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Jody Moser, Editor
iiiiMAGINEMAGINEMAGINEMAGINE
NNNNEEEEWWWW WWWWEEEEBBBBSSSSIIIITTTTEEEE LLLLAAAAUUUUNNNNCCCCHHHHEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
March-April, 2007
Volume 1,
Issue 4
Med-O-Lark Around the
World: Sweden
2
YOU can be in next
month’s iMAGINE!
2
Campers on board... 3
Staff on board... 4
A Little Birdie told me... 5
A Camper’s Perspective:
Hear from Aria Benzaquin
6
Reunion Pictures! 7
Countdown to Next
Summer
8
Focus on Enameling 8
Send in your forms! 6
Announcing a Winner!!! 8
Inside this issue:
Inside this issue:
• Final chance to VOTE!
VOTE! VOTE!
• Camper and Staff News
• Frozen Sweden: Brrr!
• A New Business and a
New Kayak
• Countdown to Next Sum-
mer!
• Reunions around the
Globe
• Art that will still be here
in 1,0000 years!
The Arts Camp of New England at Med-O-Lark
After lots of
work, and a huge
amount of input,
we are happy to
announce the
launch of the
completely re-
vamped Med-O-
Lark Website.
What you see
here is just a
small taste of the
wonders that
await you online,
where our new
website comes
complete with
improved naviga-
tion bars, more
easily accessible
information, and
even access to the
camp video
online.
While there are still a few pieces being finalized,
you can check out the new webpage right now,
at the same home you have come to love,
www.medolark.com. You can even submit your
news to iMAGINE online! We look forward to
hearing from you!
-Jody Moser, editor
tion at school. Or maybe you
performed in a school play or
Musical. Maybe you even
have formed your own band,
or joined a dance company.
Whatever it is, we want to
know so we can spread the
good news among the mem-
We want to hear from YOU!
What have you been doing?
Where have you traveled?
Did you get together with
other Med-O-Larkers some-
where?
Maybe you have a piece that
was featured in an art exhibi-
bers of the Med-O-Lark
Community!
But how do I do this, you
ask? It’s easy!
Just email Jody at
[email protected] with
your news!
YOU can be in next month’s iMAGINE...
Med-O-Lark Around the World!!! - Sweden
We’re always looking
for your news!
Shown here (L to R) are counselors Hollie Groome, Anna Fore-
man, Johanna Danielson, and Lyndsey Reed.
If you are heading someplace in the near future and would
like to have the MOL banner travel with you, just drop an
email to Jody at [email protected] and next month, the
picture above could be of YOU!
While over the last month
Med-O-Larkers around the
United States gathered for
reunions, several of our
staff members gathered for
a European Reunion on the
other side of the pond.
For this occasion, our Med-
O-Lark banner made its
way to the (well-frozen)
Scandinavian country of
Sweden, home of our own
Johanna Danielson!
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Did you know that as a result of the
medieval right called the Allemansrätten, all
Swedes have the right to camp, ski, and
boat on any land in the country without
permission so long as they do not to damage
to crops, fences, or land? In other words,
all of nature is open to everyone!
“Don’t Delay!
Sign-up
today!”
