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Dear French Woods Families
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Dear French Woods Families,
Many of our campers will audition for college programs in the performing arts. Because so many of our staff sit on audition panels and teach in popular college programs including UCLA, Boston Conservatory, Boston University, Emerson, Nebraska Wesleyan University, University of Miami and New World School of the Arts, we are uniquely positioned to help them prepare.
For the past two years, parents have been asked to register interested 15 to 17 year old campers via CampIn Touch for the college prep course that took place in each three-week session last summer. This summer will be no different. Space will be limited and those registered for theater college prep will be asked to choose repertoire prior to the beginning of camp to work on while in class. We know that college applications are looming in student’s minds earlier than ever. Brian Kite, Theater Department Chair and Professor at UCLA (and long time French Woods staff member), tells us that in his experience French Woods alumni who audition at UCLA often stand out because they understand what to do in an audition room.
We are working on new ways to prepare teens to leave a session at camp with college audition material ready without missing the opportunity to perform in shows and have a French Woods Camp experience at the same time.
I'll see you all soon.
Beth
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* all shows are subject to change
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November 1
Caroline Gerosa
Trenton Rothbard
November 2
Dante Cintolo
Luca O'Kane
Sabina Rosenblum-Solis
Spencer Udin
Stanley Bochar
November 3
Aditya Shah
Henry Brittan
Jordan Silver
Mikayla Pyke-Sharpe
November 4
Elliot Stack
Holden Goldberg
Kaitlyn Brady-Gold
Taryn Kossover
November 5
Amelia Sipkin
Daniella Budoff
Danny Hernandez
Emma Lincks
Jake Heilbronn
Jillian Gulbranson
Karly Kriegstein
November 6
Catalina Grieco
Jonah Weisberg
Tyler Amick
Zachary Asnis
November 7
Meaghan Wizeman
William Garrity
November 8
Astrid Kelly
Geordie Springsteen
Matthew Shlomchik
November 9
Aviva Burch
Colby Kipnes
Corey Williams
November 10
Lucas Kaufman
Carsen Taylor
Jakk Schoenblatt
Katerina Palmer
Oona Hall
Rose Kotz
Rose Passalacqua
Sara Laduzinski
Sarah Fiely
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November 11
Wyatt Strasburg
Joshua Bravo
November 13
Lucy Gibbons
Amelie Wilday
Anastasia Brown
November 14
Maxx Star
Eli Sandler
Lea Graves
November 15
Nova Brown
Cameron Levesque
Isabel Kim
November 16
Sydney Matlin
Alexia Morakis
November 17
Sebastian Hennessy
Jake Friedman
Lindsay Goldstein
Madison Dalewitz
November 18
Sophie Ricks
Avery Schlesinger
Maicah Ang-Horowitz
Rachel Spencer
Sophie Santoriello
November 19
William Altman
Anna Callender
Jadyn Jacobson
Roman Parshin
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November 20
Valentina Ortiz
Brandon Strug
Dan Ertl
Elora Tanasovski
Kate Persily
Riley McManus
November 21
Yoonsuh Kim
Anne-Marie Dougall
Ethan Lafazan
Imogen Notaro
Marleyana Cross
November 22
Tanner Jansen
Adam Tulchinsky
Adrena Shellhouse
Chloe Strong
Elle Baylor
November 23
Ian Ritter
Constantin Bernier
Gabriel Prissert
Jonah Berlin
Lilah Silman
Noah Prissert
November 24
Serena Krouk
Cole Danzker Epstein
November 25
Eilean Faltin
November 26
Chloe Schneiderman
Jacob Baker-Spitzer
Justine D'Hollander
Meredith Lee
November 27
Silvia Hoylman-Sigal
Ava Adeniyi
Bianca Ulrich
Eleanor Schlenoff
Mary Ann Wright
November 28
Sarana Shafter
Hayden Katz
November 29
Luca Monaco
Arden Wolfe
Ava Marie Trombino
Lulu Wilde
Max Kaplan
Peyton Riveiro
November 30
Zosia Sinton
Ben Shar
Caroline Mignone
Fred Faulkner
Nicole Kechnovich
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Ruby Glass won 1st Place in her category (musical theater, grades 6-8) for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Online Fall Competition.
