Dear CSL Community:
It is with pleasure that I introduce Izzi Calkins as CSL’s
2014 Music Specialist! Izzi has
been a part of the CSL community for a long time and we’re excited to have her
return home after two summers away from Camp. Music has always been a passion for Izzi and during her camper years there was a natural mix of her two loves – CSL and Music. Now, she can share them both with the
CSL family this summer.
Izzi’s first summer at CSL was actually in 2001, as a “camp
baby” when her mother worked at Camp for the summer. She attended CSL all of her eligible campers years before
attending a camp specializing in Jewish Song Leading in 2012. Izzi has also been a song leader for
her youth group, NFTY-NEL, the North American Federation of Temple Youth
North East Lakes region and even performed in front of the entire URJ (Union
for Reform Judiasm) at a recent conference. Izzi has also been working at her local temple in Rochester
as a Sunday school music teacher.
Izzi, who has spent much of her life in Rochester, NY, recently
had the opportunity of a lifetime and went abroad with NFTY-EIE High School in
Israel in the spring of 2013. She brought her guitar and got a chance to
experience song leading in Israel for 4 months. Not everyone can say they’ve done that!
Is Izzi excited to return to Camp? Well, here’s what she had to say when I asked.
“I am so
incredibly excited to be going back to camp this summer after 2 long years
away. Getting to do what I love, lead Jewish music, AND be at my home away from
home, is absolutely amazing and I cannot wait for the summer to begin!!”
I hope you’re as excited as I am to have Izzi with us this
summer!
All the Best,
Aaron Cantor, Director