Campers Already on Board…
Eden Abramowitz
Jason Aerni
Gabriel Agoado
Nicole Aguiar
Emmy Akers
Sissy Allman
Olivia Amerling
Amanda Appelson
Chloe Arnow
Rae Axner
Manon Baldin
Julia Bank
Michelle Bank
Will Barnard
Britni Barrett
Lacey Barta
Marta Basanez
Rachael Baumann
Emily Bedenkop
Sophie Belanger
Rebekah Benjamin-Pollak
Leigh Bentson
Aria Benzaquin
Michaela Bergman-
Turnbull
Sarah Berkowitz
Tess Bernstein
Camille Biancheri
Elizabeth Blank
Katie Blank
Margaux Blank
Sarah Blank
Arielle Blumenthal
Corey Blumenthal
Chloe Blumer
Nicolas Bodek
Gabrielle Bodzin
Emanuela Boisbouvier
Marissa Borselli
Ian Bowen
Jeremy Bowen
Nicole Braun
Sarah Bravo
Ashley Braunthal
Leila Bremner
Daniela Brenner
Karyssa Busching
Ben Caine
Emma Cameron
Alexandra Camilo
Lizzie Campbell
Griffin Carpenter
Caroline Charendoff
Emma Charno
Matthew Chisling
Courtney Cohen
Madeleine Colis
Emily Conner-Simons
Julia Coppelman
Conor Coughlin
Michael Coughlin
Bo Julie Crowley
Nathan Cummings
Katherine Dalldorf
Jackie Daniel
Avery Dao
Julien Darmon
Jenny Davis
Lucy Davis
Rebecca Day Rothfeld
Camilla Daza
Molly Desmarais
Batuhan Deveciogullari
Victoria Dey
Sasha Dominguez
James Donnelly
Livia Downs
Julia Dubin
Samantha Dubrow
Carlton Duffett
Emily Egbert
Katharine Eger
Chloe Ehrlich
Evelyn Elgart
Daniella Emanuel
Javier Estevez
Rachel Farmer
Martha Fearnley
Zoe Feder
Lyndsey Fenn
Alexia Fieger
Gabby Fieger
Shana Fielding
Grace Finlay
Fiona Fischer
Ariella Fishkin
Grant Fishman
Lillian Fishman
Sara Flamm
Brittany Flax
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As camp is rapidly approaching, the slots at camp are filling up quickly! So if we don’t
have your registration on file yet, please make sure to get it into the camp office ASAP
to reserve your spot for the summer of 2007!!! So get your forms in, and then we can list
YOU in next month’s issue of iMAGINE! Camp is closer than you might think! As we
say, “Don’t delay! Sign up today!”
Amanda Flaxman
Ari Fodeman
Lauren Fodeman
Adam Foltin
Rebecca Foltin
Julia Foster
Victoria Frey
Thomas Friedlander
Caroline Friedman
Yonit Friedman
Shoka Fukuizumi
Takeru Furusawa
Chelsea Fusco
Rebecca Galanti
Ander Garmendia
Teresa Garmendia
Barbara Gimbel
Livia Gisbert
Dalia Glazman
Thais Glazman
Allie Glickman
Erica Gold
Wendy Goldman
Lena Golick
Amalia Golomb-
Leavitt
Evie Golomb-Leavitt
Benjamin Goodwin
Sarah Gord
Joee Gordon
Ian Grandjean
Ruth Gray
Julia Gron
Caleb Gross
Mackensie Gross
Haley Grove
Willa Gustavson
Iris Gwynne
Chloe Haas
Lucie Hajian
Rachel Hamilton
Billyskye Handel
Casey Handel
Elizabeth Harder
Lisa Hardwicke
Lorna Harriman
Emma Harris
Carlee Harrod
Allison Hauser
Syd Held
Grace Hodges
Colin Hofer
Aara Holtzclaw
Olivia Holtzman
Dede Huber
Leon Husock
Mariko Iwahara
Mayuko Iwahara
Max Jacobs
Kate Jansen
Angela Jantzen
Abby Jefferson
Sarah Johnson
Gail Kaplan
Lily Kaplan
Rachel Karp
Kira Karwacki
Anna Kasok
Andrea Kates
Olivia Kates
Jesse Katon
Lydia Katrin
Kristi Katz
Maya Kaufman
Sarah Kaufman
Hannah Kaye
Gabriela Keane
Sofia Keane
Andres Kebe
Sara Kelleher
Linnea Kilpi
Emma King
Alix Kirschner
Remy Kirshner
Saaya Kitajima
Carly Knitzer
Emily Knox
Michael Koenig
Kristen Koerber
Hannah Kojm
Kendall Kolenik
Nora Koppelman
Jacob Kornacker
Kelsey Kornacker
Guy Kozak
Daniel Krack
Alexandra Krakoff
Amber Kreimendahl
Emerald Kreimendahl
Jake Kuhn
Abigail Kukura
Julia Kurtz
Hannah Lacy
Jeanne LaGasse
Jimmy LaGasse
Cara Lamason
Kaylee Lambrinos
Raymond LaMotta
Rachel Landes
Hannah Landis
Stevie Lane
Jennifer Lang
Marlena Lantos
Emily Larsen
Tuere Lawton
Olivia LeBlan
Jackie Lebovits
Emma Lee
Alana Leider
Molly Leigner
Brian Lemke
Sebastienne Leo
Ben Lerner
Nina Lerner
Emma Lesser
Betsy Levine
Kelly Levine
Michelle Levy
Robyn Levy
Lucy Lewis
Rachel Liberty
Anna Liebling
Maite Llopis Marti
Mateo Lopez-Castillo
Emily Lovett
Cailyn Ludwig
Devin Ludwig
Emma MacDonald
Samantha Macfarlane
Jordan Machlin
Lauren Mackie
Aaron Maiolo
Pauline Maitre
Eric Maltz
Joshua Mann
Gina Mannarino
Alli Marbach
Abby Margolis
Maddie Marino
Paige Martin
The following CAMPERS have already signed-up for the summer of 2007! Have You???
