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Dear French Woods Families
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We finally have gotten back to Florida and we are getting to work to bring back together a fantastic staff for the 2021 summer season.
We are hearing from many of our favorite staff, both foreign and domestic and the outpouring of love has been tremendous. The French Woods staff missed camp as much as the campers. We all are so very excited for the summer of 2021 - we will have our family back together again.
If you know anyone who would be a good candidate for this summer, we have started to review new applications for the upcoming season. If you know an alumnus who is on the fence about reapplying, let them know that we are already starting to fill positions, so be sure to apply and follow up soon.
As always, keep us updated on what you’re doing. We love hearing from you.
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Adrena Shellhouse
Agyness "Smith" Valente
Aille Sweeney
Alaina McCarthy
Alana Zaiger
Alex Feinsilver-Shorr
Alex Felberbaum
Alexandra Greenberg
Alison Niederpruem
Allison Mathis
Amanda Drobes
Amanda Favors
Amanda Ruffino
Amina Fiks
Anatole Blechman
Annabelle Wachtel
Annie Benson
Ari Barak
Arina Sinogeykina
Arya Nathan
Ashton Michaels
Astrid Kelly
Auden Sorensen
Audrey Andrews
August "Auggie" Lott
Ava Adeniyi
Ava Rose Tierney
Avery Frekhtman
Avery Mathis
Avia Roundtree
Benjamin Gardner
Bianca Ulrich
Brandon Stern
Brendan Angilello
Brian Feeley
Brianna Aguilera
Brie Anderson
Bryce Schaefer
Caden Gonzalez
Camila Asbell
Camilla Browand
Carly Gaynor
Carly Stern
Caroline Gerosa
Casey Moskowitz
Charle "Lily" Evans
Charlotte Holcman
Charlotte Lessar
Charlotte Newman
Charlotte Reynal
Chloe Jeppson
Christopher "CJ" Inkenhaus
Cole Danzker-Epstein
Cydney Klass
Daniel Dipaola
Daniela Barros
Danny Baumfeld
Dante Cintolo
Daria Devko
Dashiell "Dash" Hyler
David Tabatchnik
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Davitt Fox
Delphine D'Hollander
Deven Rosenberg
Diana Fedoseeva
Diorra Wright
Elan Cooperberg
Ella Chapin
Ella Richards
Ellewillow Campagna
Eloise Macklin
Elsie Southern
Emelia Robie
Emerson Davis
Emily Aronson
Emily Eng
Emily Topkis
Emma Kelner
Esme Southern
Eva Gonzalez
Eve Traxler
Evyn Lovell
Florence Haines
Gabriel Oscher
Gabriel Wotman
Gary Milshteyn
Gloriana Derhammer-Hill
Grace Traxler
Gracie Feinberg
Hagar Wizel
Hailey Dybas
Hallie Sufrin
Hannah Aronson
Hannah Herman
Harlan Friedman
Harper Latcholia
Harrison Williams
Hombeline Duteil
Honey Freedman
Jacob DeMarco
Jade McLanahan
Jaden Zipper
Jadeyn Foster
James Ciccarelle
Jerry Bruno
Jolie Glezerman
Jonah Weisberg
Josephyne Schaefer
Josie Jones
Julia Eiglarsh
Julia Steinman
Julian Barrios
Julian Kuri
Julien Reynal
Junya Thomas-McLeod
Kai Sorensen
Kaitlyn Brady-Gold
Kasey Luong
Katherine Chuliver
Kathryn Sheehan
Kylen Alvy
Laila Kuri
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Laney Rakofsky
Lara Zazueta
Leah Glazer
Leah Herman
Lena Zide
Levi Putter
Liam Auerbach
Lilliana Castelli
Lilly Baumfeld
Lily Baumwoll
Liyana Nazer
Luca Monaco
Lucy Gibbons
Lulu Henault-Bassett
Lyla Eidson
Lylah Patel
Mackenzie Monaco
Madeleine Daileader
Madeline "Madi" Wallace
Madeline Goldstein
Madisen Humphrey
Madison "Maddi" Martin
Maggie Gordon-Ruede
Makenze Humphrey
Maren Alvy
Margaret (Daisy) Harblin
Margaret Amantea
Margaret Pace
Margot Hall
Maria Jurado Flores
Mario Gato
Mark Kay Dougherty
Max Jordan
Max Kaplan
Maya Marinoff-Spindell
MIa Ciccarelle
Mika McCaffrey
Mila Perez
Mira Bieber
Miranda Di Teresa
Molly Besler
Morgan Ziegler
Mya Warner
Nalla Kahlon
Natalia Rosania
Nathaniel Coker
Nathaniel Helpern
Nathaniel Zipper
Nayana Schott
Nicholas "Nick" Scaglione
Nick Aston
Oliver Hong
Olivia Bass
Olivia Hathaway
Olivia Lugo
Oona Hall
