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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 • 2017 Show List

Happy Thanksg i v ing !

Here we go again. 2017 is just around the corner and we’ve got big plans. The new buildings are well underway. 2017 will feature new bunks and public bathrooms. As far as the shows are concerned, I’ll be doing Blood Brothers, Carousel,

Sweeny Todd, Cabaret and Little Shop of Horrors. We’ll wait and see if there are any changes, but this is enough to keep me busy.I’ve been getting great notes from lots of kids and I’m glad to hear from all of you. Keep those emails coming, I love to hear from you and learn what you are doing. If any of you are going to be in Florida for Xmas, plan to stop by. We’d love to see you.Right now we’re planning for the Broadway trips for next summer. We have solidified Dear Evan Hansen for session one, and tentatively have scheduled Hello Dolly and Come From Away. Check them out.Both Beth and I will be traveling in January to hire staff. We’ll keep you up to date.

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 theater 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 direct them to the appropriate application information. With many of your favorite staff returning, we are hoping to make the staff of 2017 the best ever.

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

Session 1: June 25th and 26th *Session 2: July 15th and 16th *Session 3: August 4th and 5th *Session 4: August 25th & 26th *Session 5: September 2nd (10 am)

*Visiting on the first day 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/Visitors may NOT bring their pets to camp. 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 must check-in at the main office at 5:45 pm for dinner in the dining hall. Picnics and other food items are NOT permitted during ANY visits.If you are in need of accommodations please check your CampIn Touch dashboard under family forms and documents or visit our website at http://frenchwoods.com/nearby-accommodations.php for this info.

1 Benjamin Flora Cameron Hurwitz Carlo Maguire kyamonie holder Max Harris Priscilla Jackson2 Daisy Brant LJ Kindall Madeline Rosenhaft Madison Jones Mayra Tuncel Naomi Ross Natalie Lifson Sabina Rosenblum-Solis Sinclaire Ledahl Stanley Bochar3 Alec Kudler Camilla Mcdaniel Emma Listokin Ivan Remsha Jordyn Horowitz Mikayla Pyke-Sharpe Mitchel Boyle4 Darren Liang Dylan Smolla Katie Marcus Laura Feinbaum Sari Seldman Siddharth Kalra5 Ambroise Vilain Amelia Baumann Ava Casey Ella Toback Karly Kriegstein Samantha Semsel Samantha Sheldon

Taylor Grant Valeria Rodriguez6 Cameron Tichy davida goldman Delilah Belmont Natalie Maguire Sophia Gore Sophia Thompson Zachary Asnis7 Atticus Uyttendaele Caroline Funk Charlotte Pontarelli Hannah Palmisano James Picarello Joshua Kahky Molly Reichard Rowan Smart Talia Molina8 Alexandra Kaminsky Audrey Yang Elaine Baez Ericamari Velez James Raykis Joshua Brown Julian Goodman Oliver Myers Tess Boosin9 Charlie Hammack Izaiah Medina Jadon Antwi Oscar Knight Wyatt Weppler Ysee Lorthiois Zoe Boissonnas10 Amelia Bornmann Charlotte Beede Julianna Feldman

Matthew Nadler Polina Kokova11 Loren Sawyer Zoe Joubert12 Elsa Levine Evan Quigley Kenza Addou Lindsay Marr Nicole Alper-Esko Skylar Thomas Talya Polak Zoe Piccirillo13 Amelie Wilday Anastasia Brown Charlotte Millman Christian Rawlinson Elliott Hansen Morgan Seftel Naiomi Lopez Samantha Sanders Sarah Marcus Serendipity DePauw Susanna Shull14 Annabella Potenza Bahram Zehri Chloe Shapiro Eli Sandler Gianna Pellicani Nicholas Potenza Taryn Liello15 Chris Hutchings Alex Birger Cole Feins Elijah Schildkraut Jude Malenda