Sonia Marton
Margot McKelvie
Amanda McLeod
Madeline McLeod
Claire McRae
Pollie Mendel
Abby Mendez
Jordyn Meyerson
Yunosuke Mibe
Marie Mignon
Zoe Mikhailovich
Wendi Miles
Alexis Miller
Marina Millison
Kayla Moller
Linnea Morris Head
Kyle Morrison
Rikki Morrow-Spitzer
Michele Moses
Jamie Moskowitz
Kevin Mullikin
Elaine Murphy
Julian Murphy
Luke Naji
Celeste Nash
Phoebe Nathan
Sydney Neustadt
Miriam Niedergang
Chloe Nordlander
Julia Novey
Andrew Oetjen
Eliza Oler-Epstein
Towoki Ono
Ben Oppenheim
Patricia Orfila
Abby Orobono
Marina Orruela
Junes Ossman
Elisa Pabon
Jessica Passman
Sirenna Patapis
Kiernan Pazdar
Laura Pedrosa
Juliana Pepper
Julia Perelman
Hayley Perlis
Alex Perlman
Emilia Pesqueira
Hannah Peters
Zoe Petryk
Eric Pettinato
Seth Pines
Abby Placik
Madeline Placik
Jesse Pollak
Adina Poras
Lena Porell
Caroline Posner
Madison Pracht
Mikaela Puth
Jacob Ready
Cyrus Ready-Campbell
Allison Reiner
Lauren Reiner
Katie Reisman
Lea Renaud-Cloutier
Claire Resnick
Zoe Resnick
Shoshi Rice
Lindsay Richmond
Emily Ringel
Anna Robinson
Analise Rode
Grace Rodriguez
Leah Rosenbaum
Morgan Rosenberg
Sammy Rosenberg
Sara Rosenberg
Katherine Rosengarten
Hannah Rossen
Noah Rossen
Lilia Rubin
Lucy Rubin
Daniel Rubinstein
David Rubinstein
Joshua Sacks
Jennie Saget
Mara Sahleanu
Rebecca Saltzman
Alejandra Samon
Jaime Samon
Cristina Sancho
Camille Sarraute
Nina Schatz
Zoe Schneider
Jesse Schreck
Chana Schroff
Olivia Schwartz
Emily Schwed
Ryland Scott
Taylor Scott
Carolina Scuri
Luisa Segovia
Cathy Sellier
Scotia Seto
Jacob Shanbrom
Tate Shepard
Leah Shorser-Gentile
Greta Shwachman
Sophie Silkes
Emma Simmons
Julia Sklar
Alexandra Smith
Nicole Snapper
John Snouffer
Mollie Solon
Danielle Sorcher
Matthew Spencer
Zachary Sporn
Campers on Board (Con’t)
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Ali Stagnitta
Miranda Starcevic
Vanessa Starcevic
Gabriel Staton
Sophie Staton
Emily Steen
Tilman Stehnkuhl
Samantha Stern
Remy Stern-Beckerman
Paulina Sterpe
Katherine Stevenson
Eva Strauss
Emily Sullivan
Tara Talland
Julia Tamlyn
Emily Tanner
Davis Thal
Casseia Todd
Madeline Townsley
Emilie Trehu
Jonathan Tuck
Nicole Uhr
Joana Urtasun
Staff on Board
Rachel Abraham
Catherine Adler-Josem
Harry Alper
Naomi Alpert*
Laurel Ames*
Carol Anne Anderson
Jennifer Audet
Christine Barclay
Jamie Beja
Staci Best
Darshana Bolt
Kim Brown
Loryn Brown
LeVar Carter
Julie Chapman
Marty Christie
Karen Cohen
Gabriel Craig
Nicholas Czaplicki
Johanna Danielsson
Leslie Dorcus
Mark Duhaime
Kasey Eaton
Pico Elaine
Mor Fireizen
Billy Flynn
Anna Foreman
Lynette Foster
Tom Girard
Hollie Groome
Matt Grossman
Kate Grudichak*
Kathy Harriman
Travis Henningfield*
Diane Higgins
Celeste Hofland*
Chris Hopkins
Dave Hurley
Pamela Irving
Connie Jan
Kate Johnson
Tim Johnson
Mya Kagan
Dasan Kanthapillai
Travis Patapis Karen
Oksana Kasumovna
Jonathan Kebe
Allison Kessler
Barbara Kirshner
John Krause
Laura Langberg
Judith Lanza
Raymond Liberge
Tracy Lord
David Love
Pat Manley
Sarah Jane Matthews
Erica Maust
Jennifer McMahon
Alison McRae*
Ken Merrifield
Amelia Miller
Amanda Moskowitz*
Olivia Offner
Alysia Perez-Hall*
Molly Poirier
Megan Ramsey
Lyndsey Read
William Ridgley
Keith & Maureen Robinson
Ali Ross
Shawn Sanderson
Larisa Sarycheva
Beth Scott
Buford Scott
Yori Senser
Michael Shaughnessy
Tal Shechtman
