wait to see all of our friends from across the country and around the world. and desktop publishing skills should get ready to take over “The Performer” for the camp season. can’t We Many long months have been spent planning an exciting season for French Woods. Campers with writing ters, phone calls, faxes and e-mail. It is your news that helps make the long winter pass just a little faster. THE THE PERFORMER IS YOUR NEWSLETTER!!! See yourself in the French Performer. Woods This is the final edition of “The Performer” prior to the have summer. We enjoyed your photos, let French Woods Festival o f t h e Performing Arts All the news that’s fit to print. The PERFORMER M a y 2 0 0 6 CAMP IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER ! 1-800-634-1703 954-346-7455 in FL Summer Performance Schedule Enclosed! French Woods Festival French Woods of Arts the Performing WINTER OFFICE PO Box 770100 Coral Springs, Florida 33077 Informing The French Woods Community - And Away We Go! D e a r F r e n c h w o o d i t e , Just Registered! The New York office will open on May 15th. The Florida office will remain open until May 12th. Please direct all correspon- Ryan Adams Esmond Davila Alizee Haryman Derek Martin Stephanie Schwartz Clara Amzallag Chiara De Blasio Veronica Henderson Nicole Martinez Wendy Shores dence to: Cristobal Arias Dante De Blasio Catherine Hochman Alex Marvin Matthew Shortell In another two weeks Barbara and I leave French Woods Festival Alix Armand Chelsi Deturk Arianna Hoffman Kyle Maxwell Leila Skizenski P.O. Box 609 Laure Armand Jane Dorsey Shanley Horvitz Madison Mcdermott Reilly Skizenski for camp and year number thirty four. I’m amazed that Alexandra Ayres Mikael Dubinsky Pete Hunter Martinez Melvin Jamie Smela every year at this time the urge to get up there gets stron- Hancock, NY 13783 Rachel Ayres Sophia Edelstein Assata Hyacinthe Yonathan Mikelstein Nathan Soowal ger. 845-887-5600 - Phone Elizabeth Azran Catherine Egitto Brittany Inselman Jennifer Milde Lauren Srour 845-887-5075 - Fax Allison Baillie Omar Elsewify Sundae Jackson Melissa Moskowitz Louis Stein Stephanie Benhayon Ariel Engebretson Louisa Jones Ashley Neuman Marlo Stein We are working frantically to complete the This will be your address at camp! Emily Benziger Theodora Farah Ricky Jones Ariah Noetzel Grace Stern work schedule for this year: a new Fine Arts building When you get your bunk number please inform all those who will Julian Berkowitz Sophia Feldman Devin Joseph Dustin Nuttall Marianna Stuhlman be writing to put this after your name. This will greatly ease the Alexandra Bernard Sarah Fenno Kai Kalb Benjamin O’brien Thomas Sullivan and the new girls Junior Lodge Bunk. The music build- Tara Bitran Odalys Fernandez Jason Kaplan Sara Ann O’brien Abigail Rose Tami ing / recording studio continues it’s evolution toward sorting of mail at camp and make it less likely that anything will be Margot Bixby Scott Fischbein Rafie Karen Victoria Ober Zoe Tchapraste final completion, It’s strange, but in the last few years misplaced. Alyson Blue Molly Fisher Rachel Kartiganer Jake Orbison Chloe Thornton every building at camp has been replaced except the Kaitlyn Brown Dani Flasterstein Rebecca Kasmin Isabella Oriella Joshua Tomaras Camper E-Mail Victoria Brown Harley Frank Juliet Kelsten Eden Orion Sam Topitz magic theater and the playhouse! Alvaro Andre Cabral Lonnie Freeman Elizabeth Kidd Alec Orso David Travis Every camper and staff member has an e-mail account Samantha Calvetti Sonja Gabrielsen Matthew Kors Samantha Palmer Jessica Varga It is now 40 days until camp, but who’s count- through our own camp mail server. The address is simple. Matthew Carbognin Gregory Garfinkel Remi Naomi Koukou Thomas Peacock Augustin Vignet [email protected]. Briana Castro Josh Goldman Stephanie Krasner Alexandra Pellergrino Sandra Vivanco ing. See you soon! Melissa Castro Crystal Gonzales Sam Kupper Kyo Pincus Charlotte Weil We encourage you to use this system as the most direct way Lizzie Churgin Erika Goodman Carys Lamberg Haley Potter Paige Werman of communicating with those at camp. Please use this address in lieu Jeremy Cleary Molly Gordon Taylor Lamerand Hunter Potter Sam Willner of AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.. Repeated visits to these sites slow Megan Cleary Cydney Grannan Sophie Lavine Amber Rambharose Reagan Wolf Special Note: Aaron Cohen Caroline Gray Caitlin Lee Kaitlyn Ratsep Reuben Wolf down our server when numerous stations attempt to access them at Cassidy Colarik Matthew Grossman Christian Lee -Fatt Justine Rosenblat Ronen Wolf Bunk placement requests must be received by the same time. You may send e-mail at any time, Make sure you use Spencer Cole Allison Halpren Tom Leeb Benjamin Rubenstein Ryan Wolf frenchwoodscamp.com and not frenchwoods.com. For more informa- Pauline Cronin Jhan Han Alex Levine Marc Sabilia Zachary Wood June 1st. Gregg and I have been working long hours Bill Crougham Alexandra Haniford Stephanie Levine Nina Sanchez Momo Yamamura placing everyone where requested, but late requests tion, see www.frenchwoods.com/email/ Renata Dabdoub Reed Haniford Victor Lichtman Kevin Sauma Zachary Yanes make it very difficult. Please let us know as soon as Jeremy Dalton Drew Harrison Brandy Longto Christian Schaefer Amy Young possible. S p r i n g Bronagh Daly Bastien Hartmann Kyle Lunde Emma Schlamme Rachel Zaretsky C l e a n i n g ! 