Kenan Abbasov Louis Rosenthal Luke Flannery17 Anna Vasilyeva Anne Huffines David Luongo Henry Rauch Konrad Kebbel Pallavi Bhargava Torri McMullin18 Amanda Green Brielle Schneider Doren Johnson Lilliana Haus Mariel Schultz Matthew Laskow Racheal Lama Sam Andrello Sarah Reyes Sophie Santoriello19 Anna Callender Caitlin Ladda20 Caroline Humphrey Duncan Cooper Kramer Gabriella Baldacchino Isabel Humphrey Jaden Moore Julia McGowan Michelle Tychalski Ruby Wiley21 Ava Diamond Bastien Murguia Edward Malozemov Hailey Wilson

Imogen Notaro Tanner Jansen22 Abdourahmane Diallo Abigail Simon Ava Thompson Brandon Stolz Caden McGhie Elle Baylor Jonah Posner Liam O’Connor Tanner Barr23 Anna Wasserman Gabriel Prissert Jayden Ellis Julian Brenman Kaia Ross Madeleine Garcia Noah Prissert Saida Dia Sydney Kauftheil24 Charlotte Myers-Elkins Cole Danzker Epstein Ines Guillen Lopez Meredith Levin Sam Pugh Sofia Guillen Lopez25 Anastasia Germano Charlie Freilich Chelsea Lenna Henry Chandonnet Isla Chasin Kira Grossfield Susanna Smith Tess Higgins26 Ayala Chocron Ekaterina Lukoyanova Eliza Romeu

Hailey Kennedy Logan Swerdloff Nolan Casey Philip Novgorodsky27 Chloe Lewis Eleanor Schlenoff Evelyn Leduc Melanie Fisch Stefan Martinovich28 Aaron Genachowski Arkaz Glover Danielle Kobrick Elena Gonzalez Logan Garnet29 Anais Reno Carlyn Barenholtz George Dalton Kate Abelson Katerina Murphy Max Kaplan Max Redvers Peyton Riveiro Sasha Prissert30 Amelia Weldon Andrea Sin Annie Fleury Chana Raphael Grigory Vernik Joey Verbaro Julianne Magnus Megan Martin Nadia Judge Sam Abramson Tess Farrell Tifarah Melman

A Note from Ron

Staff Needed!

Visiting Days

Just Registered!

November Birthdays

Abigail LoveAdam FeinsteinAddison BlumbergAdrienne GussAiden NobleAlexa GuerreraAlexander EssigAlexander FettermanAlexandra LawlerAlexis ZuckermanAlisa PerevozchikovaAna MorganAndrew MeyerAnna CenicolaAra LopezAri GoodfriendAsher DecherneyAshton DavisAthena PsihudakisAva Park-MattAviva NathanAyala ChocronBailey RossBeatrice CassidyBeau WaltBenjamin GregoryBenjamin WarshavskyBianca FeinerBrandon PhillipsCallie KaytonCamille DavisCampbell Dicarlo

Camryn CurnuckCarina DavisCarlyn BarenholtzCatherine BradleyCharlotte PontarelliChloe LucichClea TangCole Wright-SchanerDanielle CohenDanielle LesterDarah BarenholtzDelilah BelmontDennett StibelDorian VaughnE.V. CumminsEfren CiresEleanor WhitmoreElise DoucetElizabeth CenicolaElizabeth HillElla StillerEllie HochbergEmilia CramerEmilia RaviolaEmily SchwartzEmma Grace KellyErica DunneEthan BermanEthan RoussoEve TraxlerEvelyn LeeFrayda LieberGabe LevinGabe Prissert

Gabriel MoldavskyGabriella StrianoGeorge DaltonGeorgia NewmanGeorgia Rose FraserGigi ManleyGloria McdonaldGrace ManchesterGrace MyersGrace TraxlerGreer UdelsonGreta GordonHailey WilsonHarel FriedlanderHudson FlynnIlan SharonIsabel NewmanIsabelle UlickJaci MascioliJacob FrankJacob HinesJaden MooreJiah BaakJillian ColemanJimena CiresJonah OwettJonathan FeinsteinJordan ZieglerJoseph SmithJoshua GerstenhaberJoshua HinesJoshua KrugerJulia Decker

