown yet? Registrations continue to pour in and we’re glad that French Woods is in your plans for 2006. If you have any friends that are interested have them call today. I am headed to South Africa and the UK to recruit counselor staff. Meanwhile even more applica-tions continue to arrive for counselor positions every day. You should have received your forms for bunk placement by now and we have already started on the bunk requests just as soon as they arrive in the office. Make sure you send in your requests! Don’t assume I know or I already have it. We work directly from these forms, so send them in. Keep your letters, phone calls, pictures, faxes and e-mail coming. We always enjoy hearing from you. Be on the lookout for important papers. Information and forms should be arriving in your mail-box shortly. They provide both you and us important

information. Stay in touch!

Fondly,

Ron

IN THIS ISSUE

*CAMPER & STAFF NEWS

*RON, BETH & ISAAC *SESSION TWO SHOWS

Sarah AbeshouseVictoria AbramikAndrea Arquellon AbramsonSapphire AdizesAshley Alman Ryan AlmanRowen AltenburgerLauren AmarJuan Carlos BarbeiteJackson BarnettCaitlin Dullahan- BatesJohn- Miles BatesVivian BauerNicole BeckerAnna BeckermanWilliam BellBess BenhamouLisa BenhamouJaxson BennettSophia BennettBraden BochnerStephanie BochnerRebecca Torres- BrodskyLydia BucklinBrittanie BurkeAmanda CanavanKatherine CasaleTessa ClarkDylan Daniel CohenZoe ColbertVirginia ColemanDanielle CollinsKaty Comer

Jamie DavisPaige DavisRachel De OliveiraEtienne DejoieMathilde DejoieAlexandra DemersFrancesca DilapiJade DiplacidoEli EdelsonKatherine EgerJordyn ElkanAlexander ElmalehMegan FarbmanAshley FitzpatrickWilliam FitzpatrickMarc-Sally Saint- FleurKelsey FlynnMallory FlynnEamon FoleyNina FollmanRebecca FoxBari Friedlander Tristan Kali FriedmanRyan FugittJaneva GaddistSofie GaetanoAlexander GallettoPaige GarrityMargaretta GergenGabby GertelNikolette GiordanoAustin GoldbergPaula & Austin Goldberg

Phoenix GonzalezElan GossAmanda GraboskiGabrielle GraboskiJillian GraboskiSirus HanMaya HardimonTyler HartwellJessica HirschhornAnnie Shea HulcherSabrina IariaEmma Van InwegenRyan JacobsJazmin JonesAlyssa KadenLeora KahnMorgan KashinskyMegan KashtanSophia KatzIlana KleinSaundra KornbluthJamie & Kara KornhaberKara KornhaberMarc LangerLaura LangnerVirginia Grey Le VineIvy LeeChloe Danielle LevinBryan LustigLizzie MaguireMatt MaguireRebecca MarksElise Martin

Marcel MascaroVirginia MasonMadeline McdanielCarl MichnoviczEmily MillerLeah MonackJessica MuirMeghan MunisteriGabrielle NashMarni NathansonHannah NicollWilla NielsenMary O’donovanRobin PancoastAndrea ParenteDiego Klock- PerezWilliam PetriconeTaylor PikeVictoire PoumadereJesse PruittRebecca RabinovichKaren RamosBrian RauchHaley RauchLeana ReichIsabella RoweAmanda RuggieroAdrian RuzKatie Gwynn- SacksonAbigail SaladinoAlexa SemoncheSamantha ShafferTeddi Shaffer

Allison ShapiroJulia ShapiroJames SharpeLaura SharpeLevi Shaw-FaberEric SilvermanAdrian SimonZoe SnowKatie SpradlingMark SundermeyerAaron TaslitzEric ThurgoodNicole ThurgoodAbby TizzioEmily TomackPaul VerhoestSasha VukovicShawana WalkerSarah WeissmanAlyson WerthLauren WerthMaddy WerthSheila WerthOlivia WhithamKayleigh WillisBrittany WolfNicole ZecchiniDylan ZiegelbaumDanielle ZinnerMichelle ZinnerJessica Zuckerbrob

J u s t R e g i s t e r e d !D e a r F r e n c h w o o d i t e ,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

1 Morgan Davis Alisha Feldman Kristin Guerin Julia Katz Alison Klein Kyo Pincus Zachary Sherrin2 Alexis Buckhholz Rachelle Davidowitz Diana Kaplen Jacob Shubert3 Lee Burwasser Anne-Camilla Charpie Vincent Dohner Shanley Horvitz Sam Longenecker Rachel Moses Nicole Weishoff5 Lindsay Delin Ashley Lehrer Tobias White6 Louise Buccellato Emma Goodman Sydney Manas Katelyn Slepp Natalie Yubas7 Amanda Graboski Andrea Parente Tova Sterling8 Allison Aaronson Ashley Gordon Rebecca Heath Shoshana Hereld