Liron Shtauber
Jody Simonton
Jill Skivington
Jonathan Sommer
Ashley Travis
Margaret Vallone
Kathy Varnai
Olga Viktorovna
Sofia Volpe
Megan Walsh
Eric Walters
Amy Weiks
Alexandra Wohler*
Evelina Zamirovna
Rebecca Zich
Gretchen Ziegler
Bryan Zimmerman*
* Denotes RC
Blair Valentino
Maria Vittoria Villa
Maryna Wakeman
Amanda Wallbrink
Nicole Walsh
Carline Webb
Emma Weinstein
Rachel Weiss
Sharon Weissburg
Wyatt Welles
Anna Wender
Alida Wilcox
Hannah Wilcox
Charlotte Wirth
Christopher Wiseman
Ruth Wittenberg
Tori Wohler
Abby Wolf
Emeline Wolff
Jessica Zellner-Kline
Joanna Zouhour-Adi
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During March, dozens of Med-O-Larkers gathered
at reunions in Chicago, New York City, and Boston
to share in food, memories, and slide shows of pic-
tures from last summer’s sessions. If you were not
able to make a reunion this year, make sure you
clear some time next year to attend, they’re a
BLAST! Check out the picture on page 7!
Holly Groome, Lyndsey Reed, Johanna Danielson,
and Anna Foreman gathered for their own reunion
in Sweden. Check out the pictures on page 2! And
I thought it was cold here!
A Little Birdie Told Me...
After finishing a wonderful fall Field Hockey sea-
son, Victoria Dey will be playing Lacrosse this
spring with Chloe Arnow. Victoria and Chloe also
recently sang at her best friend’s Bat-mitzvah, in-
cluding a spirited rendition of the Med-O-Lark ver-
sion of Lean On Me!
Congratulations go out to Judith Lanza, on her
early-admission acceptance to the Creative Writing
Department at Ithaca College. Way to go Judith!
Congratulations also go out to Rebecca Saltzman who has started her own business! Check out "Becca's
Bags and Beads" online at http://www.beccasbagsandbeads.com.
I am also happy to report that Northwestern’s GS-2 Curling Team, including yours truly, performed respec-
tively with a 2-1 record at the US College National Championships.
And if you haven’t yet checked out
www.harryalper.com, do it already! Harry
Alper is building his own wooden kayak,
which has progressed rapidly from random
boards (shown below) to something that is ac-
tually beginning to resemble a boat! Good
luck Harry, we look forward to seeing the fin-
ish project this summer!
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A Camper’s Perspective
Dear Med-o-Lark, Thank
you for one of the best
summer experiences of my
life! I was so worried be-
fore I came to camp, that I
wouldn't meet anybody,
or that I would be home-
sick, or that I wouldn't be
able to stand living with
17 other girls in one cabin.
However, the second I got
there, I felt the friendly
and warm atmosphere of
camp and knew that I was
going to have a blast there.
Once I found my cabin,
Cabin 6, all the girls wel-
comed me with hugs and
laughter. There was no-
body there to judge you or
put a name on you. Every
camper was there for the
same reason, to have an
awesome summer! I im-
mediately made a TON of
the best friends I could've
asked for. Our cabin did
everything with each other
and we NEVER had any
was honestly one of the
greatest experiences of
my life. Every day, back
at home in Norwell,
Mass, I keep in touch
with my camp friends. In
fact, I spent Martin Lu-
ther King weekend in
Somerville, Mass with 6
other girls from camp.
