French Woods Summer Camp Blog

We have some exciting news. On Sunday, August 1st, we have made arrangements to attend the new Broadway production of “The Adams Family” and meet with the cast. Seating will be limited to the Front Mezzanine and orchestra sections only.

We will have brunch at camp. Our coach bus will arrive in NYC by 2:15 pm. Showtime is at 3 pm. There will be a question and answer session with the cast following the show. We will leave the city at 6:00 pm. We will have dinner at 7:00 pm on the way back to camp.

The all-inclusive fee is $150.00 (Ticket and transportation). So, if you are interested, please forward a check to French Woods for $150.00 along with the tear off slip below. We are also limiting the trip so act soon. Parents who wish to join us at the theatre will be welcome at the same fee. This is a first come first serve opportunity. Once the initial tickets have been sold, we are unable to get anymore.
lSee the website for the permission form or call the office

Please check out our schedule for the upcoming fairs. Feel free to come down and join us!

February:

Tue Feb 2, 2010

• Where: Gulliver PREP High School Campus 6575 N. Kendall Drive Miami, FL

11am - 1:30pm TIPS Fair - Miami, FL

Thu Feb 4, 2010

• Where: Tower Hill Academy Weaver Gym Tower Hill School 2813 West 17th Street Wilmington, DE 19806

3:30pm - 7:00pm

Sat Feb 6, 2010

• Where: Westridge School 324 Madeline Drive, Pasadena, CA 91105

10am - 3pm Westridge, CA

• Where: Chestnut Hill Academy Chestnut Hill/Philadelphia 500 W. Willow Grove Ave.

11am - 2pm  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118

• Where: The Franco - American Community Center in Paris 65 quai Orsay 75007

2pm - 7pm Camp Experts - Paris, France

Sun Feb 7, 2010

• Where: Marymount High School 10643 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles,CA

11am - 2pm TIPS - Los Angeles, CA

• Where: Westtown School Fieldhouse 975 Westtown Road West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382

11am - 3pm West Chester, PA

• Where: Cincinnati Museum Ctr 1301 Western Ave cincinnati, Ohio 45242

12pm - 4pm Cincinnatti Fair

• Where: Metro Parent Camp Activity Fair West Bloomfield High School 14925 Orchard Lake Rd
  West Bloomfield, MI 48323-2964

11am - 3:30pm

Mon Feb 8, 2010

• Where: Camp Experts - Paris, Franc 70 rue du Theatre 75015 Paris

5:30pm - 7:30pm

• Where: George School, Worth Sports Center 1690 Newtown-Langhorne Rd. Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940

5:30pm - 8:30pm Newton, MA

Wed Feb 10, 2010

• Where: Colegio Buen Consejo C/Juan Montalvo 30 28040 Madrid Spain

5:30pm - 8:30pm Camp Experts - Madrid, Spain

Thu Feb 11, 2010

• Where: Colegio San Agustin C/ Padre Damian 18 28036 Madrid Summer Camp & Teen Expo

5:30pm - 8:30pm Camp Experts - Madrid, Spain

Sat Feb 13, 2010

• Where: Pittsburgh Camp Expo Ross Park Mall Dr/N Hills Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15237

11:00am - 2:00pm

Sat Feb 20, 2010

• Where: Bernard - New York Open House

11:00am - 2pm

Sun Feb 21, 2010

• Where: The Episcopal School of Dallas 4100 Merrell Road Dallas, Texas

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Wed Feb 24, 2010

• Where: Spanish River High School 5100 Jog Rd Boca Raton, FL 33496-2299

7pm - 9pm Camp Experts - Boca Raton, FL

Sat Feb 27, 2010

• Where: Solon Community Center 35000 Portz Parkway Solon, OH 44139

10:30am - 2:30pm Solon, OH

• Where: Middlesex School 1:00 - 3:30 pm Middlesex School 204 Hollow Tree RidgeRd. Darien, CT

1pm - 3:30pm Tips Fair - Darien, CT

Sun Feb 28, 2010

• Where: The Gemini Center 20777 Lorain Road Fairview Park, Ohio 44126

11:30am - 3:30pm Cleveland, OH

March:

Sun March 7, 2010

• Where: The Silow’s Residence - 548 Manayunk Road Merion Station, PA 19066

12:00pm - 4:00pm (RSVP to isaac@frenchwoods.com)

Thu Mar 11, 2010

• Where: Rue Fer à Cheval, 78100 St Germain en Laye

4:30 - 7:00pm Tips Fair - St. Germain, France

Fri Mar 12, 2010

• Where: 28 Aveenue George V Paris, France 4:00-8:00 PM

4pm - 8pm Tips Fair Eurosites - Paris, Franc

Sat Mar 13, 2010

• Where: 28 Aveenue George V Paris, France 2:00-7:00 PM

2pm - 7pm Tips Fair - Paris, France

• Where: NY Camp Fair - Upper East Side - Lycee Francais,505 East 75th St. @ York Ave

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Sun Mar 14, 2010

• Where: International School of Brussels Kattenberg 19 Brussels,Belgium

1pm - 4pm Tips Fair - Brussels, Belgium

• Where: NY Camp Fair - Upper West Side - 200 west 72nd street @ Broadway

12:00pm - 3:00pm

If you speak french, or are otherwise interested, here’s a french article about French woods alumni Zoe Deschanel, that mentions the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts.