Kelly Klein Wei Yin Petersen Charlotte Rosenberg9 Eddie Chwalisz Gannon Dalton Ian Feldman Caroline Gray Margaux Grober Felipe Moskaitis Kirsten Palone Allison Shapiro Evan Silver10 Eliza Brown Saida Makhmudzade Graham Pough11 Cody Sherrin Jenny Sonenberg Elizabeth Woodham Doran Zimmerman12 Kelsey Flynn Adam Klein Claire Mullany Colin Poindexter Jenna Turow13 Klara Auerbach Jaxon Bennett Alexander Gosis Alexandra Gothier Andrea Gothier Chloe Harrison Maraquette Koss Emily Scheiber

14 Sarah Green Assata Hyacinthe Sabrina Iaria Emily Jacobs Mimi Tamkin15 Jonathon Jugo Katie Lemmon Virginia Mason Stacey Matzkin Nat Rogachevsky16 Nora Casper Lauren Goldberg Sydney Griffith Anna Levenshus Julian Lamb-Orgel Jamie Putman17 Arielle Berne Paul Neubert Britney Roach18 Phillip Skokos Lindsey Tipograph Barry Van Deerlin19 Cole Albinder Justin Albinder Rose Heller Sarah Korn Brad Weinstein20 Samantha Austin Zoe Colbert Liza Friedman Lucy Grebin Chlo Danielle Levin

Alexandra Mautone Greg Murtha21 Maria Brenta Anna Lanoue Emily Merfeld22 Dana Blechman Paige Davis Jacob Dunn Madelyn Gardner Matthew Grossman Victoria Petrosky Jesse Pruitt Marisa Zable23 Erica Granor Sarah Radov Stephen Sabbag Maya Shaw-Faber Rebecca Torres-Brodsky24 Thomas Hecker Beth Sheil Danielle Stoller Adam Uslan Helena Witte25 Lauren Amar Tyler Brown Sam Hulsey Dylan Jenks Charly Sarah Klinman Matthew Kruszelnicki Jenna Lubeck Abby Olan Jenna Roth

M a r c hB i r t h d a y s !

B e t h B a c k s t a g e

Greetings one and all! As most of you know, the Scott J. Knipe Music Center is now the official home for the French Woods Festival Department of Music. This space includes a performance/rehearsal/recording space upstairs, two rehearsal studios and a bank of practice rooms. These spaces will continue to improve with some coats of paint and some additional work on soundproofing.

Speaking of which, our master classes will continue this summer under the guidance of FWF alum Marcus Rojas. Marcus will bring up notable New York performers and educators to coach our young students and counselor staff.

This summer French Woods festival will celebrate the anniversary of Mozart with tributes to him by many for our ensembles. This celebrating will feature the entire Requiem. This is a monumental undertaking and we will be putting together a chorus of 80 students and 4 soloists for this program.

We are very excited about our summer. You will hear more from me in a future issue that will include summer attire and other important information.

Brian P. Worsdale

N o t e s f r o m t h e K e y b o a r d

Rachel Vetesi April Walsh26 Brian Aronow Kate Berger Lexi Franc Josh Oleyourryk Brian Rauch27 Joe Caruncho, Jr Lana Caster Jason Marx Lexee Mcentee Mason Zaroff Devon Zdatny28 Eric Carbognin Graylen Eastwood Eli Hockstein Koby Liliana Omansky Brandon Powers Julia Shapiro29 Catherine Barsky Kate Kaplan Logan Knoerzer Clayton Mc Collum Dylan Schroeder Lauren Schulman William Vatkin30 Rebecca Mann Allison Shafir Rachel Walden31 Jenna Gosciak Ilana Sandomir Anna Shakeshaft Scott Stampone

