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Here you find information on last year's weekend camp. |
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Statistics on Attendance What Dancers Said Camp's CDs and T-shirts Picture Album About The Teachers College & Facilities Weekend's Program Accommodations & Registration |
| Total number of participants - 146. Children - 14 (10%) Sex - 41% males and 59% Females. The Dancers were from Canada and 14 States (USA) ranging from Connecticut (East) to California (West) and from Canada (North) to Florida (South). |
| Washington, DC Area | 49% | MD, DC and Northern VA |
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| New York Region | 24% | NY, NJ and CT |
| Philadelphia Area | 10% | Philadelphia and close by NJ |
| Southern States | 9% | FL, NC, VA |
| Eastern PA and West | 7% | OH, PA, UT, IL and CA |
| Others | 3% | Israel and Canada |
| EVALUATION Dancers were asked to submit an Evaluation Form at the end of the camp. Approximately 40% of those who attended the entire camp submitted the Form. The following is a summary of the opinions of those dancers. |
| Opinion Requested | Responses |
| The number of new dances: (was 11) |
73% said the No. was Just Right 11% said there were too many 16% too little new dances |
| Time allocated for teaching: | 80% said the time was Just Right The rest (18%) said not enough time was allocated for teaching |
| Number of times new dances were repeated: | 80% said the number was Just Right The rest (18%) said the number of repetitions was not enough |
| Dancers were asked to rate several aspects of the camp. |
| Schedule: | Close to 80% of dancers rated the Schedule as Good (23%) or Excellent (56%). |
| Dance Parties: | Over 80% of dancers considered the Parties as Good (24%) or Excellent (58%). |
| Music & Sound: | Only 1/3 thought it was Good (22%) or Excellent (11%) while the rest thought it was either Average (29%), Fair (23%) or even Poor (15%). We plan to improve in this area next year! |
| Registration: | Less than 1/3 thought it was Good (18%) or Excellent (11%). The majority, 62%, had an Average (31%) or Fair (31%) experience. Again, we are planning to improve next camp. |
| Decoration: | Dancers were equally divided. Close to one-half (48%) said it was Good or Excellent, the other one-half thought it was Average (41%) to Fair (8%). |
| There were many positive comments, and compliments to the Choreographers and teachers on a well-done job. I would like to thank and express deep appreciation to each one for the wonderful job that they have done!! |
| Shmuel Batzri, MD. |
| "I think the camp was a big success and I know it will only get better in future years. Congratulations! Overall, very nicely done… I enjoyed it!" |
| Helen Rubin, VA |
| "You had an extremely good camp for the first time. The cookout was excellent. Your flexibility in moving to the last night's KUMZITs was great. You made a lot of people happy…Good job on the weekend!" |
| Don Schillinger, PA |
| "I wanted to praise you for the good work, it was great. I really had a great time. I think you did an excellent job and I hope you enjoyed it as well." |
| Gila Friedman, NC. |
| "I really had a great time and would recommend it to everyone… The choreographers were very nice and good teachers. The marathons were excellent… The people were wonderful, very down to earth; a great crowd… you were gracious host and there was an excellent ratio of man to woman. Good job! |
| Betsy Stein, PA. |
| "Don [Schillinger] did an excellent job with the beginners and youth. He is also a happy presence on the dance floor." |
| Aaron Rosenberg, FL. |
| "I liked most the non-dancing activities - KUMZITs and BBQ. Also your concern that all have a good time! Beautiful setup." |
| Irit Bloomgarden, NY. |
| "A nice group of people, friendly, not aggressive, and many experienced as well as newer dancers, a nice mixture… A beautiful campus, good facilities and excellent food… I enjoyed the weekend very much. Congratulations on a great first year!" |
| Page Luxmoore, VA. |
| "The food was great. The campus was nice. Great choreographers and teachers-wonderful dance sessions. Very lovely people in attendance! Thank you Shmuel for a great time!!" |
| Sharon Mandel, Fl. |
| "I liked most the clean facilities, the people, the food and the old dances" |
| Ilana Goldstein, MD. |
| "It was a great! I will be the first one to register for next year. Ishar Choach" |
| Esty Schmaltz, OH |
| "This was an excellent, highly enjoyable camp. …it seemed very well organized." I liked most: "diversity, personality and teaching skills of the Choreographers/instructors; the friendliness and Spirit of the camp participants; Campus atmosphere, decent and plentiful food, CDs and T-shirt as incentives for early registration." |
| Jodi Teitelman, VA. |
| "It was great to have dances repeated and taught again on Sunday… Teaching was excellent!". I liked most: "The Kumzits was a great event and… the campus very pretty" |
| Mimi Feinsilver, Washington. DC. |
| "Basically I think it's wonderful that the camp took place…I thought the campus was a lovely place for workshop... the dorm room were quite attractive and pleasant. Registration could have been more efficient, but you were there - looking after everyone!!!" "I want to congratulate you on your workshop."" |
| Martha Daniel, VA |
| "I liked most the friendly accepting atmosphere… this is a nice group of people" |
| Larry Kraus, IL |
| "Thank you for hosting a super terrific, fabulous weekend - just what I needed to cut loose and have some fun! You did such a great job, I hope all of the work was well worth it. Steve thanks you for making his first camp experience such a great one." |
| Esther Snyder, NJ. |
| "Facilities were good. People were friendly. Great to have both beginners and children sessions. Also thank you for arranging babysitting and the room. It turned out great, and made the camp wonderful for us." |
| Celia & Itzik Lebovich, NC. |
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