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Parker Rice
Quentin "Quinn" Wallace
Ravi Hasegawa
Riley Ewing
Riley Zelnick
Ronan O'Comartun
Ronja Stargala
Rosalinda Borletti
Rose Passalacqua
Ruby Abowitz
Ryan Witz
Sabrina Benedek
Sabrina Escobari
Samantha Dipaola
Samara Raju
Sammy Baumfeld
Sara Shulman
Sarah Irenshtain
Sarana Shafter
Sari Bill
Scarlett O'Comartun
Sebastian Auerbach
Sienna Freundschuh
Sienna Schott
Skyler Nunez-Alvarez
Sofia Bruno
Sonia Tulin
Sophia D'Ariano
Sophie Jost
Sophie Philips
Soren Alvy
Stella Swade
Stellan Beck
Sutton Greenberg
Sydney Berman
Sydney Gigliotti
Talia Rosenberg
Tanner Jansen
Teddy Harblin
Tiffany Marcus
Tori Feinstein
Uma Scher
Valentina Gomez
Valerie Davelman
Victoire Woog
Violet Friedman
Winter Thompson
Zivi Barak
Zoe Casriel
Zoe Chapin
Zoe Hudgins
Zoey Hall
Zuri Dennison-Lane
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October 1
Gerardo Capo
Jayden Nelson
Jonas zhou
Kmari Thompson
Sarina Augustine
Stellan Beck
October 2
Avia Roundtree
Dean Santelia
Hallie Sufrin
Julia Cruz
October 3
Ariel Skolnick
Natalie Khaychuk
Tyler Persbacker
October 4
Alice Moore
Anton Popowitz
Ava Loeb
Katarina Seuffert
Molly Brown
Sari Bill
October 5
Leah Glenn
Luke Wormuth
Max Burman
Taya May
October 6
Asher Cooper
Dalyn Young
Elan Cooperberg
Lily Brown
Madeline Droste
Maggie Cooke
October 7
Anna Anikushkina
Juliet Fargo
Nicholas Scaglione
Sofie Poliakoff
October 8
Jack McCarthy
Kayla Hertzberg
Mia Rozenberg
Ronly Marra
Sophia Chernomorsky
October 9
Chester Borrok
Sierra Bettenhausen
October 10
Arthur Pasquier
Cyia Sabathia
Eliza Mason
Hunter Farbman
Julia Eiglarsh
Macallen Myers
Riley Rousso
Sadie Reimer Sherman
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October 11
Jonah Schancupp
Matteo Piccarillo
Morgan Gilbert
Oliver Hallgarten
Sabine Cale
Simrin Mehra
October 12
Deven Rosenberg
Elizabeth Khaychuk
Sydney Sher
October 13
Avery Frekhtman
Ben Wohl
Eli Donenfeld
Olivia Salim
Willa Huber
October 14
Antonio Rosas
Bryce Wilder
Eleri McGregor
Nina Harris
October 15
Charlotte Mangelsdorf
Nora Keithline
October 16
Alexis Carpenter
Autumn Nardini
Emma Kelner
Ivan Kuntsev
Kayden Merritt
Lana Schwartz
Rachel Gershon
October 17
Carly Weiss
Lily Siegel
Siri Polepalle
Victoire Woog
Walker Fenrich
October 18
Jacob Newman
October 19
Emilia Morera
Mario Gato
Sydney Dakss
October 20
Annabelle Hanlon
Melody Beron
Ravi Hasegawa
October 21
Avery Mathis
Chloe Dannenberg
Eliya Chase
Gabriel Colpitts
Julianne Friedson
Sam Reinhard
Suri Valkin
Susannah Brown
Tom Dahan
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October 22
Annabel Feigen
Connor Lampman
Eliana Levin
Ross Tuchman
October 23
Alyssa DelVecchio
Camilla Browand
Sante Salomone
Sophia Raab
October 24
Austen Kite
Maximilian Oster
Stella Dugan
October 25
Anjali LeDoux
Cleo McGrath
Kate Burnham
Leila Yatak
Sammy Baumfeld
William Habig
October 26
Florence Haines
Gabriel Madera
Jude Chong
Katherine Fishbane
Maggie Gordon-Ruede
Oliver Zilkha
Samantha Belford
October 27
Adam Kaplan
Sophie Pymm
October 28
Brie Anderson
Matilda Ledger
Teigen Ang-Horowitz
Zoey Hall
October 29
Alexander Strulovic Lord
Brandon Phillips
Gabrielle Aboutaam
Samuel Sanchez
Sarah Tabak
Stella Santos Hendricks
October 30
Henley Olefson
Jacob Fisch
Joshua Herman
Talia Landow
Xaviera Manzano
October 31
Jack Marcovsky
Jasmine Scott
Nayana Schott
Oscar Chiffone
Rosalinda Borletti
Violet Friedman
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French Woods offers a CIT (Counselor-in-Training) program for campers who have reached their 15th birthday by August 1st of the summer of attendance. We have been working on re-vamping the CIT program to offer more real-life skills and camp leadership training.
As we have in the past, ages groups will be distinctive and whether you will be 15, 16, 17 or even 18 years of age – each “class of campers” will own their ‘own’ CIT program.