There are now 101 days until session 1 2006, and only 119 days until session 2. How time flies. We had a bit of a French Woods reunion at our home in South Florida. Carolyn Stock flew in from Chicago. Jessie Coyle was down from New York. Nurse Venus and Ray came down from Palm City. Barbara and Ron stopped by along with Beth and Michael. Larry even managed to be there but not on time and a cameo by Trevor. Cathy Cromack, Nicole Kuiper, and Ryan Tutton were all working that night but we did get to see all of them at other times. An update on my basketball teams: My Coral Springs Charter High School Varsity Basketball team finished 14 and 12. We lost the opening round of the playoffs to Westminster Academy in triple overtime. It was a fun season and I really enjoyed it, although I missed coaching at Forest Hills HS in New York City. I also miss my old baseball job at Flushing HS in NYC. Brittany Champey and Alison Cowett made STATES in the thespian competitions. A true pair of French Woodites. Thanks to Mrs. Kovler, Jillian’s mom, Brittany and Sydney Griffith, had a photo shoot for Teen Angel boutiques. My rec team won the championship and Joey was my personal MVP. Frenchwoodites on the team included Reuben Wolf, Danny Zapata, Tyler Brown, and of course Joey. We came in first in the league and then blew through the playoffs. My travel team has a whole gaggle of French Woods ball players. Joey Champey, Reuben Wolf, Danny Zapata, Nick Lopez, Alex Bellino, Ari Bellan, Ryan Deri, and we are working on a few more. We went 4-6 in our winter league after a 2 and 9 start in our fall league. We get better all the time and the kids are enjoying each other’s company. They’re all looking to get up to French Woods for basketball, more sports, tennis, circus, theatre, music, etc. As I write this article, my son, Josh, and daughter-in-law, Lynn, are awaiting the birth of their third child and second son. My grandson Teddy is 3 and 1/2 and my granddaughter Lilly is now 1 and 1/2. Josh is also interview-ing around the country for his new career in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. Kathy spent a week taking care of my grandchildren and helping Josh and Lynn prepare for the new baby. Nicole is also there, playing nanny for two weeks. My daughter is still hard at work at South Shore High School in Brooklyn and braved the 26 + inch storm there to actually go to work on the day after the storm. She’ll be coming down to South Florida for a visit to warm here bones during winter break. A big hello to Jessie Silverman, who we happened to see in the Philadelphia burbs. What a great kid, who just can’t wait for camp to start. I hope you got the DVDs we sent. We even were able to have dinner with Dewey Oriente at his favorite restaurant in Philly. We had dinner with the Goldstones and were invited to see “Lost in Yonkers” in Philadelphia. We had a wonderful time with them. It was great spending time with them and keeping the memory of Dina alive. Many people have asked what they can do to help the family. The Goldstone’s have established a tax exempt foundation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to ensure the legacy of the girl with the big smile, big heart, and big dreams. At present it supports two programs, and will continue to support children’s charities as the funds become available. The Foundation will offer a yearly graduation scholarship award at Lower Merion High School to a girl who excels in interscholastic sports & who demonstrates good character, school spirit, and is supportive of her teammates. The Foundation will also support at-risk children at the Center for Performing Arts at Meir Shfeya Youth Village (a Hadassah project) where the stage will be named in her memory.A big thank you to those families who have sent us warm wishes, pictures, donations, & love. If anyone is inter-ested, donations may be sent to: Dina Goldstone Charitable Foundation 7300 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19151

Kathy and I are on our way to Paris. We will be there from 3/15 through 3/21. If any-body would like to see us there please call us in the office or email us so that we can give you our itinerary. You can email me at isaac@frenchwoods.com. We will be staying at the Chateau Frontenac. I for one, can’t wait to get up to the Woods. I know you all feel the same. See you soon. Bye for now. Love and kisses, Isaac That’s the news and we’re outta here!!!

Doriet Fischer has been taking part in her high school Kickline. The dance group is composed of a number of dance styles and, of course, high kicks!

Hannah Weinstein performed Sonatina in F major Op 36 Nr 4 Con Spirito by Clementi and Waltz in A-Flat Major Op 69 Nr1 by Chopin at the Young Artist Showcase in Bergan County. The piano concert was on January 21st. Hannah was also chosen to play Dorothy in the spring production of The Wizard of Oz at the Eleanor Van Gelder School in Edgewater, NJ.

Kristen Twynam-Perkins is playing a Who in Seussical The Musical back home in Perth, Australia. She was able to help out at the CCUSA job fairs in town, which were a resounding success!

Sharon Halevy playing Mayor Maggie BatBoy, The Musical from April 5-9th with Tom Wolfson, Spencer Oberman, Kenny Marks, and Sarah Kapner.

Becca Krainik just finished Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as The Narrator and she was also Miss Mazepa in Gypsy for the Centenary Performing Arts Guild in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Heather Hodder was nominated by her high school for the NJ Governors School for the Arts for Dance. She will have an all day audition, with the morning being the group class and in the afternoon the solos followed by an interview. These programs are all highly competitive and just being nominated is an honor.