• Rachel Curcio has been cast in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the New Jersey Arts Incubator (www.njai.org) Festival at Verona Park in Verona, NJ.  This is NJAI’s inaugural production which will be part of a two-day Arts Festival in Verona Park on July 18 and 19, 2009.
  This spring Rachel was selected to sing a Jersey Boys Medley, in a sextet, at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School in Verona, for the school’s concerts. Rachel is also a member of the Acoustics Select Chorus at HBW and plays the clarinet in the Gold (highest level) Band.
• Sarah Shane is playing Helena in her schools production of A Mid Summers Night’s Dream
• Riley Sexton was part of Downtown Youth Behind the Camera Program at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this year. Riley and his fellow filmmakers from the Children’s Museum of the Arts Film Class had a film in this years festival called The Pain. an homage to the old black and white silent film. He was an active participant in the Q and A following the film, and was interviewed by Marshall Curry, director of the documentary Racing Dreams, and winner of the 2005 Audience Award for Street Fight.
  Riley couldn’t be more excited attending French Woods this summer!
• Heather Braverman’s film Crickett and the Little Girl Power will be part of the Hoboken Film Festival. The screening will be in Teaneck on May 30, 2009 at noon!

Here’s a PSA put out by the ACA (American Camp Association), what did you get out of camp?

 

Our friends at Music Theatre International have posted a story about French Woods, MTV, and musical theater, MTI holds the legal rights to produce many of the shows we do at camp. Check it out. 

We have received some camper news that came in after the May newsletter went to print:

As of Jan 1, 2009, (Happy New Year) there are only 160 days left until session one begins and only 180 days to the beginning of session two.

Enid Marcus, will represent French Woods at the following open houses. We would love for some of our Frenchwoodites to join her in order to help her meet new French Woods Campers. Bring a friend or relative and introduce them to French Woods as well.

Saturday, January 17
12 Noon – 4 PM
Westchester Marriott Hotel
670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591
914-631-2200

Sunday, January 18
12 Noon – 4 PM
The Inn at Great Neck
30 Cutter Mill Road
Great Neck, NY 11121
516-773-2000

Saturday, January 24th
From 12 Noon – 4 PM
At the Doubletree Fort Lee/George Washington Bridge
2117 Route 4 Eastbound, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Tel: 201-461-9000

Sunday, January 25th
From 12 noon – 4 PM
At The Moore-Bernards:
3 St. Bernard’s Road
Far Hills, NJ 07931
908-234-2702
Park directly across the street at the Gill St. Bernard School

SummerFare ’09 at
GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL
10 Hillside Road Greenwich, CT 06830
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Larry will be in New York City for an open house
Open House ’09 at
The Leslie Lewis Residence at
521 East 14th Street apt 5B
(Stuyvesant Town)
New York, NY 10009
Buzzer 143
Saturday, January 17 & Sunday, January 18
From 12 noon – 4:00 pm

Isaac will be in the Boston From Friday January 23rd through Sunday, January 25th, and Philadelphia area on the dates below and would love to see you in those areas.

NEWTON MARRIOTT HOTEL
The address is:
2345 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02466
PHONE: 617-969-1000

You can meet with Isaac at the KIDS Opportunities Fair 2009
Sunday, January 25 2008, 12pm - 3pm
Brookline High School • 115 Greenough St• Brookline MA • 02445

You can also see Isaac at the following camp fairs in the Philly, Cherry Hill, and Delaware areas:

2009 Main Line Camp Fair
Wednesday, January 28
5:30-8:30 pm
Conestoga High School
200 Irish Road
Berwyn, Pa 19312

Thursday, January 29th
3:30 to 7:00 p.m.
In the field house at Tower Hill School, Rising Sun Lane (off Route 52), Wilmington, De

Chestnut Hill Academy’s Camp Fair 2009
Saturday, January 31
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
500 West Willow Grove Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19118
215.247.4700

Isaac will be staying at the

Omni Hotel at Independence Park from January 28th through February 1st

Call us or email us and let us know that you can participate in these fairs and open houses. We look forward to seeing you then.

We are also planning an open house in Chicago as well.  Anyone out of these areas interested in meeting with one of our representatives should call us at 800-634-1703.  I will keep you all posted.

Sunday, December 14th, 2008
From 12 noon until 4 PM
At The Schaefers:

9081 NW 68th Court (Quarter Horse Lane)
Parkland, Fl 33067

Kindly RSVP by December 5th
Call 954-346-7455 or email: admin@frenchwoods.com

We invite you, your family, and your neighbors to enjoy a
relaxing and friendly day of discovery. French Woods is a
place where children can perform in a Broadway show with
full orchestra, play another camp in soccer, basketball or
baseball, fly on the high trapeze, produce their own movie,
record original music, make a stained glass window, ride a
horse, dance in a ballet, play in the symphony orchestra,
water ski, play tennis, jam with a rock band and lots more.
If you are unable to attend our Open House, call us for an
appointment. The first of our 4, 3-week sessions begin on June 10th,
2009.