Some of you participated in the early trainings this past spring on Zoom. It was fun to re-connect with returners and also to meet our new CIT campers. Even on zoom, we proceeded to role play situations in how to help younger campers with homesickness, cliques and bullying; we worked on conflict resolution and the importance of relationships and went on to explore and brainstorm possible passion projects.
Our intention is to offer a CIT retreat and leadership training in-person at camp for Memorial Day weekend in May 2021. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
We are excited to announce our new relationship and collaboration with @entertainmentforchange – a nonprofit that provides a platform and community of Impact Artists dedicated to fostering and empowering artistic activism for the next generation. How does this relate to @french_woods_festival? Jade Zaroff and Jenna Lichtman, two French Woods Alums, spearheaded this organization that focuses on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. You can look them up but they range from no poverty to gender equality to climate change to good health and well-being and much, much more. This is a program that has an option of starting prior to camp, continue at camp and carry on after you go home. The value-added is making a difference, building a resume and having fun while doing all that.
Now, we realize that even in the past, many older campers have little time to be active CIT’s because they have 6-major days. Problem solved! Most of the trainings will be offered as separate evening activities so as not to take you away from theater, dance, music, circus, magic….
We hope you are as excited as we are about what’s coming! Let us know by emailing us at cit@frenchwoods.com.
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From the Music Department
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Dear Friends,
Thank you all who participated in our online music offerings. We worked on chamber music, and introduced over 20 new campers to French Woods with our Virtual Concert Band experience. Our musicians worked with amazing artists from The New York Philharmonic, The New York Pops and The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Plans are already being made for our Summer 2021 experience. We are excited to bring back Members of the Pittsburgh Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony and the New York Pops for another summer of performances and teaching moments. French Woods Music also will continue to bring special opportunities to our campers including conversations with professional musicians with invitations to special zoom sessions as we get ready for an unforgettable summer of music making.
Keep your eyes out for more opportunities to stay connected during the course of the year. We look forward to making music with YOU!
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Hi Frenchwoodite
I’ve been thinking - just what shows am I interested in directing for next summer?
I am lucky because I get to choose. So in order: Session one, In The Heights, Session two, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Session three Blood Brothers and session four, Ragtime. My middle camp choices are session two, Bye Bye Birdie and session four , Damn Yankees. I figure that
should keep me busy.
We have been flooded with emails and phone calls from you guys. Keep them
coming. I also have been busy writing College recommendations. Don’t hesitate
to ask. I’m glad to do it. Those of you interested in being a CIT should contact
our office. Right now, spots are available, but I don’t expect them to last long.
Anyway, we are totally looking forward to 2021. Hope to see you there.
Ron & Barbara
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