Julia LevinJuliana LaskowJulianna MartonKaelin SchetterKaia SeldmanKaitlin CanningKara AchillesKarly KriegsteinKate EngerKatherine CefaloKatrine GankinKayelin LeonhirthKiera SwingleKiley TefftKofi DufuLayla RossLeah GottsegenLeah MesukLeigh-Ann NorbergLennor NewmanLiana StollLilly BaumfeldLily GrenertLily RossLily WomackLincoln StibelLindsey LeonhirthLola MurrayLola OwettLucas Mira-MckenzieLuke HillLuke NiehausMadeleine WeissMadeline

SantorielloMakayla FettermanMariel SchultzMarley BossMartin CiresMateo Ibarra Del VillarMatthew LaskowMax GunthertMax HarrisMax PlushMax ProvenzanoMia GiordanoMia StillermanMicheala FriedlanderMikaela GerstenhaberMina MooreMolly BrownMorgan ZieglerMyeh MedinaMykhailo ShymkivNancy LinehanNatalia RoseffNavid GhodsiNicklaus SmithNicole Alper-EskoNina DennisNnia El HararNoah KriegsteinNoah PrissertOcean PogorelOleksii ShymkivOlivia Cornett

Olivia EbelPayton SchetterPetra RomeroPhoebe MacintoshPierce SchetterPriscilla JacksonRachel DuffyRachel SchwartzRebeca CiresRebecca BachenheimerRebecca BeseckerRico FroehlichRiley RoussoRobert PalmerRoli OseragbajeRyan WitzSabrina BiancoSafia Singer-PomerantzSam AbramsonSam PughSamantha BelfordSamantha GoldfarbSamantha ShekaneSamuel EssigSamuel PerlmanSarah GeffenSarah MosesSarah PudiwitrSarah ValgerSari SeldmanSasha PrissertSerendipity DepauwSeth Stein

Sofia ChernomorskySofie LandsmanSol RiveraSophia DavisSophia HablerSophie AskanaseSophie PicciottoSophie PughSophie SantorielloSpencer DavimosStanley BocharSteven MccarthyTalia PerlmanTanner BarrTeddy MolnerTess PontarelliTeddy BaumfeldThomas ManchesterTobi CumminsTroy BurnettTuyen ReedYiolanda AtaliotiZach EisenmanZachary AsnisZoe JacobsZoe KrugerZoey GurienZoey Mae Dillon- Levine

Dear French Woods Families,Projects around camp are progressing well. We are set-ting up a new system for our Ropes Course and new public restrooms are going in near the visual arts department. Staffing is moving quickly and many of our favorite counsel-ors are already signed on to return to camp.

Camp enrollment is filling up quickly and I can’t understate the need to solidify your plans for next summer if you’ve not already done so. We are beginning to turn away campers in some age groups in sessions two and three and will be announcing session closings soon. Call the office so that you don’t get closed out!See you in 2017!

Abigail Goldman was recently cast as Paula Thompson in the Jericho High School production of Murder’s in the Heir! Ellyn Drysdale has been cast in Yorktown Stage’s November production of The Wizard of Oz.Miranda Campin has been cast as Sylvia in the play Sylvia by A.R. Gurney at Carroll Senior High School, Southlake Texas.Matthew Zide is performing in the touring cast with Miami City Ballet in the role of Nephew/Nutcracker/Prince in George Balanchine’s Nutcracker in December 2016.Mitchell Dubin has been an accompanist during rehearsals as a student music director in his school’s production of Jekyll & Hyde.Alana Melillo is playing the role of Molly in Annie which will be presented by the Pine Tree Players in Monroe, NY this month.Calvin Monfried is playing the role of Pumba in The Lion King at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, New Hampshire in January 2017.Soren Roeser was cast as M. Thénardier in Lycée Francais de Chicago’s production of Les Miserables.Viola Young will be performing in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker with the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center during the holiday season. She will be the trumpeter in the battle scene.Jared Goerke is assistant stage managing a production of The Breeze in May that will perform at the New York Theater Winter Festival January 31st, February 4th, and February 5th.Peyton Lusk is currently in Falsettos on Broadway as Jason (u/s).Catherine Bradley recently was cast as Karen Davidson/Ballet Girl in the Axelrod Performing Arts Center production of Billy Elliot. Additionally, she is playing Tender Sweet Young Thing in Free To Be You and Me at Rumson Country

