Masha Rifkin reports:
On June 14th, hundreds packed into Newton North High School’s largest auditorium to witness the show Children of Boston to Children of Sderot. Produced and directed by Boris Furman and Olga Faybushevich, the show featured 12 different children performance groups, ranging from dance, to singing, to theater. Whether it was gracing the stage with elegant ballroom dancing, impressing the audience with flawless operatic endeavors, infusing the room with comedy with KaBH type sketches, or performing excerpts from Chekhov’s plays, the children performed for one cause: to stand unified for the Children of Sderot.
Perhaps as great as the effort on stage was the effort off – the auditorium was constantly bustling with volunteers helping out hours before and after the show. These volunteers, mostly former and future counselors of the Boston Sderot Winter/Summer camps, worked tirelessly to manage the dozens of children and prepared for weeks in advance by advertising, creating t-shirts, and raising funds. These efforts, combined with that of other volunteers, as well as the brilliant direction of Furman and Faybushevich were clearly visible throughout the show.
Completely professional, these little performers, ages 5 – 16, raised funds for the Camps by throwing their passion for the arts full force into the purpose of the night. And they succeeded! By the end of the night, the show raised over $5,000 for the camp this summer.
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