Having lived in Ridgewood for over 15 years, I’ve heard about RHS Jamboree – a variety show that parents of Ridgewood High School students put together to raise funds for college scholarships for graduating seniors. I saw my first Jamboree show last year when a friend of mine participated in it – I was so amazed by the show that I decided to participate in it the following year. And I am so glad I did! For the 5.5 weeks starting in January, I rehearsed for hours and hours and hours with many other parents of RHS students (our cast was over 130 people!) – we sang, and danced and performed in skits and did all kinds of things! Those 5.5 weeks as exhausting and definitely sleep deprived (I finally caught up on my sleep deficit) but I had a blast!!

We put on a great show (Victor said he liked it better than more than 50% of broadway shows he’d seen!) and raised over $244K for graduating seniors. And in case you were wondering who the top newbie fundraiser was – wonder no more – it was ME:)