Day School. Jillian Coleman is thrilled to have been cast as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret at Porch Light Productions January 13th-15th 2017.Andrew Rubin is playing the role of Scut in A Christmas Story at the Media Theatre. His run goes through January 2017.Will Rubin is playing Michael Banks in Mary Poppins at the Players Club of Swarthmore, the Cat in the Hat in Seussical and was just cast as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz in his middle school’s production.Lily Bowman played the lead, Kandy Krush, in the TADA! Resident Youth Ensemble’s production of The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids that won a National Youth Arts Award for outstanding ensemble.Special thanks to Annie Ross, Samara Little Jordan Bialik, Jayc Sheahan and Ansel Cohen for helping out with our NY based Camp Fairs this last month.Congratulations to Sam Finlay on being awarded a master’s degree from the University of Strathclyde.

2017 Broadway Trips! We’ve selected shows for our broadway trips this summer... get tickets on your campminder dashboard.

Recently we asked parents about the impact camp had on their children. Here’s some of what they said. *Tell us about your child’s experience as a camper at French Woods. Olivia had such an amazing time and met friends that will last a lifetime! She participated

in the show Annie and had a great experience with professional costumes and stage sets. (Age 14 - Miami)Charlie loves French Woods. He begged for three sessions this year! (Age 14 - NJ)Sophie has benefitted a lot from the sense of freedom and independence she is given at camp and the activities suit her interests and needs. (Age 11 – Philadelphia)Kira had a life changing experience at this amazing camp. She gained time management skills and a respect for time that progressed with her throughout the school year. (Age 9 – Queens, NY)Elena had a fantastic time making new incredible friends and trying many new things and she knew she just had to go back. She said the experience was magical and could not stop talking about it even months after coming back home. (Age 13 - NYC)His first year at French Woods was last year and he loved it. What made it really great for him were his bunkmates and counselors. (Age 12 - Cleveland)Ava has gone to French Woods for two summers now and has absolutely loved it. She returns home a happier and healthier and more confident child. (Age 11 – Los Angeles)What is your perspective about your kids stay at French Woods?Josh loves French Woods. He wants to attend every year until he turns 18. Then he wants to become a camp counselor. (Age 10 - Atlanta)Anna has had an amazing time at French Woods and every year comes back a happy, independent and more mature young lady. (Age 11 - NJ) Life isn’t the same for Lily without it. There’s not a

person or day that goes by that she doesn’t inject her enthusiasm and joy about camp. (Age 14 – Upstate NY)Lexi considers French Woods her home away from home. She absolutely loves the environment of creativity, the counselors, working on a theater production and acting in one. (Age 13 - Greenwich, CT)Julia had an awesome time. French Woods has inspired her to follow her dreams as an actress and becoming more involved in the arts. (Age 15 – Mexico City)Taylor loved it and can’t wait to come back. She wanted to return to camp right when she left. (Age 12 – Chicago suburbs)My camper loves French Woods so much that he cries when we have to leave. (Age 12 – Denver)Rachel loved French Woods last year and can’t wait to go back. She calls it “camp sick.” (Age 12 – Long Island, NY)We also heard from some of the campers. Camp is my happy place. I’ve never felt true happiness until I spent a summer at French Woods. This will be my 4th of many more summers at French Woods. I love it with all my heart. (Age 15 – Atlanta, GA)I’ve been to French Woods two times and it has always been an amazing experience. As a French teenager, I wanted to discover more about the American culture and improve my English. I have not been disappointed. I found amazing friends. Some are French and we see each other regularly and some are American and we FaceTime often. (Age 15 – Paris, France)This will be my fifth year at French Woods and I love, love, love it there. I am obsessed with talking about the great times I have had there and I couldn’t live without it. (Age 12 – Baltimore)It was fierce. (Age 14 – Brookline, MA)*(camper’s names have been changed for this article.)By the way, there are only 205 days left until session 1, and 224 days until session 2, 2017.See you all very soon.

Isaac’s Corner Camper & Staff News

Fre n c h Wo o d s 2017 Pr o p o s e d Sh o ws*Session 2 Session 3 Session 4Session 1

* all shows are subject to change