1 Armel Bellec Eric Delsanto Fondly, Have you done your spring house cleaning yet? The Marc-Sally Saint- Fleur May Birthdays! Nicholas Lorence French Woods Costume Shop can always use your unwanted items. Hallie Halpern Saskia Naegele Emily Zurhellen 8 Lauren Arnel Alyssa Kaden Matthew Joseph Clothes (especially children’s sizes), shoes, hats, wigs, costume Peter Falls Lindsay Spangenthal Madeline Smith Philip Ruderman jewelry and even old drapes are extremely useful. If you have any 2 Christopher Bert Kyra Toomre Aaron Cohen Zachary Gluck Nathaniel Tabachnik Eva Weintraub donations that you think might be useful please give us a call at the Rebecca Landman Casey Wenger-Schulman 20 Allison Cowett 27 Angelika Alberstadt Katy Comer David Moses office to arrange for pickup in the NY area. Your discards might Chelsi Deturk Scott Scheinthal 13 Molly Croce Gabrielle Hakim 9 Kristen Jabara Jane Dorsey Adriana Ravalli Hailey Perelman play a starring role in a future French Woods production. Amanda Greenspan Isabelle Smelkinson Avery Yurman Claire Jiang Melissa Gelman Maggie Reinfeld Nina Sanchez Ben Lieberman Tancredi Selvaggio Charlotte Zoll Ron S p o r t s ! 3 Kayla Chandler 28 Maya Mchenry Tristan Kali Friedman Sarah Sheikh Julia Novack Rachel Taub French Woods will now provide an even more extraordi- Chloe Sohl 14 Alex Brod 21 Catherine Egitto Jasmine Parkins Hali Garber Jordan Paige Sandberg nary sports camping experience. With unsurpassed athletic facili- Elan Goss Remy Zaken Brittanie Burke Judith Mandel 10 Tess Fagan Gabe Greenspan 22 Bronagh Daly Alexa Spears ties, expert instruction and individualized programming, the French Bella Hicks 29 Bridget Mc Coy Woods sports program is now a notch above the rest and in a class by Mica O’ Brien Cydney Grannan Emily Miller Nora Eccles Anna G. Scrufari Hedges Robert Novy Mara Schwelke Sarah Weissman In this Issue: itself. Hallie Schreiber Katie Zanca 4 Jacqueline Berger Jenny Leon Kelly Truitt Madeline Weisman This summer youngsters will receive mentoring and Candace Mittel 15 Amanda Chang 23 Madeline Brown 30 Siena Argimon instruction from superior coaches, teachers and supervisors. We are Alexander Elmaleh Sarah Dutton Kapiolani Kassal Jared Reisch Brandy Longto Jorie Cohn committed to having each child interested in sports leave camp with Daniel Rosenstein Harper Makowsky Doriet Fischer Michael Graff *staff & Camper News Brianni Lundy Rachael Reich improved skills, personal growth and an increased enthusiasm for 5 Laurel Albinder Jake Vitale Sveta Mikhaylova Jake Greenstein sports to be enjoyed for a lifetime. Alison (Ali) Weiss Gabrielle Moretto Rachel Kartiganer 31 Natalie Atkin *Ron, Isaac & Beth Taylor Lebensfeld Alexander Mogil Sports at French Woods caters to the needs of the begin- Alexander Schwartz 11 Stephanie Cogliati Zak Stevens Ryan Northrop ner and average player as well as the top notch athlete. The accent Alexandra “Xan” Samantha Cohen 16 Danielle Miller Samantha Palmer *Packing for camp is on personal achievement, developing interpersonal skills and Weinstein Jenna Doctoroff Aidan Walsh Tyler Rudolph self esteem. All program is geared toward individual ability and 6 Rebecca Fox Shelby Grimac 17 Maxwell Beer 24 Isabel Bailin *2006 Performance schedule! Jamie Long Jared Isaacson Megan Holler Jimmy Phillips participation is in league is by age, ability and experience. Inter Nicole Marlin 18 Brittany Champey Christian Schaefer and intra - camp leagues are set up and league play is encour- Andrew Martin Catherine Perry Emily Tomack Rebecca Falcon 25 Samuel Kessler aged, adding competitive play to the instructional environment. 7 Nicoletta Deturris 12 Ryan Deri Hannah Phillips Isabella Rowe So bring your sneakers, skates, cleats, gloves and racquets! Malachi Trent Jane Drinkard 19 Mathilde Dejoie Hela Watson Your in for an exiting time in the new wold of French Woods Sports! Alexa Giordano Jenna Hunte 26 Michelle Beckman Camper &Staff News Send ‘em Packing! B e t h Remy Zaken will be featured in the Off-Broadway actors, dancers, writers and composers. show Spring Awakening at the Atlantic Theater. The show Kasie Patlove is soon appearing as The little Red Haired For some, packing for camp becomes an obsession. For others, B a c k s t a g e is directed by Michael Mayer and she is playing the role of Girl in a local production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown on it’s a month long occupation.