traveled to France to hear
two performances.
The orchestra will perform
at 7 p.m. tonight at Warren
Woods Middle School in Ster-
ling Heights, where a variety
of works will be featured. The
symphony's final two con-
certs will be at the camp in
Twin Lake at 4 p.m.
Saturday with a radio
broadcast at 8 p.m.
Cassette tapes of
the final performances
also will be available.
Founded in 1966,
Blue Lake offers pro-
grams in music, dance,
art and theater.
Above: Staci Kerman
receives her jewelry
award while in Japan.
Right: Rebecca
Jacobs: On her toes.
PHOTO BY DAVID SPECKMAN
from Huntington Woods, was
among 100 young musicians
touring the Midwest, Germany
and France as part of the Inter-
national Youth Symphony Or-
chestra from Blue Lake Fine
Arts Camp.
Students stayed with host
families in all the European
cities they visited.
Parents Joan and David
Schwartz and brother Jeff
in Las Vegas, Nev. Rebecca per-
formed in seven dances and
placed in all events. She took
first place in solo jazz, ballet en-
semble and large tap production.
Rebecca studies dance at the
American Dance Academy in
Commerce Twp.
r At Interlochen Cen-
ter for the Arts, the-
ater students acted in
a production of Bar-
bara Lebow's A
Shayna Maidel. It is
about a family reunit-
ed after the Holocaust.
Production photos were
taken by David Speck-
man.
Included in the cast
were Andrew Warner
from Missouri, Samantha
Nagel from Texas, Erynn
Sosinski from Maryland,
Danielle Gitkin from
New Jersey and Marla
Shaffer from Indiana.
Beverly Sills: The former Belle Silverman will be
* Abbott Middle School recognized by State of Israel Bonds.
and Temple Shir Shalom
student Rebecca Jacobs placed ( Opera legend Beverly Sills
first in a national dance compe- will be presented with the Gol-
tition sponsored by Dance Olym- da Meir Achievement Award by
pus and Dance America. The State of Israel Bonds at a Sept.
competition was held last month 24 luncheon in New York.
Sills, board chairman of Lin-
coln Center for the Performing
Arts, is being honored for her
operatic virtuosity and philan-
thropic and communal leader-
ship. The luncheon will
inaugurate Israel Bonds' cele-
bration of Israel's 50th anniver-
sary year.
* Stay tuned Saturday, Aug. 16,
when WDIV-TV pre-
empts "Saturday Night
Live" to air "The Gilda
Live Phone Fest," a two-
hour special featuring the
comedic classic Gilda
Live, a film version of
Gilda Radner's Broad-
way hit. The show fea-
tures some of Radner's
most beloved characters
and skits.
During the show, Gil-
da's Club volunteers will
accept calls at (800) 601-
1154 for donations to
Gilda's Club, a free non-
profit cancer support
community which will
open its home on
Rochester Road in Royal
Oak when renovations
are complete later this
year.
Tickets may also be pur-
chased that night for the
Aug. 24 Gilda's Club ben-
efit performance of The
Lion Laughs Tonight, pre-
sented by the Motor City
Women of Comedy. Tick-
ets are also available
through Ticketmaster at
Hudson's, Harmony House and
Blockbuster Music or through Gil-
da's Club at (248) 851-6557.
Stay tuned for more informa-
tion about Gilda's Club and up-
coming events in the Aug. 22 JN
Entertainment section.
Know someone in
professional, community or
academic performing arts
who should take a bow?
In A Shayna Maidel, Lusia (Samantha Nagel) reads a list of family members lost in the concentration camps to her father
(Andrew Warner) and sister, Reisel (Erynn Sosinski).
Please let us know by dropping a line to
Take A Bow, The Detroit Jewish News,
27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034.
Our fax number is (248) 354-6069. Photos
are appreciated. They may be in color or in
black and white.
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