Four girls from Massa-
chusetts, one from New
Jersey, and one from
New York. We had such
a great time reliving the
beautiful moments from
camp that we are already
planning on getting to-
gether again over April
vacation. We've also all
signed up for camp again
during the same session
in '07. Thanks again to
everyone who made my
summer special. Can't
wait to come back this
summer!
-Aria T. Benzaquin
conflicts with the other girls. Also, I was so lucky to get the best CITs
and counselors. My counselors, Chris (the drama teacher) and Sarah
(the ropes and adventure courses teacher), acted like a couple of moth-
ers to all the Cabin 6 girls. And since I'm so close to my own mom at
home, it was really important to me to be able to trust and rely on my
counselors to be there for me. My CITs, Michelle, Alison (aka Tego),
and Olivia, were really like the sisters I never had! They were crazy and
fun but also loving and caring when I needed them to be. Med-o-Lark
Show here are, from top left: Aria Benzaquin, Rae Axner,
Stevie Lane. Middle: Elaine Murphy. Bottom, from left:
Lena Porell, Emily Ringel, and Miriam Niedergang
We received the following letter from Aria Benzaquin recently, and were so touched by what she had to say about camp
that we wanted to share it with the Med-O-Lark Community. It is reprinted here with her permission.
You should have recently received a
set of camper forms in the mail over
the last week.
Included in the packet were the
camper agreement, health form, trans-
portation form, and permission form,
as well as a copy of the parent hand-
book. If you are, by chance, missing
any forms, please let us know and
we’ll mail them out right away!
Please take a few minutes to review
the information, and send the forms
back to the camp office as soon as pos-
sible. We need to have all forms for
enrolled campers in hand by June 1st
at the latest. So please take this as a
friendly reminder to drop the forms in
the mail!
We need your forms!
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Reunions, Reunions, Reunions!!! Were you there??? ‘Twas a BLAST!!!
So as you all now know, Med-O-Lark is turning 40 next summer!!! Dedicated to bringing you new and excit-
ing programs every summer, in honor of this major milestone in the camp’s history, we have decided to im-
plement a major new program in the summer of 2007. For the last few months we’ve been gathering input
from campers, and after some heated voting, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A WINNER!!!
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ANNOUNCING A WINNER in the Biggest (Non-Competitive) Contest EVER!!!
The Circus Trapeze √
The Arts Camp of New England
at Med-O-Lark
Arrival Day is Coming...
Summer: 82 Med-O-Lark Rd
Washington, ME 04574
Winter: 10 Prospect St
Madison, CT 06443
Check us out online at:
http://www.medolark.com
Phone: 207.845.2555
Toll Free: 800.292.7757
Fax: 207.845.2332
E-mail: [email protected]
Only 80 days until First Session…
Only 108 days until Second Session...
Developed under the expert direction of renowned artist Karen Cohen, the
Enamels Studio at Med-O-Lark has been available for the past 4 summers and
this summer might be the best yet! Enameling, the art of glass fused to metal at
high temperatures - is a HOT Studio where classes are set up according to the
main techniques we teach:
* Cloisonné - bending thin silver wire defines your design and then enamel is
packed into the resulting cells. Each piece is fired 8-12 times and the camper
will be able to finish a pendant or jewel to set in the metals Studio. This is one
of most special pieces you'll make at camp as Cloisonné is an ancient art form
where pieces can last a thousand years!.
* Copper Enameling - we start with a copper shape and take it from there with a
wide variety of techniques such as sifting, scrolling, gold leaf, raku and more.
We make all kinds of jewelry or your piece can be set on a box or wall piece, or
Focus on an Activity: Enameling
you can make small dishes. Pieces can also be set in the metals studio for an extra
fine creation.
* Copper Etching - we plan on again offering this class where you define a design
and put it in an acid bath to remove some of the metal. Then the spaces are filled
with enamel in multiple firings. Results can be jewelry, put on boxes or a wall piece
- anything you can imagine.
We also plan to have a coordinated enamel and metals activity this summer - con-
tinuing the great job that was done last year. Even if you'd had enamels before,
there is a lot more to learn and a lot of fun to be had. So plan on taking enamels this
summer and you'll WOW your friends with what you've created! An example of an enameling-metal
jewelry collaboration.