Kalie Birnbaum just finished appearing as a principle in an original musical review Counter Clockwise... It’s All About the Journey The production company is the 727 Theater Company and they are based in Cheltenham Pennsylvania. She also participated in Acappella Fest 06 with the Lauralie, the all female acappella group at the Springside School.

Cathy Cromack is working with Cirque Du Soliel in Miami! She is catering for the performers and crew, keeping their energy up for the energetic show.

Sam Davison performed in his school production of The Importance of Being Earnest in the fall (He was Grigsby, the debt collector.) He plays his electric bass in a jazz band at school, and he plays bass and is backup singer with a rock band on weekends. The rock band, called F4, had their first gig at the Bitter End on Bleeker Street! He recently won his school’s Shakespeare competition, performing a monologue from Julius Caesar, and he will compete in the Manhattan Finals in March. Finally, he just recorded an updated rock version of Meet the Mets in a professional studio.

Chelsea Hano is appearing in the role of Mae Petterson in Bye Bye Birdie at South Orange Middle School.

Brittany Champey won second place at her middle school talent show with an original comedy skit.

Erin Champey is playing second base for her High School softball team. She is also a member of the National Honors Society.

Several French Woods Campers will be performing at The Stephen Sondheim Benefit for the ISO on March 6th at the Kaye Playhouse.

Joey Champey did a great job as basketball statistician. He bonded with and wound up playing and practicing with the members of the varsity.

Zak Stevens just shot a small role in Denis Leary’s X-mas special for Comedy Central.

C a m p e r & S t a f f N e w sI s a a c ’ s C o r n e r

The Phantom TollboothEven surrounded by dozens of toys, Milo is bored. Nothing interests him at all. The Demons of Ignorance are certain he will be their next victim, telling him “If you get the urge to do anything - don’t. It could be dangerous.” To the rescue comes The Phantom Tollbooth! With a book adapted by Mr. Juster him-self, witty lyrics full of wordplay by Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler On The Roof, She Loves Me) and a melodi-ous score by Arnold Black, The Phantom Tollbooth is an endearing show that seven to eleven year olds will find appealing.

Dear EdwinaAt last a musical that features a cast of nearly all girl performers! Follow the adventures of advice- giver extraordinaire, Edwina Spoonapple as she directs the kids in the neighborhood in production number after hilarious production number in her “Advice-A-Palooza” extravaganza. Written in the style of Schoolhouse Rock Live! and You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Dear Edwina Junior is the perfect girl power musical for seven to eleven year olds by Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich. 101 DalmationsIn a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian par-ents, Pongo and Perdita happily raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil plots to steal them for her new fur coat! Join all the dogs of London, as they daringly rescue the puppies from Cruella and her bumbling henchmen. With a delight-fully fun score, lovable characters, and one of the most deliciously evil villains in the Disney canon, this stage adaptation is certain to charm and delight seven to eleven year olds.

Oklahoma!Winner of a special Pulitzer prize, Oklahoma! changed the face of stage musicals by telling an emotional story through music, lyrics and dance as never before. Set in the Indian territory of the American West at the turn of the century - against a background of conflict between farmers and cattlemen - it is the story of Laurey and two rivals for her affections. Famously, the show opens with ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’’ and contains a cornucopia of wonderful songs such as ‘The Surry with The Fringe on Top’, ‘People Will Say We’re in Love’, ‘Many a New Day’, ‘I Can’t Say No’, and the final rousing chorus of ‘Oklahoma!’ - it is a musical treat for eleven to fourteen year olds.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingA satire of big business and all it holds sacred, H2$ fol-lows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook to climb the corporate ladder from lowly win-dow washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant “company man,” the boss’ whiny, nepotistic nephew, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. Guaranteed to appeal to eleven to fourteen year olds, the show boasts a show-stealing star role, memorable secondary characters, a catchy, witty score, and a wicked sense of humor that’s as biting, unforgiving and on-target today as ever.

Blame it on the MoviesThe sound of movies is saluted in this cheerful musi-cal cavalcade of wonderful songs and themes from the world’s favorites films. Fresh and fast-paced, this review compiled by Billy Barnes is a nostalgic treat that covers more ground than your average Friday night at the kara-oke bar, featuring unforgettable tunes from “The Wizard Of Oz,” “Meet Me In St. Louis,” “The Pink Panther,” “Rocky,” “Psycho,” “Jaws,” “Gone With The Wind,” “Goldfinger,” “The Color Purple,” “Footloose” and countless others, in a full-filled homage to movie musi-cals, screwball comedies, shoot-em-up westerns, sizzling screen romances, thrillers, action-adventure flicks, his-torical epics and auteurs alike. It’s the perfect celebration of the silver screen for eleven to fourteen year olds.