Brandon Goldberg (Quintet) will be performing Live From Dizzy's Club on November 19th. Go online at jazzatlincolncenter to get your ticket!
Noah Brick created a training video for the White Plains, NY Police Department and rolled out the Tourette Syndrome education video as part of the Department's two day leadership training. Noah, a TS Youth Ambassador, also was featured on Westchester News12 for tourette syndrome advocacy.
Mazel tov to four FWF campers who became b'nai mitzvah last month: Brody Kaplan, Noah Kriegstein, Ava Loeb and Mateo Piccarillo.
Max Kaplan recently was selected to the Florida All-State Band, Florida All-State Orchestra and the Florida All-State Chorus.
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As school began across the nation this fall, many schools limited their arts and extracurricular activities. The coronavirus pandemic created unprecedented changes in daily life and everyone became affected. We’ve all had to ‘pivot’ and come up with ways to keep life as normal as possible, to continue to nourish our families in ways that permit our kids to continue to laugh, learn and grow through their joy in the arts.
What would anyone of us have done in the last several months if not for the entertainment and artistic world who made it possible for us to virtually go to museums, watch Broadway shows, enjoy concerts and participate in discussions with artists from around the world? Those opportunities have been invaluable. I, too, have binge-watched many a TV series, participated in a FWF Facebook watch of Hamilton and even went to a Zoom life event of one of our long-term campers. The problem is, we have become spectators. Our French Woods community has missed the hands-on involvement of being creative, learning the craft and ‘making art’ with others in person, whether it be performing or fine arts.
We know children involved in the performing arts develop skills that include critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and effective communication. It has been reported that they are less likely to drop out of school, have higher test scores on college entrance exams and have lower instances of using tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.
Parents know that the best creative outlet for their child is a place like French Woods. For the last 50 years, for many campers, French Woods has been the only place they could go to pursue their passions and have the time to actually learn the craft required to be creative and “make art” while making lifelong friendships with peers from across the US and around the world.
For 2021, we are “full steam ahead.” Our returning families, staff and all of us ‘year-rounders’ are motivated to do whatever it takes to get French Woods open and safe. We will continue our individual choice philosophy and combine it with the necessary safety protocols. Camp is months away, but we are working hard to make it the best summer yet.
As always, if you have any questions or would like to discuss our program, just call the office.
See you all soon,
Isaac
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We are already getting ready for a fantastic 2021 season and cannot wait to see all of you this summer! As you will see in the show list, we have several French Woods premiers, many of which are also world amateur premiers!
Each age group is getting to explore new shows this summer--some brand new to camp, and others brand new to the age group. While we very much missed getting to see you all in classes and work with you to put together awesome shows last summer, we know that 2021 is going to be absolutely amazing and full of great shows, experiences and lifelong memories.
Our theater staff is counting down the days until we get to be creating theater with you again this summer, and hope you are all continuing to create awesome art and explore theater safely this year. We will be seeing you all before we know it!
Anne
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Hi Frenchwoodites:
Here we go again. 2021 is just around the corner. 21 will feature new bunks on both Boys and Girls campus, a remodeled cooking room, an expanded canteen and a renovated playhouse. It is amazing to me that improvements never end.
During the last few weeks, I have been working with Ryan to improve service in the Dining Hall. This year will feature the
introduction of camper waiters to French Woods and the opening of a vegan-vegetarian service area in each dining hall. This will not change regular service or the alternate area. It will be just another feature to add to our service.
In the meantime, keep safe. We’ll definitely see you next summer.
Ron & Barbara
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