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Match Made At FJA

The Wedding Singer musical

Making Memories

makes Michigan debut Nov. 19.

Rachael Vettese, -
Marissa Quigg,

both 16, flank Liliya
Bromberg, 18, at a
Friendship Circle

Sukkot event.

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Top: Senior Jeff Karson, juniors Dan Hacker, Alyssa Adler and Basil
Williams; bottom: senior Rina Bergman and junior C.J. Apel

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he Jean and Samuel
Frankel Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit is mak-
ing history with its fall musical, The
Wedding Singer, based on the film by
the same name, says Mitch Master,
director of the Performing and Visual
Arts Department.
"We are the first high school in
Michigan and the third high school
in the country to produce this new
musical;' said Master, director of the
musical.
"The students have been so excited
about every rehearsal. Everyone is
enjoying their roles and making the
most of their parts. It has been a very
positive experience over all. It will be
hard to top this year's musical produc-
tion:"
Junior C.J. Apel plays rock-star
wannabe Robbie Hart, who is New
Jersey's favorite wedding singer and
has always been the life of the party
— until his own fiancee Linda, the
psycho-rocker chick, played by sopho-
more Molly Goldsmith, leaves him at
the altar.
Julia Sullivan, a new waitress that
works at the banquet hall, played by
senior Rina Bergman, helps Robbie
during his low times and slowly wins
his affection.
There is a problem: Julia is engaged
to be married to a first-class jerk
from Wall Street, Glen Guglia, played
by junior Basil Williams. If they
marry, that would make Julia's new
name Julia Guglia; that, too, is a prob-

lem.
This 1980s love story will take you
back to a time when hair was big,
greed was good, collars were up, and
the wedding singer just might be the
coolest guy in the room.
There are only four performances:
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, and
Thursday, Nov. 20; 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 22; and 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 23 in Handleman Hall at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield. General admission is
only $15. For tickets, call (248) 592-
5263. ❑

embers of N'sheekot BBG
had fun assisting with the
Friendship Circle's Sukkot pro-
gram on Sunday, Oct. 19. The program was
held at two homes in Huntington Woods.
Each home had a sukkah in the back yard
with a variety of activities for the kids to
do and watch. Chapter members were each
assigned to a child and their family.
We had a lot of fun interacting with the
kids and helping them with their various

arts and crafts projects. This event also
provided our chapter members a chance
to learn more about ourselves. We chose to
volunteer at this event as part of our com-
munity service efforts and look forward
to working with the Friendship Circle
throughout this upcoming year.

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Rachael Vettese, 16, is a sophomore at
Bloomfield Hills Andover High School.

Teen To Play
With Tocco

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athan Mondry, 17, a junior at
. Detroit Country Day School in
Beverly Hills, will play a four-
hand piano piece with James Tocco, artis-
tic director of the Great Lakes Chamber
Music Festival, during Tocco's concert at
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the VisTaTech
Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.
Mondry, son of Ira and Gail Mondry
of Franklin, has been a piano student
at Schoolcraft for the past six years. His
mother is a founding member of the
college's Friday night recital series. Tocco's
performance will open the series this
season.
"Nathans' dedication to music and
piano has been an impressive blend of tal-
ent and hard work as he managed to con-
tinue to move forward in his studies even
as he was diagnosed with chronic juvenile
arthritis 31/2 years ago;' Gail Mondry said.
Nathan will have his own recital this
spring at the college. He is president of
the film club at Country Day, sings in two

Nathan Mondry last year at a master class
with noted pianist Yuja Wang.

choirs and is an actor.
Tocco will play Beethoven's Sonata in E
Flat Major, Op. 81a; Barber's Excursions,
Op. 20; three pieces from Ravel's Miroirs;
and Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op.
58.
Tickets are $20, students $10; season
ticket $70; general seating.
Information and tickets available at
www.schoolcraft.edu/music or call the
music office (734) 462-4403.

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Junior C.J. Apel stars as Robbie and

senior Rina Bergman as Julia in The

Wedding Singer.

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November 13 • 2008

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