My Favorite YearIt’s 1954, and Benjy Stone, freshman writer on TV’s King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade, is assigned the daunt-ing task of baby-sitting veteran Hollywood swashbuckler Alan Swann while he’s doing a live guest appearance on the show. The effort to keep the reckless Swann out of the papers during the rehearsal week nearly drives Benjy to the brink, when he’s given an unexpected glimpse into Swann’s broken heart that teaches him about human frailty, tragedy, comedy, love – and about what made 1954 his favorite year. Eleven to fourteen year olds are sure to enjoy this classic hit.

EvitaThis musical, written in 1975 and premiered in London in 1978, is based on the true story of Eva Peron of Argentina. Evita was quite successful and was made into a 1996 movie starring Madonna. More than 25 years after it opened in London, Evita remains as vital and vibrant as ever. What a way to learn South American history: through Lloyd Webber and Rice’s most humble, most memorable score. Those catchy, dramatic tunes and a real-life main character who has the guile of Cruella De Ville, make for a stage experience nothing short of

thrilling eleven to seventeen year olds.

Sweeney ToddThe rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, heart-pound-ing masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and rav-aged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resource-ful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe! Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, “Sweeney Todd” nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howl-ingly funny moments of dark humor: eleven to seventeen year olds will find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.

Bat BoyBased on a story in The Weekly World News, this is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. The local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy by the veterinarian’s wife, Meredith, and teenage daughter, Shelley. Bat Boy is happy with his new life, but when he naively tries to fit in with the narrow-minded people of Hope Falls, they turn on him, prodded by the machinations of Dr. Parker, who secretly despises Bat Boy. Shelley and Bat Boy, who have fallen in love, run away together from the ignorant town folk and have a blissful coupling in the woods, but their happiness is shattered when Meredith arrives and reveals a secret. Soon the entire town arrives and hears the shocking story of Bat Boy’s unholy origin. It’s sure to be a hit for eleven to seventeen year olds.

NineA theatrical adaptation of the Federico Fellini film 8 1/2 with music and lyrics by American composer Maury Yeston concerns the difficulties of the film director Guido Contini. Fresh off the greatest hit of his career so far, he endures a midlife crisis that has blocked his creative impulses and entangled him in a web of romantic dif-ficulties. We view the world through his eyes and see all that goes on in his head; demons and fantasies alike. The original 1983 Broadway production, directed by Tommy Tune and starring Raul Julia as Guido, the only man in an otherwise all-female cast, was revived in 2003 with Antonio Banderes in the starring role. Nine is a must-see for ages eleven to seventeen.

The Odd CoupleNeil Simon’s famous update of his contemporary classic starts with a group of women friends play-ing their regular game of Trivial Pursuit. This week, the coterie is meeting at the apartment of Olive Madison, a divorcee who freely admits to being a slob: “I leave a mess when I read a book.” Late to arrive is Florence Unger, a stickler for detail who would try the patience of a saint, and who has unfortunately just become separated from her hus-band. As life would have it, the slob and the fuss-budget decide to room together -- with hilarious results! Within days, Florence’s obsessive habits start taking their toll on Olive and their friends. The only remedy Olive can think of (a pair of brothers from Barcelona) disastrously backfires, and the two women are forced to agree on one thing -- even the best of friends sometimes make the worst of room-mates. Eleven to seventeen year olds are sure to enjoy this comedy.

Twelve Angry MenThe defence and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors’ prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. All of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room with a cats of eleven to seventeen year olds.

Fuddy MeersIt starts off just as just another normal day for Claire. She wakes up and greets the morning. Her husband, Richard, brings her a cup of coffee, and patiently explains that she suffers from a form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory every night when she goes to sleep. Claire takes the news rather cheerfully, but unlike other mornings, has a few serious questions to ask. Things really start to go awry when a furtive limping, lisping, half-deaf man in a ski mask kidnaps Claire, and her husband will stop at nothing to get her back. Other charac-ters we meet along Claire’s journey include Kenny, Claire’s overgrown eighth grade son who has issues of his own, Claire’s mother, Gertie, who speaks in “stroke talk,” Millet, an ex-convict with a foul mouthed puppet, and Heidi, a very intense woman who may or may not be a cop. David Lindsay-Abaire’s wacky yet poignant comedy proves that no family dysfunction is insurmountable.

One Act Play Festival (11-17) - To be announced.

T h i r d S e s s i o n S h o w s 2 0 0 6 !

* All shows are subject to change. See you next summer!