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{{Short description|Performing arts camp in Lenox, Massachusetts}}
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| name = Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp
| name = Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp
| image =
| image = Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA.jpg
| caption = ''Belvoir Terrace'' in 1912
| location = [[Lenox, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| location = [[Lenox, Massachusetts|Lenox]], [[Massachusetts]], US
| opening_date = 1954
| opening_date = 1954
| season = June - August
| season = June–August
| slogan = Belvoir offers exciting training in art, acting, music, theater, dance, music and individual sports!
| slogan = Belvoir offers exciting training in art, acting, music, theater, dance, music and individual sports!
| homepage = http://www.belvoirterrace.com
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'''Belvoir Terrace''' is a performing arts summer camp for girls near [[Lenox, Massachusetts|Lenox]], [[Massachusetts]], USA.<ref>http://imagemuseum.smugmug.com/History/Lenox/</ref>
'''Belvoir Terrace''' is a [[performing arts]] [[summer camp]] for girls near [[Lenox, Massachusetts|Lenox]], [[Massachusetts]], US. The camp is used by girls to expand their abilities in theatre, art, music, and dance.<ref name="Parnass2020">{{cite news |last1=Parnass |first1=Larry |title=Another season lost to virus: Berkshires overnight summer camps pushed to 2021 |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/another-season-lost-to-virus-berkshires-overnight-summer-camps-pushed-to-2021,608655 |accessdate=16 September 2020 |work=[[The Berkshire Eagle]] |date=July 6, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

It is a place where girls can learn and expand their abilities and knowledge of theatre, art, music, and dance.
Belvoir Terrace is not only a place to learn, but it is a fun experience where girls make life long friends and memories to cherish their whole lives.
It is a very fun experience. It is very highly approved of.
==History==
==History==
Edna Y. Schwartz created a performing arts summer program for women at Belvoir Terrace in 1954. Her daughter and granddaughter are the current directors/owners.
Edna Y. Schwartz created a performing arts summer program for women at Belvoir Terrace in 1954. Her daughter, Nancy Goldberg, and granddaughter, Diane Goldberg Marcus, are the current directors/owners.<ref name="Huberdeau2017"/>


Belvoir Terrace was built by [[Rotch & Tilden]] between 1888 and 1890 for [[Morris K. Jesup]]. Its landscape was designed by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]].{{refn|group=lower-alpha|[[Morris K. Jesup]] died in 1908 and left Belvoir to his wife. Upon her death in 1914, the house was left to a niece, Eleanor DeGraff Cuyler. In 1924, Cuyler sold the house to Howard Cole, the Palm Beach developer who snapped up [[Berkshire Cottages|Wyndhurst]], [[Berkshire Cottages|Coldbrook]] and [[Blantyre (estate)|Blantyre]] for bargain prices and created the Berkshire Hunt and Country Club.<ref name="Huberdeau2017"/>}} In the early 1920s, John Shepherd purchased and renovated the property as a summer retreat.<ref name="Huberdeau2017">{{cite news |last1=Huberdeau |first1=Jennifer |title=The Cottager {{!}} Belvoir Terrace — barely touched by time |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/the-cottager-belvoir-terrace-barely-touched-by-time,178211 |accessdate=16 September 2020 |work=[[The Berkshire Eagle]] |date=January 16, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
Belvoir Terrace is an historic site, build by Rotch & Tilden between 1888-1890 for Morris K. Jesup, and landscaped by Frederick Law Olmstead. In the early 1920's, John Shepherd purchased and renovated the property as a summer retreat.


==Notable alumnae==
Notable alumni include Natascia Diaz who went on to Broadway and California, Alyssa Epstein (a Rockette dancing with Chet Walker), Allison Charney (opera, soprano),<ref> http://www.randsman.com/charney.html</ref> Stacey Lorinczi (jeweler),<ref> http://www.lorinczi.com/Lorinczi.html </ref> Dana Levin (painter),<ref> http://www.danalevin.com </ref> Crista Villella along with Jeannette and Patricia Delgado (Miami City Ballet). And lastly, Terra Naomi, an alternative/rock/pop artist, attended Belvoir Terrace.
*[[Terra Naomi]] (an [[alternative rock]]/[[pop music]]ian)
*[[Jennifer Elise Cox]] Actress


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.belvoirterrace.com Belvoir Terrace Homepage]
* [http://www.belvoirterrace.com Official website]
* [http://imagemuseum.smugmug.com/History/Lenox/ Photos of Lenox, Massachusetts]


{{Summer camps in Michigan}}
{{Massachusetts Camp Facilities}}


[[Category:Summer camps in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Summer camps in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1954 establishments in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]

Latest revision as of 19:18, 23 April 2021

Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp
Belvoir Terrace in 1912
StandortLenox, Massachusetts, US
Coordinates42°21′54″N 73°17′06″W / 42.365013°N 73.284978°W / 42.365013; -73.284978
Opened1954
SloganBelvoir offers exciting training in art, acting, music, theater, dance, music and individual sports!
Operating seasonJune–August
Websitewww.belvoirterrace.com

Belvoir Terrace is a performing arts summer camp for girls near Lenox, Massachusetts, US. The camp is used by girls to expand their abilities in theatre, art, music, and dance.[1]

History

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Edna Y. Schwartz created a performing arts summer program for women at Belvoir Terrace in 1954. Her daughter, Nancy Goldberg, and granddaughter, Diane Goldberg Marcus, are the current directors/owners.[2]

Belvoir Terrace was built by Rotch & Tilden between 1888 and 1890 for Morris K. Jesup. Its landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.[a] In the early 1920s, John Shepherd purchased and renovated the property as a summer retreat.[2]

Notable alumnae

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ Morris K. Jesup died in 1908 and left Belvoir to his wife. Upon her death in 1914, the house was left to a niece, Eleanor DeGraff Cuyler. In 1924, Cuyler sold the house to Howard Cole, the Palm Beach developer who snapped up Wyndhurst, Coldbrook and Blantyre for bargain prices and created the Berkshire Hunt and Country Club.[2]
Sources
  1. ^ Parnass, Larry (July 6, 2020). "Another season lost to virus: Berkshires overnight summer camps pushed to 2021". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Huberdeau, Jennifer (January 16, 2017). "The Cottager | Belvoir Terrace — barely touched by time". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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